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Is there a minimum
bulb order for our organisation to receive their
$$ profit? |
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Q2. |
Does our
organisation need to pay upfront for anything? |
| Q3. |
What percentage profit
does our organisation get? |
| Q4. |
Does Fundraising Plus
accept LATE orders? |
| Q5. |
How do we go about
getting Brochures/order forms? |
| Q6. |
Does Fundraising Plus
offer bulb replacements? |
| Q7. |
What do I do with my
order when I receive it? |
| Q8. |
How do I grow my bulbs? |
| Q9. |
Are the details of
our buyers kept private? |
| Q10. |
What tips do you have
for a successful fundraiser? |
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Is there
a minimum bulb order for our organisation to receive
their $$ profit? |
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A1. |
Yes. All orders must be $200 or
over for your organisation to received their profit.
If orders are smaller than this you will be charged
their full retail price and your organisation
will not receive their percentage. This should
not be hard to achieve for smaller organisations
as the sales from this program generally range
between $1000 and $6000. |
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Does
our organisation need to pay upfront for anything? |
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A2. |
No. At
Garden Express Fundraising our fundraising program
costs your organisation absolutely nothing to
run. Payment for goods only needs to be made when
you are sending in your bulb order, plus your
$15 courier fee. You only need to forward to Garden
Express Fundraising our percentage of profit made,
and you keep your percentage. |
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What percentage
profit does our organisation get? |
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A3. |
Garden Express Fundraising
gives you an industry leading 50% profit for
all sales of $200 and over. With one high profit
percentage over all products your big profit
will be very easy to calculate.
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Does Fundraising
Plus accept LATE orders? |
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A4. |
Yes. Garden Express
Fundraising will supply all late orders, however
due to extra costs involved we must ask that all
late orders less than $100 be paid to their full
retail value; which means that your organisation
will not received their profit for the late order.
Clearly it benefits your organisation for all
purchasers to have their orders back on time. |
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How
do we go about getting Brochures/order forms? |
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A5. |
Simply fill out the
registration form either online, or request an
information pack and find the registration form
enclosed, send or fax it to us at Garden Express
Fundraising with the quantity of brochures your
organisation requires. We will then send your
required number of brochures to you ASAP. It's
as simple as that, Garden Express Fundraising
will take care of everything else for you! |
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Does
Garden Express Fundraising offer bulb replacements? |
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A6. |
Yes. Garden Express
Fundraising offers you a 100% guarantee on all
our products.
If your customers follow our growing instructions
and find that some do not grow or flower for them
within the first growing season, Garden Express
Fundraising is happy to organise replacements
to be sent in the following season. |
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What
do I do with my order when I receive it? |
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A7. |
It is important to unpack
your order immediately after receiving it from
your organisation. Bulbs don't like to get damp,
so it's a good idea to place them in a cool dry
place until it's time to plant them. Some bulbs,
such as tulips, benefit from being stored in the
refrigerator for a number of weeks prior to planting
so check the growing guide we provide you with
before storing or planting. |
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How
do I grow my bulbs? |
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A8. |
Garden Express Fundraising
provides every customer with free Growing Notes
with their order. It outlines special requirements
for all varieties, how deep to plant them, how
far apart, when to plant them, and when they flower,
plus heaps more tips and ideas. It's all you need
to have fantastic colour in your garden this Spring. |
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Are
the details of our buyers kept private? |
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A9. |
We do not use details of buyers
for any other purpose. Buyers are free to contact
us to buy other products through Garden Express
Fundraising if they wish and Buyers often request
catalogues from us after they received their fundraising
order. |
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What tips
do you have for a successful fundraiser? |
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A10. |
- Establish a clear goal for the
fundraiser and set a target. For example:-
$1,500 for gym or sports equipment. People
respond better when they understand the
objective.
- Distribute the brochures to all
the members of your organisation e.g. students,
staff, parents, relatives, etc.
- Actively promote the fundraiser.
Use notice boards, newsletters, school assemblies,
student made posters and SRC representatives
to promote the fundraiser. Remember, promote
your GOAL!
- Run the activity over 2-3 weeks.
Any shorter and the students and other volunteers
don't get organised, and longer and they
lose the momentum and the forms.
- Reminders. These dramatically
improve sales.
There are two forms of reminders:
- the organisational ones e.g. newsletters
etc.
- the personal ones. For example at one
school they do 2 of these, the first one
about halfway through the activity and the
second, the day or two before the final
closing day for the orders, personally go
around to each classroom and reminding the
students when they need to have the forms
returned, where they have to take them to
and what the goal of the fundraising is.
We find this approach approximately increases
the sales by about 2 times. It's important
that this is done if you wish to maximize
your profits.
- Collect the money with the completed
order forms and group them into classes
or other logical groups. Tally the results
and complete the remittance form we provide
you with, then include your remittance and
order sheet (take a photo copy first) in
the Express Post satchel provided. Ensure
that all cheque payments are made out to
your organisation. Problems occur
when we receive a number of personal cheques
from an organisation, sometimes they are
dishonoured which makes it both difficult
for us and yourself to administer a repayment.
- Hand out the orders. When you
receive your orders, every single purchase
will already be packaged into individual
envelopes or boxes. Simply hand them out
to the sellers (their name is on the package).
The sellers will pass them onto the purchasers.
In larger schools and organisations, sort
them into logical groupings e.g. classes
or locations (these will also be on the
labels if provided to us) to make distributing
them to the sellers easier to organise.
- Promote your success to your
community and start planning for a bigger
goal next time around!
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