PediaCard^™ Benefits

Benefits to Consumers

1. As a PediaCard™ Member, you enjoy the discounts and promotions of local, regional and national participating PediaCard™ Merchants, all on a single card that's valid everywhere.
2. You are saving money on things you would buy anyway, generating desperately need funds for the school or non-profit organization of your choice, supporting your local merchants, and all the benefits that this brings to your local community.
3. You can collect PediaPoints^™ that can be used to bid on auction items provided by vendors. (Coming in 2004.)
4. PediaCard^™ holders also receive opportunities to enter local, regional and national promotions and contests.

Benefits to Merchants

1. There is NOTHING more effective or less expensive than the PediaCard^™ Program for a business to reach its core customers. A "Basic Merchant" membership is FREE and a "Preferred Merchant" membership is only $60 per year. Compare that to what you are now spending on newspapers, radio, flyers, Yellow Pages, direct mail or anything else you've ever used.

2. Businesses can provide support for local Educational and Non-Profit organizations, demonstrate leadership in their communities AND earn additional revenue at the same time!

3. All merchants receive a one-page web site that describes their business, product or service and the discount that they are offering to ALL PediaCard^™ members, as well as a logo and contact information for their company.

4. And for only $60 per year, Preferred Merchants receive the following additional benefits:

a. Preferential listing position ahead of all FREE Basic Merchants
b. Two additional images to describe your products or services
c. An email link
d. A web site URL link
e. An interactive map so customers can easily find your location
f. Up to 4 additional listings in related categories

All merchants have the ability to enter their sites and change discounts or offerings at their discretion throughout the year.

5. Preferred Merchants have the option of creating their own private label PediaCard^™ to sell or give to their best customers as a thank you for doing business with them so every time a customer uses their card to get a discount they will see the merchant's company information on the card and remember who helped them save money on that transaction. It's like having a small billboard of your business in their wallet or purse.

6. Preferred Merchants may also create their own private label co-branded PediaCard^™ with a school or non-profit organization that the merchant can sell to generate desperately needed funds for the school or non-profit, visibility and community leadership for the merchant, as well as revenue for every card the merchant sells. It's like having that same small billboard mentioned above PLUS the merchant gets paid for every billboard! Ask yourself how many billboards would you put up if you got paid for every billboard.

7. Every school, charity and non-profit organization that needs fundraising, will be offered the PediaCard^™ Program for their fundraising efforts and all PediaCards^™ includes all participating PediaCard^™ merchants.

8. All businesses with multiple locations may have a web page per location and each may have a separate offering for PediaCard^™ members. Preferred Merchants will require an additional annual $60 fee per location.

9. (Coming in 2004) PediaCard^™ holders receive PediaPoints^™ either from Preferred PediaCard^™ Merchants' stores that have the PediaPoints^™ Scoring Boxes or from specific web site visits to Preferred PediaCard^™ Merchants. These PediaPoints™ are used to bid on auction items provided by participating merchants. PediaPoints^™ Scoring Boxes are proven traffic generation and targeting tools that Preferred PediaCard^™ Merchants can use to target specific locations or products at specific times. In addition, merchants who provide auction items are receive targetable traffic and individual exposure during the entire length of the auction for that item.

10. Merchants will have the opportunity to deliver marketing messages directly to participating opt-in PediaCard™ holders via email.

11. Nothing costs LESS - either FREE or only $60 per year or is MORE effective than the PediaCard^™ Program.

12. To become a participating PediaCard^™ Merchant please click here.

Benefits to Schools and Non-Profit Organizations

1. MONEY. The PediaCard^™ Program provides educational and non-profit organizations with revenue that is both substantial and continuous.
2. MONEY. No inventory, spoilage or other inefficiencies normally associated with traditional fundraising strategies such as candy sales, car washes, bake sales, etc., so the organization receives more money.
3. MONEY. Because of the real, tangible value of the PediaCard^™, parents, merchants, and all other supporters of the organization are more likely to lend their support and continue that support indefinitely.
4. MONEY. Organizations can raise additional funds by signing up their local area merchants as participating PediaCard^™ Merchants. All subsequent yearly renewals are automatically credited to the organization.
5. MONEY. Various programs within a school or non-profit organization can effectively customize and utilize the PediaCard^™ for their individual needs by co-branding their logo or graphic on their PediaCard^™ so that each program, whether band, football, choir, etc., can have their own identity.
6. MONEY. The PediaCard^™ Program enables the organization to offer a select few sponsors the opportunity to place their name or logo on the front/back of that organization's PediaCard^™ as a co-brand.
7. MONEY. The PediaCard^™ Program enables schools to benefit from an increasing efficiency of revenue generation from the subsequent auto-renewal of the PediaCard™ by merchants, parents and all other PediaCard™ Members after the first year.
8. MONEY. Organizations can use the PediaCard^™ as a season ticket for their events or membership card for their members and save the cost of printing tickets or cards.
9. MONEY. A private label PediaCard^™ has the real tangible value to earn a place in the consumer's wallet or purse and serve as a constant reminder of the sponsoring organization's presence and purpose throughout the year.

If you are involved with a school or non-profit organization and would like more information about using the PediaCard™ as a fundraiser please send us an email with your contact information and we will contact you or call us at 949-623-8425 ext. 4.