How to Sell Spirit Cards As a Fundraiser
Spirit Cards are wallet-sized cards offering discounts at businesses in your locale. Selling Spirit Cards as a fundraising program can bring profits on many tiers---your organization earns between 40 percent and 80 percent of the total card sales, purchasers of the cards receive discounts at businesses and the local businesses offering discounts stand to gain exposure and more customers. Pick your level of participation and profits by choosing between the "We Do It" and "You Do It" programs.
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Instructions
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You Do It
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Contact a company that sells Spirit Cards to set up an account and receive more information.
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Solicit local businesses to offer a discount. You can choose up to 20 businesses to advertise their discounts on your card.
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Fill out the merchant contract with the business. Contracts are supplied by the Spirit Card company.
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Send in your logo or photo to be featured on the card. Order the cards, approximating the number you think your organization can sell.
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Hand out fliers to advertise your fundraiser (also supplied by the fundraising company).
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Have members of your organization sell the cards to their friends and family.
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Earn between 50 percent and 80 percent of the profits, depending on how many cards you sell.
We Do It
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Set up an account with a company offering Spirit Cards as a fundraiser.
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Create a list of local businesses whose discounts you would like to see on your card and send the list to the fundraising company.
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Order the number of cards you think you can sell, including the logo or photo you would like on the card.
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Post fliers in conspicuous locations to advertise your fundraiser and product.
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Sell the cards to your members, and have them sell to their friends and families.
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Earn between 40 percent and 70 percent of the profits, depending on the total number of cards sold.
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Tips & Warnings
If you solicit businesses yourself, pointing out the exposure they will get is a good sales tactic.
If your organization has a website, set up an email account with the name "spiritcards@your.org" for people to learn more information about your fundraiser.
In December of 2009, Spirit Cards sold for $10 each, making the profit per card between $4 and $8.
Skip the middle man by soliciting businesses yourself and having cards printed at a local print shop.
