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Why have a Homeschool Buyers Co-op? It's simple. School districts get volume discounts because they have purchasing power, but we homeschoolers pay retail because we don't. So, if we homeschoolers want to get affordable homeschooling programs and supplemental home school curriculum, we need to give ourselves the same purchasing power as school districts.
That's where the Co-op comes in. By pooling the purchasing power of our entire membership, we are able to call major educational publishers and homeschooling curriculum providers and ask for the same discounts they give school districts. And it works! Why, because virtually every vendor will give supplemental discounts for their home school curriculum if they are assured adequate volumes.
How do we get the volumes needed for affordable homeschooling programs? We do it through a unique process called a "Group Buy". Essentially, we negotiate volume discounts with the homeschooling curriculum providers, then put an offer out to our members that says, for example, "Hey, Co-opers, you can get 20% off for this supplemental home school curriculum, but if we get 20 members to sign up, everybody will get 30% off, and if 50 members sign up, everybody will get 40% off and so on."
So tell your homeschool groups and friends about the Co-op, because the more of us who join, the greater our purchasing power, the more affordable the homeschooling programs, and the deeper the discounts we can get for our homeschooling curriculum!
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