In 2019, with rapid growth in online retail, anyone serious about school, club, charity or church fundraising needs to think about ways to get a slice of the action online. For too long these organisations have had to rely on high effort, low return fundraising initiatives like selling chocolate bars. Thankfully innovative new platforms like Rewardhub have emerged to make it easy for any good cause to raise funds via online retailers.
Affiliate marketing fundraising
Affiliate marketing is an excellent way for these good causes to raise money via online transactions. While it may sound complicated for those not familiar with affiliate marketing, the reality is it is very simple. Simply put, an Affiliate can be anyone with an online community, like a website, email database or social media page. Affiliates sign up to affiliate networks to access tracked links which they promote to their users. When users click on an Affiliate’s link and go through to an advertiser website to make a purchase, the affiliate earns a commission.
For example an affiliate might post a tracked link on their a Facebook page saying “Hi everyone, go buy a Christmas Tree here and we earn a 15% commission to raise funds, while you also get a $10 discount!”. In this example the affiliate program may have also included an exclusive discount for you to offer your audience as an incentive to click. When someone clicks through and buys a tree you earn 15% of the sale value.
Rewardhub fundraising platform
So, you’re starting to get the idea around how affiliate marketing can work for fundraising right? If you think about all the different things people are already buying online, these are all opportunities to raise more funds. However it can become quite a job signing up to lots of different affiliate programs, so thankfully there is a much easier way. Enter Rewardhub.
Rewardhub is a platform that was designed specifically for fundraising in New Zealand, and it really levels the playing field as it can be used by any not for profit organisation regardless of size, resource or capability. It is free to use and already has more than 60 brands signed up, so you do not need to join lots of affiliate programs, you just add your Good Cause Page and its ready to go with tracked links for you.
It takes two minutes to sign up to the platform, you just add some basic information, a hero image and a sentence to describe your good cause. Once that’s set up your Good Cause Page on Rewardhub is just like an online shopping mall but one where you earn a commission from all the transactions that originate from links on your page. Your job is simply to tell your supporters and community to go there and shop.
Rewardhub fundraising ideas
At the time of writing there were 60+ offers on the platform. Below are just a selection. For more jump onto Rewardhub and explore brands:
Money and utilities fundraising ideas
| Energyclubnz fundraising This low cost power provider donates $50 for new sign ups |
| JUNO KiwiSaver fundraising Perfect schools as they’re free for under 18’s and donate $50 for sign ups |
| Slingshot fundraising Your supporters get exclusive discount and you raise $50 per sign up |
| TSB Bank fundraising Your supporters get exclusive discount and you raise $50 per sign up |
Media and entertainment fundraising ideas
| Magazine fundraising You earn 10% for all magazine subscriptions through MAGSHOP |
| Mighty Ape fundraising Earn donations of 4% for books, games and more entertainment sales |
| Ticket Master fundraising Raise funds every time one of your supporters books tickets to an event |
| Book Depository Free shipping on 20 million titles, perfect for schools and pays 3.5% |
Fashion fundraising ideas
| City Chic fundraising Promote this plus size fashion brand and earn 3.5% of all sales |
| Jeans West fundraising Popular in shopping malls across NZ. Promote online to raise 4% of sales |
| Lorna Jane fundraising Growing Activewear brand with a conscience. Donates 4% of sales |
| Rodd & Gunn fundraising Quality New Zealand menswear donates a generous 6.5% of sales |
| The Iconic fundraising Kiwi’s go to for premium fashion online. Rewards 3.5% of spend |
| Cue fundraising Classic, elegant fashion brand donates 5% of online sales |
| Converse fundraising Iconic sneaker brand. Earn 4% donations from online shopping |
| Cotton On fundraising Popular kids wear and casual clothes for grown ups. Earn 4% donations |
| Supre fundraising A cult favourite for young New Zealand women. Rewards 4% of spend |
Food and drink fundraising ideas
| Hello Fresh fundraising Earn a generous $12 donation, while you supporters save 30% |
| Restaurant Hub fundraising Earn when ever your supporters click through to book a restaurant |
| FED fundraising Healthy ready made meals to your door, earn $9 on all orders |
Health and Beauty fundraising
| Strawberrynet fundraising The world’s leading discount beauty store. Free shipping, earn 5% |
| Healthpost fundraising Supporters can shop more than 5000 natural beauty products. Earn 4% |
| Clearly fundraising Big brands low prices on all contact lenses and sunglasses. Earn 4% |
| Linden Leaves fundraising New Zealand beauty and wellbeing. Perfect gifts and earn 5% donations |
Home and Living fundraising
| Citta Design Fundraising Nationwide furniture retailer pays generous 8% of sales |
| Misa Christmas Trees fundraising Selling Christmas trees is a great way to raise and earn 15% of sales |
| Paper planes fundraising Cute homewares and great fundraising. Earns 5% of spend |
| Amazon fundraising Yes you can raise funds on Rewardhub with the world’s biggest retailer |
| Everyday Needs fundraising Tasteful homeware edits that earn you donations of 5% |
Business and School fundraising
| Microsoft fundraising Earn donations for free on everyday software and hardware |
| Dell fundraising Buy laptops direct from Dell online to raise generous commissions |
| Kikki K fundraising Nice designer stationary ships NZ wide and pays 4.5% donations |
| Grammarly fundraising A platform to detect plagiarism and fix grammar generous donation |
Click here to start your good cause page and start raising funds on Rewardhub today
