For families who ch
oose to homeschool, most are living on one income. This makes it difficult for a family to purchase homeschool curriculum.
School districts have purchasing power but homeschool families pay as individuals. If school districts get educational discounts, why can’t homeschoolers?
Brent Walter, a homeschooling dad, founded the Homeschool Buyers Co-op. It is the nation’s largest purchasing cooperative for homeschooling families.
Brent created this co-op, which currently has over 51,000 member families, to give homeschoolers the same purchasing power as school districts. They contact suppliers, tell them how many families they represent and ask for a discount. Surprisingly, most of the suppliers say yes!
Co-op members can take advantage of discounts of 10%-70% off retail prices from exclusive suppliers.
There are also Group Buy discounts where, by purchasing as a group, members can earn exceptionally deep discounts on selected educational products for their homeschools. I have taken advantage of this for our Spanish curriculum.
Here are other services they offer to their members on their website:
- Fully searchable database of free curriculum and educational resources
- The Internet’s largest database of contests and scholarships for homeschooled students
- Database of local retail merchants that offer discounts to homeschoolers
- Free classified sections for members
- Daily deals
The best part about this co-op is that the membership is FREE! They need as many members as they can to increase their purchasing power.
photo credit: jimmiehomeschoolmom
7 Responses to “Link Love: Co-op Helps Homeschoolers”
a49erfangirl
11 months ago
I have heard of the co-op and some of the deals on here are awesome!
MKlosterman
11 months ago
There are so many discounts on different products that I never heard of some of them.
texaspawprints
11 months ago
Mimi, I just discovered this awesome resource about two months ago and I completely agree with you. It is a goldmine for homeschooling families. Great post.
Just FYI, there is another nice free resource out there called Homeschool Freebie of the Day. I am not including the link here because I can't remember if that causes a problem with the comment but it is just all spelled out and it is a .com. Just thought you might like to check it out.
Tara McClenahan
11 months ago
Wooohoooo! I thought there had to be something out there like this! So glad to see it!
MKlosterman
11 months ago
I am on the email list for Homeschool Freebie of the Day, too.
Carletta
10 months ago
We really enjoy both homeschool buyer's co-op and homeschool freebie of the day.
Carletta
10 months ago
We really enjoy both homeschool buyer's co-op and homeschool freebie of the day.