Team Reflections of central Pennsylvania had a problem on their hands: After several competitive seasons, they had roughly 15 copies of nine different beautiful dresses and nowhere to sell them. Luckily, the team found the Synchronized Skating Team Dresses category on MySkatingMall.com and listed their dresses for sale. In the last eight months, 16 dresses have sold. Two at a price of $100 and 14 at $40 each!
“We get to make money for our club (Central Pennsylvania FSC) and others can also select the club as their charity,” wrote Colleen Haley, who handles the team’s listings on MySkatingMall.com. “You have been very helpful and have always been there to help either by email or phone.”
Every synchronized skating team is eligible to list team dresses for sale on MySkatingMall.com. Just imagine what it would be like if many teams created listings of their available dresses. An amazing selection of dresses would be provided that would save buying teams hundreds of dollars over making dresses from scratch while at the same time earning money to fund the selling team’s endeavors. Please tell the synchronized skating teams that you know of this great opportunity!
Here are the details of how to sell synchronized skating dresses on MySkatingMall.com:
1) An individual needs to register on MySkatingMall.com and create the dress listings. We recommend that the team creates a PayPal account that this individual can use in her/his MySkatingMall account so that the sale proceeds flow directly to the team. The team as an entity can not list the dresses due to legal reasons. An individual needs to be responsible for shipping the dresses and handling any payment concerns.
2) That same individual can also register the team to receive the charity portion of each sale on MySkatingMall.com. 5% of every purchase on MySkatingMall.com gets split between the skating club or team of the buyer and seller. To register, simply go through the registration process again but choose the “Club or Team Registration” button rather than the “Individual User Registration” button. A different email address from the one used for the individual registration will need to be used for the team registration. The same PayPal account can be used for the individual and team registrations. It usually takes 7-10 days for us to get the new team up on the site.
3) Create the skating dress listings and include as much detail as possible. There is a $1 per year listing fee. If you have 20 dresses to sell, it is still $1. Check out our FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) for more information on how MySkatingMall.com works. Put the price per dress in the price box when creating the listing even if you have many dresses for sale. Choose a shipping cost for the listing even if it is not totally accurate since you can change it later. In the description box, you may want to include text such as “Final price and shipping costs are determined by the amount of dresses purchased. Contact us before purchasing.”
Look to other listings in the Synchronized Skating Team Dresses category for examples. Once an agreement has been made between you and the buyer, you will need to log into your MySkatingMall.com account, click on “my active listings” and choose to edit the listing in question. At that time you will put the total purchase and shipping prices in the listing and let the buyer know they can go to MySkatingMall.com and purchase the dresses.
If you have remaining copies of the dresses after the sale, you will need to renew the listing to put it back up on the site. We apologize for this inconvenience but this is due to limitations in our current software. We anticipate that this problem will be fixed in the next six months.
We are here to answer any questions and help you along the way! Email us at info@myskatingmall.com or call us at 719-210-5517.
Each skating group registered to raise funds through MySkatingMall.com can now see a list of every transaction that raised money for the group! The picture on the left is a screen shot from a club that is already benefiting from MySkatingMall.com.
MySkatingMall.com has always been committed to 5% of every purchase raising funds for skating clubs and teams. That has been a foundational principle since the inception of MySkatingMall.com.
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to everyone who participated in the discussion regarding the limits of the 5% funding. The question presented was, “Should syncro and theatre on ice teams be able to receive the 5% funding like a skating club?” The final answer is…..drumroll please…….YES!
