How to Set Up a Donation Page Using Your PayPal Account
Besides sending and receiving money, you can use PayPal for personal or organizational fundraising drives. PayPal comes with an easy-to-use feature that lets you create a donation page that you can share as a link to potential donors. You can also create a donation button that you can easily embed on your website at the same time.
Setting up a PayPal donation page is easy and should take just a couple of minutes. Here’s how to go about it.
Requirements Before Setting Up a PayPal Donation Page
You need to fulfill one major requirement before creating your PayPal donation page; signing up for aPayPal Businessaccount. If you already have a personal account, you can switch to a business account by going toSettingsand clickingUpgrade to a Business account. You can opt to maintain your account or change it into a new business account.
Opening an individual personal PayPal accountis easy in case you don’t have one already. We recommend separating the accounts to avoid mixing up donations and business transactions with personal funds.
To make the donation page creation process faster, have the following information readily available—it’s optional but would help boost donor conversions:
How to Create a Donation Page Using PayPal
Once your account is ready, and you have the suggested details ready, log in toPayPaland follow these steps:
Your donation page is now live. To access the link, go toPay & Get Paid > PayPal Buttons > Donate. Select the donation page or button that you want to share fromYour donation pagessection. Copy the shareable link and use it as you wish—it’ll always be available in this section alongside a downloadable QR code that you can print out or share on your online pages.
To modify or delete a donation campaign, access the link as seen above and click theEdit,DuplicateorDeleteoptions depending on what you want to do.
Tips to Create a Better PayPal Donation Page
During the donation page creation process, we recommend doing the following to enhance the performance of your campaign:
In case the PayPal donation feature fails to meet your needs, you’re able to always try outalternative online fundraising platformswith more advanced capabilities.
Fast Track Your Donation Campaigns With PayPal
You can play around with the recommendations above during the donation page creation process. Whenever the need arises, you can always change them or turn them off using theEditoption when you access your donation page.
Once your link is live on your website or social media pages, visitors will be able to click on and support you through PayPal. Creating a PayPal donation page is free and lets non-PayPal donors donate using their cards. And after your campaign is done, you can explore PayPal’s other money-sending features.
PayPal offers more than one way to send cash. Here are other useful payment methods and how to use them.
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