Heartland Goodies & Gifts

Your group profits from catalog orders taken by your participants.

Yes. Every participant receives a brochure, order form, and money envelope.

Yes. Supporters can pay by check, cash, money order, or cashier’s check.

They also have the option to pay using their phone. (These orders still need to be written on the order form)

There are no setup fees or supply costs to start a Heartland Goodies & Gifts fundraiser.

Yes. Our prize programs are optional but encouraged. Offering prizes to your participants can improve sales. It’s important to discuss your prizes at your kickoff meeting. Then, continue to promote them throughout your sale. This will keep your group motivated to sell.

There is no cost for our incentives.

Learn about our prize programs

After you submit our ‘start a fundraiser’ form you’ll receive an agreement to sign. It will then take at least 7-10 business days to process your order and pack and ship out your supplies.

Learn about our timeline

Your sale will end 2 weeks after your start date. You can always change your end date. Simply let us know before your sale is over.

Yes, online selling is an important part of your Heartland Goodies & Gifts fundraiser. Prior to your start date you’ll receive instructions so your participants can register. Once registered they’ll be able to invite friends and family to shop at your store.

Selling online adds a 2^nd way for your group to raise money.

Registration is the most effective way to generate Heartland Goodies & Gifts sales online. It's also a very effective way to get your participants engaged in your cause. Once registered, participants invite people to your store by sharing their unique link. They can do this using text, social media, and/ or email.

Once potential buyers are at the store, the participant’s name appears at the top of the page. This helps make it recognizable to friends and family. For example, “Thank you for supporting John Doe with ABC High School Band!”

Registered sellers will also be eligible to earn credit towards prizes. We encourage groups to supplement our prize program with their own rewards. This can bring in even more sales. Here are some incentive ideas.

There are 2 ways to promote your store:

1. Registration: By default, your group will receive its own group ID number. Participants will need it to register and share your store with others using social media, text, and/ or email.
2. Direct Link: Or, we can create a unique link that would bypass the registration process. Your group would be able to share your link with their friends and family.

Yes, your Heartland Goodies & Gifts store will be set up to accept donations. You make 70% of the donated amount. You have the option to turn this feature off when logged into your portal.

There are no order requirements for a Heartland Goodies & Gifts fundraiser.

You’ll need to know your group size as well your participant goal. Here’s how you can estimate your profit:

Calculation Steps

1. Participant Count x Participant Item Goal = Items Sold
2. Items Sold x Average Retail Price = Gross Sales
3. Gross Sales x Profit % = Group Profit

Example

1. Let’s say you have 60 participants and you set your participant item goal at 10. The items sold would be 60 participants x 10 Items / participants = 600.
2. Next, determine your gross sales. The average retail price is about $17 so your gross sales would be 600 Items x $17 = $10,200.
3. Since your profit is 40%, your group profit would be $10,200 x 40% = $4,080.

Keep in mind, our example is only an estimated profit. In reality, participants probably won’t sell the same number of items. In addition, the average retail dollars sold per seller will vary.

Brochure: You most likely won’t know how many orders you get until you collect your order forms. Yet there are strategies that can give you a ballpark idea. Learn how to track your fundraising progress

Online: You'll be able to track online sales in real-time. By logging into your dashboard you'll see:

• Which participants have registered
• Email and social share activity
• Participant and group sales progress

Brochure Sales: Money and order forms are turned in at the end of the sale. The money gets deposited in the group’s account and the order forms are sent in for processing.

Once orders are processed, the group receives their sales reports and invoice. The group sends a check for the invoice amount and keeps the rest as profit.

Online Sales: A credit will appear on your brochure invoice for your online sales profit.

Donations: Any profits earned from donations are factored into your online sales credit.

Groups make 40% off all Heartland Goodies & Gifts brochure and online sales.

You receive 70% of online donations.

(Use the ‘Calculate Your Profit’ calculator at the top of the page to determine your profit)

We deliver brochure orders to your group 3-4 weeks after receiving your order forms. Online orders generally ship to customers within 3 business days after purchase.

Product ships out of our Indiana warehouse to all lower 48 states.

Orders deliver prepacked by seller.

Brochure Sales: Shipping is free if certain order minimums are met:

• Groups under 100 participants: Shipping is free for 150+ item orders. A $100 shipping and handling fee is charged for orders with fewer than 150 items.
• Groups with 100 or more participants: Shipping is free for 250+ item orders. A $250 shipping and handling fee is charged for orders with fewer than 250 items.

  Minimums include combined sales made from the brochure and online store.

Buyers also have the option to ship their order to the group. In this case there is no shipping fee.

Yes this is an option. Instead of shipping Heartland Goodies & Gifts brochure orders to your group, we’ll ship them to each participant. Sellers would then need to distribute items to their customers.

Home delivery fundraisers go by the following profit margins:

Orders under $1,000 in gross sales will be shipped to the group.