New Zealand's Best Schools use HMR
Financials
Revenue Share
With HMR your school or club retains a portion of the sale and the balance is returned directly to the seller's bank account. There is a fee to run HMR as an online service.
How Much?
Typically HMR will deliver $10-20 per student per year to the school. How much you raise depends on the number of sales you run and the mix of 'sell on behalf' items vs. donations. When items are donated all the revenue is retained by your school - typically 40% of items are donated.
Large High School example
A large high school with 2,600 students can raise $30,000 per year just running a Friday lunchtime store with 4 weekend events during the year. No other fundraising effort raises that much for the school with so little effort.
Primary School example
A smaller primary school with 600 students can raise $6,000 per year running 8 weekend events during the year. Those events require just a few hours for 2-6 volunteers.
Volunteer Time
Its tempting to think of volunteer time as free but it really isn't. Volunteer time is your most precious resource and the time volunteers spend helping at school always has some personal cost. HMR dramatically minimises the administration of running a second hand uniform shop - making it easier to recruit and retain volunteers.
Protecting Income
Dealing with uniform sales means trusting volunteers to deal with significant amounts of cash. HMR provides clarity and auditability throughout the process so volunteers, parents and the school can all be confident that the money raised is going where it should.
Community
Its not just about revenue for your school or club. HMR directly benefits your community by providing easy access to affordable uniforms for everyone.
