There's more ways than one to buy a gift for a family member or friend. Funding some of your favourite charities while scratching names off your holiday list is one of the better ones. It's not just dog-related apparel found at some of these places, so fear not, you should be able to find something for the non-dog person in your life as well.
Affiliate Links
A lot of shelters and rescues are using affiliate links to help fund their organization. With affiliate links, a certain percentage of each purchase goes to the organization, as long as you enter the store through the links posted on the rescue's website.
The main advantage to using affiliate links as opposed to having an online store, is the sheer variety of products available. More variety generally equals more sales, even the amount generated may seem small. And at no cost to the actual rescue to host the links or acquire the products for resale, even small percentages add up quickly.
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Organizations Using Affiliate Links:
These are great, especially for personalized and rescue-specific items. Most online stores for these organizations use Cafe Press, as it is easy to set up a shop and monitor your sales. You manage the store, but Cafe Press does all the work like printing the shirts, mugs and other items with the logo or picture of your choice.
Other online gift shops often include hand-made items, or fundraising specials. Books, sweaters, dog items for the canine lover and art prints are common.
- Organizations with Online Stores: