A one-time gift helps today. A monthly gift lets you plan for the year. Many donors would give monthly if the option were obvious and the amount felt small. The website’s job is to explain the cause, show what a gift does and get the donor to the form.
Your donation platform does the payment
We connect the platform you already use, or help you choose one. The donor taps Donate, picks one-time or monthly and enters card details on the platform’s own secure page or embedded form. The platform processes the gift, issues receipts and keeps the donor record.
That means donor data stays with the processor, not on our servers, and your site never handles card numbers. Processing fees are charged by the platform and are set out on their pricing page.
What we build around the form
- ✓A Donate button on every page — in the header and the footer
- ✓A giving page — with amounts and what each one does
- ✓A monthly option highlighted — with plain wording, not pressure
- ✓A thank-you message — shown after the gift
- ✓Your tax-status wording — exactly as your adviser gives it
Be specific about impact, honest about it
Donors respond to specifics: "$25 a month covers a week of meals" works only if it is true for your program. We use only the amounts and outcomes you provide, and we do not invent statistics or results.
Cancellation matters too. Say plainly how a donor can change or stop a monthly gift; the platform usually provides a way, and we link it.
What to prepare
- ✓Your donation platform — or the shortlist you are considering
- ✓Suggested gift amounts — and what each one funds, truthfully
- ✓Your mission in plain words — two or three sentences
- ✓Your tax-status text — as approved by your adviser
What to expect, honestly
- ✓Fees belong to the platform — not to us
- ✓We do not hold donor data — the processor does
- ✓We do not give tax or legal advice — use your own adviser for wording
One example of what your site could look like
This is one sample we designed. Yours is built around your business, your photos and your words, and we have more examples if you want to compare directions.
What it costs
Websites are priced one-time by size, plus Website Care at $30/month for hosting, HTTPS, backups, weekly checks and A/B testing. Every package includes a consultation, mobile-friendly design, copy we write for you, a contact form, essential search setup and 10 revision rounds. Monthly SEO is an optional add-on when you are ready for it.
Optional add-ons, billed separately
The prices above are for your website. These two are separate monthly products you can add now or later. Neither is part of the website price.
Monthly SEO, from $50/month: new pages published on your site every month. See Monthly SEO →
Business Spotlight, from $30/month: articles about your business, labeled as paid, published on The Company Chronicle. See Business Spotlight →
How it works
1. Consultation
We learn your services, customers and goals, in English or Spanish.
2. We write and design
We draft the words and build the site around your business.
3. 10 revision rounds
You review and request changes until it is right.
4. Launch and care
We launch, then Website Care keeps it hosted, backed up, checked weekly and A/B tested.
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