Can we keep our existing website?
Yes. We add your donation page on your own domain, styled to match your site, with the full donor system behind it, and your site links to it. The installation price is the same. If your site is on a builder like Squarespace or Wix, we set up a small hosting account alongside it for DonorFix, in your name.
What is the founding price?
Our first organizations get the full installation at $1,995 instead of $3,995. In return we ask for honest feedback and, if you are happy, a short case study. The price you pay is fixed; it does not rise later.
How much of our time will this take?
One 45-minute call at the start, your logo and existing content, access to your domain, and one round of review before launch. That is the whole ask. The ten-day clock starts the day we have those, not the day you sign, so nothing is waiting on us and nothing is waiting on a deadline you did not agree to.
What do we need in place to take payments?
Your organization's EIN, a bank account in the organization's name, and someone with signing authority available for about fifteen minutes. Payment providers verify nonprofits before going live and that step is outside our control, so we start it on day one rather than day eight.
What is the payment schedule, and is there a contract?
Half when we start, half once your site is live and taking real donations. A short written agreement covers what is being built, what it costs and what happens if either of us walks away. Your care plan is billed once a year and you choose whether to renew it. No retainer and no notice period.
What happens to our Google rankings and existing links?
Every existing page keeps its address, or gets a permanent redirect to its new one, so links from funders, directories and old newsletters keep working. This is the part of a migration that goes wrong most often, so it is mapped and tested before launch rather than after. Search rankings depend on many factors outside any developer's control, so we do not promise positions, only that nothing is broken on the way across.
Who updates the website after it launches?
You do. Your new site includes a simple editor for the things that change: news, events, staff, program pages and campaign copy. No plugins to update and nothing that can break the donation system. If you would rather hand changes over, that is what the support plans are for.
Do our donors get proper tax receipts?
Every gift gets a numbered receipt carrying your organization's name, EIN, the gift amount and date, and standard acknowledgement wording, emailed automatically and sent again each time a monthly gift renews. Donors without email go on a list to print and post. You remain responsible for your own tax compliance, and we recommend your accountant reviews the template before launch.
Can donors choose to cover the processing fee?
Yes, with an optional checkbox at checkout. Many donors choose to add it once asked plainly, which means more of the gift reaches your programs. It stays optional and clearly worded. We do not add a platform tip, because that money would go to us rather than to you.
Which payment providers do you use?
Each installation connects to one payment account opened in your organization's name. PayPal is supported today, including card payments for donors who do not have a PayPal account. Stripe is being added. Either way, the money goes straight to your bank.
Can gifts be directed to a specific program or appeal?
Yes. Donors can choose what their gift supports, and every gift is recorded against that designation so you can report on each fund or campaign separately without unpicking it by hand later.
Can we import our existing donor list?
Yes, and it is included. A spreadsheet export from whatever you use now is enough. The import shows you what it found before anything is written, takes a backup first, and can be undone in full.
How is our donor data kept secure?
Card details never reach your website or ours. They pass directly from the donor's browser to your payment provider, and your site only ever stores the record of the gift, never card numbers. Everything runs over an encrypted connection and your database is backed up daily. Read how your data is kept safe.
Do we still need a separate donor database?
No. DonorFix is your donor database, so there is nothing to keep in sync. Contact lists export to a spreadsheet for your email platform. Direct connections to email platforms are planned, so tell us what you use on the call.
Where is the site hosted, and do we have to manage it?
The hosting account is opened in your organization's name so you own it outright, and we set it up and configure it for you. You are not managing servers. Typical hosting runs around ten dollars a month, paid by you directly to the host rather than to us.
Is the site accessible?
Accessibility is built in as standard practice: keyboard navigation, screen-reader labeling, sensible color contrast and text alternatives for images. This matters for the people you serve, and increasingly for grant applications. If you need formal WCAG conformance certified by an independent auditor, tell us on the call and we will quote for it.
What happens if something breaks?
You contact us directly, not a ticket queue. Every care plan covers fixes, and if something stops donations being taken we treat it as urgent. Often we know before you do, because the overnight monitoring has already told us. Response times and what is covered are set out in the terms.
What if we outgrow DonorFix, or you disappear?
Your payment account, your domain, your hosting and your donor database all belong to you and stay in your name. Your donor records export in full whenever you ask. If we parted ways tomorrow, donations would keep arriving and your data would come with you.
Where is DonorFix based?
I am British and based in Manila, working with organizations across the United States. Calls are scheduled in your working hours, and the time difference works in your favor: work happens overnight for you, so changes are usually waiting when you start the day.
It is also part of why this costs what it does. An agency building the same system carries an office, account managers and a sales team, and prices accordingly. I carry none of that overhead, so the difference goes into your price rather than into someone's rent. Same work, without the building.
Your donations never pass through me or through any account of mine.
What is not included?
Logo and brand design, professional photography, and writing your content from scratch. We will lay out and migrate the content you have, and advise on what your donation pages should say, but we are not a copywriting or branding agency. If you need those, we will point you to people who do them well.