Timing is everything – and NOW is the time to leverage the holiday shopping season to supercharge your Shopping Annuity! Total retail sales this holiday season are expected to reach $863 billion – with $72.4 billion from e-commerce alone! So many people are shopping online that UPS hired 95,000 seasonal workers to help handle the huge volume of deliveries – which are being driven by booming e-commerce sales in what is expected to be the biggest holiday shopping season ever. Right now there is a perfect storm forming for UnFranchise Owners to take advantage of this holiday season – so GET YOUR BUCKETS OUT IF YOU WANT TO COLLECT! Failing to leverage the holiday shopping season to build your Shopping Annuity means you are missing out on big $$$!

Using the holiday shopping season to fuel your Shopping Annuity can have a massive impact on your UnFranchise Business – but it all begins with YOU! This is a crucial time of year for UnFranchise Owners because people will be spending billions on their loved ones! Every single UFO has an opportunity to leverage this massive tidal wave of spending to build the Shopping Annuity by getting their family, friends, customers, coworkers, and fellow UnFranchise Owners to do all of their holiday shopping on SHOP.COM!

SHOP.COM’s Holiday Central is Your Ultimate Shopping Guide, and the perfect destination to help you and your customers find great gifts for their loved ones this holiday season. SHOP.COM also has a host of features designed exclusively to help everyone find the best deals and convert spending into earning so you can maximize your Shopping Annuity with your holiday shopping! You have so many tools to build your Shopping Annuity with SHOP.COM – but you have to be familiar with how they work so you and your customers can cash in this holiday season.

Have a look below at some great features on SHOP.COM which can really help you and your customers make the most of your holiday shopping efforts by maximizing your Shopping Annuity:

• MyLists – Making a holiday wish list? MyLists makes it easy to order your favorite products at the best prices! MyLists really help simplify the holiday shopping process – making it easy and fun to shop for your friends and family this holiday season. The MyLists tool allows you and your customers to easily create wish lists – which can be shared with friends and family to remove all the guesswork from your holiday shopping. With MyLists – you’ll never need to return a gift again! Now is the perfect time to sit down with your family, friends, and customers to help them create their holiday wish list using MyLists on SHOP.COM. This is your opportunity to play Santa and help your friends, family, and customers find the perfect holiday gifts on SHOP.COM – all while building the Shopping Annuity!
• eGifts – Let’s face it, a lot of us wait until the last minute to do our holiday shopping. This can often lead to big headaches, long lines, and the disappointment of struggling to find the gifts you want. If you’re a last-minute shopper, SHOP.COM can really save you a big hassle with eGifts! You’ll not only skip the lines, the crowds, and the headache of finding the right gifts – but you’ll even be able to send your gift at the last second! eGifts can really save the day when it comes to last-minute shopping because it allows you to personally select several gifts for everyone on your gift list. You can choose from exclusive Market America products as well as millions of products from SHOP.COM’s OneCart Stores. It’s the perfect gift-giving solution for last-second Santas, so be sure to share this with all the procrastinators you know this holiday season!
• Trends – Start a Trend on SHOP.COM and show off your style! Trends on SHOP.COM is a great way to shop for and discover the things you love and share them with your customers and friends! This online shopping community has a user-friendly shopping platform that makes it easy to share the products you love! Showing your customers exactly what is available to them by sharing your Trends on Social Media is a great way to create buzz about your business and attract new customers this holiday season. Join the SHOP.COM Trends Community today and see what the buzz is about!
• Cashback – Get paid to SHOP with our Cashback Program! Look for products with the SHOP.COM  Cashback symbol to score great Cashback deals on the products you want! Shop, Save, and Earn up to 50% Cashback on products and services on SHOP.COM – and when your friends sign up as customers and list you as the referral, we’ll pay you ½% Cashback on all their qualified purchases! It’s just one more way it pays to SHOP on SHOP.COM!
• ShopBuddy – ShopBuddy is a digital assistant that helps ensure you never miss a deal or valuable coupon code again! Visit SHOP.COM today and DOWNLOAD SHOPBUDDY for FREE to get alerts on coupons and deals, plus earn Cashback. This will literally change the way you shop this holiday season! Find great deals on all your favorite stores and never miss out on Cashback again with ShopBuddy! Whenever you visit a participating Cashback merchant site ShopBuddy will let you know – plus get updates on all your deals daily! PLUS, stay tuned for big news about a new tool to help you SHOP on the go – the ShopBuddy Mobile App!
• Gift Cards – Need a last-minute gift? Gift cards make great gifts – especially when you can choose from a variety of top brands and stores from SHOP.COM. You can even buy SHOP.COM Gift Cards that you can use on exclusive Market America products – making it the perfect gift for those serious about building their Shopping Annuity.
• Hot Deals – the Hot Deals page on SHOP.COM has a wealth of information about all the deals being offered through our amazing partner stores. With the Hot Deals Page on SHOP.COM you are just one click away from the hottest deals online, so be sure to visit this page often to score the best deals this holiday season!
• SHOPBOX – SHOPBOX allows you to leverage the power of SHOP.COM by helping you create a storefront on Facebook or HTML websites– which is a great way to attract new holiday shoppers to your SHOP.COM site. The best part is they can shop, save, and earn cashback from SHOP.COM without ever leaving Facebook or your blog! You can post a SHOPBOX on Facebook or embed it on any HTLM website – giving you even more avenues to earn!
• SHOP.COM Direct Electronics Outlet – SHOP.COM Direct Electronics Outlet is your source for home electronics. You’ll find a broad selection of new and refurbished electronics including televisions, audio and video components, home theater systems, computer monitors, laptops and tablet computers. We offer the best possible value on top national brands to let you build your dream system and stay within your budget – all while building your Shopping Annuity with 5% Cashback!
• BMV by SHOP.COM Marketplace – BMV by SHOP.COM Marketplace has hundreds of thousands of books, DVDs, Blu-Ray, CDs, eBooks, audio books and more – all with Cashback! You can score some incredible gifts here to help fuel your Shopping Annuity!
• SHOP.COM Direct Office Supplies– Fuel your Shopping Annuity this holiday season with great deals on office supplies from SHOP.COM Direct Office Supplies! SHOP.COM Direct is a one-stop destination offering over 48,000 business products – office supplies, office technology, office furniture, computer supplies, break room, janitorial supplies and more. Get competitive pricing on these Top Everyday Brands: Avery, HP, Samsung, Canon, Wilson Jones, Brother, Xerox, Lexmark, IBM, Sharpie, BIC and many more!
• SHOP.COM Groceries – with no membership fees and $5.99 flat rate shipping – SHOP.COM Groceries is another great resource for customers and UnFranchise Owners to leverage this holiday season. Entertaining this holiday season? Buy in bulk and save big, all while earning Cashback on your purchases with SHOP.COM Groceries! Feed your family and your Shopping Annuity this holiday season with great items from SHOP.COM Groceries!
• SHOP.COM Travel – Convert spending into earning and with fabulous travel deals from SHOP.COM Travel powered by Priceline. With great deals on fabulous travel destinations – this is yet another tool in your arsenal to help you leverage the Shopping Annuity this holiday shopping season.
• Marley Coffee – Marley Coffee is a crucial component of any UFO’s Shopping Annuity, and also makes the perfect stocking stuffer for the coffee lover in your life! Visit SHOP.COM today and get paid to drink the best coffee in the world! There’s no better way to #BrewSuccess!
• MA Brands – Market America Brands like Motives Cosmetics, Lumière de Vie, Isotonix, Fixx, Awake Energy Shots, Choice Bars, and many more all make incredible holiday gifts – and are also a great way to boost your Shopping Annuity. By offering exclusive Market America brands – SHOP.COM is giving you yet another way to convert spending into earning with your holiday shopping.

