How to collect donations on a form?

  • sharinghopeama
    Asked on January 7, 2019 at 12:53 PM

    I know how to add a choice for donations, but is there a way to add a short text box that they can enter in another amount themselves if they want. Can you also use this amount to calculate a total for paypal?

  • Victoria_K
    Replied on January 7, 2019 at 2:27 PM

    May we ask what payment processor you would like to use to collect donations? 

    In general, there is an option to set 'Collect Donations' type of payment. It would add a textbox for users to enter amount:

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  • sharinghopeama
    Replied on January 7, 2019 at 2:43 PM
    Yes we will be using paypal. What I would like is to have a multiple choice with 5 different options for them, then at the bottom put a textbox for if they would like another amount. Is this possible?

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  • Victoria_K
    Replied on January 7, 2019 at 4:03 PM

    I see that you have used radio field with suggest donation amounts. You can try enabling 'other' option for users to enter custom amount:

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    Then, Form Calculation widget could capture the value entered:

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    Total from calculation widget can be passed to payment field afterwards: How-to-Pass-a-Calculation-to-a-Payment-Field

    In case of PayPal integration, please use following help article: How-to-Integrate-Form-with-Paypal-Standard-

    Let us know if you need more help.