Provide the most convenient giving experience for your givers.
Offering digital giving is the fastest way to engage your givers. Through a click or text, they can support your ministry organization in minutes!
BUT, what if we told you you could make it even easier for your givers?!
Enter: Recurring Giving. Givers who make a gift to your church or organization can choose to make their gift recurring, meaning it will automatically draft at a frequency they choose. They no longer need to text or click weekly or monthly.. they simply give faithfully, automatically. That's a convenience win for them, and a budget planning win your ministry! 🙌🏽
🛑 Still struggling to confidently speak about Recurring Giving? 🛑
Before reading on, consider these helpful resources:
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A sample script to help you know exactly what to say: God commands generosity.. you're just the messenger!
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Boost your confidence with this pep talk on "thank yous & transparency": honesty is always is the best policy.
Aside from communicating well, we want to help you keep Recurring Giving at the forefront of your givers' hearts and minds.
Here are two ways to easily foster Recurring Giving on your Giving Form:
Way #1: Make Recurring Giving the Default Option
Givers may not realize they can set up recurring giving through your giving form. To ensure that they do not miss this opportunity, you can set your giving form to default to the recurring tab.
Here's How to Make Recurring Giving the Default Option
1. Head to your giving form's Form Properties:
2. then to the Payment Tab:
3. Be sure that the Enable recurring payments is checked:
4. Check Set default payment type to Recurring:
5. Click Done. Be sure to always Save & Publish any changes you make to your form.
Way #2: Prompt Giver to Make their Gift Recurring
Regularly remind givers that they have the option to set up Recurring giving by activating a gentle prompt to appear after they've made a one-time gift from their account. You can even set at what point this prompt appears to your givers.. after their first gift, third gift or fifth gift.
Here's How to Prompt Giver to Make their Gift Recurring
1. Head to your giving form's Form Properties:
2. then to the Payment Tab:
3. Be sure that the Enable recurring payments is checked:
4. Check After submission, prompt user to make a one-time gift a recurring gift?:
You can even customize the Prompt Text and how often you would like it to appear to your givers.
5. Click Done. Be sure to always Save & Publish any changes you make to your form.
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