How-to: Allow Supporters to Donate Without Making a Purchase

Let donors support your cause by giving a flat donation instead of making a purchase.

Campaigns such as Raffles, Sweepstakes, and Auctions allow people to receive items in exchange for their donations. There may be times when a supporter is not eligible to participate or prefers to simply donate to the cause without receiving anything in return. You can allow this by enabling general donations.

Enable General Donations

  1. Go to Campaigns in the left menu.
  2. If you have chosen a list view, click on the Campaign title. If you have chosen a grid view, click on the Campaign image.
  3. Select Campaign Setup*.
  4. Go to Basics in the timeline at the top.
  5. Scroll down to Select any optional features you'd like to add and click on the toggle next to General donations:

  1. Select Save

Donor View

Donors will see the option to give a general donation next to the other Activity button(s) at the top of the Campaign Page:

 

*Terminology may differ according to Campaign settings.

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