1. It’s a New Method to Increase Sales (That Online Merchants Are Already Effectively Using)
Your current advertising, has seldom benefited from an organized “third party” referral source. Because DebitDeals allows you to become the source of cash rewards to banks and credit unions, and non-profits, they will refer you to their cardholders and cause oriented participants. 
Why?
Because they need you. Financial institutions in your community NEED a source of debit rewards to compete with national banks that offer rewards. Our patent pending debit administration is unique and provides you and other business and community organizations who have sales, marketing and revenue challenges similar to yours, with a simple solution.
Rewards - in our case rebate - programs increase merchant traffic and have been proven to provide sales uplift of 15% or more for a 4% give back, while other statistics prove that by just
participating in a grouping of merchants that are local, you can expect
increased sales of a couple percentage points.
Plus, debit card users are loyal and (usually) use only one debit card while, in their wallet, they may have multiple credit cards.
It's Time to Fight Online Competition!
Online purchasing is growing monthly, and will increase 3% year-to-year minimum, and your large competitors are already online, with product-to-product comparisons, consumer reports, on-line ordering and shipping options and easy access. Even if you think your customers are not buying online, statistics indicate that over 80% of consumers go online to research product purchases before buying. The Wall Street Journal reports that 2009 Black Friday sales by mobile phone went up by 650% over the previous year. The same day the WSJ reported that PayPay transactions increased by 25% - all from online sales.
In May, 2010, according to Forrester Research, retailers will spend $23 Billion on technology in the coming year. Do you have the sales staff, marketing expertise, access, time or the operations assistance to compete? Kohl's and JC Penney are both investing over $100 Million each on eCommerce, technology and services to meet already established demand, which equates to about 23% of their total capital
expenditures. If you're not investing similarly, how will YOU get online as successfully? DebitDeal is a method of getting in front of local buyers BEFORE they go shopping...where they bank.
Participating in a local first program also increases sales according to AMIBA. Interesting statistics from 1,800 surveyed merchants.
Nearly half (49%) of shoppers do their holiday gift buying online (versus in-store), and 72% say they research products online prior to purchasing (vs. 65% in 2007). ("Mindset of the Multi-Channel Shopper Holiday Survey," e-tailing group, October 2008)
So get some control NOW over what YOU get back for accepting card payments.
2. It’s a Way to Lower Advertising Costs
You currently pay at least 1% and probably 2% of the sale price every time someone swipes a credit card at your point-of-sale more than you would pay if the customer swiped a debit card. DebitDeals is asking for at least a 4% or 5% “give back”, which will cost you only about 2% or 3%! Pretty reasonable cost, we think, for more sales from financial institutions and non-profits who are referring you.
Further, once you’ve registered, your costs of advertising are incurred AFTER the sale is completed. Try asking your other advertising resources to charge you for advertising, but only AFTER you get a sale.
3. It’s a Web Platform That Produces
Because financial institutions and non-profits will send prospects to DebitDeals, you’ll be on a website that actually gets local visitors that have no other place to go to get the benefits their card issuers are offering...and you can claim the territory as a local “give back” merchant that is going to help the local debit cardholder AND their favorite cause. Because there is NO OTHER WAY for you to get “in front” of these premium prospects, DebitDeals is a new way to introduce yourself to new customers simply and affordably.
Quickly, younger consumers are using 3G technology on handheld internet devices to make purchases and communicate. DebitDeals is a great way to get your product or service in front of local prospects - when they need it - no matter where they are - at no additional cost.
4. It Keeps Sales Local
On-line merchants have national opportunities to sell product on websites that local “off-line” merchants have seldom had before DebitDeals. You can now compete directly with a better offer and an incentive for people to shop locally—from you—because cash actually comes back to the shopper via ACH, (instead of “points”). Shipping has become more expensive, shoppers have trust issues with on-line ordering, returns can be difficult and, ultimately, shoppers want to see, touch and feel before they purchase. "Buy Local" surveys of business indicate the growth in consumer recognition of the importance to frequenting local businesses. A survey (1/14/10) just released shows an increase of sales in local businesses that promote and raise consumer awareness of the need to support their brick and mortar shops and merchants. Go to http://www.newrules.org/retail/news/holiday-sales-increase-independent-businesses-national-survey-finds
Local service or products are the last to be available on the web, so we offer opportunities unavailable previously. DebitDeals provides the motivation to “keep it local” - with you.
