Online donation providers?
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I'm putting together a website for a not-for-profit group that would like to solicit donations; that has sent me on a quest to find a reliable provider that does not gouge or extort. Paypal is the standard, but they have high fees and a reputation for being unreliable and freezing accounts on seeming whims. So, I am soliciting recommendations for companies in the US that provide such services. Their eventual plan is to solicit donations and, at certain levels, provide premiums (bumperstickers, that sort of thing.) An API would be nice, but I'll settle for reasonably good documentation and ease of use. Are there any you would recommend, or should I just go with Paypal?
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I'm putting together a website for a not-for-profit group that would like to solicit donations; that has sent me on a quest to find a reliable provider that does not gouge or extort. Paypal is the standard, but they have high fees and a reputation for being unreliable and freezing accounts on seeming whims. So, I am soliciting recommendations for companies in the US that provide such services. Their eventual plan is to solicit donations and, at certain levels, provide premiums (bumperstickers, that sort of thing.) An API would be nice, but I'll settle for reasonably good documentation and ease of use. Are there any you would recommend, or should I just go with Paypal?
(not really an answer) For donations, I would use PayPal for the simple reason that it is well known and used and accepted by the "general population".
I'd rather be phishing!
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I'm putting together a website for a not-for-profit group that would like to solicit donations; that has sent me on a quest to find a reliable provider that does not gouge or extort. Paypal is the standard, but they have high fees and a reputation for being unreliable and freezing accounts on seeming whims. So, I am soliciting recommendations for companies in the US that provide such services. Their eventual plan is to solicit donations and, at certain levels, provide premiums (bumperstickers, that sort of thing.) An API would be nice, but I'll settle for reasonably good documentation and ease of use. Are there any you would recommend, or should I just go with Paypal?
Amazon Payments
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(not really an answer) For donations, I would use PayPal for the simple reason that it is well known and used and accepted by the "general population".
I'd rather be phishing!
That's what I was thinking, but my contract contact asked me to shop around a bit.
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I'm putting together a website for a not-for-profit group that would like to solicit donations; that has sent me on a quest to find a reliable provider that does not gouge or extort. Paypal is the standard, but they have high fees and a reputation for being unreliable and freezing accounts on seeming whims. So, I am soliciting recommendations for companies in the US that provide such services. Their eventual plan is to solicit donations and, at certain levels, provide premiums (bumperstickers, that sort of thing.) An API would be nice, but I'll settle for reasonably good documentation and ease of use. Are there any you would recommend, or should I just go with Paypal?
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JustGiving is popular in the UK - they are not free though! (In UK £15 to register each month for charities plus 5% of donations) I know there is a US version too (JustGiving Inc.??)
CHill60 wrote:
£15 to register each month for charities plus 5% of donations
I would stay away from people gouging charities like that. Why are they entitled to 5% of the donation in addition to a monthly registration fee. It seems excessive to me. X|
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(not really an answer) For donations, I would use PayPal for the simple reason that it is well known and used and accepted by the "general population".
I'd rather be phishing!
It looks like Paypal is not going to be an option: because of recent changes in US tax law, Paypal now requires that donation accounts can ONLY be opened by legally chartered non-profit corporations. This puts the group I'm working with in a bind: they want to raise money so they can go through the legal hassles of incorporating as a non-profit, but they are not allowed to raise money (through Paypal, at least) because they are not incorporated. I believe the phrase is Catch-22. The work-around seems to be setting up a merchant account, but that apparently requires having a verifiable business. So... alternatives?
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JustGiving is popular in the UK - they are not free though! (In UK £15 to register each month for charities plus 5% of donations) I know there is a US version too (JustGiving Inc.??)
What Jimmy said. Even Paypal charges less.
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I'm putting together a website for a not-for-profit group that would like to solicit donations; that has sent me on a quest to find a reliable provider that does not gouge or extort. Paypal is the standard, but they have high fees and a reputation for being unreliable and freezing accounts on seeming whims. So, I am soliciting recommendations for companies in the US that provide such services. Their eventual plan is to solicit donations and, at certain levels, provide premiums (bumperstickers, that sort of thing.) An API would be nice, but I'll settle for reasonably good documentation and ease of use. Are there any you would recommend, or should I just go with Paypal?
Gregory.Gadow wrote:
a reliable provider that does not gouge or extort.
I'm reliable, and promise not to gouge or extort. ;) Marc
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Amazon Payments
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I'll second this, just be sure to keep up on your security certificates or it might take a small war to get access back. The guys over at Bundle of Holding ran into that.
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Gregory.Gadow wrote:
a reliable provider that does not gouge or extort.
I'm reliable, and promise not to gouge or extort. ;) Marc
Marc Clifton wrote:
I'm reliable, and promise not to gouge or extort.
Have you set up your Nigerian post box yet? :-D
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I'm putting together a website for a not-for-profit group that would like to solicit donations; that has sent me on a quest to find a reliable provider that does not gouge or extort. Paypal is the standard, but they have high fees and a reputation for being unreliable and freezing accounts on seeming whims. So, I am soliciting recommendations for companies in the US that provide such services. Their eventual plan is to solicit donations and, at certain levels, provide premiums (bumperstickers, that sort of thing.) An API would be nice, but I'll settle for reasonably good documentation and ease of use. Are there any you would recommend, or should I just go with Paypal?
A more serious reply, now that I finally found the link I was looking for. Not sure if they have an API, but have you looked at https://www.dwolla.com[^] ? Marc
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A more serious reply, now that I finally found the link I was looking for. Not sure if they have an API, but have you looked at https://www.dwolla.com[^] ? Marc
Interesting, I'll give that one some thought.
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I'll second this, just be sure to keep up on your security certificates or it might take a small war to get access back. The guys over at Bundle of Holding ran into that.
Sorry to hijack this thread, but it was suggested here (http://www.codeproject.com/Questions/369848/contact-a-CodeProject-Member) that this was the best way to send a message to a user. Hey there, Distind! I've been trying to contact you without success. Will you please email me at yolouno@hushmail.com? Thank you! :)