We, at the Mines and Communities website (www.minesandcommunities.org) are putting up a page for donations.
Obviously we can give details of our bank account & address etc. for people that want to make bank payments or write cheques - but it would be excellent if people could link to some sort of instant, secure payment system. The problem is I doubt we'll get enough credit cards to become a credit card vendor.
I have approached GreenNet and they don't offer any sort of proxy credit card service (although they mentioned Paypal - but had heard people are not always happy with it & it is commercial). I was wondering if GreenNet users are aware, of any UK-based donation acceptance programmes/organisations for charities (as it may well be cheaper & more convenient for us).
Thanks in advance.
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Re: On-line donations
Hiya,
We use a small organisation called Secure Giving. They are essentially run by one man called David Kingston and he is extremely efficient and approachable. He specialises in small NGOs and can set up a donation facility, membership facility or even a shopping trolley. Prices vary but you can get a good online donation and membership system up and running for about £25 - £40 as a one off payment and then he takes 6% of the money that goes through the system. The rest is yours and is paid to you monthly by cheque. We've found it really, really useful. You can see it in action at www.yorkshirecnd.org.uk and their site is www.securegiving.co.uk
Best of luck,
Neil Kingsnorth
Re: On-line donations
CAF (Charities Aid Foundation) provide this service for charities
Re: On-line donations
Concerning putting bank details of your group on the website so that people can make donations ...
We did this for a long time, but then found that mysterious direct debits were being taken from our account - mostly for mobile phone charges with various companies. It seems that someone /s had used our details illegaly to authorise payments from our account via some sort of online set up with the mobile phone companies.
Our bank helpfully refunded all the payments that had gone out and tightened up the authorisation requirements for direct debits, standing orders etc. And the police were notified of the fraud. But it did highlight the dangers of making ones bank details generally available - someone, somewhere might find a way of using them to extract money from you rather than giving it to you!
Hope this is helpful