Online fundraising is still very much in its wild west days, but has already proven to be extraordinarily effective. There are dozens of reasons why this fundraising idea is a solid plan. Here are several:

1) Broader Outreach. Since geographical difficulties are eliminated through online communication and emails, as well as online infrastructure for the fundraising itself, you can go coast to coast with your fundraising aspirations

2) Increased Safety. Fundraising online greatly reduces or eliminates door to door sales. There is no need for little timmy to solicit strangers and risk getting snatched inside by Johnny T. Pervert.

3) Less overhead, less risk. Since most online fundraising is done through affiliate programs, one order equals one product shipped from a main distribution point. There are no leftover products or inventory sitting around wasted if sales figures aren't met.

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4) Diversity and Variety. Since everything is done online through various merchants and inventory doesn't need to be pre-ordered, potential customers and donors have the ability to totally customize their order and choose from a much larger stock than was ever before possible

5) Organization. Everything is online with frequently updates tracking and accounting. This makes things much more simple with less paperwork and less guessing how things are progressing

6) Scalability. Due to the zero-overhead nature of affiliate programs, one sale equals one conversion with no losses. This allows one to have a fundraising involving very few or very many people. There are no burdening minimums or lofty expectations that need to be met.

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