For organizations with public fundraising available, PawPlacer brings payment providers, donor records, donation presets, and public wishlist needs into the same internal ledger.
Preparation Checklist
- Make the organization public in Settings > Organization Details.
- Configure the available providers in Settings > Payment Methods.
- Add suggested amounts in Settings > Donation Amounts.
- Add your legal and tax details under Settings > Organization Details > Tax and receipts.
- Create campaigns for goal-based appeals and turn on Show on public page for campaigns supporters should see.
- Create wishlist items, mark the items intended for supporters Public Visible, and choose whether each accepts monetary donations.
- Open the organization public page and confirm the support actions currently available to visitors.
- Make a small test and verify it appears in Fundraising and Donations.
Stripe
Stripe Connect supports automatic card checkout:
- Select Configure Stripe in Payment Methods.
- Complete Stripe's organization, representative, verification, and payout steps.
- Return to PawPlacer.
- Confirm the provider shows Connected.
Stripe can report successful adoption payments, general gifts, and eligible wishlist funding back to PawPlacer. General gifts may be one-time, monthly, or yearly. Wishlist quantity funding is one-time.
External Methods
Available external options include PayPal, Venmo, Cash App, Zelle, Bitcoin, Dogecoin, and Ethereum. These do not confirm payment automatically.
When a supporter begins an external gift, PawPlacer creates a pending donation with a reference. Staff compare that reference and amount with the provider, then mark the donation received.
Donation Presets
Donation Amounts supplies suggested choices to available general-donation dialogs. Create a useful range with short descriptions. Supporters can still use a custom amount when the flow allows it.
Fixed-price wishlist funding uses the item's unit price and selected quantity rather than a general preset.
Public Campaigns
Campaigns group gifts around a goal and can appear as polished cards on the public support page. Add a clear name, short description, goal, dates, and a wide image. Only public, active campaigns inside their date window are offered to supporters.
Campaign gifts use the same Stripe checkout as general giving and remain visible in Donations, donor history, and the campaign profile. Deleting a campaign does not delete its gifts.
Public Wishlist Items
On the wishlist item add or edit page:
- Turn on Public Visible to make an eligible open item available on the public wishlist.
- Turn on Accepts Monetary Donations when the item should offer an available funding method.
- Add one or more product links for supporters who prefer to purchase from a retailer.
- Add an image, price, quantity, details, category, and priority so the need is clear.
Physical-item pledging remains an option for an available public item. A pledge reserves quantity until staff reconcile it.
What Happens After Support
Stripe: PawPlacer creates checkout, reserves any wishlist quantity, and marks the donation received after Stripe confirms payment.
External provider: PawPlacer creates a pending donation and reference; staff reconcile it after confirming the provider transaction.
Physical pledge: PawPlacer creates a pending in-kind contribution; staff mark it received after the item arrives.
Completed, cancelled, failed, refunded, or expired activity updates the linked item's available quantity as appropriate.
Monitor the Launch
Use:
- Fundraising for setup gaps, recent gifts, and pending work
- Donations to reconcile external payments and pledges
- Donors for supporter history
- Wishlist for inventory and contribution progress
- The provider dashboard for financial transaction, payout, subscription, or refund management
Before sharing a public support action, verify the profile is public, the provider is connected or saved, the wishlist item is public and still available, and the item accepts monetary donations when funding is expected.