Fall Flowers

Yes, selling online is an important part of your Fall Flowers fundraiser. Before your sale, you’ll receive instructions to pass onto your participants. They’ll be able to invite friends and family to shop at your store.

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

Registration is not required. Instead, participants will be able to share your flower store link with friends and family. We recommend using text, social media, and/ or email to help get the word out.

Once people arrive at your store, they’ll see your group’s name and purpose at the top of the page. For example, “ABC High School Band". “We are raising funds for festival entrance fees and travel.” This helps personalize your campaign.

Yes, you will receive your own unique online store link.

Fall Flowers does not offer a donation option.

Your online store closes on October 15^th. Holiday stores close on December 1^st. If you want to close your store sooner, let us know when you want it closed.

Your online profit check is sent about three weeks after your store is closed.

There are no order requirements for a Fall Flowers 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 / participant = 600.
2. Next, determine your gross sales. The average retail price is about $14 so your gross sales would be 600 Items x $14 = $8,400.
3. Since your profit is 40%, your group profit would be $8,400 x 40% = $3,360.

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 probably won’t know how many orders you get until you collect your order forms. But 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:

• Your latest orders
• Sales by location
• Overall sales progress

Brochure Sales: Money and order forms are turned in at the end of the sale. Send us a check for 50% of the total money collected along with your order forms for processing.

Online Sales: Your profit check usually arrives 2-3 weeks after the end of the season.

Groups make 50% off of all Fall Flowers items.

(Use the ‘Calculate Your Profit’ calculator at the top of the page to learn how much money your group can make)

The only time an organization will not pay sales tax is if they are tax exempt and the order ships to the organization’s address where the tax exempt number is connected to.

Online customers pay sales tax if applicable, and shipping. We do not charge a processing fee.

Shipping time frames are as follows:

Fall orders begin shipping Mid-September. Orders placed Mid-September thru October will be shipped on a weekly basis. This depends on the zone they are located in. We will ship to cooler climates first to ensure they get in the ground before the first hard frost.

• End of September-Beginning of October: Zones 3-5
• Early-Mid October: Zones 6-7
• Mid-End October: Zones 8-10

Fall stores close on October 15^th.

Holiday Orders: Our Amaryllis and paperwhite orders begin shipping mid November. Orders ship in order of receipt.

Holiday stores close on December 1^st.

Order Form Cutoff Dates

Paper order forms need to be received in-house by the following dates:

• Fall Sales: October 15^th
• Holiday Sales: November 15^th

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Customers receive a confirmation email when they place their order. A notification email with tracking information is sent once their order ships.

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

Brochure orders deliver prepacked to the piece.

We will not charge a shipping fee as long as you meet the following requirements based on the size of your group:

Groups up to 100 participants

If you sell 150 or more items, there is no shipping charge. A $100 shipping and handling fee will be charged for orders with fewer than 150 items sold.

Groups with over 100 participants

Shipping is free if your group averages $20 or more in retail sales per enrolled participant. (Since the average price of an item listed in a typical brochure is about $14, that is less than two items per enrolled participant)

A quick way to determine your average retail sales per enrolled participant is to divide your total sales by your group enrollment. Consider the following two examples.

If your group raises:

1. $2,500 with 150 participants, your average retail sales per enrolled participant would be $16.67. In this case, you would be charged 50¢ x 150 = $75 (See chart above).
2. $3,500 with 150 participants; your average retail sales per enrolled participant would be $23.33. In this case, you would not be charged a shipping fee because you reached $20 per enrolled participant.

Another way is to multiply $20 by your enrollment number. So if you have 150 participants, your shipping would be free if your retail sales are $3,000 or more (150 members x $20 items/member).

Keep in mind that many sellers will sell more than two items while others may not sell. If your group averages about two or more items, you shouldn’t incur a shipping fee.

NOTE: Both brochure and online sales count towards the free shipping minimum requirement

All online orders will ship direct to your customer’s door for a flat $6.99 shipping fee.

There is no ship to seller option for a Fall Flowers fundraiser.

To deal with any missing or damaged items sellers will be instructed to contact customer service.