Admin Panel - Donation Link & QR Code

With PAY.'s donation module, you can create a payment screen within 5 minutes where your donors can make a payment. The donation module offers the options below to customize and secure the payment screen.

• Amount
  You can set a free-choice donation, or a minimum, maximum, or fixed amount.
• Free fields
  Using 3 optional free fields, you can add extra information to the donation or ask your donors to enter, for example, a name or email address.
• Payment methods
  Naturally, you decide for yourself which payment option you want to offer your donors.
• Custom thank-you page
  After a successful payment, the donor is by default redirected back to the donation screen, where the message 'thank you for your donation' is displayed. However, it is also possible to redirect the visitor to a custom thank-you page.
• Country and language
  You can set a default country and language for the donation screen. The payment options are displayed grouped by country. The donor can change the default language to the desired language in the top right of the donation screen.

With the extensive link generator, you create a donation link in no time. This link to the donation screen is valid indefinitely. So you can email it to your donors or place it on your website.

1. Payment Screen

PAY.'s donation payment screen looks like this:

The donation payment screen is responsive, accepts payments in euros, and is available in the following languages:

• Dutch
• English
• German
• French
• Spanish
• Italian

Demo

• View the donation payment screen

 2. Setting Up the Donation Module 

Before we can create a donation link, we first need to create a sales location for it once. Follow the steps below. 

  Add sales location 

Add new sales location 

Select module and link 

Select payment options 

Enter communication URL 

 Set up notification 

• In the Admin Panel, go to the tab Sales locations https://admin.pay.nl/programs/programs/.
• In the 'Sales locations overview', click the 'add' link Image: Add sales location to create a new sales location.
• General information
  Under 'General information' you will find the fields below:
  • Name of the sales location
    Choose the name of your sales location. This name appears in your statistics.
  • Publication / URL
    Describe where you will offer or promote the sales location. For example http://www.uwwebshop.nl/. Are you offering the same sales location through different locations? Then you can list them all in this field, separated by a comma.
  • Category
    For this field, select the value Charities Image: Add new sales location.
• Module
  Under 'Module' you will find the fields below:
  • Name of the location
    The text you enter here will be displayed on the donation screen under 'Your donation for'.
  • Describe the sales location
    Give a short description of the sales location. This will be displayed in the top right of the donation screen.
  • Module
    Select the module Donate Image: Select module and link.
  • Link via
    Select the submodule Standard donation screen Image: Select module and link.
• Payment options
  After you have set the 'module' and 'submodule', the list of all available payment options for the donation module appears. Check the checkbox for a payment option to be able to offer it to your donors Image: Select payment options. Not sure which payment option to select? Then check out our payment methods documentation. Here you will find all the information about the payment options offered by PAY.
• Communication URLs
  You can set this to No, do not use a communication URL Image: Enter communication URL.
  • Advanced
    Of course, you can make use of exchange calls so that every status change is communicated to your server.
• After payment
  After a successful payment, the donor is by default redirected back to the donation screen, where the message 'thank you for your donation' is displayed. However, if you want to redirect the donor to your own custom page, you can use the Success URL and/or Error URL field. Image: Enter success and/or error URL.
  • Advanced
    We pass the parameter orderId to the Success URL and Error URL. Using this parameter, you can retrieve the details of the transaction.
  Would you like to receive an email notification after a donation? Then check the checkbox next to the field Email confirmationImage: Set up notification. See hereKijk hier for a detailed explanation on setting up notifications.

Depending on your package it is possible that more fields are displayed than the fields mentioned above. Contact your account manager if you have any questions about this. 

3. Creating a Donation Link 

Select sales location for donation link 

Set up donation link 

We have now created a sales location that we will use to create a donation link. We can add various properties and security settings to this donation link. Setting up and generating a donation link works as follows:

• In the Admin Panel, go to the tab Sales locations https://admin.pay.nl/programs/programs/.
• In the 'Sales locations overview' you will find the sales location you just created. The 'Link via' column contains the value Standard donation screen.
• We will now set up the properties of the donation link by clicking the 'Donate link' Image: Select sales location for donation link link.
• In the pop-up that now opens Image: Set up donation link we see the following general fields:
  • Security settings
    It is possible to create donation links with four different levels of security, so that you can fix variables and amounts.security settings
    A detailed explanation of the various security settings can be found here.
  • Minimum amount
    This is an optional field. If you enter a value here (in cents), donors cannot donate an amount lower than this value.Start
    This is an optional field. Do you want a 'default' donation amount to be displayed? Then enter the desired value in cents here.
  • Country
    Depending on the selected payment options of the sales location, these are grouped by country. E.g. iDEAL for the Netherlands, Bancontact for Belgium. If you want the payment methods for, e.g., the Netherlands to be displayed as 'default', you can select that here.
  • Language
    Select the 'default' language of the donation screen here.
• Form fields
  Under 'Form fields' we can display a free field on the donation screen where the donor must enter their details. Think, for example, of an email address. There are a maximum of 3 free fields that you can use / display on the donation screen.
  • Extra1
    Here you can enter a label Name and a default Value. For example, do you want to ask the donor for an email address? Then enter in the Name field e.g. 'Email address', and naturally leave the value empty.
  Do you use a free field in the link generator (extra1, etc.)? Then keep in mind that this will be converted into a required field on the donation screen.
• Once you have entered the desired fields, click the 'Generate link' button. You can test the link that is then displayed by clicking on it. Not satisfied? You can simply make a change and regenerate the donation URL.

Tip: A generated donation link can in some cases contain quite a lot of characters. Using a URL shortener such as Bitly you can easily convert it into a short URL. 

4. Security Settings 

When generating a donation link, you have the option to choose between 4 different levels of security. Using an example, we show the differences between these 4 settings.

Example
In this example, we set a minimum amount of € 1,00 with a default Amount of € 5,00 We also make use of the extra fields. We would like the Name and the Email address of the donor. Finally, we use 1 extra field with the label Reference in which we pre-fill the value Charity 1234.

Don't forget to check out our YouTube video for a step-by-step explanation.

Availability

Below you will find which packages include the donation module.

	Pioneer	Professional	Business	Corporate
Donation module	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️

Video

Donating via PAY.
Short instructional video about setting up the donation module and generating donation links. 

 5. Changing Donation Screen Text

Text Changes to the Donation Module 

The payment screen of the donation module cannot be personalized. However, it is possible to change some text fields:

Change sales location

To change these fields, log in to PAY. Admin, click on Manage > Sales locations and on Change to the right of your sales location. Using the fields below, you change the following text (see image)

1. Your donation to:
   The field is determined by the Trade name that is active in the sales location. If there is no trade name in the sales location, your company name is shown.
2. Your donation for:
   The field is determined by the Name in the sales location.
3. Description:
   The field is determined by the Describe your offer field in the sales location. Try to describe this text in a few words.