Imagine receiving 5% cash back on money spent by your members inside their community. Imagine no more!
Fundraising Program
No Cost – No Selling – No Paperwork
Not-For-Profit Presentation
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Our Value Proposition
We are inviting non-profits to participate in the most powerful and effective fundraising program ever launched in the US market. If you’re familiar with script, gift certificates or credit card based donation programs, then allow us to introduce you to the new UCard Fundraising Program and how we’re different. The UCard is the first non credit card of it’s kind that rewards individual customers while helping fund churches, schools, little leagues or other important community needs at the same time. We distribute these cards FREE OF CHARGE* to local non-profit associations no matter their size or budget. This new type of loyalty card can be used at many different locations throughout the community. Each location not only offers the cardholder cash back rewards, they also fund the cardholders non-profit with cash back donations! Both happen at the same time when the card is swiped. By distributing the UCard, you will be part of an innovative program designed to deliver value and convenience to your organization’s members while funding your non-profit and charitable causes at the same time! All with no risk and no expense whatsoever.
*Customized cards are available as an OPTION for a small fee.
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The New Era of Fundraising
No Risk – No Selling – No Planning -- No Paperwork
Fundraising currently requires a great deal of time, effort and organization on behalf of the non-profit. From cookies to pancake breakfasts, the time and expense associated with organizing fundraisers for a small one-time return is extraordinary and occurs every single day in the US. The UCard makes fundraising simpler and easier then ever before by asking people to do what they normally would do anyway . . .
Dine and Shop!
The only new behavior we ask of the customer is to patronize a specific group of local restaurants and stores more frequently and present their card at checkout so the merchant can record the sale. When the sale is recorded, the following things happen: 1. The customer gets a cash back reward loaded on their card valid toward a future visit, AND 2. A percentage of the sale accrues in a private donation account for the cardholder’s designated non-profit.
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UCard Fundraising
Step By Step
1. Distribute Cards in Mass to Your Members We deliver your organization a FREE batch of cards (or personalized for a small fee) for distribution to your members that can be used immediately at our local network of merchants. We then work directly with your leaders to promote and advertise the program internally to spark interest and word-of-mouth publicity.
2. Consumers Begin Patronizing Our Network. Each card comes pre-loaded with gift value (generally $5 to $10) at EACH participating merchant in our network that can be redeemed immediately by your members. Consumers start coming in and presenting their UCard to the clerk. Clerks simply swipe the card at PoS, record the sale and generate a receipt. 3. The Consumer Gets a Reward. Every time the card is used, consumers receive a cash back reward (10% on average) based on the ticket price. For example, a $25 dining purchase at 10% reward level would generate a $2.50 reward. This reward value can ONLY be redeemed toward a future purchase at the specific restaurant or store where the reward was earned.
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UCard Fundraising
Step By Step (cont.)
4. Your Non-Profit Accrues a Donation. Each sale results in a donation accrual (5% of each ticket on average) stored in the cardholder’s private account. On a monthly basis, funds are electronically deposited into your organization’s bank account through direct ACH. This process provides continuous residual income that adds non-stop goodwill back to the community that supports our network of local businesses. 5. Customers Activate Cards Online or By Phone. Cardholders complete a simple one-minute registration process online to activate their card. Upon activation, all rewards accrued on their card can be redeemed toward future purchases at the restaurants and stores where the rewards were originally earned. Cards are activated at your members’ convenience and can still be used to earn rewards and donations prior to activation. 6. We Report Rewards and Donation Accruals Regularly Every time the card is used, we send a simple text email to your cardholders thanking them for visiting our member business and reporting their reward balances and donation accruals they just earned for your organization! These balances also appear on printed receipts generated from each sale transaction.
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Use the UCard Everywhere!
Support Your Non-Profit, Support Your Community, Save Money with Every Purchase We advertise all participating merchants on the UCard Savings Directory at www.theucard.com where cardholders can review details about each merchant including the percentage of cash back rewards on each purchase. Some merchants offer “Show & Save” discounts only but a growing number offer rewards and donations back to your charity. Cardholders can access their own private account over the www.theucard.com to review their gift and reward balances at each participating merchant whom they patronize, update account information, and review activity reports. Cardholders can also check their own private Fundraising Activity Report to view donations accruing back to your organization from every qualified purchase in real time!
www.theucard.com
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Reporting, Funding & Reconciliation
Every transaction is date/time stamped and electronically recorded online in real time. Access to online reports is available through a password protected account anytime. Transactions are summarized by day, week, and month on a real-time Fundraising Activity Report detailing donations receivable accrued by your cardholders. We even individually rank your top 10 donation generators. Transaction activity reports can even be emailed to your fundraising chair people on a daily basis to provide constant reporting on card usage in the program including who, where, when and how much. On a monthly basis, we electronically credit your checking account for donation fees (5% on average per ticket) that accrued from all of your cardholders patronizing member businesses during the previous month. No paper invoices or paper checks whatsoever.
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Revenue Projections
Assume 1,000 cards distributed among your organization with 50% of cardholders spending $100.00 per month on average, at participating stores and restaurants using a 5% donation ratio.
500 cardholders (50%) X $100.00 = $50k per month in spending. 5% or $2,500 per month each and every month deposited in your account.
Assume 5,000 cards distributed among your organization with 20% of cardholders spending $100.00 per month on average, at participating stores and restaurants using a 5% donation ratio.
1,000 cardholders (20%) X $100.00 = $100k per month in spending. 5% or $5,000 per month funds your local non-profit. As more cardholders are added from your organization the automated deposit keeps growing and growing. The Bottom Line.
This program provides continuous residual income that combine the two most powerful customer loyalty emotions, the feeling of goodwill to help your community non-profit and the feeling of good value to the individual consumer. Both are accomplished with each recorded sale.
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Summary and Contacts
Everybody wins in the UCard program. The consumer WINS by receiving cash back rewards by dining and shopping in our local network. Your organization WINS by accruing donations on each sale without having to do any work beyond promoting the program internally to the membership base. Local businesses WIN through powerful community advertising by word-of-mouth, increased sales traffic, and increased customer loyalty. Please contact us to discus your specifications in more detail.
Steve Schroeder, VP Sales and Marketing Office: 1-800-978-1338 x1 Mobile: 562-201-2580 steve@americardgold.com Adam Miller, President Office: 1-800-978-1338 x3 Mobile: 856-287-9107 adam@americardgold.com
www.bowlrewards.com
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AmeriCardGold & One-Card Technology
Based in Mt. Laurel, NJ AmeriCardGold is a stored value card software firm dedicated to creating innovative gift and rewards card programs using sophisticated data management tools for reporting and marketing purposes. Multiple applications can be run and stored on a single card including: Electronic Gift, Loyalty & Rewards, and Prepaid Membership Benefits.
www.bowlrewards.com
Case Studies
www.theucard.com
Our stored value cards are created using only the highest grade magnetic stripe encryption and top quality graphic design to properly display your company image.
www.ultimategolfcard.com
We specialize in community models where multiple disparate merchants can participate in a stored value program under one system and one card. AmeriCardGold has developed coalition rewards projects for general retail, restaurants, bowling, golf, and the power sports industry.
www.familybundles.com
www.motorcyclerewards.com
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