How to Set Up Donations on Squarespace

If you’re a non-profit and want to accept donations on your website then you’re probably wondering if you can do this on Squarespace.

Guess what? You can!

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First things first you need to set up a space to take donations. This is usually a new page but you can add a section to an existing page too.

Once you’ve set up your page and sections, you need to add a donation block by selecting add block and searching the menu for donations.

This will create a donate button for you to add to the page. (FYI, you need a professional Squarespace plan or above to add donation blocks to your website).

Donation blocks are a ‘Premium Feature’ meaning that you will need a ‘Business Plan’ or higher to use them.

Double click this donation button and in the content tab within the panel that appears you can complete your set up. Here you can complete tasks including:

• Set your donation amounts

• Change the button text

• Add a page title and description 

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You can also add form fields to the pop-up form that users will be greeted with when they click donate. There are loads of fields to choose from such as name, email address and text boxes. You can also set each form field to be either required or optional.

Next you need to set up your payment processor. To do this head to Selling > Payments and select and connect the payment processor you want to use to collect your donations.

The final step is to set up your donation receipt. Head to Settings and within the Selling subcategory select Cart & Checkout > Checkout. Scroll down to Receipt Details and choose the options you want to include in your receipts. 

And that’s how you add donations to your Squarespace website. It really is as simple as that. 

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