# Points of Light raises $10,000 a month from eBay storefront

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/07/04/points-light-raises-10000-month-ebay-storefront/
- Published: 2004-07-04T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

US non-profit The Points of Light Foundation is generating around $10,000 each month
by using eBay, not for online auctions but simply as a shopfront.
Jenn Thompson 
writes in OnPhilanthropy.com’s latest e-mail newsletter about the various ways in
which US non-profits are using online auction tools. Some organisations, she says,
have moved from simply auctioning celebrity memorabilia or event tickets to using
some of the more direct trading functions of sites such as eBay.com.

“A storefront can serve as a thrift store and enable the organisation to monetise
in-kind goods that aren’t useful in day-to-day operations”, she reports. She cites
the example of the $10,000 generated each month by The Points of Light Foundation’
eBay storefront.

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