Salis Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 All right, a side from php and mysql scripting I play Battlefield 2142 and just rented a ranked server. Found a good server, 20 slots for $40 a month. I can handle $40 a month, I've got a few of my buddies who live down the street to chip in. Well as my server becomes more known and as I pull in more "regulars" I would like to take donations so we could get more features with the server, like more slots or VOIP. So I'm wondering, who here has a site that takes donations? How do you set it up? I have a paypal account and I was checking out the "Donations" page but they say they want information about tax exempt originations and what not. I'm not sure exactly what they need, or how to register. Any help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azu Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Personally, I just put a donations page on my website where people can donate at into my paypal account. I don't make them register, but if they are registered then I mark their account as a donor so everyone can know they helped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salis Posted July 24, 2007 Author Share Posted July 24, 2007 That's what I was thinking. The entire site is still under construction but I got the forums up. My only concern are taxes at the end of the year... but my plan was to record the amount of donations and save them to the database. I know how much I need and I know how much PayPal charges so I figure after the donation amount exceeds the monthly cost the donate is disabled. Of course I'd have a notification in place, something like: "Thank you every one who donated. Our monthly target has been reached!" I'm also using the SMF Boards. I really like them over PHPNuke and PHPBB. It also look professional like the IP Boards. So if any one know any mod for the board, donation wise, please let me know. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksie1988 Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 if you do it like that you may run the risk of one month noone donates and then your out of pocket your probably better off taking donations all the time and then have it saved up for the server and just dont spend it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salis Posted July 24, 2007 Author Share Posted July 24, 2007 I was thinking that too actually. A little worried that no one would notice the Donate Image. Thanks guys. I think i will leave it open. My other thought was to offer reserved slots to the top 4 or 5 donaters so they can all way's play even if the server is full. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjakreborn Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 It's VERY simple taking paypal donations. VERY simple. Have a buynow link on your site, without a price (so they can fill in the price they want), then alter this image with a custom one, or one of there prebuilt donation ones. There not that hard to setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salis Posted July 25, 2007 Author Share Posted July 25, 2007 I went to the Donations area and setup a link. I think it works good so far. I've tested it with a dollar and so far so good. I have the donate image in the upper right hand corner. Looks good with FireFox but IE kinda messes it up. http://2142.vxfire.com/forums/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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