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What is the I Buy NEO Community Card?

The I Buy NEO Community Card is a loyalty card that offers unique incentives for shoppers and merchants alike. The card gives consumers access to rebates offered by participating businesses, thereby driving traffic to locally owned businesses. Consumers purchase I Buy NEO Community Cards for a nominal fee through local non-profit organizations, community events and selected resellers of the program.

How will the I Buy NEO Community Card help your business?

• New Customers- Generate new customers through www.ibuyneo.com and other program-related marketing
• Grow Revenue- Grow Revenue from existing customers through “stickiness” of a loyalty program.
• Increase Sales- Increase your average sale by providing rebates on higher volume sales
• Online Local Business Directory- Gain 24/7 visibility at www.ibuyneo.com, an online local business directory with over 4,000 local business listings. www.ibuyneo.com helps Northeast Ohio consumers find locally owned businesses that satisfy their shopping and service needs. the business listing is free for merchants, and connects you to a community of buyers committed to shopping locally. The business listing also promotes your unique I Buy NEO Community Card rebate, and drives traffic directly to your web site.
• Online Reports- Discover your best customers through online reports and focusing your marketing efforts on loyal, profitable customers
• Collective Marketing- Benefit from the collective marketing efforts powered by I Buy NEO, which regularly features the program in high visibility media outlets
• Higher Visibility- I Buy NEO card-accepting businesses will be afforded numerous media opportunities as a direct result of involvement with the I Buy NEO program.

Click here for a list of the 2009 I Buy NEO Media Opportunities.

How does it work?

Simply by swiping their Community Card at the point-of-sale through the VISA/Mastercard payment terminal, card holders are rewarded for shopping at participating local businesses with cash back rebates. A portion of those rebates are automatically donated back to area nonprofit organizations and schools of the customers’ choosing. Everybody wins: area businesses,

consumers, and regional institutions that rely on community support to remain vital. I Buy NEO participants can see the direct impact of their local spending by logging on to ibuyneo.com, where a running log of both individual and community savings and contributions can be seen as they accumulate over time.

What does it cost?

There is no monthly fee to participate.

The I Buy NEO program is unique because each merchant determines the rebate amount that they want to extend to their customers, and you don’t pay anything until you’ve made a qualifying sale.

How do I enroll to become a card-accepting merchant?

To become an I Buy NEO card-accepting merchant, schedule an appointment with an I Buy NEO representative. The I Buy NEO representative will meet with you to review the merchant agreement, deliver all I Buy NEO essential marketing materials, and help you determine how best personalize the experience for your business. To review the I Buy NEO merchant agreement, click here.