Create a Custom Receipt Maker PayPal for Nonprofit Organizations with Ease

Custom receipt maker paypal for Nonprofit

are you part of a church charity or other not-for-profit organization and are looking to set up and collect donations on your website well if this is you you've come to the right place it's actually really easy to simply set up and collect donations from any website hey guys stuart here welcome back to this channel and for those that are new here thanks for joining me now today i'm going to share how you can simply set up and collect donations on any website for free with the paypal donation button okay so before we go ahead and launch into this paypal donation button tutorial consider subscribing if you haven't done so already or if you're new to this channel and that way you'll stay updated with actionable videos and tutorials designed to equip you with the skills knowledge and tools to help your small business thrive online and with that quick note out the way let's go ahead and enable donations on your website so that you can start collecting donations for your organization [Music] okay so to set up and collect donations on your website we first need to set up the paypal donation button now if you're completely new to paypal and you want to learn how to actually navigate through all the different elements that paypal has to offer simply click on the link in our description below this video and that's gonna take you to that beginner's tutorial okay so diving back into paypal if you currently do not have a paypal account simply head over to paypal.com and sign up for ideally the business account now if your organization is a registered charity within your country what you can do is sign up to the paypal giving fund which is designed and built for charitable organizations it's important to note that the regular paypal account either personal or business will charge you a small fee on every transaction every donation however if you are a registered charity and you sign up to the paypal giving fund then there will be zero fees on the donations that you collect okay so once you arrive inside your paypal account simply navigate up to pay and get paid then navigate across and click on paypal buttons then simply locate donate then here we have the option to create a link or customize a button if you just want to create a link and then embed this link on your website you could add it to a button you could also use this link in email marketing activities and you can also use this link in your social media content if this sounds like the best option for you go ahead and simply create a link we're going to go ahead and create a custom button that we can then embed on our website simply come down and click customize a button and here over on the right hand side we can see a preview of our donate button now if we navigate over to the left hand side this is where we can customize our button this is where we can choose the size of our button i'm happy with large below this we want to select the country or region that we're based in this is going to be a charitable organization that is located in new zealand so we're going to keep new zealand selected for the purpose of today's example then below that we have language what you want to do is select the language that your audience uses then scroll down further and click on show accept card logos and what that's going to do is generate the acceptable cards that people can make donations with then if we navigate down further we can choose to use your own button style if we click here this allows you to create a button in these different formats down here and then you can simply upload the button that you've created again you can simply do this with a tool like canva which is a completely free design tool however for the purpose of today's tutorial we're just going to go ahead and use the paypal button style then simply navigate down and click on continue up here we have our organization name now if you're signing up to paypal for a charity and you're creating a donation button for that charity then you want to make sure that you're using that organization's name then below that we have display your logo we're going to go ahead and turn that on then come down and upload your logo for the purpose of today's tutorial i'm just going to go ahead and upload our agency logo and this is the logo that i'm going to use then come down and click save logo i'm happy with my logo then if we navigate down further we can choose to add an image to our donation page if we turn this on we have the option to essentially add a cover image for this donation page so once someone clicks on the donation button they're going to be taken to this donation page for the purpose of this tutorial we're just going to keep this turned off for now and then navigate down the page here you can add an inspiring message to your donation page you could share exactly what the money is going to be used for within your organization so go ahead and take the time to add an inspiring message this could even be your organization's vision then if we scroll down further we have the option to display our donation page as a full page experience or a pop-up experience for the purpose of today's tutorial we're going to keep full page experience selected then if we navigate down further we can come down and click continue remember we can navigate up to the right hand side and we can preview what our donation page will look like on mobile so across different devices as well as on desktop then what we're going to do is navigate over to the currency that will receive donations in because this is a new zealand organization for the purpose of today's tutorial we're going to keep new zealand dollars selected then down here we have the option to add how much we want donors to give we can add an exact amount simply add the exact amount figure in here or we can navigate down and set three amounts options plus any amount and this is the ideal option because it gives your donors an idea of how much they should donate for example i'm gonna come down and add ten dollars then fifty dollars and a hundred for amount three and each donor will see this option if they wanna add a custom amount so again you have these three options set three amounts an exact