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| Benefits of Merchant Participation |
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The Finding.com system is designed to maximize local business profits...
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- A basement-cost web presence whereby "WE EARN ONLY WHEN YOU EARN"
- No risk: FREE for the first 3 months (not including the $20 finder's fee which you may bypass by direct sign-up)
- After 3 months only $5 per month hosting fee
- The standard "cost" is a 5% rebate which is directed to the charities and/or schools of the customers choice
- Plans are available for service-oriented businesses (such as physicians or attorneys)
- For large purchased items, the merchant has the option to cap the dollar amount of the rebate
- An interactive web page at an easily recalled address. Examples: finding.com/Your Business Name, finding.com/EducationalInternet
- An email account, which may be used for online orders and/or customer-merchant communications. The address will be: YourBusinessName@Finding.com
- Pre-paid envelopes with bar-coding to eliminate your accounting and easy return
- Multiple categories to describe your business so that customers can quickly find your products/services. Example: fast-food /restaurants /food and beverage
- Directory listing of your business specifically for your shopping district. Example: Charleston, SC shopping district
- Each business can update at anytime and re-define any specials
- Minimal effort coupon system
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- Minimal merchant web site management ("no brainer" set-up and login)
| Within 5 minutes, each business will have an updatable web site which includes a map, email, a self-defined target customer area, and any chosen specials, comments or mottos. |
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- A charitable rebate program that has been shown to stimulate sales and overall profits.
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- Finding your business is simple at Finding.com:
You will have a great, practical name based on your actual business's name
- Each business web site will have a "plain-sense" name based upon the actual business name.
An example for Bob's Hotdogs would be the web site finding.com/Bob'sHotdogs
- Each business would have a similar "plain-sense" email address (if they do not have an existing email address).
An example for Bob's Hotdogs would be the email address Bob'sHotdogs@finding.com
- Each school is motivated to enroll you, the merchant.
- That school will then receive a higher percentage of your rebate.
- You will be requested to pay a $20 finder's fee for initial registration.
- If you wish to circumvent the finder's fee, click below to join now. You may then select the recipient school or charity of your choice (acting as your own "Finder").
- Business-site Internet access is NOT mandatory.
- You may update and manage your web site from any computer with Internet access (home, etc).
Become a Merchant Instructions
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| Learn About Us |
Payment Fundamentals of the School Rebate Program
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- There is a complete list of schools in the United States is already available for participants to choose from. If you cannot find your school you may add it.
- To sign-up an organization:
You could be a finder (See Finder), make $20 (or just tell a "friendly merchant" to join without having to pay a finders fee), and simultaneously register your organization. The more merchants you register, the more beneficial for every participant.
You could be a Community Rebates member (See Community Rebates), sign-up and start shopping to earn rebates for the organization you choose.
- A donation to a specific school or organization is transferred on a quarterly basis. If less than $50, the donation will roll-over into the next quarter until it exceeds $50.
- Donations require a routing number for electronic transfer of monies, when not possible a check will be mailed once the donation exceeds $100.
- Schools or organizations who are not aware of this program will still accumulate rebates. They will be notified once their rebate exceeds $50.
- An on-line account tabulation is available for each school or charity to monitor cumulative rebates.
- Feel good about using the coupons to route rebates back to the organizations you care about!!
For more information see Terms and Agreements
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| Merchant Finders |
| The base of the pyramid, the most critical individual: THE MERCHANT FINDER |
Merchant finders recruit new businesses, and plant the seeds for community funding.
The finder requests a $20 business registration fee (Finder's Fee) from each merchant they enroll. In addition to the $20, every transaction involving their enrolled merchants will result in a portion being rebated to the finder's target school or organization.
It's all common sense: Who do you want to help? Who would want to help your school or community projects?
Which merchants would readily offer a 5% rebate to increase business traffic and bottom-line profits. A business will be provided with a free does not require an in-office computer to benefit from Internet access to their web site and directory exposure. Furthermore, potential customers, who would like to help their own target organizations do not require a personal computer to print coupons. Coupons are possible at any computer with Internet access and a printer. The Internet acts as a vehicle for exposure and coupons which enables face-to-face purchasing and saving.
The basics of a Finder:
- Select your school, which will receive 100%, of the educational rebate, of each transaction involving a parent who has designated your school as their recipient. Otherwise if a customer (parent) has a different recipient school, your "finding effort" will guarantee that your school will receive 20% of every transaction.
- Post your merchant ASAP so that the merchant is not called upon by several other potential finders. Posting requires only the business name and zip code.
- You must ask for the $20 finder’s fee from the merchant at the time of sign-up.
Finding Merchants is a service to the business. Learn More...
Become a Finder Instructions
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| How do the Coupons Work? |
The coupon system is simple and FREE. Simply go to the Finding.com page for the business whose coupon you want. Then print a coupon for that business, you may do this from any computer. There are no bothersome coupon books, because you only print the coupons you want. Finding.com's Coupons are FREE so you can print as many as you want. All you have to take a participating business coupon with you when you shop with them and earn your rebate. There is absolutely NO extra cost to you the customer, so you can shop as much as you like.
Three simple steps:
- Create an Account with School Rebates or Community Rebates (one-time only, this ensures your rebates go to where you want)
- Print a coupon for the business
- Shop at that business and give them your coupon when you make a purchase (the business will return the coupon to us)
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| Learn About Us |
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Finding.com directs local customers to businesses, who are community-minded and willing to rebate a percentage of sales to charities, schools, college tuition, etc.
The name Finding.com refers to FINDING COMmercial businesses which are COMmunity-minded
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All participants benefit:
- Community projects and charitable organizations receive desperately needed funding
- Acts as a business stimulant by providing mechanisms for a higher volume of sales
- Provides low cost or free educational and safety systems to schools and homes
How Merchants Benefit:
Maximizes profits through minimal-cost advertising and rebate incentives Learn More...
How Parents Benefit:
Access to a unique, low-cost educational system with unrivaled safety features Learn More...
"Makes previous protective systems obsolete"
How Schools and Charities Benefit:
The entire system places schools and charities in the center as the major recipients of rebates. With active participation, schools and charities can motivate finders to register merchants or enlist merchants themselves. Method of Donation
How to be a Participating School (Instruction Materials for Principals, Teachers, PTA's, etc.)
How does the System work?
Finder: Motivated finders bring new businesses into the program and plant the seeds for community funding.Learn More...
Coupons: The coupon system is simple and FREE. Learn More...
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