Why don't we sell popcorn over the internet?

Many people have asked in the past why the Capitol Area Council does not take part in the online popcorn sale offered by the popcorn vendor, Trails End. In short, the leadership of the council feels the online sale does not provide maximum benefit to your Scouts. Here are the reasons why:

1) Customers can’t just order one tin of popcorn on the orderpopcorn.com website – they have to order a full case; that’s a mouthful, literally.
2) Your unit earns 35% commission on Show-n-Sell or Take Order sales. With orders through orderpopcorn.com, units lose commission dollars because Trails End uses higher shipping costs for deliver of website orders (knocks off as much as 10% from the unit’s commission)
3) Any sales through the orderpopcorn.com website do not count as credit towards the Trails End scholarship program or prize program.