Discount Card Fundraiser

A discount card fundraiser is a campaign where individuals or groups sell unique cards to supporters. These cards offer discounts or deals at participating local businesses, creating a win-win scenario for buyers and businesses.

Fundraiser cards give buyers exclusive discounts or offers at partnering businesses. Supporters purchase these cards from fundraisers, and the proceeds go toward the fundraising cause. It's a mutually beneficial arrangement that encourages community involvement.

The primary purpose of a discount card is to raise funds for a specific cause, such as school programs, sports teams, or charitable organizations. These cards provide value to buyers through discounts and generate revenue to support important initiatives.

To execute a card fundraiser, you typically partner with local businesses to offer card discounts. Then, you promote and sell these cards to supporters in your community. Ensure clear communication about the cause, the benefits of the cards, and how the funds will be used to maximize participation.

Groups profit when participants sell discount cards to friends and family.

You will need to prepay so we can proceed with building and creating your discount card, which takes up to 30 days to complete. Once they obtain a signed purchase order, public schools can submit their purchase order number instead.

Since discount cards are ordered upfront, you have the following payment options:

• Purchase order: If you're a public school, you can order without paying up front. A purchase order is a legally binding document between your group and us. Payment is due within 15 days of receipt of the product, giving you time to collect enough money to pay your bill. You then keep the rest as profit.
• Credit card: We accept VISA, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, and PayPal.
• Direct Deposit: You must provide your bank routing and account numbers. We will send you a form via a secure encrypted email to complete, sign, and return. Contact us

No, we'll design your discount card for free.

Yes, we offer volume discounts. For more information, see our 'Card Pricing' table at the top of the page.

The design options for the front of your card are endless. For example, we can incorporate a picture of your group, team, schedule, school logo, or a particular cause into your design.

You will need to upload your image as you submit your order. Your image should include your group name, logo, or other relevant information.

Yes, we'll ask you to review and approve your card before it goes to print. This allows you to check your design, grammar, and spelling. We can remove a business if necessary, but new ones cannot be added.

It would be best if you planned for your discount card fundraiser. You'll receive your customized cards within 30 days of receipt of your order. Your cards will ship within seven business days once you've approved the front and back of your card.

We recommend giving your sellers one week to sell their discount card allocation and turn in the money.

TIP: Use a tracking sheet to ensure timely and accurate money turn-in.

The size of your order depends on the number of participants in your group and how many cards you want them to sell. Consider asking each participant to sell 5-10 cards.

You can also use our 'Profit Calculator' at the top of the page.

We don't offer any prize programs with our discount card fundraiser.

Each business on your card will honor its discount once daily.

Cards are not valid with other coupons, discounts, offers, or promotions. You may not use them for alcohol, tax, or tip; they are non-transferable.

Yes, after you receive your cards, they'll expire on the first day of the 13^th month.

For example, if you receive your cards in August, they'll expire on September 1^st of the following year. We'll put the date the card expires on your card.

We contact and secure the business for your discount card. We contract with local, regional, and national businesses nationwide. We ask each business to sign a one-year agreement.

You choose the businesses. When submitting your order, please provide at least 36 businesses because not everyone will agree to be on your card. Our goal is to secure a minimum of 12 businesses. Occasionally, we need to contact additional businesses.

We recommend that you select well-known businesses. 80% of a typical card is eating establishments.

Business benefits include free advertising, valuable publicity, and increased foot traffic. They don't pay to be on your card.

This is also an opportunity to give back and support the cause of a local school or organization.

Businesses must sign an agreement to honor their discount. We'll send the business a copy of the finished card so they can forward it to their employees.

Yes. The minimum order is 250 cards.

Estimating your profit is easy. Consider the following example.

A sponsor decides to order 600 cards. The group has 75 members, which means that each participant will need to sell eight discount cards:

1. 75 participants x 8 discount cards / participant = 600 cards
2. 600 cards x $10.00 / card = $6,000.00 gross sales
3. $6,000.00 x 50% profit = $3,000.00 profit

The profit percent would be 50% because the card order is between 500-999. See the 'Case Pricing' table at the top of this page. (Volume discounts apply)

QUICK TIP: Scroll up, click the 'Calculate Your Profit' button, and enter your group size and participant goal.

Yes, you can order additional cards at any time up until three months after the delivery date of your initial order. You must reorder at least 250 cards.

• 250-499 cards: $6.00 each
• 500-999 cards: $5.00 each
• 1,000+ cards: $4.50 each

Standard printing takes 3-5 business days.

We don't take back unsold cards since we build the cards exclusively for your organization.

We aim to deliver your customized cards within 30 days of receiving your order.

The time it takes to complete a card depends on how quickly we get a response from the business decision-makers we're contacting. Occasionally, a card can take longer than anticipated. Despite these challenges, we always complete a card we're proud of.

The more time we have to contact your businesses, the better.

Once we finish building your card, you will receive a front and back of card design proof. After you approve it, it will be ready to print. Allow about 7-10 days from the final proof approval date, with the understanding that the expected delivery date is not guaranteed.

Included at no additional charge:

• Standard printing: requires 3-5 business days
• UPS Ground service: requires 1-3 business days, on average, depending on zip code (West Coast takes four business days)

Optional services:

• Rush printing: requires 1-2 business days (and an additional $50 charge)
• UPS expedited services (Next Day Air, etc. - additional fees apply)

If you choose to go with either rush printing or UPS expedited services, as long as we know about this before sending the job to the printer, we will print and send additional cards for no charge to offset the additional cost of those services.

For example, if you choose rush printing for $50 and UPS Next Day Air for $119.46, these optional services would total $169.46. Since the standard face value of the card is $10, we will send you 17 extra cards that you could sell for $10 each, generating $170 in additional revenue that you could use to pay for these optional services without cutting into your projected profit of the original order.

Discount cards ship from our Ohio warehouse to all the lower 48 states.

All orders ship for free. You also receive free shipping on any reorders.