IFPO DISTRIBUTORSHIP
THE ADVANTAGE
An IFPO Distributorship is an exceptional opportunity for IFPO members to achieve success and make money by taking advantage of the millions of dollars and 15 years of research that have gone into developing the IFPO / Today's Photographer Magazine Concept. The modest distributor's fee gives you the value of MILLIONS of dollars that have been invested in IFPO's 15 years of advertising, dependability, quality and service.
Today's Photographer Magazine and its associated products gets more exposure than any other photography magazine. It is advertised regularly in display space advertising in Popular Photography, Photographic, Outdoor Photographer, American Photographer and Shutterbug. As a distributor, you get the direct benefit of this advertising.
Today's Photographer is sold on Newsstands throughout the United States, Canada, and around the world.
IFPO is recognized in more than 140 countries on all continents of the world and has more than 72,000 members. Today's Photographer Magazine is currently being distributed to more than 80,000 photography enthusiasts once a year.
Typically, distributorships or franchises that give a distributor this kind of exposure, promotion and value are priced from $10,000.00 to $150,000.00.
YOU CAN:
You can start a new business and coast in the wake of the IFPO flagship. Let its research, product development, name recognition and dollars spent on advertising make money for you. Let IFPO's rapid success plan turn into financial growth for you.
You can reap the profits from more than 2.5 million dollars already spent on advertising in all the major photography and video magazines. Let these IFPO advertising dollars work for you and your business by building name recognition for the IFPO products and programs that you sell.
You can offer IFPO products and programs to your clients without spending a penny for market research or product development. IFPO is constantly upgrading its products and services to maintain its leadership position in the international marketplace.
You can guarantee satisfaction for each product and program you offer. That customer satisfaction is backed up by IFPO and is a vital part of the IFPO success story.
HOW IT WORKS
DISTRIBUTOR DISCOUNT: You are entitled to order products and services from a current issue of Today's Photographer at a only 50% of the listed standard price. For example: multiply list prices by 0.5 (a $68 membership would be $34.00). Half of $39.95 for example, would be $19.98 (rounded off to the nearest cent).
QUANTITIES AND SHIPMENTS: Order in any quantity. IFPO will ship to you or your customer direct. No minimums or quotas.
EXCLUSIONS: You CANNOT apply your distributor's discount to: USA or Foreign shipping · Workshop programs · Quantity discount packages such as 3R0X, 3VVX, item numbers containing "X", or special offers with expiration dates · Classified and display advertising · Items in out-of-date issues may no longer be valid · Items not sold by IFPO/American Image are excluded. Items not sold in Today's Photographer magazine are excluded.
WHY YOU?
You may wish to purchase many IFPO programs or services for yourself. A distributorship will save you 50%.
You may be associated with a group such as a camera club, family members or close associates who may want to participate in IFPO products and services at discount prices.
If you have a photography studio or similar business may wish to arm all of your staff members with memberships and press program credentials from IFPO to make them more competitive. An IFPO Distributorship would enable them to do this at reduced costs to the studio or company.
You may want to start down the road of being your own boss with an IFPO distributorship. You can start small, order in any quantities, part time or full time.
Most of all, you may have a few hours a week to invest in your financial future.
MAKE MONEY:
A distributor could sell only 2 videos a week and net up to $2000.00 a year. He could build his business up to 200 videos a week and be pulling in potentially $200,000.00 per year.
A distributor could set up a network of 100 Model Consultants "talent scouts" in an area. He would make nearly $15,000 just on the model consultant kits and IFPO memberships, then would make more on the videos, forms, books and other items that consultants frequently buy.
A distributor could sell to schools and educational institutions. IFPO's instructional videos are very popular with schools of all kinds (Junior Highs, High Schools, Colleges, Trade Schools, etc.). Schools typically purchase in larger quantities, often 10 to 20 videos at a time. Currently, about 100 schools are purchasing from IFPO. There are tens of thousands more in this country alone.
Recreational groups sponsored by government or other non-profit groups. For example, Military bases have recreational programs that include self-help and how-to programs on video. Currently, IFPO does a brisk business with military base purchase orders from only a few bases.
Many other groups sponsor recreational programs that would be very interested in photography instructional videos. Groups plan trips. Vacationers use cameras and camcorders.
Photographer's swap meets or flee markets are ideal places to set a booth and market IFPO products. In these situations, having merchandise to sell (like videos) is a plus. But if you don't have the merchandise, be sure to get the name, address, and phone number of each person that stops by your booth. Each one is a prospective customer for the future. If you run out of copies of Today's Photographer at your booth, you can always mail them one in the future with a special offer flyer of some kind.
REPEAT CUSTOMERS
The best opportunity you have to make money as a distributor is to give your customers a REASON to do business with you. You can use your own liberal distributor discount to your advantage. If you can give your customers a 5 or 10% discount by purchasing through you, then they have a reason to order with you instead of ordering directly through mail order with IFPO. Your own margins may be a little slimmer, but your volume would be much higher.
Now you could consider distributing Today's Photographer Magazines liberally with your business card attached and a notice that offers your own 5% or 10% discount if they order through you.
In this way, you would get the full advantage of repeat orders from the same customers.
Here is a sample list of schools and institutions that have already placed large orders directly with IFPO:
AFETA, Camp Peary, VA; Miami Killian Senior High School, Miami, FL; Leon County Schools, FL; River East School Division, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Aims Community College, Greeley, CO; CBN University Library, Virginia Beach, VA; Southwest State University Library, Marshall, MN;University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; NAF Fort Sam Houston, TX; Stockton Unified School District, Stockton, CA; Phillipsburg Board of Education, NJ; Roberts High School, Florence, CO; Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL; Greenville Technical College, SC; Curtis Jr High School, Tacoma, WA; Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical School District, MA; Ferris State College Library, Big Rapids, MI; Maricopa Community College, Phoenix, AZ; Southeastern Mass. University, MA; Sparta Senior High School, Sparta, WI; and many, many more.
How to Order the DISTRIBUTOR PROGRAM:
Use DPO1X for the item number.
The list price of the IFPO Distributor Program is $1490. For a limited time the price is reduced to $387 + shipping, but will only remain at that special price until the current Distributor Enrollment program has met it's goals. This price cannot be further reduced by the 20% discount I give on other IFPO programs and products.
