Change Payment Option & Lose Prior Data (RESOLVED)

I have made an error on a couple of forms. I picked the wrong PayPal payment option, (Collect Donations). Although we are a non profit organization I was informed by our membership coordinator it is not a donation, we are selling a dog membership.  

I tried to change it but it warned me if I do I will lose all prior data. Is there a way to get around this, perhaps creating a spread sheet of current data then change it or is there another option.

Also is a dog membership payment considered a Subscription or Product?

Form: 53297495897984

Thanks,

Robert

Unfortunately, subscriptions and custom amounts are different. You cannot switch and retain the existing values after that. Subscriptions are for recurring payments while custom amounts/donations are for one time payment.

What I can recommend is doing the following steps:

1. Clone your form, leave the old form intact and use the submissions there for reference.

2. On your newly cloned form, change or edit the settings in your payment integration. You won't lose any data because this is a new form. The old form has the old data.

3. Now use the newly cloned form as your main form now.

You can also download your submissions as excel, CSV or PDF format by following this guide: http://www.jotform.com/help/73-How-to-Partially-Download-Form-Submissions-as-Excel-CSV-PDF. You'll have a backup of the data in case you delete or remove the payment integration in your main form.

For your other question, if memberships should be renewed on a scheduled basis (monthly, yearly, etc...), then you might need to setup a recurring payment order form as mentioned in this guide: http://www.jotform.com/help/166-How-to-setup-a-recurring-payment-option 

Do let us know if you need more information on this.

OK... This presents a bit of work on my part.

 What if I was to just un-check the donation box?

I embed the script on our site so if I create a clone can I then just change the form number from 53297495897984 to the new number in my existing  embedded form where ever it exists?

I believe I have done this in the past successfully.

As to part two,

I was asking what option one should use for membership type applications. This particular application is a lifetime thing so is not renewed.

I'm not concerned about that right now as our system is being rebuilt and will use an entirely new method in a few months and will not likely be using jotForm for any forms after then. Not my decision, out of my hands. Will wait and see what it offers.  You have a great product.

Thank Robert

Hi,

I did a test in a sample payment form, I have submitted it with the donation option checked and then I have un-checked and the payment info was still there, so if you just want to receive the payment with a custom amount and not as a donation, you can just un-check the option.

I embed the script on our site so if I create a clone can I then just change the form number from 53297495897984 to the new number in my existing  embedded form where ever it exists?

It could work, however, I would suggest you to re-embed your form, in order to avoid any malfunctioning in your form.

I was asking what option one should use for membership type applications. This particular application is a lifetime thing so is not renewed.

If the payment is not renewed, you can use the custom payment or product , as you are doing it now, if for example, you want to sell a service each month or each two months , you can use the Sell Subscriptions Option and it will automatically charge your submitter on the date you set in the integration.

Hope this will help you.

Do let us know if we can assist you in anything else, we will be glad to help you.

Thanks.

Thank you,

The person that receives the payments was wondering why they came in as donations. With that unchecked they should not appear as donations any longer, so that is a good thing.

I appreciate all your help. CASE CLOSED

Robert

Hi Robert,

Great to know it helped you.

Please, feel free to contact us anytime if you need more help, we will be more than happy to assist you.

Thanks.