We're working on finding an easy way to give donors the choice of monthly or quarterly
direct debits, but we haven't got it working quite yet. For now, if you want to donate
by direct debit each month, then you can do so by visiting:
http://directdebit.wikimedia.org.uk/index_monthly.html
Hopefully we'll have a more integrated solution working in the near future.
Thanks,
Mike
On 16 Sep 2011, at 22:59, Chris Keating wrote:
This is fantastic! Well done!
Thank you. We have taken a shortcut, which is to outsource the absolute maximum of the
administration involved in Direct Debiting. Once we are on a firmer administrative footing
we can bring it back in-house if needs be.
Hmmm... I just tried to set up a direct debit and it seems the only
option for the frequency is quarterly. I want to donate monthly. Why
can't I? Obviously, the fees are greater for 3 donations of £2, say,
than for one donation of £6, but I think you'll get a lot more takers
if you offer monthly direct debits for the simple reason that people
tend to be paid monthly.
We are set up for monthly and quarterly direct debits. I'm not quite sure why that
form insists on quarterly, I doubt it will continue to insist after we speak to the
suppliers on Monday, as we have other test forms that are definitely accepting monthly
DDs.
You're right about the advantage of monthly DDs. during the fundraiser we'll test
prompting different amounts/frequencies and different layouts of form to see which gives
us the best long-term income.
Chris
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