S2Member for Ministry Donations

Is s2Member appropriate for the following situations or would an eCart system be better:

1. Our ministry offers “Child Sponsorship” opportunities where a donor signs up for a recurring charge of $X.XX per month. There is nothing that we provide online….they simply come to our website to sign up for their sponsorship.

2. Accepting one time donations to our ministry?

Thank you!

Keith Godfrey

Hi Keith,

s2Member can handle both of those scenarios. You can use the recurring subscription feature of s2Member to offer Child Sponsorships. When someone signs up, you can show a simple “thank you page” instead of using the content protection features of s2Member.

For one-time donations, you can use the Specific Page/Post Buy Now buttons to offer a one-time donation. The Page/Post would simply describe what the donation is for. If you want to allow your donors to enter their own donation amount (as opposed to creating a button with a pre-defined amount), you can do that too with a little customization (see this thread on the old forum: http://www.primothemes.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=1604).

Let us know if you have any other questions.