Comsend Dashboard
The Comsend Dashboard has several components, each displaying valuable information about your campaigns. Typically the dashboard will be associated with your current campaign. You may, however, select previous campaigns to be displayed in your dashboard (Campaign button up top).
Total Campaign Revenue
This component displays live order information per day on a timeline. The revenue represent total finalized orders, and does not include per selection reciprocity fees until the end of the campaign (it does include Flat Fee reciprocity fees. See more here on Reciprocity). You can see a breakdown of this revenue in the Revenue Breakdown component (below).
Fundraising
The Fundraising component tracks fundraising to goals (stated in Campaign settings) that including some basic statistics. Members don't see this information.
Member Participation
This component displays a breakdown of Active Members (those who made selections, whether Finalized or not), Inactive Members (those who signed-in but didn't make selections), and Unsigned in Members (those who didn't sign in at all).
Calendar
Includes by default only the start and end dates of your campaign and allows you to add your own events, for display purposes only (there are no notifications that go out)
Revenue Breakdown
Displays a breakdown of the total amount (which you can see in the Total Campaign Revenue).
Gifts to Pack
An easy way to query the system to see how many gifts should be packed based on number of greetings received. Useful for those who have multiple sizes of gifts.
Alerts
Notifications
On the right margin you'll find live notifications of member activity including selections made, changes to personal info, and payment submitted.
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