Treestamp.com Presents a New Twist in Online Fundraising
As online fundraising becomes more popular, platforms have been trying to come up with more creative ideas that will separate their platform from the others. To attract fundraisers many have figured out ways to even make it so that the actual fundraiser pays $0 in fees and walks away with 100% of the funds they've earned from online donations. In these cases, it's even more lucrative (and much easier) for non-profits, churches, schools, youth sports and other organizations to raise money using these free services than selling goods or accepting donations on their own sites' using an online payment processor. Treestamp.com has found a way to not only offer free fundraising, but have also found a niche that no other online fundraising platform is offering at this time.
Like any other fundraising site, individuals or organizations register their cause on Treestamp and set their goal amount. However, unlike other platforms, fundraisers choose the amounts of the donations they will accept. This allows Treestamp to pre-calculate the fee payment processors will charge so that this charge can be paid by the donors instead of the actual fundraiser. Most would think that this would deter donors from giving to the causes listed on Treestamp; however, there is much to be gained from those who choose to donate money to Treestamp causes. To understand the benefit of donating to a Treestamp cause, we first must explain the other aspects of Treestamp that makes it unique.
When a fundraiser is registered on Treestamp, owners take to social media asking that their friends and family FOLLOW their cause on the site. Since following a cause on Treestamp is free, many more individuals are willing to click thru to help a good cause. When a user follows a cause, they become an advocate for the cause and are pledging to not only support the fundraiser; but also promote those who donate money to the cause. “It's not uncommon for companies to sponsor sporting events, charities, and school events. In the past, when a company does sponsor an organization, they'll get a logo and link display on the charitable organization's ‘Our Sponsors' page. These pages usually get very little traffic and bring almost no value to the sponsor,” Erica Roberts, founder of Treestamp.com, explains. “With Treestamp, sponsors are getting a lot more value for their sponsorship.”
When a sponsor donates $100 or more to a cause on Treestamp, they'll get a free marketing page to promote their brand, service or product. The page can be customized by the sponsor to include their social media pages, a video or image advertisement and other promotional content. When the page becomes active, the cause's advocates are notified and are required to visit the sponsor's page. From that point, the user may share the marketing page with their friends and followers on social media. “A video marketing campaign could very easily go viral using this method,” said Roberts. “And a summary post of their page is displayed prominently on the fundraising page, which is being promoted daily by the cause's advocates.”
Smaller donations are also allowed on Treestamp for $25, $50, or $75 for individuals or smaller companies seeking quality marketing with large scale potential. Although these donation amounts won't earn the donor a marketing page and an email notification to the cause's followers; they are allowed to make a video or image advertisement post on the fundraising page; which as mentioned earlier will be seen by the fundraiser's daily visitors. Although the chances of these posts alone going viral is much smaller; the possibility is still there, especially if the fundraiser owner chooses to email blast the ad post to their followers.
Currently Treestamp only accepts one currency (USD); however, by June 2016 six additional currencies will be accepted (EUR, GBP, INR, AUD, CAD, JPY). Besides the additional currencies, many more improvements are scheduled to provide even more exposure to their cause's sponsors and supporters. Online fundraiser for charities