New Players Emerge in This Year’s Back-to-School Game
Eugene, OR (PRWEB) August 15, 2013 -- Four companies are providing real value this back-to-school season by giving teachers and college students exclusive special offers that are protected by SheerID. SheerID’s instant verification platform ensures that only qualified teachers and students can redeem the offers, while still keeping the shopping experience simple and streamlined.
"Any retailer can discount pencils or put backpacks on sale in August and call it a back-to-school special, but these retailers are going above and beyond by exclusively offering teachers and college students their deepest discounts and best deals on items they will need for the upcoming school year," explains Jake Weatherly, CEO of SheerID. "In the past, it’s been difficult for businesses to create exclusive offers without opening themselves up to fraud or requiring customers to jump through hoops. I’m proud that SheerID has solved those problems for retailers, and made it possible for teachers and students to get amazing bargains."
Each of these retailers understands the importance of connecting with teachers and college students during back-to-school season, the second biggest shopping season of the year.
According to the National Retail Federation, back-to-college shopping is expected to generate $45.8 billion in sales this year, and recent surveys reveal that teachers spend over $1.8 billion from their own pockets each school year for supplies for their classrooms.
Karen Kane, women’s apparel designer, is just one retailer utilizing SheerID’s verification software to help teachers and students kick the school year off right.
"With fall just around the corner, we're very excited to be able to provide an exclusive discount to teachers and students for a stylish start of a new school year," says Michael Kane, Marketing Director for Karen Kane. "There's no better way to celebrate returning to classrooms and campuses than with some brand new clothes."
The newest companies using SheerID’s verification platform to offer discounts this back-to-school season include the following:
• Karen Kane: 15% off women’s apparel for college students and teachers http://www.karenkane.com/store/exclusive-teachers-and-students-discount
• Abbyy: 30% off software for teachers and college students. http://www.abbyyspecials.com/abbyy-educator-advantage-program; http://www.abbyyspecials.com/abbyy-student-savings-program
• HDRsoft: free photography software license for photography teachers, 75% off for college students with a photography major or minor, and 60% off for all other college students http://www.hdrsoft.com/order/academic.html
• OnePlay: 10% discount on all PC games for all college students. http://www.oneplay.com/student_sheerid
Retailers like OnePlay and the other companies who recently launched new offers for back-to-school know that by offering college students and teachers discounts year round, they can form relationships with these key customers and earn their loyalty.
"OnePlay is very pleased to offer college students a permanent 10% discount on every PC game we sell including classics, new releases, and preorders," said Sean Dazet, OnePlay’s VP of Marketing. "Combined with our already low prices it should enable college kids to play all of the games they want while saving money!"
For a list of teacher and college student discounts that are verified by SheerID, visit http://www.sheerid.com/best-back-to-school-deals-for-teachers-and-students/.
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About SheerID
SheerID is the creator of the technology used to transform existing, protected private data into an omnichannel service that benefits commercial enterprises and the public, while still keeping the information safe and secure. By acting as a bridge between secure databases, SheerID allows commercial enterprises to accurately, instantly verify whether or not their customer qualifies for a special offer like student, active duty military, veteran, first responder, or teacher offers - protecting the exclusivity of the offer and eliminating fraud. SheerID's verification services can be configured for any e-commerce website, internal customer sales/support system, mobile application, or POS.
For more information on SheerID's college student or teacher verification solutions, call 855-SheerID to speak directly to a representative, email info(at)sheerid(dot)com, or visit http://www.sheerid.com/we-verify-for-you/.
Justin Nunez, Lewis PR for SheerID, +1 (619) 677-2700, [email protected]
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