igive.com Review

igive.com is a terrific way for me to do something nice while doing something I was going to do anyway.  I'm an avid online shopper, so I was going to be shopping anyway, and with igive, I'm giving to charity with every purchase.  It eleminates the guilt of splurging a little.  Now when I buy an extra thing I didn't especially need, at least I can feel good that some money is going to help someone.  And I'm a bargain shopper.  A lot of my online shopping is to find things cheaper than I could find them in stores locally.  It's nice to give to charity without it costing me anything extra.

igive is super easy to use.  You just go to igive.com site first, and go to the store from there.  If you know what store you want to shop you can just type it in.  If you don't know where to look for an item, you can type in the item name and it will give you igive affiliated stores that carry it (and some that aren't igive stores, too, if no igive stores carry what you're looking for).  You can also browse by category.  There's no complicated process to keep track of your purchases or codes to enter at the checkouts or anything.  After going to the store from the igive site,you just shop like you normally would. 

There's tons of stores that participate in igive.  A bunch of the huge stores participate.And a bunch of small ones that I might have never heard about otherwise have turned out to be really cool.  Ebay even donates a percent of their listing fees (not the whole item price, but the listing fee).  If you Ebay as much as I do, even that tiny bit can really add up in a hurry. Sometimes there's special deals for you,too.  Some stores will give you discounts or free shipping for shopping through igive.  

The range of charitys is amazing.  The chances are great that whatever charity you want to benefit is already in their system.  And if it isn't you can add it yourself and give them the adress and they'll send them a check.  So you can raise money for ABSOLUTELY anything.  If you want to give to a big organization like the Red Cross you can, but if you want to give to the homeless shelter in your city or your child's Little League team you can do that too. And you can change what charity you're benefiting however often you'd like.  

It's not often in life you get a chance to raise real money for your cause that doesn't cost you a dime and only takes an extra second or two of your time.  No one should shop without igive.