jennifermontes

<p>Many artists and makers rely on donations to make ends meet and use PayPal’s “Donate” button to make collecting money from their fans as painless as possible. However, according to PayPal’s Terms of Service, the “Donate” button is only intended for fundraising. In their own words:</p>
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<p>If you are not raising money for a cause, please choose another option. Nonprofits must verify their status to withdraw donations they receive. Users that are not verified nonprofits must demonstrate how their donations will be used, once they raise more than $10,000.</p>
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<p>What’s more, many bloggers have had their PayPal accounts suspended <em>before reaching the $10,000 limit</em> simply because they were using the “Donate” button in a way that PayPal did not intend.</p>
<p>To overcome these limitations, artists have switched over to what is generally called a “Buy me a beer” button: a PayPal “Buy Now” button with a fixed dollar amount, usually between $2 and $10, so that fans can still give money without expecting something tangible in return.</p>
<p>The “Buy me a beer” button has taken on many different forms depending on the personality of the person receiving the money (“Buy me a coffee”, “Buy me subway fare”, etc.) and generally works very well, but it has a severe limitation: only fixed dollar amounts are supported. Many people add a drop-down list of various dollar amounts in order to give fans <em>some</em> flexibility, but they are still values that were prescribed by the author. To give fans ultimate flexibility, and make sure makers don’t miss out on people wanting to support their work with big bucks, the <strong>Support My Work</strong> widget was born.</p>


Support My Work

A WordPress widget that displays a PayPal "Buy Now" and lets users specify the amount that they wish to pay.

WPPlugin LLC

Scott Paterson

<h3>This plugin allows you to collect PayPal and Stripe donations on your website</h3>
<p>Do you want to easily collect donations on your site? This is the plugin just for that. Setup is easy to connect to PayPal and Stripe. We’re also an official PayPal & Stripe Partner.</p>
<h3>Have a question or problem?</h3>
<p>If you have any problems, questions, or issues please create a <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/easy-paypal-donation/" rel="ugc">support request</a> and we will get back to you quickly!</p>
<h3>Watch this 1 minute video of how the plugin works:</h3>
<span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YYUsrfnjNN0?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe></span>
<p>You can place a PayPal or Stripe Donation button anywhere on your site where you want to collect money. Your customers can use their PayPal account or Credit Card (via Stripe) to donate money to you.</p>
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<p><strong><a href="https://wpplugin.org/downloads/paypal-donation-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Learn more about our Pro version</a></strong></p>
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<p>What makes this donation plugin powerful is its simplicity. Just install the plugin and in just a few minutes customers from around the world can start donating to you.</p>
<p>On the settings page of the plugin you will find clear instructions on how to sign up for a PayPal or Stripe account if you don’t have one already. The plugin also provides instructions for how to setup a PayPal / Stripe Sandbox account – which will allow you to setup a fake PayPal buyer and seller account (with fake money) so you can test everything before you start selling to the public.</p>
<p>If you have any problems, questions, or issues about this PayPal plugin then please create a support request and we will get back to you quickly.</p>
<p>This plugin works with any WordPress theme.</p>
<h3>PayPal & Stripe Donation Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>View donations made in your WordPress admin</li>
<li>Button Manager</li>
<li>Page / Post Button shortcode Inserter</li>
<li>Donation Widget for donors</li>
<li>Dashboard admin widget to view recent sales</li>
<li>Built in support for 18 languages (PayPal currently supports 18 languages)</li>
<li>Built in support 25 currencies (PayPal currently supports 25 currencies)</li>
<li>Each button can have its own language and currency</li>
<li>Each button can have its own button image</li>
<li>Each button can have itw own PayPal account</li>
<li>PayPal testing with Sandbox mode</li>
<li>Customer can choose to make a recurring monthly PayPal donation</li>
<li>Choose  from 7 different PayPal donation buttons</li>
<li>Upload and use your own donation button</li>
<li>Choose how the PayPal window opens</li>
<li>Setup a dropdown menu to force certain amounts</li>
</ul>
<h3>Accept Donations with PayPal & Stripe Pro</h3>
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<p>We offer a Pro version of this PayPal plugin for business owners who need more features.</p>
<ul>
<li>Offer recurring donations.</li>
<li>Recurring donations can be set up per day, week, month and year.</li>
<li>Setup donations that recur forever.</li>
<li>Recurring donations dropdown menu.</li>
<li>Offer up to 20 amount dropdown menu options instead of 10.</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wpplugin.org/downloads/paypal-donation-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">You can learn more about Accept Donations with PayPal Pro here</a></p>
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<h3>About Us</h3>
<p>WPPlugin LLC is an offical PayPal & Stripe Partner based in Boulder, Colorado. You can visit WP Plugins website at <a href="https://wpplugin.org" rel="nofollow ugc">wpplugin.org</a>. Various trademarks held by their respective owners.</p>


Accept Donations with PayPal & Stripe

Add a PayPal or Stripe Donation Button to your website and start collecting donations today. No Coding Required. Official PayPal & Stripe Partner.

Support My Work vs Accept Donations with PayPal & Stripe