There are 3 easy steps to activate your ‘Donate’ button on your Facebook page. Before you begin, please make sure your page’s category is set to “Non-Profit Organization” (directions here if needed)
To change your page’s category, click on the About on the left side of your Page. Then click on ‘Edit’ next to the Category:
Hover over the Category section and click Edit. Start typing Non-Profit…
When fundraising on Facebook, you’ll want to give your donors the option to give with their credit cards:
If you are getting a “Transaction is invalid” error, there is an issue with your PayPal account. Fortunately, it is easy to address
To get the most out of your Donate app, you’ll definitely want to make it appear as one of the main tabs: By default, Facebook pages have these 4 apps:
Make your Donate tab appear by:
If you’ve already confirmed that your account is a verified Premier account or better. And you’ve confirmed that your account is not restricted by PayPal. Then your account might be set to block certain payments
There is currently a bug in Facebook that is preventing you from using the Donate App on your Facebook Page if you enabled certain access restrictions on your Facebook page like age or country restrictions.
If your donors are not from the US, there are two things to remember to do with yourDonate App. The first is done by you, the Facebook page owner. And the 2nd is done by your donors.
You can pin or anchor a specific story to the top of your timeline for 7 days. This means you can highlight specific posts and they won’t be buried by more recent updates.
Did you know you can change the name of the Donate app on your page? Instead of “Donate” — you can give your fans a different and specific call to action:
Changing the copy is easy. As the page admin, you can click on the “Edit Page” button. Then go to…
