The GiveWP Square add-on allows you to accept credit card donations directly on your website using the Square payment gateway. Accept one-time or recurring donations with Square.

INTRODUCING SQUARE FOR ONLINE DONATIONS

Already using Square to accept donations in person? Now you can also accept donations online quickly and easily using the same system you’ve already come to know and love.

Square has a very simple merchant fee policy. Every transaction is charged 2.9% plus $0.30 with NO monthly charges at all. You can also accept many types of cards and payment types:

WHY USE SQUARE TO ACCEPT DONATIONS

The Square add-on allows your donors to enter their credit card details during the donation process without ever having to leave your site. This results in a better giving experience for the donor and more successful conversions for you.

SQUARE RECURRING DONATIONS

The GiveWP Square gateway is compatible with our Recurring Donations add-on.

• Empower donors to manage and update their subscriptions
• Offer flexible giving frequencies like daily, weekly, monthly, annually
• Automatically sync subscriptions via Stripe webhooks

The power of our Recurring Donations add-on combined with the reliability of the Square payment gateway are the perfect pair.

END-TO-END ENCRYPTION

From the time the donor enters their credit card, the data is encrypted until it reaches Square’s processing environment. The donor’s sensitive data never touches your server. And it’s all preconfigured, with no additional steps necessary.

FAST DEPOSITS

Get your money faster with Square’s deposits as soon as the next business day. Square also offers instant or scheduled same-day deposits for an additional small fee. Keep an eye on your funds with real-time updates about your donations.

FRAUD DETECTION

Square uses machine learning to analyze every payment in their ecosystem. This helps prevent fraud regardless of the number of donations you are accepting. Ultimately, this means you can be more confident your online donations are less subject to fraud than many other less sophisticated payment gateways.

REFUND DIRECTLY THROUGH GIVEWP

We’ve built in the functionality to process refunds for donations right into the add-on. Simply update the payment status to “Refunded” and check the option to also refund the payment at Square. This will process the refund via the Square API quickly and conveniently.

SQUARE GATEWAY REQUIREMENTS

• A valid Square account
• An SSL Certificate and your site configured to HTTPS. Read our Resource on that here.
• Connecting your account to the Give Square partner app to process secure transactions.