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Global & local ways to pay—without you opening each gateway
Donations without gateway signup
Accept Donations Without Payment Gateway Headaches
Many people and organizations never get past Stripe, PayPal, Flutterwave, Paystack, or Pesapal setup. Fundolar removes that wall: run donations on WordPress, generate standalone payment links for supporters without websites, and manage everything in Fundolar Central. Payments are verified against real gateways before completion, then routed to your bank with clear reporting.
At a glance
Built so more supporters can actually pay you
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One shortcode live on your site · [fundolar_donate]
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Straightforward platform fee—shown beside every gift
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Missions, creators, charities—whoever needs donations to land in the bank
Why it works
Stop losing donors before checkout
When payment setup is the bottleneck, the mission waits. Fundolar pairs a WordPress experience your supporters trust with Fundolar Central doing the heavy lifting—so you reach people in more places, with more payment options, without becoming a payments expert.
Giving that fits every supporter
Preset amounts, custom gifts, and currency choices—so more people can say yes, wherever they are.
Your story, your look
Donors stay on your site and your brand—no generic third-party checkout that feels like someone else’s product.
See momentum at a glance
A simple dashboard view of recent support—so you always know what’s coming in, without digging through menus.
Answers when finance asks
Completed, pending, failed, and refunded gifts in one place—so reconciliation isn’t a scavenger hunt.
Peace of mind for your connection
Sensitive setup stays on the admin side—your donors never see keys or credentials, only a smooth path to give.
Checkout that feels effortless
Fast, mobile-friendly giving—because hesitation on a small screen often means a lost donation.
Standalone payment links
Create short payment links for campaigns, share them anywhere, and accept support even when you do not have a full website.
Only confirmed payments are counted
Donations are recorded as successful only after gateway confirmation, so your totals reflect real completed payments.
One account for profile, KYC, and payouts
Manage identity verification, bank account setup, and payout preferences from organized account settings tabs.
Embed and share easily
Use copy link, share actions, and embed snippets to place your payment experience on pages, social channels, and partner sites.
Payments
More ways to pay—without more accounts for you
You’re not stuck applying to each processor or wiring up APIs yourself. Fundolar Central connects the methods donors already use—cards, PayPal, mobile money, and regional options—so supporters in different countries aren’t turned away by thin local infrastructure. Every gift is tracked the same way: what they gave, our documented fee, and what flows toward your organization.
When you need splits or subaccounts, your underlying providers may offer those controls in their own dashboards—Fundolar keeps your totals and fee breakdown consistent so you always know what each donation meant for your bank balance.
Reality check
Why teams choose Fundolar as a GiveWP alternative
If your real pain is “I can’t get approved for Stripe or PayPal” or “I don’t have the time to wire up every local gateway,” you need a system that runs payments for you—that’s what Fundolar Central is for. For context, GiveWP is a capable, widely used fundraiser; their public pricing and add-on catalog show a pattern many sites outgrow: core giving is free, then capabilities stack as paid extensions or annual plans. Below is a fair summary of what their own pages disclose (April 2026) — not a knock on quality, just the economics of a modular storefront versus one path to many payment methods and a single place to get paid. Read the full GiveWP alternative guide for migration steps and FAQ.
Common friction (per GiveWP’s public site)
- Gateways behind plans or SKUs. Their comparison chart lists “All Payment Gateways” starting at the Basic plan — $149/year at the time we reviewed givewp.com/pricing. Many processors (Square, Mollie, Razorpay, Authorize.Net, Braintree, and more) are also sold as individual gateway add-ons.
- Extra fee on “free” Stripe. GiveWP states that Stripe on the free plan includes a 2% platform fee on one-time donations (see their pricing asterisk and FAQ) — in addition to normal processing costs.
- Add-on sprawl & renewals. Recurring gifts, PDF receipts, fee recovery, peer-to-peer, CRM and email connectors, and many gateways each carry their own product page — typical $79–$199 per add-on when bought à la carte, per their pricing FAQ. More parts to install, license, and renew.
- Updates tied to subscription. Their FAQ explains that if a paid license lapses, you lose access to add-on updates and priority support — while the free plugin keeps working, paid extensions can fall behind on patches.
Fundolar’s approach
- We run the payment layer. You don’t need to own or configure Stripe, PayPal, Paystack, Flutterwave, Pesapal, and the rest on your own—Fundolar Central processes on your behalf; you connect your bank to receive funds.
- 7+ ways to pay, one WordPress plugin. Cards, PayPal, mobile money, and regional rails ship in the same GPL package—so you’re not shopping for separate gateway add-ons from us.
- One documented platform fee. Fundolar records a 3.5% platform fee next to gross and net—stated upfront, not buried in a catalog of upsells.
- GPL-2.0-or-later. Inspect, fork, or extend the codebase—the same license WordPress shops already trust.
Trademark & accuracy. GiveWP™ is a trademark of Liquid Web, L.L.C. Dollar amounts and plan names come from GiveWP’s public pricing and FAQ pages and may change without notice. Fundolar is independent and not affiliated with GiveWP or Liquid Web. GiveWP offers deep campaign and donor CRM features Fundolar does not claim to replicate — choose the product that matches your roadmap.
Simple path
Four steps to donations in your bank
Add Fundolar to WordPress
Upload and activate the plugin—put a professional donation form on any page in minutes.
Connect Fundolar Central
Create your organization in Fundolar Central, paste your site key under Fundolar → Settings, and add your bank details in Central. No Stripe, PayPal, or regional gateway accounts required on your WordPress site—that’s the whole point.
Publish your donation form
Drop [fundolar_donate] wherever your story lives. Supporters give on your domain; Fundolar Central handles cards, PayPal, mobile money, and more behind the scenes.
Receive payouts
Gifts flow through Central to your bank account. Track balances and settlement in Central; see summaries and history in WordPress whenever you need them.
Transparency
Know exactly what each gift means
We charge a 3.5% platform fee on completed donations—documented next to every transaction so you’re never guessing:
- What your donor intended — the amount they saw at checkout.
- Fundolar’s share — 3.5% to keep the platform and roadmap moving.
- What belongs to you — the remainder attributed to your organization in reporting.
Trust
Built so you—and your donors—can relax
- Controls where they belong. Only trusted admins can change payment settings or sensitive options.
- Donations submitted safely. Public giving requests are verified so random scripts can’t abuse your form.
- Reporting you can stand behind. Transaction lists are built to reduce mistakes when you review numbers.
- Secrets stay private. Connection details are protected in storage when your hosting allows encryption.
Stop letting payment setup silence your cause
Join Fundolar Central, add the WordPress plugin, and give supporters worldwide a clear way to give—while you focus on impact, not merchant applications.
Contact
We’re here for everyone who needs donations to work
Charities, creators, community groups, schools—if payment gateways have blocked you before, we want to hear from you. Partnerships, press, technical questions: use the form below, call our support line, chat with us on WhatsApp, or email info@fundolar.com. We aim to reply within one business day.
Fundolar HQ
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Product
WordPress donations powered by Fundolar Central—collect globally, get paid to your bank without juggling gateway accounts. -
Web
Plugin ZIP: fundolar.com/plugin/fundolar.zip -
Support line
+1 (587) 997-8714 — account help, billing, and technical support. Available during business hours (Toronto time). -
WhatsApp
Need assistance? Message our team on the same support number. Chat on WhatsApp +1 (587) 997-8714 -
Email
info@fundolar.com — partnerships, press, and detailed inquiries; enterprise requests routed same day when possible.