PieShares

Generate new sales, retain customers, and reach more local shoppers.

PieShares helps participating businesses attract shoppers, encourage repeat visits, and support local nonprofits through every purchase.

Business owner handing a shopper a PieShares bag

Why Businesses Join PieShares

A practical way to grow your business while strengthening your community.

Generate New Sales

Give shoppers another reason to buy from your business through PieShares purchases.

Retain Customers

Offer shoppers a rewards program through PieShares that encourages repeat visits and helps keep your business top of mind.

Reach More Local Shoppers

Participating nonprofits promote PieShares to their supporters, helping more local shoppers discover participating businesses like yours.

How PieShares Helps Grow Your Business

Step 1

Register and Select Your Featured Nonprofit

Join PieShares and choose the nonprofit your business wants to support.

Step 2

Shoppers Purchase PieShares

Customers buy PieShares from your business and generate local support through their shopping activity.

Step 3

Redeem Later and Return

Shoppers come back to use their PieShares later, helping build repeat visits while supporting nonprofits.

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Grow Through Community Connections

PieShares helps businesses connect with nonprofits and their supporters in ways that strengthen both local commerce and community impact.

Nonprofit partnership and co-marketing opportunities

Reach supporters of your Featured Nonprofit

PieShares-provided marketing resources

Simple Business Economics

Participating businesses fund the nonprofit donation while shoppers earn rewards.

What the shopper gets

  • $25 PieShares Purchase
  • + $0.75 Shopper Reward
  • = $25.75 available to spend

The 3% reward is added to the shopper's PieShares balance.

What Your Business Receives

After the PieShares transaction is completed, your business receives:

  • $20.00 business share
  • - $0.75 shopper reward value

= $19.25 effective business value

77% of the original $25 PieShares purchase.

The 10% nonprofit donation is split:

  • 6% to the Shopper's Featured Nonprofit
  • 4% to the Business's Featured Nonprofit

The business-funded nonprofit donation is handled through the PieShares transaction.

How the original $25 PieShares purchase works

The $25 purchase is allocated as follows:

$20.00 (80%)
Business
$2.50 (10%)
Supporting Nonprofits
$2.50 (10%)
PieShares

Easy to Redeem

PieShares are designed to be simple for both shoppers and businesses to redeem as part of the normal checkout process.

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PieShares Provides Business Resources

Participating businesses can access the Business Hub for account information, resources, and helpful guidance after they register.

Account Information

Manage your business details and set how many PieShares you want to make available for purchase.

Marketing Resources

Access materials that help you promote your PieShares participation.

Helpful Guidance

Find answers and tips to help you make the most of PieShares.

Ready to grow your business through PieShares?

Register

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