What You Do:
Sign Up-
Send us your non-binding letter of intent. We are currently taking applications
for stores opening in October 2009. Click here to sign
up.
Direct Supporters to Your Store-
You simply direct supporters to your store. You and your supporters can get
creative about getting customers to your store.
Promote Your Store-
We will provide promotional materials to help get your supporters and their
friends and family to your store. The profitability of your store depends on
how much you actively promote it. Get the kids and parents involved!
Tax Free Status-
While you may be registered as a tax free entity, we have no way of verifying
that, so your donors will have to get that information from you in order to
deduct any direct contribution from their taxes.
Determine Appropriate Content-
The online “Back Office” of you store allows you to control which
products your store sells. You can choose the product categories you want to
be for sale on you store. You may decide not to sell video games for example.
You can also choose to filter out products based on ratings. For example, you
can choose to include “G” and “PG” movies in your store,
but not “PG-13” and higher ratings.
Additionally, if you allow “G” rated movies, you can choose to exclude particular “G” movies that you or your supporters find objectionable.
Conversely, you may not allow allow “R” rated movies in your store, but you can select certain “R” rated movies to sell. The movie “The Passion of the Christ” is a good example. Some organizations want to offer that movie despite its “R” rating for graphic violence.
Update Newsletters, and Calendars-
If you choose to let us send e-mails to your customers with newsletters and
event calendars in them, you must keep them up to date.
E-Mail Address Upload-
If you choose to, you can upload your current e-mail address list to your site.
This will allow us to send newsletters and event information to your supporters
that include links and prompts to shop at your store. We will not share or sell
your e-mail address with anyone. The data will be encrypted before storage in
our database to prevent disclosure.