Business Model & Fees
Learn how Smile Markets makes fundraising free for causes and supporters.
Learn how Smile Markets makes fundraising free for causes and supporters.
In short, no!
Smile Markets is free for causes to use, and supporters do not pay additional fees when shopping to support a cause. Thousands of people have generated free donations to causes without paying a cent over the cost of their original purchase.
Signing up for Smile Markets as a supporter or cause will never cost a fee or additional money, making it 100% free for our users.
When a supporter purchases from a company on Smile Markets, we receive a referral commission. We pass on no less than 50% of that commission to the cause of the supporter’s choice as a donation. With the company paying for donations, Smile Market is free for causes and supporters!
Any listed donation amount on our website, extension, or dashboard is the amount paid, or to be paid, to causes. Smile Markets uses any remaining commissions for business operations, including our Smile Market Community Fund.
We also generate commission income from select partners via offers and promotions in our communications and website that will also go to causes or the Smile Market Community Fund.
For example:
If you click through Smile Markets to buy $125 shoes on Nike.com, they will donate up to 4.5% of your purchase price:
$125 shoes = $5.63 donation!