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Automatic Volunteer Discounts
A volunteer discount that applies itself. Give a program a volunteer price, link it to a volunteer opportunity, and members who take a shift pay that price at checkout. No codes to email and nothing to refund.
Price applied
The shift on file brings the price
Volunteer discounts applied automatically at checkout
The usual way to reward volunteers is a spreadsheet of who helped and a coupon code emailed to each of them. In Communal, a program can carry a volunteer price. When a member who holds a shift in a linked volunteer opportunity registers for that program, checkout gives them the volunteer price.
- One volunteer price per program, discounted or free
- Applied when the member holds a shift in a linked opportunity
- No coupon codes to create, send, or chase
- Works on program registration
Shift and signup
Both booked in one checkout
Turn registrations into volunteer shifts
If a family has not signed up for a shift yet, the registration checkout offers the shifts to pick from. Taking one brings the volunteer price straight away, and the shift signup is created when the registration is paid, so the season's concession and setup shifts fill as people register.
- Volunteer shifts shown during registration
- The volunteer price shown as soon as a shift is picked
- The shift signup created with the registration
- Shifts covered before the season starts
Volunteer price
Set once per program
Set the volunteer price once per program
Add a volunteer price beside the program's other prices, then pick the volunteer opportunities that count on the program's volunteering step. If a member qualifies for more than one price, the cheapest wins, so volunteering never costs anyone more. There are no hour thresholds to track: one shift in a linked opportunity is enough.
- A volunteer price beside the program's other prices
- Linked opportunities picked on the volunteering step
- The cheapest qualifying price always wins
- One shift is enough, with no hours to count
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Frequently asked questions
You give a program a volunteer price and link it to one or more volunteer opportunities. When a member who has a shift in one of those opportunities registers for the program, checkout applies the volunteer price. If they have no shift yet, checkout offers the shifts so they can take one on the spot.
Make the reward part of the price. A volunteer price on your programs means the people who help pay less when they register, and nobody has to keep a list of codes or refund anyone after the fact. The volunteer rewards guide covers recognition ideas beyond the discount.
No. One shift in a linked volunteer opportunity qualifies a member for the volunteer price. There are no hour tiers, which keeps the rule easy to explain to families at registration.
Members registering for a program, where the shift is on their own account. The volunteer price covers program registration, not membership fees or facility bookings. For scheduling the shifts themselves, see volunteer scheduling software.
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