Donation opportunities
In a charity (NGO) store, products become donation opportunities. The sidebar shows Donation opportunities > All donation opportunities instead of Products, and you create two kinds of items:
A Donation opportunity is a fundraising campaign with a target amount, such as building a well. Donors give any amount until the goal is reached.
A Donation product is a fixed donation item with a price, such as a food basket, sold in a requested quantity.
This page applies only to charity stores. Some product features aren't available in them: options, the Quantities and inventory card, custom fields, the options library, filters, inventories and preorder campaigns.
Create a donation opportunity or donation product
Go to Donation opportunities > All donation opportunities and select Create.
In Create, under Select the type of opportunity you want to create, choose Donation opportunity or Donation product.
Fill in the page, described below, and select Save product.
The list shows the tabs All, Donation opportunity and Donation product, and works like the products list. See Manage products.
Donation opportunity fields
The page title reads Donation opportunity details and the images section Opportunity photos. Alongside the name (Donation opportunity), Opportunity code SKU and Barcode, you set:
| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| Donation start date, Donation end date | When the opportunity accepts donations. |
| Opportunity goal | The target amount to raise. |
| Previous donation (Optional) | An amount you already raised outside Zid, added to the progress. |
| Unlimited donations | Accept donations with no target. Disables the goal and previous donation fields. |
A donation opportunity has no price or cost: donors choose how much to give.
Donation product fields
The page title reads Donation product details. Alongside the name (Donation product), Donation product price, cost, Donation product code SKU and weight, you set:
| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| Previous donation (Optional) | An amount you already received outside Zid. |
| Requested quantity | How many units you need donated. |
| Unlimited donation | Accept donations with no requested quantity. Disables the two fields above. |
Customize the progress display
Both types have an Appearance customization group that controls what donors see on the page:
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Show progress percentage | Shows how much of the goal has been reached, as a percentage. |
| Hide received and remaining amounts | Hides the amounts donated so far and still needed. |
| Hide progress bar | Hides the progress bar. |
Other sections
The rest of the page works as for products, with donation wording: Advanced donation opportunity information or Advanced donation product information for descriptions and order limits, SEO, Show product, tax, discount, image label and similar opportunities. See Product details.
Settings for charity stores
A few settings outside this page change how donors give:
Show donation gift feature, in Settings > General > Orders and products properties, lets donors give their donation as a gift to someone else. It depends on your plan. You set up the gift options and the messages sent to the giver and the recipient in gifting settings. See Order and product properties and Gifting settings.
Enable Quick Donation, on the same page, turns on quick donations in your store.
Donation Messages holds the messages donors receive about their donations. See Order notifications.
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