Steaming ahead with online donations
Howard Lake | 16 August 2000 | News
How many online credit card donations are charities receiving? That is one of the current topics of conversation on the FundUK e-mail discussion list. David Pladgeman, Chairman of the Main Line Steam Trust Limited, reported that, since December 1999, they have received 74 credit card transactions on their join/donate form.
How many online credit card donations are charities receiving? That is one of the current topics of conversation on the FundUK e-mail discussion list. David Pladgeman, Chairman of the Main Line Steam Trust Limited, reported that, since December 1999, they have received 74 credit card transactions on their join/donate form.
Of these only 13 donated more than one pound, although three people gave £100, the largest donation received. Nevertheless, most donors offered to pay the credit card charge on their purchase.
Interestingly, says Mr Pladgeman, “no-one has used the CAF donate on line facility from our site – this has been running for 12 months.” He adds that “Our web site has around 100 hits/week.” CAF replied to Mr Pladgeman with advice, pointing out that the link to the CAF donation service on his site was incorrect.
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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
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