Not only does SHOP.COM have amazing features to help you maximize your Shopping Annuity this holiday season, but we’ve also got special cashback promotions that will take your Holiday Shopping experience to a whole new level, such as: the Black Friday / Cyber Monday Triple Cashback Event (11/27 – 12/1), The Holiday Giving Extra Cashback Event (12/3 – 12/26), and the 25 Days of Deals (one new deal per day, December 1-25).

We’ve also got some tremendous contests going on during the holiday shopping season, including: The 30 Days of Giving on SHOP.COM, The #ShoppingAnnuity Video Contest, a special contest coming up with rap legend and UnFranchise Phenom Fat Joe, PLUS more great giveaways coming up in December! With all these features and promotions on SHOP.COM – building your Shopping Annuity this Holiday Season is easy! 

With 80 Million BV and 40 Million IBV up for grabs in the Shopping Annuity Bonus Pool – it’s crucial for UnFranchise Owners and customers to utilize SHOP.COM to build the Shopping Annuity this holiday shopping season. Sit down with your family, friends, and customers and help them build a MyList. Help them install ShopBuddy so they never miss another deal. Share our Hot Deals page with them. Tell them about SHOP.COM Direct Electronics Outlet. Whatever you do, be proactive about your success by helping everyone leverage the power of SHOP.COM this holiday season!

With the Holiday Shopping season in full swing and the new Shopping Annuity Bonus Pool at your fingertips – UnFranchise Owners have the opportunity to make this holiday shopping season a huge windfall for their business! There’s never been a better time to be an UnFranchise Owner – and there’s never been a better time to convert spending into earing with the Shopping Annuity! Work smarter rather than harder by getting your entire team to do this with their friends, family, coworkers, and customers so they can make the most of the Shopping Annuity Bonus Pool too! It’s the best way to duplicate success and help make the 2014 Holiday Shopping Season a period of tremendous growth for you and your team!

Below you’ll find a great new holiday shopping video we’ve created to help you generate a buzz for your UnFranchise Business. Share it online and leverage the holiday shopping downpour on SHOP.COM! And remember to share all your holiday shopping success stories with us by posting them on social media with the hashtag #shopcomholidays.

Keep Growing!

-JR Ridinger