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Once Upon a Time . . . Once upon a time there was a fundraising distributor called "The Big Fundraiser" who decided he wanted to sign more groups with extra "sizzle", and to enable his groups to make more money. He called his software vendor, "QDP", and asked them if they had anything that would help him. The QDP representative was happy to tell The Big Fundraiser about a new system called "WebUltra" that would allow him to use his website to collect online sales and, after a sale was over, to import the sales into his WinUltra tally system and include that data in the group’s printouts. The Big Fundraiser sold the "sizzle" of his new Internet Sales program. The group loved the idea and signed up, so the distributor raced back to work, got online, and set the group up in less than a minute. He also created a roster for the group in his WinUltra program so that each seller would have his or her own automatically generated seller number. At the kick-off, he explained to the students that they could invite their friends and family who did not live nearby to order online. He also told the students that Internet sales would count toward prizes. Suzie TopSeller really liked this idea because she had lots of on-line friends and relatives. The TopSeller parents liked it too, especially the fact that they didn’t have to personally carry the brochure with them to work, but instead, could email all their co-workers in the privacy of their own cubicles. The educational experience of Internet commerce was a free extra. Suzie used the special fundraising store to enter email addresses so her friends and relatives could receive automatically generated email letters with correct instructions along with her personal comments. Everybody in the TopSeller family emailed instructions with a link that would take customers directly to Suzie’s school’s sale page. Around the dinner table that evening, all the TopSellers talked about how similar this was to last year’s magazine sale, where Suzie was asked to provide names of friends and relatives, who then received a personal invitation and brochure. They liked this concept a lot better. Cross Country Grandma read Suzie’s email and clicked on the link. After entering the group ID and Suzie’s seller #, she saw the same brochures her granddaughter was carrying around back home. Grandma placed an order and put it on her credit card (just like any other online store). She clicked the Submit Order button, sat back and waited for the shipment to arrive. Back at the office, Big Fundraiser received a notification via email that there were online orders. He downloaded the order and processed the credit card. Grandma’s items were packed and shipped directly to her, which means she didn’t have to wait six months for her relatives to visit. Once the sale was over and all of the orders were turned in, the Big Fundraiser tallied the orders in WinUltra. He then used the WebUltra program to import that data into the tally. The orders that the seller collected were listed as they do now on the printouts along with the amount due. Then, just below that was a line that read: Online Sales: Qty: 3 Retail: $21.50 These amounts were added to the seller's totals from the regular sales to reflect totals for prizes. Receiving a package made Grandma’s day. Suzie was excited about her bigger prize. The group was happy because their sales increased. Big Fundraiser sold more product and made more money. And they all lived happily ever after. The End. Are you ready to make your fairy tale a reality? For an on-line demo of WebUltra, visit www.qdpcorp.com/store and enter QDP for the school code. For this demo, you are QDP Middle School showing three brochures.
Day Cares have enough going on. We can help, by eliminating the need for them to have to deal with the delivery and distribution of your fundraising orders. We want to empower our users to provide Home Delivery as part of their service arsenal. We’re testing two concepts. To make the test real, we need some volume. To get volume, we’re offering you a deal. It’s as simple as that.
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ConditionWe ship UPS, FedEx Ground or USPS (our choice). In most cases, we will use USPS postage without signature proof of delivery. A mis-addressed package should come back to us. Our system will automatically print an address label, which makes the potential of an order not shipped very slim. To participate in this FREE SHIPPING offer, we expect you to accept that there will be people call to claim non-receipt who did, in fact, receive their orders. We will charge for replacement product. If we were charging $3 per item, we could be more liberal with replacement, right? How it worksOur special order form allows for seller’s home address plus phone for address clarification, if needed. We will use First Class Mail, UPS Ground, and/or Fed-Ex Ground (our choice) to ship your orders to the “seller”. To get FREE Delivery, we will ask for payment with order. We take Visa/Discover/Mastercard.
Consider the PossibilitiesDay Cares are at peak capacity in the summer. Small, same size, easy to mail and target product are reasons for our FREE Home Delivery offer. Christian Schools will focus on the Hero Cards and recognize Noah and the animals, Daniel in the lion's den, and Jonah getting swallowed by the fish (and no, the Bible doesn't use the word whale). I received a kind letter from Mike Ray of VSA after my Cookie Dough issue. “I was disappointed that we were not included in the sampling request . . . many folks view us basically as a candy company and forget that we also specialize in other temperature sensitive programs.” May issue – Milestones in Fundraising. An overview history of fundraising with descriptions and impressions of the major milestones along the way; i.e. tally, packing, shopper brochures and more. Dick Raddatz says he wants his kids to read it so they’ll know where “we ole timers” started. And also, a prediction of the next two major milestones. PRIORITY News is a subscription letter - $49/yr. Check out Celebrate America brochure at www.qdpcorp.com. We can offer exclusive use, tally and pack it, and even invoice your groups (if you want). Read on our web site why we want to change the direction of the mega-shoppers and the industry. We can also Tally & Pack Americana and Wrap It Up from Scott’s, and United We Stand from Cathedral and Richer Marketing. Let our experience, expertise and ethics, combined with accuracy and great customer service, help you “compete to beat the competition”. Call when you’re ready to scan order forms. And, if you want to ride the fundraising technology wave, with Internet Fundraising and on-line stores, especially if you want to tie that to your printouts, we will keep you on the cutting edge. And finally, if you can see the potential of Home Delivery, let us put you on the front side of the wave where it is easier to catch the surf. Thanks for reading.
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