About me (sorry, this is a long read)…

Through one of my workplaces (male dominated mechanical workshop) (note, I am a Bookkeeper who works in different businesses), I was constantly hearing about reward programs where great prizes were being given away in exchange for access to supplier discounts but these prizes were targeted very heavily towards the guys – hotted up cars, Harley Davidsons, quad bikes, fishing boats, more hotted up cars, etc.

My brain started ticking – what about prizes for us girls???

And then it hit me - what if I did something similar but ‘for the ladies?’

I started to give this some serious thought (late at night, in bed, when I am supposed to be sleeping, which is where I do a lot of thinking because I literally can’t switch off my brain). What would I personally like to win if I had the chance??? Like many women, I am tired and constantly worrying about money, so here are some of the ideas I came up with…

My groceries being paid for would take off some financial pressure…
A housekeeper would be amazing…
A family getaway would be sensational…
A personal trainer would be awesome – I barely exercise as there’s never any time for me…
I am not much of a shopper but I did imagine how fun (and stress free) it would be to win a shopping spree - I'd get massages, pedicures…
I also started thinking back when I was first starting my family - it would have been life changing to win some money to buy all of those much-needed baby items - a bassinet, cot, change table, car seat, pram, baby monitor, nappies, clothes, etc.

I did my research and in NSW, there were two ways I could try to do this - a trade promotion or a draw lottery. To make it easy to understand:

if I did a trade promotion, among other rules, I would get to keep all of the money I make from selling a product or service (ie. a ‘reward program’) which would give you a free ticket to win one of my prizes (the ‘Giveaway’)
if I did a draw lottery, among other rules, I must conduct the draw lottery on behalf of a charity or not-for-profit as well as give at least 40% of the gross profit to the charity or not-for-profit I was representing.

My decision was instant. I was doing all of this to help my fellow ladies, so a trade promotion was out of the question.

My next question was ‘which charity or not-for-profit that supports women am I going to represent?' I thought this part would be easy - after all, I will have money from each of my draws ready to pass on to a reputable charity or not-for-profit. Unfortunately, this was far more complicated than I thought as it came with many complicated rules (and red tape, in my opinion). Just as it was starting to become 'all too hard', I wondered if I could start my own charity or not-for-profit??? I could then use the money to help women in whatever capacity I wanted. And I would be legally bound to use the money for it's intended purpose - to help women.

And as it happens, my not-for-profit was born.

My name is Tammy, I am 50 years old, I am a mum of three awesome daughters and I am happily married (except for when the perimenopause kicks in lol).

I work full time and like many women, this means I am exhausted most of the time as I am constantly running off my feet – caring, advising, debating, driving around, cleaning, cooking, working. It never ends!!

This is just how it is, right, being a woman!!

I often dreamed of having a housekeeper or a personal trainer, but these were often luxuries we just just couldn’t afford, especially with interest rates so high and the cost-of-living pressures affecting our household, like many other households.

I am so passionate about this venture but I did hit another obstacle - a big one!!

Draw lotteries are considered gambling and the rules around gambling and advertising are incredibly strict. I’m not ashamed to say that when I started this venture back in 2023, I got banned from advertising on Facebook (I should have paid a marketing company to help me but I didn’t really have the money and tried to do it myself). I honestly don’t even know what I did wrong but in that process I do know I nearly gave up. And to be honest, I’ve hit dozens of other obstacles since then. Recently I tried to change my business address on my Google Business profile and that lead to my Google Business profile for Something for the Ladies Pty Ltd being taken down as well, a decision made by AI that claimed I was being deceitful (because I wanted to change my address!!). It sounds like a bad joke but these are just some of the road blocks I have hit.

But, although I have nearly given up many times, I have a driving force inside of me that I can’t let go.

I want to help women in different ways, but I am really motivated to help women who are struggling with fertility issues and perhaps can’t afford to pay for treatments such as IVF. This will be the first thing I do if Something for the Ladies is successful and I won’t know if it is going to be successful unless I keep on trying.

So, I can no longer do draw lotteries and instead, I am doing trade promotions. Now I have to offer a product or service and in return for you purchasing that product or service, I can give you a free ticket into one of my Giveaways. The only difference is, I am still going to donate a big portion of the gross profit to It’s All About the Ladies and by having this stated on my website, I am legally bound to uphold this promise as I am fund raising on behalf of It’s All About the Ladies Pty Ltd (ABN 55 670 453 602) under Charitable Fundraising Number CFN/26732. This means my Not for Profit will also get audited to make sure the money is used appropriately. To start with, I am going to donate 25% of all sales. As my business hopefully grows, and as the giveaways get bigger, so will my donations.

An example of a trade promotion is McDonalds when they play Monopoly. You buy a burger or a meal (the product) and you get a free Monopoly ticket. McDonalds cannot sell you the Monopoly tickets. If you have heard of LMTC+, this is exactly what they offer - buy a ‘membership’ to a rewards package, you will get supplier discounts as the ‘product’ and you also get tickets in a draw to win something (for LMTC+, the prizes are BIG!!!).

With me, you buy a Rewards Package which gives you 30 days access to the Ladies Lounge plus you get a free ticket to win a $2,500 Gift Card.

In addition to helping women pay for fertility treatments such as IVF, I have big plans to help women in other ways as well. This is all very new but my plans include helping in some capacity with endometriosis (my eldest daughter suffers terribly from this); fertility issues (as mentioned above); and helping women in general who are struggling emotionally, financially and / or medically.

Having my own not-for-profit means I know the money I raise will be used accordingly and I cannot wait to share all of this on my website.

I also want to make the chance of winning a Giveaway a real possibility for everyone who buys a Reward Package. To win one $2,500 Giveaway, there are only 2,000 Reward Packages sold which means if you purchase one Reward Package, which gives you 30 days access to the Ladies Lounge plus one ticket in the draw, your odds of winning that draw are 1 in 2,000. By comparison, the odds of winning the jackpot in Powerball (winning first division - getting all seven numbers and the Powerball correct) is 1 in 134,490,400 according to the Gambler’s Help website.

So, that’s everything. You now know who I am, and why I created Something for the Ladies, as well as why I created It's all about the Ladies.

Good luck, and I hope to see you on the Winners page soon!