How to easily allow other users to donate to you
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 3:36 pm
We provide a page that allows for donations to be easily made into any user's coffer (donations account). Those funds are then automatically applied first to any payment that the user makes, either manual or automatic.
The page is located here:
The page is located here:
The bare URL brings up a form that allows for a donation in any amount, to any user. To simplify things for your users, we recommend adding two variables to the URL:
These will force the donation to go to your account, saving the user from having to know which email address you use in our system. A URL with them would look like:force_recipient=1
recipient=your@email.address
You can also create links that pre-select the amount to be donated, through these variables:
These must be combined with the force recipient option. A URL taking advantage of them would look something like:force_amt=1
amt=amount
Finally, you can also optionally specify "note" and/or "force_note" variables, to pass through a donation note.