"At Rainbow Shopping Network, we make it easy for GLBT Americans and their family, friends and allies to make purchasing decisions they can feel good about," said Ryan Phillips, co-founder of Rainbow Shopping Network. "In addition to having access to the biggest gay-owned and gay-friendly online marketplace, our shoppers can feel good knowing they’re getting the best deals and coupons available online—saving anywhere from 5%-80% off retail prices. Best of all, we donate 10% of our site's revenue to worthy GLBT nonprofit organizations."
Rainbow Shopping Network’s virtual shopping mall offers goods and services from top-name online stores such as Dell, Apple, Smith & Hawkin, Love & Pride, Harry & David and many more—spanning every category imaginable including apparel, travel, home and garden, gay pride merchandise, computers, music and much more. The site also features many gay-owned stores that GLBT shoppers may have never heard about.
"In addition to showcasing money-saving coupons and deals in one place, we also recommend specific products that we think our GLBT shoppers would enjoy or benefit from," Phillips said. "In this sense, Rainbow Shopping Network provides a very personal shopping experience for our visitors."
The network's gay-owned and gay-friendly online stores have been thoroughly prescreened and each is designated with a colorful icon, making them easy for shoppers to identify. Gay-owned stores are owned by at least one member of the GLBT community. Gay-friendly stores offer same-sex domestic partnership benefits to employees and have an employee non-discrimination policy addressing sexual orientation. For a complete list of Rainbow Shopping Network's gay-friendly criteria, please visit www.RainbowShoppingNetwork.com/
Additional gay-owned and gay-friendly stores are being added to the site each day. Deals and coupons are also updated daily, making sure GLBT consumers have immediate access to the web's best money-saving offers. Shoppers are encouraged to sign-up to receive Rainbow Shopping Network's Email Alerts, letting them know about deals and coupons, new stores and other important updates.
"Research has found that GLBT shoppers prefer to buy from businesses that are dedicated to helping advance the gay community," Phillips said. "The simplest and most effective way to advocate for GLBT equality is to reward businesses that support our right to live, love and prosper as safely and openly as anybody else. Rainbow Shopping Network makes it easy for the GLBT community to Shop With Pride."
Rainbow Shopping Network donates 10% to a worthy GLBT nonprofit every quarter. From now until the end of the year, PFLAG (Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays) is the organization that will benefit from the site's philanthropic efforts.
Created by brother-sister duo Ryan Phillips and Kristi Phillips, Rainbow Shopping Network is a gay-owned company headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.
