Don't You Offer $100,000 to All Your Donors?

I occasionally receive an email from a potential donor asking about the fluctuating compensation amounts advertised on our website. As we coordinate client specific searches and do not maintain a database of donors, the compensation offered usually varies from search to search. Elite Donors will help our clients decide on a compensation amount, but we never demand a certain number be offered. Please know that if you are selected to donate you will receive the compensation amount offered for the search you applied to.

In fact, we will never allow a client to lower their compensation offer. Each client who consults with our office is apprised of the total potential cost of utilizing an egg donor and the associated IVF fees, not just our agency fees. In a rare circumstance a client may choose to stop using our service and retain another agency to help them, but we would never allow a client to advertise one fee and then try to lower the advertised fee or offer a smaller compensation to the donor.

While it has never happened to date, we would consider allowing a client to increase the amount of compensation offered. If this is ever done during a search, this increased compensation amount would be available to all applicants of that search, not just the ones who applied after the increased compensation was advertised.

Because we still utilize print ads, it is possible to run across an old ad offering a different compensation amount then the one currently advertised on our website. The same can happen if a search ends early as our advertising contracts are always pre-booked. To avoid this, we are contemplating switching to a new ad format which lists a compensation range (such as "Compensation $50,000-$100,000") instead of a specific amount. The only problem with that is that most clients like to see their specific compensation amount stated in the ads. While we determine how to best deal with this issue, rest assured that our current compensation amount is always listed on our criteria page. As the compensation amounts fluctuate by client, you can continue checking back until you find the right circumstance under which you would like to apply.

Hopefully this addresses any concerns you may have. Please check back for our next blog which will address how the compensation funds are handled.

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