Ability to send our proceeds to a cause

[wheresthekarma]

Just throwing out an idea, which I'm sure would be complicated but it would be so nice to be able to send proceeds from products we sell to a charity, cause, foundation or non profit. 

I know we could do that on our own but commissions are small for just one person but if several people picked a cause such a Ukraine right now, then it would add  up. 

[CreativeLeahG]

I think eBay does something like this? But it is for customers to add donations rather than sellers. Possibly because they can more easily 'take' the money at the point of payment than create a deduction of earnings? 
Either way, would be very useful if we could/customer could. 

[A_New_View]

Agreed! I think it would be great if there were a way that we could mark certain products to automatically have the proceeds sent to a certain cause. (Not everything, just specific ones) For example, add the option in the "Actions" dropdown box to say something like, "Send Proceeds" and once that is clicked a list of charities/causes to choose from appears. Of course, I don't know all of the work required for this to happen, but it sounds like a great idea to me. 

[MarilynR]

 Where's the Karma

I commend you for your good thoughts. Zazzle did it several years ago even though it was a lot of work for them.

I am sure very few sellers on Zazzle make enough to worry about charity tax deductions in countries where that is allowed.

The two bigger issues would be complying with regulations and being accused of making the claim just to make sales. If you advertise that part of the proceeds from the sales of certain products are donated to charity, then you have to make it clear to the public which products are and aren't included and how much is donated. This would be monitored by a regulatory agency. After that, you have to deal with the people who will say that what you are giving is nothing compared to the full price of the product. They will say it is just a ploy to make a sale and that customers should just donate directly to the charity.

[A_New_View]

Ah, that makes sense.

[Emma]

Hi @wheresthekarma , 

Many thanks for your great suggestion! Passing this along to our Team now ✍️ 

- Emma 🌻

[wheresthekarma]

Aww thank you Emma. I know it's a lot of work to do something like this but it would be so nice. ❤️