amount or any amount we're going to keep the set three amounts option selected and then navigate down you can allow donors to make monthly recurring donations this saves your regular donors time rather than accessing this form over and over again they can set up monthly reoccurring donations so we're going to keep that turned on as an option then below that we have the option to give donors the option to increase their donation amount to help offset the cost of fees and this is completely up to you then if we navigate down we can add specific programs for their donations so for example if we turn this on one program could be for our operation costs another program could be for our children and another program could be for our families so depending on the nature of your charitable organization you can have up to 10 programs that your donors can select and donate to we're going to keep that off for now and then navigate down to continue and here we recommend keeping get donors mailing addresses turned on this is important to know where your donations are coming from then below that we have the option to let donors send you an optional note with their donation again we're going to keep that turned on and this just gives your donors an option to leave a specific note about their donation then again what you want to do is preview your payment page across devices so on desktop as well as on mobile and when you're happy with that simply navigate down and click finish and here we have our shareable link so this is the link that you can simply copy and then send it to your donors or you can use in other channels like your social media content email or on other business materials if we navigate down we have the donate button and this is the donate button that we want to embed on our website to do that simply navigate down and click copy to clipboard and then if we navigate down further we also have this qr code and a qr code you can use at events you can add on business materials printed materials you can add on your website and donors can simply use their phone to scan this qr code and make a donation so you have these three options qr code the option to embed this donation button here or you have this shareable link okay so what i'm going to do is first show you how to add this button onto wordpress okay so if you have a wordpress website and you want to add the donation button into a website page all you need to do is simply create a website page or use an existing website page as you can see i've gone ahead and created a donation website page for the purpose of today's tutorial then simply navigate up to the plus icon to add a block element then navigate down and locate the custom html or you can type that up in the search bar then go ahead and click on the html the custom html then simply navigate over to write html and paste in that button code and you can also navigate over to preview to see what your button will look like and then all you would do is simply navigate up to preview to preview your new website page with the button or you can go ahead and publish your new change by adding this new donation button and then your online visitors your website visitors can simply click on donate and that's going to take them to the paypal donation page which we're going to dive into shortly okay so now i'm going to share how you can embed this donation button into a google sites website and again i've quickly gone ahead and created a new donation page for a google sites website and to add your new donation button to your google site simply navigate up to embed click here then simply navigate over to embed code and add that code in here and come down and click next then come down and click insert and that's going to add that donation code into your website page and next i'm going to quickly share how you can embed a donation button onto your wix website if you use wix to build your website and then following this i'm going to show you a better way to add the donation link to your website okay so here i am on my wix website i'm using the wix editor now if i navigate over to the left hand side and click add then i can simply locate embed code and on embed code i can go ahead and embed html if i click here that's going to generate this option where i can simply paste in the donation button code and then click update and then if i exit out of these settings i can simply drag this donation button to any position i like on my wix page okay so now i want to share what the paypal donation page looks like when an online visitor a potential donor clicks on this donate button and the potential donor will be taken to this paypal donation page they can choose the amount they want to donate or they can select other i'm going to go ahead and select 100 new zealand dollars they can also choose to add 3.99 to help cover the fees so i'm going to go ahead and select that and the potential donor can also turn this into a monthly donation reoccurring donations then the donor can come down and donate with paypal or donate with a debit or credit card i'm going to go ahead and select this option and that's going to take the potential donor to this landing page where they can turn this into a monthly donation they can add a note and then they can add their details down here okay so what i'm going to do is head back to my paypal account and here we are back inside our paypal account now if i navigate down to donate button this is the button we embedded on our website now if you don't like the look of this it doesn't look very professional what you can do is go ahead and copy this link and then on your website page you can simply create your own donation button and then just simply add the link to that button and that button that you created will take your potential donors to that donation landing page and it's as simple as that guys to set up and collect donations from any website and there we have it guys that is it for this brief paypal donation button tutorial now if you have any questions about this process make sure to pop them down below and with that said thank you so much for watching this tutorial all the way through to the end if you got value make sure you leave a like and subscribe to this channel and that way i will see you in the next video take care guys [Music]