Using the Payments block type you can spearhead fundraising efforts. Payments are collected through Stripe and/or Paypal. This page will take you through the Payment basics:

A Payment Block with Monthly and One Time payments and custom amounts

Getting Started

Select "Payment or Donation" Block

After creating a new block you can make your block a payment block by clicking the "Payment or Donation" in the Block Type drop down.

Connecting Your Bank Account

After creating your first Experience with a Payment block, you will see a notification on your Experience page prompting you to connect your Experience account with Stripe.

You will then be prompted to create/connect a Stripe account with one of two Stripe account options. If you already have an account you can connect it through those same options.

• Express Accounts are the fastest and easiest way to sign up, get paid, and manage your transactions.
• Standard Accounts feature a fuller dashboard, more user controls, and provides a single account that can be shared across platforms.

The Stripe account setup involves confirming your identity with your SS number and an ID card. Initially your account will be pending verification from Stripe, but soon your account will be verified and you are ready to receive payments through the app!

Using PayPal

If you desire to collect Payments with PayPal, you can check the PayPal box in the Payment Options of your Block's settings page. After clicking the checkbox, be sure to enter your PayPal account email into the box.

If you enable PayPal, responders will have option of paying with credit card (as always) or through PayPal.

Note that funds collected through PayPal will not show in the Experience exports or totals.

Creation and Customization

Payment Amount and Frequency Settings

In the top of the Block Details section you can set the payment amount(s) information:

1. to add an option, click the + Add Option button below the listed amounts (you can specify up to four payment options)

2. to enable custom amount payments, click the "Allow custom amount" check box

3. to delete options, click the red minus sign next to any option

   Lower in the Block Details section, you can decide your Payment Frequency:

4. Click the check boxes to select "Monthly recurring" and/or "One-time" frequencies

Political Donations

Political Donations are regulated and require certain fields from the responder.

When using a Payment block for political donations, be sure to:

• check the "This is a political donation" box found at the bottom of the Block Details.

Upon clicking the checkbox, the address and occupation fields will automatically become enabled and set as required fields (denoted by "*").