Popcornopolis

Your group raises money as participants take brochure orders from friends and family.

Yes. Every participant receives a catalog, an order form, and an envelope for collecting money.

Yes. Buyers can pay by check, cash, money order, or cashier's check.

There are no setup fees or supply costs to start a Popcornopolis brochure sale.

Yes. Our prize programs are optional but encouraged. Motivating your sellers with prizes 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 inspired to sell.

If your group has 100 participants, a prize flyer is placed in each seller's packet. The sponsor receives a PDF for smaller groups with their 'fundraiser supply kit' email.

There is no cost to the group for our incentive plans.

Learn about our prize programs

You'll receive an agreement to sign after you submit our Start a Fundraiser form. It will take at least 7-10 business days to process your order and pack and ship your supplies.

Learn about our timeline.

We'll schedule your end date two weeks after your kickoff date. You can always change your end date. Let us know before your sale ends.

Yes, selling online is an essential part of your Popcornopolis fundraiser. Before your kickoff date, you'll receive instructions so your participants can register. Once registered, they can invite friends and family to shop at your store.

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

Your online store will include additional items not found in the brochure. You must let us know if you only want to display your specific brochure items.

Registration is the best way to promote your Popcornopolis fundraiser online and drive traffic to your online store. Once registered, participants can invite friends and family to your online store using text, social media, and email. They'll also be able to log into their sales portal anytime and track their online sales.

Once potential supporters arrive at your store, your group name appears at the top of the page. This helps to personalize your fundraiser. For example, "Welcome to ABC High School Band." Encourage your sellers to personalize the visitor experience even more by uploading their pictures.

Registered sellers will also be eligible to earn credit toward prizes. We encourage groups to supplement our prize program with their rewards. Here are some incentive ideas.

There are two ways to promote your store:

1. Registration: By default, your group will receive its school ID number. Participants will need it to register and share your store with others using social media, text, and email.
2. Quick Registration: Or, as an option, we will send you a link that you can provide to your participants to forward to their family and friends. Supporters only need to enter their school ID #, group name, or student they want to support. Your sellers would not need to register.

By using quick registration, you can only track online sales as a group, not by an individual seller. Sellers would not receive prize credit for any sales made online.

Online Ship-to-Group Orders

Another limitation with a single store link is getting items to online customers who choose the ship-to-group option. Typically, when participants register and send out their unique links, and customers make a purchase, orders are automatically tied to a particular seller.

Any items shipped to the group are already packed inside the seller's box with their other brochure items. Participants then deliver these items to their customers.

But with the single link option, you must let any ship-to-group buyers know to pick up their order because it won't be associated with any seller.

Yes, people can donate in $25 increments. Your group receives 75% profit from all donations.

Or, if you don't want a donation option in your store, you can have this feature turned off. When submitting your Start a Fundraiser form, let us know in the comments section.

Donations do not count toward items sold.

No. Participants need to register individually. Each participant has their own login and sharing options.

Your online store closes seven days after your sales end date.

We will send your online sales profit check once we receive your brochure sales invoice payment.

There are no order requirements for a Popcornopolis fundraiser.

You'll need to know your group size and 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 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 $13, so your gross sales would be 600 Items x $13 = $7,800.
3. Since your profit is 40%, your group profit would be $7,800 x 40% = $3,120.

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. Yet some strategies 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 the following:

• The number of participants who have registered
• The number of unique visitors
• Individual 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 processed.

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

Online Sales: Once we receive your brochure invoice payment, we'll send your online sales profit check.

Donations: Any profits from donations are included with the online sales check.

Groups make 40% off of all Popcornopolis items.

You receive 70% of online donations.

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

Certain states require that we collect and remit sales tax on your behalf to your state's Department of Revenue. We will need to charge sales tax if your state has determined that we have established nexus and you are not tax-exempt. See our brochure fundraising tax guide for more information.