| 摘要 |
An improved method of raising funds may include offering products or services from third parties for sale to support the dreams, goals or purposes of the individuals involved and may extend for an indefinite period of time, and thus may be referred to as “dreamraising.” The dreamraising platform may find use with youth and charitable organizations, in an embodiment. The dreamraising platform may create relationships between three unique roles: organizations (any organization in need of raising funds); sellers (youths or other individuals affiliated with the organization); and supporters (purchasers who purchase from the sellers). Through the platform the sellers may create an online store, in which, while setting up their pages, sellers may identify their dream (their strongly desired goal or purpose) to be displayed on their online store page. The infrastructure of the platform enables sellers to sell products or services to their community of supporters. In addition to a customized fundraising page, the seller receives access to automated marketing provided by the dreamraising platform through the use of a sidekick communication platform. The dreamraising fundraising platform, along with the sidekick communication platform, provides the seller with sophisticated digital marketing to increase sales and the ability to track funds raised. |
| 主权项 |
1. A method for providing a platform for others to raise funds by distributing a plurality of products to a plurality of contacts, the method comprising the steps of:
associating, in a non-transitory, computer-readable memory, a seller of said plurality of products with an organization, wherein neither the seller nor the organization is a source of the plurality of products; associating, in a non-transitory, computer-readable memory, a seller of said plurality of products with the plurality of contacts; providing, based on instructions in the memory, a web page graphical user interface that lists at least one of the plurality of products, the web page associated with the seller; providing, based on instructions in the memory, a web page graphical user interface that lists at least one of the plurality of contacts, the web page associated with the seller; receiving, from said at least one of the plurality of contacts, an order for the at least one of the plurality of products; receiving, from said at least one of the plurality of contacts, a payment for the order; and diverting a first portion of the payment to the organization, a second portion of the payment to the seller, and a third portion of the payment to a source of the at least one product. |
