Discount Card Fundraiser — A Sure Hit Among Baseball Fundraisers

  

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Looking for the home run of baseball fundraising ideas this year?  Then baseball discount cards are the way to go—they’re easy to sell and they can be created so they won’t conflict with other discount cards or coupon books that have been sold in your community! 

Fundraising discount cards provide baseball leagues with a simple way to raise plenty of funds before the season even starts.  They’re a great way to avoid raising your registration fees—or they may even allow you to lower what your organization charges.  The lower the registration fees, the more kids will be able to play . . . and more kids means more fun for everyone!

Baseball discount cards offer great deals at local retail establishments (i.e., restaurants, automobile service centers, bowling alleys & skating rinks, dry cleaners, pizza & ice cream parlors, etc.) and the discounts can be used by the card holder an unlimited number of times for up to one year.  They are a great way to support the community as well as earn money for your baseball league.

Local businesses are often eager to get involved with discount cards because it is a great way for them to advertise, not only through discounted prices or buy-one-get-one (BOGO) offers but also by associating their business’ name with local youth organizations.  Offering an opportunity for your current business sponsors to advertise for free is a great way to thank your organization’s current business sponsors. 

If raising funds is your primary objective, don't waste your time with car washes, bake sales, sandwich sales, or magazine subscriptions—these sports fundraising ideas just do not compare with the profit that you can earn with fundraising discount cards, and none of those fundraisers are as easy to implement.  Discount cards practically sell themselves because everyone is looking to save money—especially in a sluggish economy. 

Here’s one of the best parts:  All you need to do is give a list of your preferred local merchants to the discount card company and they’ll do the rest.  It can be that easy!  If you are working with the right company, they’ll not only negotiate excellent discounts, they’ll even make sure your discount cards do not conflict with another discount card that was sold in your community. 

Here’s another great feature of a discount card fundraiser:  You can even collect the proceeds and/or a post-dated check from your players’ parents as you are giving out the cards, and that means there will be no money collection on the back end.  That is, you won’t have to go chasing after people to turn in the proceeds!   

The key to a successful discount card fundraiser is to place a few cards in the hands of each player at registration or soon after practices begin.  Just make sure you feel comfortable with the number of cards each player is given so that everyone will be please with the number of the league’s discount cards they’re being asked to sell.  At $10 or $15 per card—and you determine the selling price—these cards will be a snap to sell.  Actually, if your baseball discount card is a good one, there’s not even much selling involved.  All it takes is simply to place your league’s discount card in the hands of a prospective buyer—the card will do the rest!  Almost everyone wants to save money.

Most people think that if baseball registration is done online rather than at a physical location, that baseball discount cards are not among the best of fundraising ideas, however this simply is not true.  Discount cards do not have to be passed out by the league or fundraising administrators, they can be mailed directly to each registrant’s home.  (A follow-up email to ask members to report not receiving the cards by a certain date would help ensure that the cards were received, but reports of not receiving the cards are rare.)  A letter and several cards can be mailed for the cost of a league envelope and the price of a first-class postage stamp.  Parents can simply remit the proceeds for the discount cards when they remit their player’s registration fee.  Can you think of another fundraising product that will work as well for online registrations? 

Why would you not turn to baseball discount cards as your fundraising choice this baseball season?  It’s a real win-win-win . . . for the families who live in your community, for the merchants who support your organization, and for your baseball league.  Fundraising discount cards will also make it possible to keep your registration fees low.  Sign up today and watch your league grow and succeed like you never thought possible!

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