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Community-Driven Shopping Site Wikidealz.com Gives Back to the Community
First round of charitable commitment donates all commissions received from Amazon.com to World Vision
By: PR Newswire
Jan. 10, 2008 04:07 PM
LONG BEACH, Calif., Jan. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Wikidealz.com, a social shopping website whose operating model works because the online community contributes useful content in the form of trusted products and prices, magnified its community commitment by initiating a program that contributes revenue from its affiliate marketing program to charity. In each round, Wikidealz.com will donate all commission revenue from a pre-selected affiliate merchant to a worthy charity. The first round begins today and continues until February 10, 2008. Over the month-long period, Wikidealz.com will donate all commission revenue generated from online superstore Amazon.com to World Vision, a worldwide humanitarian organization dedicated to combating the roots of poverty and injustice for children and families. "Wikidealz.com was founded on a holistic principle that brings real value to shoppers, deal posters and merchants," said Joe Farrier, co-founder of the company. "It creates more confidence among all market participants and builds a sharing-based network that represents the future of online commerce. By the same perspective, our company believes that we are inextricably connected to a global society and it's our duty and privilege to give back." Wikidealz.com hopes that its program has the added benefit of spotlighting organizations that are making positive contributions to communities worldwide. To encourage more awareness, Wikidealz.com is calling upon the community to recommend other organizations that are worthy of charitable support in future rounds. To learn how you can impact these next stages, please visit: http://www.wikidealz.com/community About Wikidealz.com Wikidealz.com is a new breed of online shopping which harnesses the power of social networking and wiki technology to offer users a high-quality, efficient and trustworthy buying experience. It clearly benefits the shopper and also rewards individuals who recommend deals to the user community. Wikidealz.com is owned and operated by Average Joe Media, LLC and can be visited at http://www.wikidealz.com/ Wikidealz.com
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