The reason that an online support presentation would include the ability to make a payment immediately is two-fold:

1. You can receive donations quickly.
2. Some people may only give a one-off donation, at least to begin with, and even then they may only do so if they can do it immediately.

What ways can the online support presentation help in this? So far the suggested method has been to link to the online giving system — which, once I have obtained a US account — I will do, because I think this is a good idea. (I’ll keep people up to date on the progress of this). There are some drawbacks however. This system works in US dollars and would mean a delay between donation and the money getting to me in NZ. The US system also means NZ donors cannot receive a tax-refund on their donation.

But there are also some other ways making a donation could be made easier:

• Paymate is a service which allows the collection of credit-card payments, in New Zealand Dollars. There would be a cost to me of 3% of the donated amount, plus 50c. Perhaps if I could prove that I was part of a registered charity, I could get a discount on these fees. (I’ve contacted Paymate regarding this, I’ll let you know the outcome). This option would require an extra step for me – moving the money from my account to the CCC account.
• Pago is a service which would allow me to receive donations by text-message. The person donating needs to be a Pago member (It appears that I do not!). There is a fee of 30c to the person donating to me. This option would also require the extra step for me as mentioned above.
• CCC NZ can accept credit card payments – just not online (yet). Some of the donation is lost in fees – I’m not sure of the amount. I could provide details to contact the office by phone and make a payment this way.
• Automatic Payment. Most of my regular financial supporters have an AP set up. I know that the office is looking at having a form set up online enabling a person to enter their details, and the form will give back the information needed (reference column etc) to set up the AP. The person can set this up from their online banking.
• Cheque. Most people don’t use these any more. But I probably should put the details for this on the site, so people can send one in if they wish.

Are there any other ways people know of to allow for easy giving?

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