Fundraising happens at moments — a talk, a collection tin, a poster on a church noticeboard. A donation code turns those moments into gifts instead of good intentions.
Make a QR code freeAsking a stranger to scan a square and then hand over card details is a large ask, and donors are right to be cautious — fraudulent donation codes are a real and growing problem. Everything about the code should reduce that doubt: your logo in the centre, your registered charity name and number printed beside it, a destination on your own domain rather than an unfamiliar payment host, and a landing page that looks unmistakably like your organisation. A code that lands on a generic payment form loses a large share of the people who scanned it.
Preset amounts with a suggested default, one screen, wallet payment options like Apple Pay and Google Pay enabled, and gift aid or tax-receipt questions kept to a single tick. Every additional field between the scan and the payment costs you donations, and the drop-off is steepest on mobile. Ask for a regular gift after the one-off donation has completed, never before it.
Volunteer sign-ups on community noticeboards and at events. Petition and campaign action pages, where the ask is a signature rather than money and conversion is far higher. Event registration for fundraisers. Legacy and in-memoriam giving on order of service sheets, which is a sensitive but genuinely useful placement. And impact reporting — a code on a collection tin or a shop window showing what previous donations achieved, which raises trust for the next ask.
Separate codes for the collection tin, the poster, the newsletter and the event stand cost nothing and tell you which channel produces income. For a small organisation this matters more than for a business: it is the difference between guessing at next year's plan and reporting to a trustee board with evidence. Compare scans against completed donations and the gap tells you whether the problem is reach or the donation page.
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