# Charity Checkout's New Challenge

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/02/05/charity-checkout039s-new-challenge/
- Published: 2007-02-05T22:01:57+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

A new shopping mall which was set up to help raise funds for worthy causes around
the UK has had masses of users sign up in its first two months. The portal receives
a fee every time a purchase is made through the site, which is then donated to charity.

With the site, you can select a charity, which can also be a local one – you just
click on the “[contact us](http://www.charitycheckout.com/help/contact)” on the 
website and [Charity Checkout](http://www.charitycheckout.com) will get in touch
with them to make arrangements. The portal will then give the charity the shown 
commission, which is up to 10% of the price of the product.

The site features over 100 retailers, including M&S, John Lewis and Tesco; with 
the intent on providing shoppers with a good section of quality retailers in each
product area. As it is the retailers who provide the commission, there is no cost
incurred to either the charities or the sites users. Unlike traditional cashback
sites, the charity checkout team forward monies to the good causes regardless of
whether its 12 pence from an ebay bid, or hundreds of pounds from a variety retailers.

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At the present time, Charity Checkout has partnered with a number of UK leading 
charities including [Tommy’s the baby charity](http://www.charitycheckout.com/charity/show/18),
[UNICEF](http://www.charitycheckout.com/charity/show/45), [Sight Savers](http://www.charitycheckout.com/charity/show/44)
and [Shelter](http://www.charitycheckout.com/charity/show/9).

Matt Marlow, who works for the International Aid Charity [World Vision](http://www.charitycheckout.com/charity/show/1),
devised the site when he saw how many people wanted to support charities but were
held back by financial constraints. Marlow says The website makes it so easy to 
be charitable, as you are essentially giving without giving. Although sitting in
a bath of beans to raise money is good fun, it’s the type of thing you only really
do once a year, www.charitycheckout.com is something that can be used everyday. 
Simply by adding an extra click, we can raise thousands for good causes. I challenge
everybody to give the site a go and see how easy it is”

ENDS

NOTES TO EDITOR:

Charity checkout is a philanthropic enterprise from which everyone benefits. It 
offers charities a fundraising opportunity that costs them absolutely nothing to
promote or implement . It offers its members a way of raising funds for their chosen
charity, at no cost to themselves, by doing something that millions of people do
each day – online shopping. It offers companies a chance to enhance their brand 
reputation by encouraging their staff to use www.charitycheckout.com and raise funds
for their corporate charities.

Contact Matt Marlow on 07841906334 for quotes or interviews

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