People from all over the world spend most of the time on the Internet
therefore fundraising activities can be successful using this medium.
Donors can give to charity or donate to organizations online without
leaving their house. There are many fundraising ideas that can be done
through the Internet that people in need can benefit from. The proceeds
immediately go to organizations in a short period of time as payments
are done via electronic transactions. These organizations do not need to
make time-consuming and stressful inventories just like in regular
fundraising activities that are done personally.
Fundraising online is possible through Internet auctions. Members of
the organization can bid some of their stuff in websites that do
auctioneering. They collect a portion of the proceeds to be given to
charity. Non-profit organizations can also register their group in a
certain website that has a charity program of their own. These groups
will be able to get all of the proceeds from the items that they auction
provided they open a seller’s account in the said website.
Another way for fundraisers to raise money for charity is to tie-up
with local businesses. A specific amount of some of the items sold
online by these businesses can be given to the fundraisers. For example,
a company that sells baby clothes can donate 10% of the sales they make
online to an organization supporting an orphanage. A cosmetic company’s
website that sells make-up for women can also donate a percentage of
their monthly sales to a women’s crisis center. A publishing company can
also donate children’s books to a public school.
There are also fundraising websites that allow organizations to
create a page of their own with them. The website manages the page while
the organization is the one who asks for donors and does the
fundraising activities by advertising the page to family, friends and
supporters. All the proceeds that the organization will receive will
directly go to them. This is a way for the fundraisers to help such
organizations in their missions and goals for a specified time.
There are also fundraising malls in the Internet that help
organizations raise funds for charity. To do this, an organization has
to have a website where they will put a link to the online shopping
mall. When a person buys something from the seller’s website through the
link provided by the organization, the latter gets a portion of the
sale made. The customer gets to buy something he really needs and at the
same time would be able to give to charity. There are also online
shopping malls that encourage organizations to create a web page in
their websites for easier and instant access.
Online fundraising is easier to do than the traditional fundraising
activity, which requires time, preparation, location, transportation
expenses, advertisement, and inventories. Fundraising online just
requires a web page and that alone can reach millions of people around
the globe. There are just so many fundraiser ideas that can be
implemented via the net that would benefit those who are truly in need.
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