Re: [MickaCoo] [Mickaboo Discuss] Re Ebay

Wow. Very interesting. Thanks, Mike! e On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 9:35 AM, wrote:

After some responses i just wanted people to see this letter.

I know we have the greatest Ebay partners anyone would want in Ailsa's father. He has done a great job selling some of the bigger ticket items from my relatives getting hundreds of dollars for Mickaboo.

Pleases read this letter and you will see they mention getting some pretty big amounts because of the donations from others feature.

Re: Auctions through Mission Fish http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HumaneFundraising/message/42482;_ylc=X3oDMTJzM... Posted by: "vikke@catsrule.org" vikke@catsrule.org adoptacator3 http://profiles.yahoo.com/adoptacator3 Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:05 pm (PST)

Hi,

Our group has benefited immensely from participating in MissionFish. We used to sell a few items but no longer have time. You don't have to be an active seller or buyer to participate.

The best thing about MF is that other sellers can donate a % of their auction earnings to your group. Every day we get e'mails notifying us that a seller has chosen to donate 10% or so from an auction or 2 to us. The items don't always sell, but if they do, your bank acct. will receive a deposit around the 25th of ea month with the amounts donated. It's usually a buck or 2 at a time but it adds up. The donor even receives an automatic "thank you" via MF from you.

But even better is this: MF has a rotating promotion where they highlight a group on their Checkout page for 1 month, giving buyers the option to donate a buck or more to your group. We were featured in April of '09 & over the following months received $13,000 from individual donors giving $1 ea. Add to that the auction sellers who donated a %. As the year wore on the donations slowly waned but to this day we still receive $100-200+/- ea month. All in all we received over $21,000 since we were highlighted in April '09.

This enabled us to provide veterinary care for more animals, have a shed built for our expanding supplies, help people who couldn't afford vet care for their pets, develop our merch & crafts for fund-raising, participate in more community fund-raising events, etc, etc. All things we couldn't have done w/o MF donations.

I HIGHLY recommend MissionFish to rescues, it's a major blessing & is worth the hoops to jump through!

I just felt this might be worth looking into.

Mike Reed

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