REGISTER YOUR BUSINESS ORGANIZATION TO "GIVE BACK" VIA DEBIT DEALS HERE
This special introductory offer is limited to limited number of local merchants only. Chamber of Commerce merchants may be entitled to additional discounts. Cardholders choose beneficiary of a minimum of 10% of merchant “give back” as non-profit donation. POS registry required. Offer may end without notice. All rights reserved. Patent Pending.
Dear Business Owner:
How much is a customer worth?
5% of a sale? 10% of a sale?
You decide, then we’ll bring you the customers!
How? By giving the majority of your “give back” right back to your customer.
You only pay when you get a paying customer, and it’s completely automated!
What do you have to lose? Use DebitDeal to build your business.
New
Positive Implications ABOUND With Debit Cards
by Judith McGuire and Tony Hayes
Further explains the current "state of affairs" with debit transactions.
Community Collaborative Commerce -
The web and online merchandising is effective and growing because the web is a pervasive, all encompassing experience. How do local merchants beat it?
Consider how many consumers use their bank cards, communicate with their banks, view their balances and history, and make financial transactions with their local bank.
The local bank is the most visited place in ways that can be better utilized by communities. Most people aren't aware that consumers visit their banks online more than they shop online.
DebitDeals offers the potential of collaborative co-marketing to counter local merchant difficulty marketing online. Communities can increase commerce for every segment by joining their assets such as merchants with product and service, and banks with consumer cardholder communication.
Chambers of Commerce, Buy Local First, Main Street Merchant Associations and any Group of Businesses that Want to Improve Local Commerce.
DebitCards are the best method.
WHY?
They are already in the consumers walletAsk us for our PowerPoint explaining how DebitDeals helps "Gear Up" your local business campaign. (send us your info on the contact page with an email address)
Consumers don't have to credit qualify
Coupons, vouchers. local currencies and other "cards" become an unnecessary distribution headache
The majority of purchases with card are already made with debit cards
Merchants pay the lowest transaction costs for debit
There is no "learning curve"
There are probably - readily available - many thousands of cardholding bank, credit union, association, grocery customers that can be immediate participants in your campaign
NE Ohio Merchants Offered Affiliation with Banks and Credit Unions to “Give Back” in Return for New Debit Card Customers!
With so many consumers suffering from economic challenges, this new program provides those customers with a direct link from their bank or credit union... or even a local non-profit... to merchants that will return a percentage of sales to the customer and their favorite cause in return for new business for the merchant.
Endorsed by Northern Ohio Area 
DebitDeals is affiliating with local banks and credit unions to provide hundreds of thousands of debit cardholders with a new incentive to buy from local merchants. By referring a local merchant that “gives back” some percentage of sales, which the merchant determines, cardholders are more likely to purchase locally, and to use debit, which helps the merchant lower costs.
Communities also help by organizing their local merchants and retailers to participate.
Merchants are now offered a limited time opportunity in this low cost program to register to participate in what amounts to a contingency cost of advertising to the merchant. Merchants will be listed on a website, linked to participating financial institutions and non-profits where they can also have daily access to post daily specials and offers.
It's simple for a merchant, service company, contractor, florist...any local merchant to participate. First, there may be a registration fee which also gets the merchant listed on the DebitDeals website, which also requires the merchant to enter a specific debit card number into their point of sale terminal(s) to register.
Then, once evey POS is registered, and the registration is paid for and confirmed, the merchant can upload photos, special offers and coupons (updated at the merchants discretion) and information helpful to potential customers.
While our merchant registry is being completed, merchants can participate by contacting their local DebitDeals representative. SEE MERCHANT LISTING WEBSITE SAMPLE. We're offering a valuable discount for "pre-launch" merchants, which also includes being included as the first merchants announced by banks to their debit cardholders. In NE Ohio, you can reach us at 440-544-6530.