College is expensive, and students are faced with tuition costs and additional financial obligations associated with attending college. These costs can overwhelm both parent and student, but a company based in Washington, D.C. is offering their money savings e-commerce platform to all HBCU supporters.
HBCU Daily Deals is essentially 105 daily deal sites (each HBCU has its own site). The company is offering 50-90 percent off restaurants, spas, entertainment, shopping, and further products to students and others, and looking for students and alumni in each HBCU city/town to sign up. Its core objective is to bring cost savings to the students and others, and freely gives a percentage of each sale to students in need of financial assistance.
Launched in February 2012, HBCU Daily Deals is starting to roll-out their localized deals around the 105 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the nation. The site does free giveaways periodically, and helps promote the importance of the HBCUs to high school students.
“HBCU Daily Deals wants to help economic development around each HBCU by featuring local businesses and working with them to offer deals on HBCUDailyDeals.com. This will help them grow their customer base,” said founder Ty DeBellotte. “The company is offering a great affiliate program (sign-up by sending an email to affiliates@hbcudailydeals.com) that will allow individuals and groups with blogs and websites to monetize off its e-commerce platform as well.”
HBCUDailyDeals.com is currently offering a National Deal this week. For 35 dollars, people who sign up with the site can buy a magazine subscription from one of the 650 best-selling publications, including People, TIME, and Sports Illustrated. Subscribers will receive a free $200 eCertificate from www.restaurant.com which can be redeemed at over 18,000 restaurants across the country.
“Student needs are unique and we keep those in mind to best cater to their needs. HBCUDailyDeals.com will work 24/7 on your behalf to negotiate discounts with popular businesses in the vicinity of your campus”, DeBellotte said. “We send the deals to our subscribers and we send businesses a ton of new customers. This is a tremendous treat for you or as a gift to friends and family—there is literally something here for everyone. ”
