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| Using Your Website to Increase Donations |
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| Have you thought about accepting donations or payments via your website? It's easier than you might think. Vanco can create a set of secure web payment pages that allow individuals to make donations or payments to your Lutheran church, school or institution via your website. Donors simply locate a donation link that you place on your website and then click through to payment pages hosted by Vanco Services. The payment pages, which can easily accommodate more than one fund or event, are customized to match the look of your website. In addition, families can use the website payment capabilities to make both one-time and recurring payments. You will be able to view and manage these website transactions from the same online Service Center used to manage your other Vanco payment solutions. |
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| Benefits |
| See how Vanco's website payment solution can help your organization enhance fund raising efforts and increase year-end donations without having to worry about web hosting or ongoing maintenance. |
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| FAQs |
| Get answers to frequently asked questions about accepting donations/payments via your website. |
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| How It Works |
| View the steps involved, from clicking on a "Donate Now" link to payment confirmation. |
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| Get Started |
| Request information, download a startup packet or contact us to learn how easy it is to get started. |
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| Benefits Back to Top |
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| Vanco's website payment solution offers a number of benefits to both your organization and its donors, including the following: |
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| Increases Donations |
| Providing a website payment option increases the opportunity to generate more donations. Individuals can make both one-time and recurring donations 24/7 using any computer with Internet access. |
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| Improves Response Time to Urgent Community Needs |
| Website payment capabilities give Lutheran churches and institutions a means to rapidly respond to an urgent need for donations. Once your website payment solution is activated, a new fund can quickly be added to assist a single family with specific needs or an entire community dealing with disaster. Simply announce the new donation link in regular and special communications to quickly capture the generosity of donors while events are still fresh in their minds. |
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| Frees Up Staff Time |
| When payments or donations are made online, your organization eliminates the labor intensive process of handling paper checks or entering payment information from paper authorization forms. |
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| Enhances Donor Loyalty |
| Donors appreciate the ability to make donations or payments from the convenience of their home or office. A donation link on your website is an especially welcome feature when families sit down at year end to finalize annual one-time gifts. |
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| Provides Secure Firewalls and Data Storage |
| Vanco's web payment pages are highly secure and our company meets the highest security standards set forth by the Payment Card Industry (PCI). Our secure data storage practices mean you don't have to take on the risk or worry of electronically storing sensitive data. |
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| How It Works Back to Top |
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Locate Website Donation Link |
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To make an online donation or payment, a donor first locates the link or button that you have labeled with, "Donate Now", "Give Online" or other appropriate wording. Ideally, this link will be placed prominently on the website of your Lutheran church, school or institution. Clicking on this link will send donors to the secure payment pages hosted by Vanco Services. |
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Enter the Payment |
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On the secure web payment pages, which will be customized by Vanco to look like your website, the individual donor simply enters the payment information and then submits the donation. |
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Confirm |
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After a donation or payment has been submitted, a printer-friendly confirmation page appears. Vanco can also send an email confirmation if a donor provides a valid email address. |
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Process |
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Once a donation has been submitted, the funds are directed to your bank account per normal direct debit or credit card processing timelines. |
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View Report |
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Website donations appear on your Vanco deposit report confirming the total amount to be deposited into your account. |
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| Frequently Asked Questions Back to Top |
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| Can we accept credit and debit cards via our website? |
| Yes. The type of payment that you can accept on your website depends on which payment processing solutions your organization utilizes. For example, you can accept card payments if you are already using the Simply Giving® Credit Card Option or you can also accept payments directly from checking and savings accounts if you are using the e.service® Thrivent Financial EFT service. |
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| Is it expensive to get started? |
| Our service is very affordable compared to what a web design company would charge or the time and resources it would take to create web payment pages within your organization. We do not charge a setup fee for basic web payment pages. |
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| Can we list various funds on the web payment pages? |
| Absolutely! You can easily add any fund name to the web payment pages. Just tell us the name of the fund and we will list it on the web payment page for you. |
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| What type of one-time, fixed-dollar transactions can we accept? |
| In addition to one-time gifts for specific funds, website payments can also be used for summer camps, workshops, classes, concerts or just about any other community event or service. |
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| Do my donors get receipts? |
| A confirmation page appears after a payment is submitted. An individual donor can print the confirmation page for proof of his or her donation. Vanco can also send an email confirmation if a donor provides a valid email address. |
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| Can the Website Payment solution be used for both one-time and recurring transactions? |
| Yes. In addition to accepting one-time gifts and payments, you can offer a variety of recurring donation and payment frequencies. |
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| Get Started Back to Top |
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| It's Easy To Get Started! |
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| Click here to request information or download a startup packet. |
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| You may also call 800-774-9355 and ask for a sales representative or send us an email at Sales@VancoServices.com |
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