Paying by credit or debit card

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  1. Posts : 311
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    Paying by credit or debit card


    Can anyone put me on the right road to getting a system that will allow visitors to our church web site who wish to make a donation to our church, either by visa debit or credit card be able to do so please?

    I have a set of suitable icons but need the engine to drive the system. Unfortunately, I know nothing about this sort of thing at all and am completely in the dark, therefor any help I can get will be very much appreciated.

    Kind regards,

    RonBin79
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  2. Posts : 21,004
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    Well first up Ron a lot depends on the security of the system that you and the donator use.
    I don't know of any programs that will do what you want and I am assuming you have a server for your church site?
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  3. Posts : 31,242
    Windows 11 Pro x64 [Latest Release and Release Preview]
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    Hello Ron,

    your first stop would probably be your website hosting company, it may be that they have a pre built application that can be added to your website, that can handle donations, most hosting companies will have shopping facility's that can be added to the site suitably modified this could suit you perfectly as it retains all control "in House"

    Another alternative would be one of the various charity donation sites eg. just giving - Online fundraising donations and ideas - JustGiving that handle this type of thing for individuals and small groups.

    anoher option would be to create a paypall account for the church and a simple form on your site will allow visitors to make fixed or variable donations, visitors will need a paypall account in order to pay but quite a few if not most of those who are likely to give this way would have such an account already


    Hope this helps :)
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  4. Posts : 1,346
    Windows 7 Professional x64
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    RonBin79 said:
    Can anyone put me on the right road to getting a system that will allow visitors to our church web site who wish to make a donation to our church, either by visa debit or credit card be able to do so please?

    I have a set of suitable icons but need the engine to drive the system. Unfortunately, I know nothing about this sort of thing at all and am completely in the dark, therefor any help I can get will be very much appreciated.

    Kind regards,

    RonBin79
    The following site has some very good information;

    Credit Card Processing - Options for Nonprofits

    I have worked for a credit card processing company and the information from the above link is concise and easy to understand.

    HTH
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  5. Posts : 9,537
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
       #5

    Ron,
    I have two credit cards with one being for my personal purchases.
    The other (with smaller amounts in it) for online purchases and or donations. This way only a small amount is at risk.
    Then I only use their PayPal accounts when making donations etc...

    Barman has some good ideas for you church in setting up a PayPal account or check out his other options for your church.
    Best of luck,
    THW
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  6. Posts : 9,600
    Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit
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    Another vote for using Paypal.
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  7. Posts : 5,092
    Windows 7 32 bit
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    If you expect a large volume of donations you might consider the merchant account. But for small volume, ease of use etc.. it is tough to beat PayPal. All you need to do is fill out a form on PayPal(once the church has a paypal account) to generate code for a Donate Button. The donator after pushing the button, is presented with the option of using the supported credit cards or logging in to their PayPal account. Generally you associate an email account with the donate button. Once set up anyone may send you money.

    The only thing that may be a bit cumbersome is donations in other than US Dollars. But for US currency it's quite straight-forward. You paste the button code into the web page at the point you wish the button to show.
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  8. Posts : 1,346
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    MilesAhead said:
    If you expect a large volume of donations you might consider the merchant account. But for small volume, ease of use etc.. it is tough to beat PayPal. All you need to do is fill out a form on PayPal(once the church has a paypal account) to generate code for a Donate Button. The donator after pushing the button, is presented with the option of using the supported credit cards or logging in to their PayPal account. Generally you associate an email account with the donate button. Once set up anyone may send you money.

    The only thing that may be a bit cumbersome is donations in other than US Dollars. But for US currency it's quite straight-forward. You paste the button code into the web page at the point you wish the button to show.
    The link I provided includes PayPal;

    (quote)
    There are commercial third party processors as well, such as PayPal, a widely used processor used by small businesses and many nonprofits. PayPal transaction fees range from 1.9% + $.30 per transaction for nonprofit organizations with over $100,000 monthly volume and 2.2% + $.30 per transaction for organizations with less than $100,000 monthly volume. PayPal offers several options for nonprofits, including a giving widget that the nonprofit can use on its own website.
    (end quote)

    Just an FYI; The fees quoted for PayPal are higher than what may be available on a commercial account.
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  9. Posts : 31,242
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       #9

    One thing we have to remember here is that Ron is in the UK, US and UK rules for Charitable donations and how they are handled by the likes of PayPal are completely different
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  10. Posts : 5,092
    Windows 7 32 bit
       #10

    Barman58 said:
    One thing we have to remember here is that Ron is in the UK, US and UK rules for Charitable donations and how they are handled by the likes of PayPal are completely different
    Good point. I should have noticed the flag. I must've been a cup short of a coffee. :)
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