CASE STUDY
AdoptAClassroom.org creates online marketplace empowering teachers
Equipping classrooms across the U.S.
AdoptAClassroom.org makes it easy for individual donors and corporate sponsors to donate funds to K-12 classrooms in public, private and charter schools throughout the U.S. through an online portal. On average, teachers spend $600 of their own money each year to equip their classrooms – 20% of teachers spend more than $1000 annually. Since 1998 AdoptAClassroom.org has raised more than $28 million and benefitted more than 2 million students.
About
AdoptAClassroom
Nonprofit
North America
Products
OrderCloud
Replace proprietary legacy e-commerce system
- Connect multiple vendors
- Accept blended payments in one transaction
- Seamless integration with back-office systems, like Salesforce
Solutions used
- Customized commerce application built on Sitecore® OrderCloud®
- Integrates thousands of products from different vendors, including those that require punch-out capabilities
- Enables orders to be placed with goods from multiple vendors
- Customized Sitecore OrderCloud® webhook allows all details to feed into Salesforce and trigger various actions, rules and next steps
Much-improved experience compared with the legacy system
- Administrators can update products, users, addresses etc.
- Ability to evolve the experience on the platform for future business needs
Streamlined ordering
AdoptAClassroom.org integrates thousands of products from different educational vendors. Sitecore OrderCloud® enables teachers to place an order for classroom supplies with goods from multiple vendors. It takes into account vendor-specific shipping rates, processing fees, and tax where applicable, but keeps the process streamlined for teachers. Administrators can make updates to products, users, addresses, and the application will allow them to continue to evolve the experience on the same platform without needing to replatform to respond to future business needs.
Sitecore OrderCloud helps us manage dozens of vendors, each with unique shipping tables, in a blended environment that makes is easy for the teachers we serve to quickly find what they need, compare prices, and experience a seamless ordering experience.