Incentives are a great way to encourage your community to donate to your campaigns! In this article, we will be covering Rewards and how they can have an impact on your fundraising campaign!
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What are Rewards?
Rewards are incentives that you can provide to your community when they individually donate a specified amount to your campaign. Similar to purchasing a product online, they can view your rewards, choose the ones they want, donate the specified amount (or more - we won't complain about more money going to charity) and then it will be on you, the fundraiser, to fulfill the reward!
Types of Rewards
There are two types of Rewards: Virtual and Physical. Virtual Rewards refer to the types of rewards that can be fulfilled without physically sending them to someone. These rewards can range from consuming a BeanBoozled Jelly Bean during your livestream to doing a 1-minute dance party to celebrate the donation. As long as you can fulfill the reward without additional interactions with the donor, it will fall under a Virtual Reward.
Physical Rewards are rewards that require physical shipment of an item to a location (typically to the donor themselves). This includes sending out personalized keychains or thank-you cards or t-shirts/other products you create yourself. Please keep in mind that Reward Fulfillment is your responsibility - if you agree to send something to a donor, it is not the responsibility of Tiltify to execute that for you.
Adding Rewards
There are two ways to add rewards to your campaign: Creating a new reward, or importing rewards from another campaign.
Creating a New Reward
You can create a new reward by clicking the 'Create reward+' button in the Rewards tab of your campaign. When creating a new reward, it is required to add the reward name, donation minimum amount, and description of the reward. It’s optional to add a limited quantity, dates the reward is available (time included), and image. Some things to keep in mind when creating a reward:
- If you are sending a physical item, be sure to check the “Requires Shipping” box so donors can enter their mailing address. You can find donor details for reward fulfillment on the reward report.
- If your reward requires something such as Username, Steam ID, for digital code delivery, for example), you will ask for that information in the custom question.
Once you save your Reward, be sure to remember to activate it when you are ready, and check the Highlight option next to any rewards you want to be pinned to the front of your list of rewards! You can also edit the Reward if changes are needed.
Importing Rewards
Have rewards on one of your campaigns you want to add to your new campaign? You can import rewards from your other campaigns using the 'Import rewards' link next to the 'Create reward+' button! This will copy the rewards with all the same information, images, and setting the rewards have on your other campaign!
Request shipping information if this reward needs to be sent to the donor. Add an additional question if needed (Username, Steam ID, for digital code delivery, for example).
Reward Reports
Reports for rewards can be downloaded by clicking the 'Download report' link next to the 'Import rewards' link. These reports will have the personal information for rewards, such as addresses if they were required for the reward. You can either download them as a whole (top) or click the download button per reward in the [Download report] column of the reward.
Conclusion
Rewards are an excellent way to engage your community and encourage donations to your campaign! Providing rewards of all levels - from small donations to gigantic ones - is a great way to enforce the idea that every little bit counts, so try your best to come up with rewards at all sorts of levels to maximize the potential of your fundraiser!
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