ADVANTAGES
Substantial Cost Savingstop
Every investment you make should count, and Paper First Affiliates, LLC makes that easier than ever. As a member, you’ll be part of the nation’s most powerful group of party store owners, with greater group buying power and clout in the marketplace than you’ve ever experienced!
Following are a few of our most popular programs:
- Powerful group buying and cost savings programs designed specifically for party store owners
- Vendor Rebates, which are total group volume incentives that members receive back annually as a result of the entire organization reaching negotiated purchasing volume goals. These are in addition to the other rebates and cost savings to which you are entitled as a member of PFA. (See Vendor Volume Rebates for more information.)
- Money-making and money-saving intelligence, ideas and information exchanges from your peers
- Advertising support that maximizes your marketing efforts and minimizes your costs
- The power of belonging to the nation’s largest network of independent party stores nationwide
100% Member-Ownedtop
When you join PFA, you’re not only joining America’s largest party store organization – you’re joining the only one that’s 100% owned by 100% of the members. What does that mean in practical terms?
It means that the organization is working for you 100% of the time. It means you have an equal say in voting issues. You’re an equal equity holder along with all our other members. Paper First Affiliates gives you the unique ability to affect the future of the organization in ways that no other party store association can.
Preferred Vendor Programtop
Paper First Affiliates, LLC offers clout that can save you thousands of dollars as a member. Our discount and/or rebate programs with hundreds of Preferred Vendors, many of them the best known names in the industry, means that you can put our group buying power to work for your stores.
Many of our affiliates tell us that one benefit alone has been worth becoming a member. And because Paper First Affiliates, LLC is membership driven, members get the rebates – not the corporation. Which just may be the best deal in the entire party store industry!
Call us with your list of suppliers to find out whether your vendors qualify.
Vendor Volume Rebatestop
Rob Fox, Partyworks, Visalia, California
Unlike other party store associations, Paper First Affiliates, LLC is a member-owned organization. In addition to the discounts and volume rebates our affiliates earn every day as a member of PFA, the organization itself earns additional savings and rebates, which are returned to our members. When you’re a member of PFA, the benefits come back to you, not to some third party. The actual amount of additional money rebated to you is based on the volume of goods purchased through individual vendors.
Full Service Marketing Programstop
We know there’s nothing more important in the party store business than getting customers in the door. Paper First Affiliates, LLC can help you do that for a fraction of the cost of doing it all on your own.
Our complete program of professionally prepared yet low-cost marketing and advertising tools will help you drive new customers to your place of business and keep them coming ba
ck.
The complete program is available on an as-needed basis, and includes:
- Radio and TV spots
- Full color sale circulars
- Sales promotion materials
- Billboards
- Newspaper and other print ads
- Point-of-purchase displays
Valuable Competitive Supporttop
Looking for proven strategies to compete and grow your business? Would you like to track the trends and know what’s hot before the competition does? Want to put more effective tools and solutions to work in your business to identify and overcome some of the problems that are unique to party stores?
Paper First Affiliates, LLC can help you succeed. We tell you what’s new and what’s hot, and we do it on a regular basis. What’s more, our network of member stores is in constant communication through updates, newsletters, trade shows, our annual conference and our in-depth, user friendly website, secured for use by PFA Affiliate members only.
Networking Opportunitiestop
When you belong to Paper First Affilliates, LLC, you’re an important part of the largest organization of party store owners in the nation. Sure, our members are competitive, but not with each other! That means you get to learn what’s hot and what’s not in the industry today. How to merchandise your goods more effectively. How to get the most out of your square footage, your marketing efforts and your associates too. With our annual PFA convention and trade show as well as several scheduled meetings throughout the year, you’ll be able to learn from some of the most experienced party store retailers in the country. What’s more, our extensive website devoted to our members alone helps keep all Paper First Affiliates in constant touch with each other, as well as with the latest and most profitable trends in the industry. |
Mel Grevler, PFA Member |
“I feel like I’m not alone in business anymore. The members of Paper First Affiliates are always willing to share their experience and to help whenever I have a question. They’re a resource I count on all the time.”
Chuck Renschler, Partycraft, Anchorage, Alaska
Annual Conference, Trade Shows & Meetingstop
As a member of Paper First Affiliates, you’re among the first in the industry to see the latest products from a wide range of vendors at our Annual Conference and Trade Show. Each of those vendors offers preferred pricing for PFA members. The conference also gives you the opportunity to learn from some of the most successful retailers in the party store business – your fellow owner/members! And because PFA recognizes the importance of local issues and challenges, there are regional meetings scheduled every year during the summer. Some members tell us the networking and learning opportunities these meetings afford them are among the most valuable benefits of belonging to PFA.
Linking The Organization - Onlinetop
Paper First Affiliates, LLC is continuously investing in a stronger future for our members. That’s why we’ve created one of the most extensive, useful and user-friendly websites in the business.
With www.PartyHal.com, you can accomplish in a fraction of the time what used to take hours or even days! Whether you’re purchasing goods, gathering information, reorganizing your operations or simply communicating one-on-one or as a group with the largest affiliation of party store owners in the nation, the capabilities of PartyHal.com are simply the biggest and best in the business – and growing better all the time.
Full-Time Headquarters Staff Supporttop
At Paper First Affiliates, LLC, taking care of party store owners is our only business. Every day, we’re right there for our members, helping them to deal satisfactorily with a wide variety of issues, including, among others:
- Finding trade resources for specific products
- Researching and developing operational programs for running their business more successfully
- Developing merchandise programs for seasonal buying
- Facilitating all buying program details with Preferred Vendors
Barry Schwartz, SGS Paper, Wyncote, Pennsylvania
Find out more or join now!top
E-mail us below, call for more information at 1-877-472-7371 or fill out an online application. Paper First Affiliates, LLC is the one organization that offers all the tools you need to make your party store a business worth celebrating!
