Customer story

AdoptAClassroom.org creates online marketplace empowering teachers

Sitecore enables teachers to purchase school supplies so their students don't go without
Project brief

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.

Products

OrderCloud

About

AdoptAClassroom

North America

Nonprofit

CHALLENGE

Replace proprietary legacy e-commerce system

  • Connect multiple vendors
  • Accept blended payments in one transaction
  • Seamless integration with back-office systems, like Salesforce
SOLUTION

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
OUTCOME

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.

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WHAT THEY SAID
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.
Ryan Jordan

Ryan Jordan

SVP - Operations, Programs, Technology

AdoptAClassroom.org