Greater Giving Online Payments is an easy-to-use, highly-customizable and affordable way for nonprofit organizations and schools to raise funds and collect credit card payments online. Visitors to your Website can easily and quickly register for an event and make a donation, membership payments, or other purchases. Online Payments can even be used to register and pay for classes, seminars, or conferences unrelated to a benefit event or auction.
Online Payments eliminates the need to manually process registration and credit card payments by rolling both activities into one easy process that attendees and donors do themselves online. You, registrants, and donors will all get immediate registration or payment confirmation via the Web. And Online Payments makes it easy to maintain the look and feel of your Website on each Online Payments page, to keep your online presence consistent and strong.
Leverage Online Payments for more than your once-a-year event by creating donor pages for year-round online giving to get even more from your investment in Online Payments—without a big time investment from you.
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Greater Giving Online Payments Features
- Customize Greater Giving Online Payments pages to blend into your web site look and feel
- Make changes to your Online Payments pages at your convenience
- Integration with Greater Giving Event Software Online for event registration
- Instant event ticket management and table inventory capabilities
- Include sponsor logos and links to generate additional income
- Secure, real-time transaction processing
- Automatic deposit of funds into your bank account
- Instant notification of payment transactions for you and your donors
- Extensive reporting available 24/7
- Process credit cards from your office without a credit card terminal
- PCI-compliant hosting on Greater Giving’s secure Web server
Security Compliance
Greater Giving is in compliance with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards. Greater Giving has implemented the requirements of the PCI Data Standards and has passed the security scan performed by a PCI approved 3rd party vendor. See more about our PCI compliance here.
Browser Compatibility/Requirements
- Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher on Windows (XP, 2000, or ME)
- Netscape 7.2 on Windows and Mac
- Firefox 1.0.1 on Windows and Mac
The following browsers will work in general but have issues with complex forms:
- Netscape 7.1 on Windows XP
- Safari on Mac
- Internet Explorer on Mac
- Netscape and Firefox on Linux and UNIX
“Greater Giving's Online Payments is a key component of our overall Web-based strategy and is important to aligning all our fundraising efforts.”
—Kimberlee Harper Hanken, Ronald McDonald House Charities® of Oregon and Southwest Washington
“I have found the credit card payment option you provide on our Web site to be very cost effective and easy to use. Your staff has been very helpful in setting up our payment pages, and we no longer have to pay high fees in processing our credit card donations through phone entry.”
— Kelly Nevins, Serve Rhode Island, RI
"We have been an Greater Giving client since 2004, and have been very impressed with their services. Online Payments version 4.0 looks and works great. We love the very idea of being able to make changes to our pages whenever we want, and the feature set is very complete."
— Gayle Kellman, Schoolhouse Supplies in Portland, OR
How many pages do I get?
Organizations using Online Payments can have up to 10 active pages at any one time. An 'active page' refers to pages that are accessible to the public.
Do pages built using Online Payments interact with Event Software Online?
Yes. Web pages built using Online Payments can interact with Event Software Online if you include that specification in the page-building process.
How do nonprofits use Online Payments?
In addition to event registration, Online Payments can be used for single and recurring donations, capital or annual fund donations, special appeals, accepting procured items, and taking volunteer information. Our clients continually find new ways to leverage the solution.
Can you build the pages for me?
The Online Payments portal provides users with the option to build or edit their own pages. Clients who prefer that Greater Giving's support team build their pages can obtain those services for an additional, per-page fee.
How long does it take to build a page?
A new user can create a customized page and have it up and running in less than a day.
Can I see examples of what other groups have created with Online Payments?
Our Sales team has a list of examples already created. Contact sales@greatergiving.com for more details. Or, you can download our Online Fundraising Planner for examples here.
What if no one in our organization knows anything about the Internet?
Many seasoned Online Payments clients started as Web novices, building their first pages using Greater Giving’s online Support Center resources and guidance from our Client Service team. You can become an expert, too.
What is a Virtual Terminal and how do I use it?
A Virtual Terminal is an online credit card processing page for your organization’s internal use. The Virtual Terminal is used for year-round credit card transactions that can be processed online by you and your staff. To use the Virtual Terminal, simply go to the Virtual Terminal link; enter the donor and transaction amount to process the transaction. The link to your organization’s live Virtual Terminal link is included in the initial testing email we send to you. All transaction details processed using the Virtual Terminal will be reflected in online reports and will be included in weekly deposit statements. To see Virtual Terminal Page One, click here; to see Virtual Terminal Page Two, click here.