# GoFundMe scraps platform fees in the UK

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/01/17/gofundme-scraps-platform-fees-uk/
- Published: 2018-01-17T00:01:53+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Crowdfunding platform GoFundMe will today stop charging fees to users in the UK.
Its new 0% platform fee applies to new campaigns for personal causes.**

 

GoFundMe claims that this move makes it “the only major peer-to-peer fundraising
platform available in the UK that doesn’t charge a platform fee.” In announcing 
the move, the new 0% fee was contrasted with those of crowdfunding platforms JustGiving
and Crowdfunder who both charge 5%. That is the fee that GoFundMe applied in its
first year in the UK.

## Advertisement

 

It made the announcement on the first anniversary of [GoFundMe’s UK operation](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/01/06/gofundme-expands-uk-europe/).
During that time “around one in every 20 UK adults” have made a donation through
GoFundMe, with “an average of 7,500 donations every day”.

 

Users will still be charged a payment **processing fee of 2.9%**.

 

![GoFundMe's charges in the UK before 17 January 2018](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.
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_GoFundMe’s **original** charges in the UK, now being removed_

 

Rob Solomon, CEO of GoFundMe, said: “We’ve been amazed by the generosity of people
in the UK since we launched here. We want to mark that anniversary by giving GoFundMe
organisers in the UK the chance to raise even more money for the causes they love
without a platform fee.  We’re looking forward to seeing more people giving and 
getting the help they need.”

 

## How will GoFundMe generate income?

 

Instead of a charge, the platform will now rely on voluntary tips from donors to
help with the costs associated with providing its service. It has already adopted
this approach in the USA and Canada.

 

![GoFundMe's new 0% charges in the US and Canada](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.
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_The 0% fee has already been applied in the USA and Canada._

 

Since its launch in 2010 GoFundMe has helped raise **$5 billion** around the world.
Over **50 million people** have made donations via the site. Its ‘GoFundMe Guarantee’
states that “donations are guaranteed to get to the right place or they will be 
refunded”.

 

Other giving platforms offer a 0% platform fee, including BT MyDonate, CharityChoice,
PayPal Giving Fund, and Wonderful.org.

 

## Campaigns on GoFundMe

 

Notable UK campaigns on GoFundMe include:

 

 * [Alan Barnes](https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/02/02/crowdfunding-campaign-alan-barnes-tops-300k-four-days/)–
   £300k+ in four days
 * [Jo Cox MP](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/06/18/fundraising-appeal-memory-jo-cox-mp-raises-400k-one-day/)–
   £400k in one day
 * [Tinder poo date](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/09/12/infamous-tinder-poo-date-benefit-charities/)

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