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How To Create A Donation Page
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Written by Jenna Notarfrancesco
Updated over 5 months ago

Donation pages are user-friendly, secure, and branded landing pages for your donation form. While the donation form is embedded on the page, you're able to strategically brand your donation page and elevate a simple transaction to an emotional, memorable experience.

You can incorporate donation pages in your fundraising in several ways:

  • Ensure seamless access to your donation page by linking it to a prominent 'Donate' button or other compelling visual or textual elements on your organization's website.

  • In your email appeals and fundraising campaigns, strategically embed the donation page within your key messaging, encouraging recipients to contribute effortlessly.

  • For broader outreach, consider sharing standalone donation pages across your social media platforms to maximize exposure and engagement.

  • + more!

Recommended Modules

We've provided a list of recommended site modules to build out your site, but you're not restricted to these options.

  • Navigation Bar

  • About Content Module

  • Donation Form Module

  • Single-Column Content Module

  • Two-Column Content Module

  • Footer

Feel free to choose alternative modules, mix and match, duplicate a module as needed, and rearrange the order to suit your specific requirements. Your creativity is encouraged!

Setting Up A Donation Page

To set up your donation page, follow the steps below.

Use the quick links to jump to the right section:

Site Settings

Step 1: Under Campaigns, select Create Beta Campaign.

Access campaign settings later by selecting the gear icon on the right.

Step 2: Select your Site to access the site settings, design and preview.

Clicking on the link will take you to the live site.

Step 3: Select the Settings tab and use the hyperlinks on the left navigation to set up your:

Site Design

Step 1: Select the Design tab and customize any of the following design settings:

Step 5: Preview your donation page at any time by selecting Preview at the top.

Step 6: When you're ready to view your site live at the URL, Enable the Site and Donation Form in the upper right of your Site Settings.

You can Enable and Disable your fundraising site and form as many times as you'd like and make edits to the site while its enabled and disabled.

Donation Form

Step 1: Set up your donation form by going Back to Sites & Forms and selecting the Donation Form.

Step 2: In the Settings tab, select General to set up:

  • Form title

  • Donation type: One-time, Recurring, Pledge

  • Compact tiers (to remove tier descriptions)

  • Font style

  • Accent/button color

  • Donation receipt copy recipients

Step 3: Select the One-time, Recurring, and/or Pledge links on the left navigation to add donation tiers and a customizable automated receipt for each donation type.

Step 4: Select Custom Fields to add any number of custom questions to the form including:

  • Subscribing to your organization's updates

  • Adding a field for Company Name

  • Anonymous donations

  • Postal address

  • Tribute donations ('In Honor' or 'In Memory Of')

Step 5: Select Post Donation Screen to add a custom 'Thank you' the donor sees on the success screen. You can also add a URL to redirect the donor to any site after they've processed the donation.

Step 6: Select Tipping to set a custom donation tip amount to ask donors to cover fees.

Payment Processing

In your Campaign settings, select Payment Processing on the right to connect a Stripe and/or PayPal account and set your campaign currency.

For access to the Site Editor, or if you have additional questions, contact us at [email protected].

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