Millions of people go online to make donations according to a Pew Internet Survey. If want to reach these donors, can make a free secure donation from using PayPal to accept payments for a charity or to support site. The form will prompt visitor to enter his contact data and either a credit card number or an eCheck to complete the donation. The procedure of setting up this form is very simple.

Step 1

• Make a standard HTML page that informs the potential donors purpose for requesting donations. Add images, testimonials, data about the charity or company, and a plea that particularly prompts the person to "Donate Now." See "Resources" for a link to HTML tutorials.

Step 2

Enter PayPal account and select Merchant Services. Click Buy Now.

Step 3

Click on Donations and agree payment conditions. Enter the name of the company and a ID to recognize the purpose of charity.

Step 4

Determine if want the donor to be able to put his own value or can specify value. Select "Customize advanced features" if want to allow the donor to add a message with his donation, then click "Create Button".

Step 5

Copy paste the code that shown at the end of HTML page. A "Donate Now" link to save donation form should display when checked the page in browser. Check the link to see that it opens to a safe PayPal payment site that has data about donation request. See to ensure that the URL begins with "https."

Step 6

Put the first donation to ensure that the site and donation form is in working condition.