dmccabe Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 I run a website which has a "Donate to us" button on it which allows you to donate through paypal. However a few people have told me they dont like paypal is there another way to donate. I dont want to start handing out my bank details for bank transfer donations, so what is the best way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbullmarky Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 However a few people have told me they dont like paypal Not saying Paypal is great, but I normally hear that one when people actually don't want to donate but don't have any other excuses. As a bog-standard simple interface for taking donations in this fashion, there's nothing wrong with it at all - it works, it's secure and is established. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Not saying Paypal is great, but I normally hear that one when people actually don't want to donate but don't have any other excuses. As a bog-standard simple interface for taking donations in this fashion, there's nothing wrong with it at all - it works, it's secure and is established. QFT Get a business account. I've used my CC on several places like walmart.com, newegg.com, adamandeve.com, etc.. and I don't recall ever seeing any kind of "useful" info on my bank statement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccabe Posted June 23, 2008 Author Share Posted June 23, 2008 Not trying to be funny, but I wasnt actually after a debate as to whether Paypal was great or not. The person trying to donate is doing so of their own free will as a thanks for help they got on my site, so it isnt an excuse as I never asked them to donate, however they have an old paypal account they dont use any more and now when they try and donate through paypal just entering their CC details they get the message that the card is already associated with a Paypal account and they can go no further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 when they try and donate through paypal just entering their CC details they get the message that the card is already associated with a Paypal account and they can go no further. hmm...paypal does that? At best, that sounds not very convenient. There's no reason you shouldn't be able to have multiple accounts sharing the same card number. People do that all the time, especially in parent/child situations. At worst, telling someone they can't enter in a CC# because it's already associated with a paypal account seems like a security risk to me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ober Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 The only other option I see is to setup a small shopping cart with a "donate" item that they "purchase". You could use multiple "items" with varying costs to cover different donation amounts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccabe Posted June 23, 2008 Author Share Posted June 23, 2008 when they try and donate through paypal just entering their CC details they get the message that the card is already associated with a Paypal account and they can go no further. hmm...paypal does that? At best, that sounds not very convenient. There's no reason you shouldn't be able to have multiple accounts sharing the same card number. People do that all the time, especially in parent/child situations. At worst, telling someone they can't enter in a CC# because it's already associated with a paypal account seems like a security risk to me... I have the same problem with an old paypal account of mine that got banned for not paying fee's. If you then try and setup another account it wont let you with the same CC details as they are associated with the other account. For this one donation unfortunately it isnt worth setting up a shopping cart so I will just miss out on this donation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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