As a shareholder, there are three primary ways you can profit from joining and supporting AFCNA.  First, based on the amount of fiber contributed, you are paid dividends each year the cooperative shows a profit from its operations.  The calculation is based on your percentage of the entire amount contributed by all shareholders.  The more fiber invested as a percentage of the whole, the larger the amount of individual shareholder dividends paid.

Second, is your shareholder discount on purchases from America's Alpaca products.  Shareholders usually purchase these products for personal use or to promote their farms and their alpaca business.

Third, if you have a farm or ranch store, you may choose to purchase sufficient quantities of product to market from your store.  When you sell the product you gain an immediate profit because of the difference between the retail price and the the price you paid for the product.