Accepting Payments Online and the Non-Profit Organization

Acceptiva offers a quick and easy option for Non-Profit organizations at http://www.acceptiva.com - the following is a short overview of the types of issues to avoid when accepting payments online.

Snoqualmie, WA (PRWEB) January 26, 2006

Non-profit sites, (or not-for-profits) such as political blogs or a public education resources, have special challenges to face online. It is absolutely necessary to accept payments online in order to process donations faster and more efficiently, however, the common solutions of accepting payments or donations online aren’t always a good fit or are too costly. Some solutions such as Clickbank are only set up for downloadable retail products.

The following tips from Acceptiva [http://www.acceptiva.com] can assist in the decision-making process.

In order to use a processor that is universally available and will show the organization’s name on a donor’s credit card or debit card bill, instead of the payment processor’s name, non-profit administrators would most likely be interested in an alternative or supplement to PayPal.

After assessing options, it often seems the only choices left are traditional merchant accounts – which are too costly, and a few other ways to process online payments.

To find out which solution is the best fit, one method of evaluation is to check with some other Non-Profit agencies and see what they’re using. Questions to ask would include finding out which processors meet all of the following criteria:

•      Doesn’t have any hidden fees
•     Doesn’t require a long term commitment
•     Simple to set up
•     Easy for your donors to interact with.
•     Branded and customized donation pages
•     Automatically sends personalized receipts
•     Online and real time tracking
•     No credit checks required
•     Offers payment via direct deposit
•     No programming knowledge needed
•     No technical knowledge of credit card processing

Ideally, the desired solution offers more than just processing and is more like a partner, someone that will send customized receipts to donors and allow the non-profit organization to brand and customize all aspects of donation pages.

More about Acceptiva

Acceptiva has a strong relationship with many non-profit organizations and meets all the criteria above at an affordable price. Read more about Acceptiva and find out how to increase online donations at http://acceptiva.com/news.html or call 800.507.3871 to speak to a representative.

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