MarketPlace - Restrictions

Your school earns cash with every qualifying purchase you make through the Box Tops Marketplace. Learn more about how your school receives donations from participating online stores.

Donation Calculations

How does Box Tops determine the donation amount your school will receive?

  • Only purchases made through the Box Tops for Education Marketplace will earn a donation for your school. See Official Rules for details.
  • School donations are usually calculated from net sales.
  • Donations will be subtracted for merchandise returns.
  • Sales tax, shipping costs, gift certificates, packaging or handling fees, gift-wrapping services, governmental fees, credit card processing fees and certain other charges may not be included in the calculation of the school donation amount.

Here's an example of how a donation would be calculated for a purchase at "Store X" assuming 5% of your purchase is donated to your designated school:

Merchandise total: $90.00
Tax: $5.00
Shipping/handling: $5.00
Total: $100.00

In the above example, the 5% donation is calculated from the $90.00 merchandise total because tax, shipping and handling are excluded. Therefore, your school would receive $4.50 from your purchase - at no additional cost to you. Some stores have additional restrictions on certain types of merchandise or other special restrictions. Below you will find explanations of these additional restrictions.

Donation Restrictions (Listed alphabetically by store)


Chadwick's
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

Eddie Bauer
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

GapKids.com
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales and are exclusive of purchases of Gift Cards

babygap.com
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales and are exclusive of purchases of Gift Cards

FTD.com
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

Office Depot
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales

Cooking.com
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales

Kohl's
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

One Step Ahead
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

Staples
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

Best Buy
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales exclusive of Best Buy Gift Card purchases or any services (excluding Geek Squad), including: online photo center sales, digital downloads, long distance or internet service sales.

Hickory Farms
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales

Zoobooks
Donations/Commissions are paid on completed paid purchases. Only $1 will be paid on "Bill me Later" purchases.

HearthSong
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales

Plow & Hearth
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales exclusive of discounts and purchase of gift cards.

Blair
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

drugstore.com
Donations/Commissions are based on net sales excluding prescription drugs and insurance claims.

Lillian Vernon
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

HSN
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

Proflowers.com
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

1-800 PetMeds
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales and are Exclusive of perscription purchases.

Boden
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales

eToys
Donations/Commissions are based on net sales. Commissions are NOT paid on the purchase of video games or the purchase of gift cards.

Terry's Village
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales exclusive of sales where the customer uses a gift certificate or merchandise certificate for all or a portion of the sale.

Pottery Barn
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

Pottery Barn Kids
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

Pottery Barn Teen
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

Wal-Mart
Donations/Commissions are based on Net sales exclusive of purchases from Sam's Club and Samsclub.com, Pharmacy, Travel, Financial Services, tires, optical, Wal-Mart Connect Internet Service, Gift Cards, and Online Gift Cards are not eligible to earn Commissions/Donations.

Hotels.com
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales and will be paid for each Transaction for which travel has been completed, exclusive of taxes and surcharges, tax recovery fees, duties, handling, and other similar charges;

Finish Line
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

LeapFrog
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales

VisionDirect.com
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales

Onlineshoes.com
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales exclusive of gift certificates, gift wrap and returned orders.

PetSmart
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales

Circuit City
"Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales exclusive of Products listed in the CircuitCity catalog or in search results as ""out of print"", ""hard to find"", ""special order"" (or other words to similar effect indicating that a product is not readily available for delivery). Gift certificates are not eligible for commissions/donations. "

Southwest Airlines Vacations
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales and will not be paid until customer completes travel.

HP Home & Home Office Store
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

DisneyShopping.com
Commissions/Donations will be paid on Net Sales exclusive of any purchase of Disney Shopping or Disney Store Gift Cards, DisneyShopping.com or DisneyStore.com Online Gift Cards, any stored value card of any kind or decorative pins or pin sets or for any product(s) that are returned.

Land of Nod
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

Shutterfly
Donations/Commissions are base on net sales. Excluding; prepaid print plans, annual savings plans, portrait packages, purchases made from Shutterfly Pro Galleries, gift certificates, print product returns, fees paid to credit card processing companies, charge-backs, promotions and other discounts, rebates or credits, amounts collected for sales taxes or their applicable taxes or duties, and shipping and handling costs do not qualify for donation.

Dell Home
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales, excluding insurance, concessions, cancellations or restocking fees, gift-wrapping and promotional or other discounts.

Apple Store
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales and exclusive of Gift Cards, iTunes, shipping, gift wrap

Martha Stewart for 1-800-Flowers
Commissions/Donations are based on Net Sales exclusive of service charge, shipping, relay and handling charges, discounts, gift certificates, promotional offers (e.g., airline miles, points, e-money etc.), credit card processing fees, credits, refunds, rebates and chargebacks.

Banana Republic
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales and are exclusive of purchases of Gift Cards

Kmart
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

The Great Indoors
Donations/Commissions are based on net sales and are exclusive of items sold by other merchants including but not limited to The Great Indoors licensed partners and Lands End, even where such sales are the result of a click through by the end user on links maintained on the Marketer’s Web Site to such other merchants’ sites, or (ii) gift cards or service agreements offered by The Great Indoors.

Shoes.com
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

Victoria's Secret
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales and are exclusive of purchases of Gift Cards

Williams-Sonoma
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

Williams-Sonoma Home
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

Patagonia
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

The North Face
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales and are exclusive of Gift Card purchases or purchases of Gift Cards.

Piperlime
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales and are exclusive of purchases of Gift Cards

Omaha Steaks
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales

Sam's Club
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

Brylane Home
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

Blue Nile
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales. Excluding amounts collected by us for gift certificates, sales taxes, duties, shipping, handling, fraud, charge-backs, exchanges, credit card processing fees, taxes and similar charges.

Naturalizer
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

I See Me!
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

Ralph Lauren
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

Current Catalog
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales

Walgreens
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales and are exclusive of purchases of Gift Cards and Perscription Savings Club

P.S. by Aeropostale
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

My M&M's
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

Athleta
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales and are exclusive of purchases of Gift Cards

Famous Footwear
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

Shoe Steal
Donations/commissions are based on Net Sales.

JCPenney
Donations/Commissions are based on net sales and are exclusive of the purchase of gift cards and items that are listed as “not available” on the JC Penney website.

Smart Bargains
Donations/Commissions are based on net sales.

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1-800 Baskets
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales exclusive of gift cards.

Bath & Body Works
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

Hanna Andersson
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

Bobbi Brown Cosmetics
Donations/commissions are based on Net Sales and are exclusive of the purchase of gift cards.

LAB Series
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales and are exclusive of the purchase of gift cards.

Origins
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales and are exclusive of purchases of gift cards.

Prescriptives
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales and are exclusive of purchases of Gift Cards.

Crate&Barrel
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales

Nick Shop
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales and are exclusive of purchase of gift cards and gift wrap.

Coldwater Creek
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales

Ann Taylor
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

Ann Taylor LOFT
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

The Container Store
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

Meijer
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

UGG Australia
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

United Vacations
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales and will be paid upon completion of travel.

HP youneek.com
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

Choice Hotels
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales, payable upon completion of travel.

F.A.O. Schwarz
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

Under Armour
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

Gaiam
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

Microsoft Store
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

Giant Party Store
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.

LAN Airlines
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales and are payable upon completion of travel.

Vans off the Wall
Donations/Commissions are based on Net Sales.