Pre-set donations

[SimonS1]

We are a charity holding an event shortly.  We ask for donations.  Is there a way of pre-setting a small donation level say of £3 please so people can tap and go?

Thank you 

[Breffni]

Hi @SimonS1, welcome to the Seller Community 🙂 

It is not currently possible to use the Square reader as a self-serve, ‘tap to donate’ solution. The Square reader cannot be pre-set to charge only specific amounts and requires the user to manually enter each transaction at checkout.

I know that other sellers have worked with companies such as GiveTap or Give Star for charity donations, so that may be something you can look into. 

I hope this helps. 

[SimonS1]

Alegra

Thank you for your response.  I will look at both of these.  

Best wishes

Simon

[Sam_400º]

@SimonS1 like you I've been looking for some 'tap to give' or repeat pay style options to support some charities I work with. 

@Breffni - they're a couple of vendors I'd not found yet, thanks for the links! 

I think this is a great reminder though of what we get from Square included in the processing fees as looking at GiveTap it's really hard to swallow an extra 2.5% fees per donation (that's not including processing cost!). 

[SimonS1]

Fully concur.  We've been very happy with Square but will look at an alternative for this purpose.

Thank you for responding.

Simon