Fundraising Products

This might be as:

• A stand alone fundraiser - for instance selling candles or cookie dough
• An ongoing fundraiser - for instance selling silicon wristbands
• As a product to sell as part of a larger fundraising event - for instance promotional products or novelties such as Smencils.

If you have a good cause and a good product fundraising this way can be fun and straightforward.

Some companies will require you to buy products up front and offer you wholesale discounts to do so. You make your money when you sell on for your good cause.

Companies will often offer much better prices the more you order. This is particularly true for spirit products branded with your organisation's logo, where a lot of the cost is in the printing set up. Beware however ordering too much stock which may be difficult to sell.

With other product fundraisers you may take orders or deliver catalogues etc. With these you usually earn a percentage of the retail price

Check out plenty of the companies trying to sell you their wares. There are lots of them out there so shop around for the best deals.

Ethical Sourcing of Fundraising Products

We can all encourage this process by using those companies where possible and putting pressure on the others. Simply asking the question flags it as an issue for those who wholesale fundraising products.

Producing Your Own Fundraising Novelties

Another option of course is to make or source your own. For instance a charity we know does a brisk trade in lucky horseshoes. They have struck a deal for old shoes from the local farrier, clean them up and sell them at every fundraising event they can.

There are all sorts of products your supporters could make and sell for you

List of Fundraising Products

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