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