How to accept donations?

Ticketstripe makes accepting donations a breeze, be it a flexible or suggested donation or both! We’ll explain how to use each donation type and how to add admission tickets to any donation.

1. Flexible Donations
2. Suggested Donations
3. Donation With Admission

Flexible donations

What it is:

Flexible donations allow the donor to enter their own donation amount.

Examples:

1 – As a single donation.

2 – In combination with a suggested donation.

How to create it:

1. Log in and select your event

2. Click Donations from the menu and then click Add Donations

3. Enter the Title of your donation: i.e., Champion Supporter

4. Tick the Allow custom donation amount check box and enter the minimum donation amount you will accept. The default minimum amount for a donation is $2 or your currency equivalent.

5. Click More Options to add any of the following optional but important details:

• A Short Description to be displayed under the donation title
• Set start and end dates
• Select Your Fee:
  – Pass all fees to the buyer
  – Absorb all fees (merchant and service)
  – Pass the service fees to the buyer and absorb the merchant fees
• Enter Fair Market Value
• Enter a Message that will be displayed on the receipt after the purchase

6. Click Save at the bottom of the page to add your donation

7. Click View in the top right corner to view how your donation looks on your event page

Suggested donations

What it is:

Suggested Donations allow the donor to choose from set donation amounts.

Examples:

1 – Single suggested donations or donation tiers.

TIP: Keep the descriptions short and select tiers that appeal to your audience. Tell me more about donation tiers.

2 – Multiple donation options under one title.

How to create it:

1. Log in and select your event

2. Click Donations from the menu and then click Add Donations

3. Enter the Title of your donation: i.e., Champion Supporter

4. By default, three boxes with suggested amounts will be displayed. You can modify the amounts, delete them, or add additional suggested amounts (up to seven) per donation entry.

5. Uncheck the Allow custom donation amount box if you do not want to include a Flexible “Other” donation option

6. Click More Options to add any of the following optional but important details:

• A Short Description to be displayed under the donation title
• Set start and end dates
• Select Your Fee:
  – Pass all fees to the buyer
  – Absorb all fees (merchant and service)
  – Pass the service fees to the buyer and absorb the merchant fees
• Enter Fair Market Value
• Enter a Message that will be displayed on the receipt after the purchase

7. Click Save at the bottom of the page to add your donation

8. Click View in the top right corner to view how your donation looks on your event page

Donation includes admission

What it is:

The organizer can include single or multiple ticket types and quantities with any donation. The donor will receive tickets with bar codes (required for entry). The organizer will be able to collect information on all claimed tickets.

Example:

Sponsor packages.

How to create it:

1. Create the admission ticket(s) you want to include with a donation. The quantity available you enter for this ticket will have no effect on the donation. You can hide tickets that you do not want to sell individually.

2. Create your Donation

3. Click More Options

4. If you want to limit the total quantity of this Donation (i.e., if you have a limited number of admission tickets), use the Quantity box as shown here: (use image from article)

5. Tick the box Donation includes admission

6. Click the drop-down arrow under Admission Ticket to view available tickets. Select the appropriate ticket and enter the Number of tickets the donor will receive when making this donation.

7. Click Save