Dumfries CC Gateway

There are a choice of different shopping avenues below that you can follow to shop on the web. Each option helps the club since buying goods or services means money is made by the club.

Importantly there is no difference in the online price offered by the retailer by doing this and in each case you are dealing with the retailer direct. In some cases if you look for the discounts available you may save money off your purchase price.

If you are wondering where the funds directed to the club come from then they are effectively from the advertising and marketing budgets of the retailers and are not added to your purchase price. This is part of the huge advertising spend now on the internet. Companies are keen to attract customers and this is another way to do this and to also assist community organisations and charities.

Basically the club gets a contribution from the retailer for each purchase. This may be a percentage of the purchase price, perhaps with a limit, or may be a fixed sum. Note that there may be the occasional condition to merit a club contribution e.g. one online supermarket, not surprisingly, gives a first-time only contribution for online grocery purchases. You will see the contribution, and any conditions, associated with your chosen retailer.

Have a look and you will be surprised at the retailers you can access. Major online retailers such as Amazon, and Expedia are available and also high street names such as M&S and Tesco. There are well over 500 retailers available.

Well, for example: books, sports equipment, DVDs, clothes, furniture, flowers, flights, travel, holidays, wine, toys, computers, electrical goods, mobile phones and stuff for your pet.

You can look for services such as finding utility suppliers for electricity, gas, broadband, phone and also insurance services for travel, home etc.

Finally but not least you don't need to buy anything, for example signing on to a service like an online auction service can provide a contribution to the club.

It works by you starting your online shopping at one of the shopping options presented above. Then the fact that you arrive at a retailer via this route is recognised at the retailer's website. Because of this when you make a purchase the retailer knows that a contribution is to be made and, in turn, that arrives at the club.

Such a mechanism requires your arrival at a retailer's website to be tracked and needs third-party cookies to be enabled by your web browser. This is probably already the case. Each of the above sites provide specific details if you need to check this e.g.

http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/refer_a_friend/tracking

Why is there more than one shopping option?