Fundraising Website Checklist
Webpage Creation for Global
This checklist will help ensure that you have everything ready before creating your crowdfunding campaign on Crowdera. If you need any assistance, feel free to reach out to support@gocrowdera.com or chat with us. Our customer success team will help resolve your queries at the earliest.
Login to Crowdera with your Email and Password. You can also login faster via Google or Facebook.
If you log in with Google or Facebook you can directly create a campaign. In case you choose to log in via email and password, you will receive an activation link in your email. On clicking the link your account will get activated and you can create a campaign.
Step 1:
After Login,
You have to choose any one option: What are you raising funds for?
Add Category: Add relevant category related to your campaign
Country: Select your country
Entity: Add the entity (Self OR individual OR Nonprofit OR other Company)
Then, You have to enter beneficiary KYC details:
In this, You have to enter Organization Name, Email id, if your organization is eligible to provide tax-exempt Donation Receipts book series number, then you have to enter Donation Receipts number, Tax identification number, Registration date, Expiry Date & Digital Signature.
After this,
you have to enter Beneficiary Details :
I.e. Beneficiary telephone number, Address, region code, state, etc.
Then, Select raise money options: for campaign i.e.
Start Fundraiser or Website
After this, You will go to the Section2.
In this, You have to insert
Name of your organization (My plan is): This is one of the first things contributors will notice when they see your campaign. This is also the text that will be displayed when your campaign is shared on social media. Ensure you have a catchy title that strikes a chord with your audience. The title limit is 55 characters and should not have any special characters.
My campaign Web address: You can customize the URL, it can be anything related to the campaign (for eg: campaign title, the name of the organization, your name). This can later be shared on social media and other networks. (Note: Please do not add any special characters or leave any space; also do not add any website address)
Then, select your location, entity i.e. company, Nonprofit, Community/organization & category i.e. Csr, Events, etc.
Campaign Description: A brief description of your campaign. The limit for this is 140 characters and should not have any special characters
Admin:
Adding Admins to your campaign allows them to make any edits and manage the campaign just like you can. Admins can help your team to collaborate efforts in creating and managing the campaign.
About (Story):
Tell us about your campaign. Introduce your campaign in brief.
Q&A
In this, there are multiple fundraising questions as mentioned below. This part is optional.
FAQ: For more crowdfunding guidelines please check out our FAQ section.
Our organization’s journey so far
Who are the beneficiaries of these funds?
How will the beneficiaries’ lives change with these funds?
Some of our successful projects are
Awards and recognition that we have won in the past
This part is also optional. You can skip it.
In this, you can edit the donate now & start fundraiser button. Organization Logo
Click the button below to add your organization's logo. Use crop button, once you have done adjusting your image within the given frame.
Then, You have to enter any three reasons for people to share or donate to your project.
Then,
Video: Please add a YouTube video link about the organization and/or the project. The video should ideally be about 2 to 3 minutes long. Please add the base URL as a short URL is not accepted by the platform.
Images: Maximum 5 images can be added. Specifications – Aspect ratio should be 3:2 width; In terms of size, maximum size should be 3 MB and minimum 1 MB, in .jpg and .png formats. Images should be related to the campaign.
Impact Assessment:
Share information about your project’s impact with your donors to engage them emotionally.
Perks & Rewards:
You can offer simple digital rewards or go all out and make something customized! Whatever suits your budget. Don't forget to factor the cost of the perks into your goal.
Tags: Hashtags help in better search results for your campaign on Crowdera. Use relevant keywords that you feel best to describe your campaign
Social Sharing: Connect your social media accounts to increase your credibility. Add Facebook, twitter, linked user URL.
Now, Congratulations your Campaign should be created as follows:
Payments and Disbursements
USA/UK/Canada:
Our payment processing partners are Stripe, PayPal and WePay. We recommend WePay as the payment gateway for the USA, UK, and Canada. Please note that the payment gateway fees depend on the type of account you have with the gateway. For USA campaigns, Stripe and PayPal merchant accounts charge 2.9% + $0.30 for credit card processing while Wepay charges 2.75% + $0.30 for credit card processing.
