Are there payment gateways that only take a percentage of whatever money is paid, but that have a very small up-front startup fee? I want to set up a payment gateway for a charity. By the way - is there any harm in just accepting donations through paypal and avoiding the whole payment gateway hassle? ...
I have been requested by someone starting a non-profit organization to build their website. They basically want to have users be able sign up, create profiles, send messages, etc. and then have charities be able to do the same, but with different functionality (write blogs, post videos, etc). The users would look over each charity's ...
I need to help a human rights organisation to setup a donation page at their website. They have tried PayPal and GlobalGiving and they found some glitches with these services like ceiling, transaction fees, etc. They want to setup their own mechanism. So what are the possible options and how much programming is needed? Is there any free-...
Hello all, Ambiguous question, I know. But anyway, I'm developing a client's site that will enable users to donate to people doing charity work abroad. I need the users of the site who create their profiles to be able to input their PayPal email address (for example) and as such any users who click the big 'Donate' button on their profi...
I came across Ushahidi today and that got me thinking about various community service software projects. What other community service software projects are there, whether they be web-based (as Ushahidi is) or not? Note, I'm not talking about open source by itself, per se—although I presume most community service software will be opensou...
My friend is starting a microfinance website and he wants my help with the site development. Obviously I would want to get some knowledge in HTML and CSS, but I'm not quite sure what else I should learn. I'm not clear on the advantages and disadvantages of using perl, asp, javascript, php, etc. are. Also, I need to create a payment optio...
I'd be willing to invest some time working for a charity, but I feel like I'd be more useful if I get to work in my field (web development). I know that a lot of non-profit are in desperate need for new websites since I already worked for some doing web work. The thing is the organizations I've worked for were always within my personal ...