Global:
You have the choice of using Stripe, WePay or PayPal as your payment gateway. Please note that the payment processing fees depend on the type of account you have with the payment gateway. Please refer our pricing page https://gocrowdera.com/pricing
This checklist will help ensure that you have everything ready before creating your crowdfunding campaign on Crowdera. If you need any assistance, feel free to reach out to support@gocrowdera.com or chat with us. Our customer success team will help resolve your queries at the earliest.
Login to Crowdera with your Email and Password. You can also login faster via Google or Facebook.
If you log in with Google or Facebook you can directly create a campaign. In case you choose to log in via email and password, you will receive an activation link in your email. On clicking the link your account will get activated and you can create a campaign.
Step 1:
After Login,
You have to choose any one option: What are you raising funds for?
Add Category: Add relevant category related to your campaign
Country: Select your country
Entity: Add the entity (Self OR individual OR Nonprofit OR other Company)
Then, You have to enter beneficiary KYC details:
In this, You have to enter Organization Name, Email id, if your organization is eligible to provide tax-exempt Donation Receipts book series number, then you have to enter Donation Receipts number, Tax identification number, Registration date, Expiry Date & Digital Signature.
After this,
you have to enter Beneficiary Details :
I.e. Beneficiary telephone number, Address, region code, state, etc.
Then, Select raise money options: for campaign i.e.
Start Fundraiser or Website
After this, You will go to the Section2.
In this, You have to insert
Name of your organization (My plan is): This is one of the first things contributors will notice when they see your campaign. This is also the text that will be displayed when your campaign is shared on social media. Ensure you have a catchy title that strikes a chord with your audience. The title limit is 55 characters and should not have any special characters.
My campaign Web address: You can customize the URL, it can be anything related to the campaign (for eg: campaign title, the name of the organization, your name). This can later be shared on social media and other networks. (Note: Please do not add any special characters or leave any space; also do not add any website address)
Then, select your location, entity i.e. company, Nonprofit, Community/organization & category i.e. Csr, Events, etc.
Campaign Description: A brief description of your campaign. The limit for this is 140 characters and should not have any special characters
Admin:
Adding Admins to your campaign allows them to make any edits and manage the campaign just like you can. Admins can help your team to collaborate efforts in creating and managing the campaign.
About (Story):
Tell us about your campaign. Introduce your campaign in brief.
Q&A
In this, there are multiple fundraising questions as mentioned below. This part is optional.
FAQ: For more crowdfunding guidelines please check out our FAQ section.
Our organization’s journey so far
Who are the beneficiaries of these funds?
How will the beneficiaries’ lives change with these funds?
Some of our successful projects are
Awards and recognition that we have won in the past
This part is also optional. You can skip it.
In this, you can edit the donate now & start fundraiser button. Organization Logo
Click the button below to add your organization's logo. Use crop button, once you have done adjusting your image within the given frame.
Then, You have to enter any three reasons for people to share or donate to your project.
Then,
Video: Please add a YouTube video link about the organization and/or the project. The video should ideally be about 2 to 3 minutes long. Please add the base URL as a short URL is not accepted by the platform.
Images: Maximum 5 images can be added. Specifications – Aspect ratio should be 3:2 width; In terms of size, maximum size should be 3 MB and minimum 1 MB, in .jpg and .png formats. Images should be related to the campaign.
Impact Assessment:
Share information about your project’s impact with your donors to engage them emotionally.
Perks & Rewards:
You can offer simple digital rewards or go all out and make something customized! Whatever suits your budget. Don't forget to factor the cost of the perks into your goal.
Tags: Hashtags help in better search results for your campaign on Crowdera. Use relevant keywords that you feel best to describe your campaign
Social Sharing: Connect your social media accounts to increase your credibility. Add Facebook, twitter, linked user URL.
Now, Congratulations your Campaign should be created as follows:
Payments and Disbursements
USA/UK/Canada:
Our payment processing partners are Stripe, PayPal and WePay. We recommend WePay as the payment gateway for the USA, UK, and Canada. Please note that the payment gateway fees depend on the type of account you have with the gateway. For USA campaigns, Stripe and PayPal merchant accounts charge 2.9% + $0.30 for credit card processing while Wepay charges 2.75% + $0.30 for credit card processing.
Global:
You have the choice of using Stripe, WePay or PayPal as your payment gateway. Please note that the payment processing fees depend on the type of account you have with the payment gateway. Please refer our pricing page https://gocrowdera.com/pricing
Updated on: 07/22/2023
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