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Charitable PayFast integration

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January 7, 2021

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Unlock Secure, Contactless Donations with PayFast

PayFast’s seamless integration with Charitable creates a powerful donation system that takes just minutes to set up. Donors enjoy a smooth, secure payment experience while you benefit from immediate payouts, recurring donations, and detailed reporting. With built-in security features and automated payment processing, you can focus on your mission while PayFast and Charitable handle the technical details of donation management.

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Top Reasons to Power Your Charitable Donations with PayFast

Instant Payment Integration

Quick and Easy Integration Process

Setting up PayFast with Charitable is quick and easy – anyone can do it! The process is designed to be user-friendly. You won’t need any coding experience or special technical skills to get started.

The whole setup usually takes between 5 to 10 minutes to complete. All you need to do is copy and paste your account details into the right places. Once you’re done, you can start accepting donations through PayFast instantly on your website.

Simple setup process

Minimal technical requirements

Automatic syncing

Enable PayFast payments
PayFast recurring donations

Accept Multicurrency Payments

Secure & Flexible Payments in South Africa

PayFast is specifically designed for the South African market with 18+ payment methods to choose from. You can accept donations in South African Rand (ZAR) as well as foreign currencies.

PayFast uses advanced fraud detection tools and secure encryption to ensure both your organization and your donors are protected. The system automatically flags suspicious transactions and provides real-time verification. 

This powerful combination gives South African organizations a secure, locally-optimized platform for accepting and managing donations of any size, from anywhere in the world.

Multiple layers of security

Accept donations in South African Rand (ZAR)

Multi-Currency support

Secure Regular Donors

Recurring Donations for Continuous Support

PayFast’s integration with Charitable lets your donors contribute to your cause regularly by choosing their preferred amount and schedule.

You can offer various donation schedules including monthly, quarterly, bi-annual, or annual payments.

Worried about more admin work? You can set up automations and you never have to worry about the next payment. We handle all the processing, saving you time and effort on administration.

Flexible recurring schedules

Automated billing

Secure card management

Payment methods supported by PayFast

Payment Methods Supported With PayFast

PayFast integration with Charitable allows you to accept donations through a wide range of payment options popular in South Africa. These include:

  • Card Payments (Visa, Mastercard)
  • Instant EFT
  • QR Code Payments
  • Apple Pay
  • Samsung Pay
  • Capitec Pay
  • SiD Secure EFT
  • Debit Cards (Maestro, Visa Electron)
  • Mobicred
  • Mukuru Pay
  • SnapScan
  • PayPal
  • MTN MoMoPay
  • Scan To Pay (powered by Ukheshe)
  • SCode
  • Store Cards (RCS)
  • Visa Checkout
  • MoreTyme (by TymeBank)
  • Zapper

Learn more about PayFast’s supported payment methods here »

While we try to keep this list updated to the best of our ability, payment methods and support tend to change from time to time. For the most current options, head over to the PayFast official website – we’ve just covered the highlights here so it’s always best to check directly with PayFast!

Payment methods supported by PayFast

Charitable + PayFast Tutorial

Charitable payfast tutorial

Learn how to boost your fundraising efforts by integrating PayFast with Charitable. This step-by-step guide will show you how to set up PayFast as a payment gateway, enable various payment methods, and configure options to maximize your nonprofit’s donation potential.

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Improvement receipts

🗓️ Annual Receipts 2.0: Send Year-End Receipts to Every Donor in Minutes

You can now send annual receipts in minutes with a few clicks to all your donors.

📧 One-Click Bulk Send Wizard that guides you to sending to hundreds of donors simultaneously directly from your WordPress dashboard.

🔍 Smart “Dry Run” Mode: See exactly who will receive a receipt and who will be skipped (and why) before a single email leaves your server.

🛡️ SMTP-Aware & Limit Protection: Charitable now detects your email setup and automatically adjusts batch sizes and pauses for daily limits to ensure your emails land in inboxes.

✅ Complete Audit Trail: Dedicated system log and on the individual donor’s profile, giving you a clear history for every fiscal year.

Stop dreading tax season and start spending that time on your mission. Update to Annual Receipts 2.0 and automate your year-end reporting today.

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🎈Recurring Donations 2.0: Smarter Automation, Better Recovery, and More Control

We’ve completely rebuilt our Recurring Donations system to help you grow your reliable income stream while giving you (and your donors) more powerful tools than ever before.

What’s New:

🔒 Recurring-Only Campaigns: You can toggle “Recurring Only” mode in the campaign builder to hide the one-time option entirely, ensuring your supporters stay focused on long-term commitment.

📧 Automatic Payment Recovery: Our new Payment Failed Email fires automatically the moment a subscription fails.

🛠️ Self-Service Donor Control:The new Cancel Subscription Button appears directly in the donor dashboard, allowing supporters to pause or end their recurring gifts on their own terms—reducing your admin burden and payment disputes.

📊 Real-Time Revenue Insights: Track your growth, monitor active subscriptions, and see exactly how much predictable support is coming in each month at a glance.

Our new Recurring Donations addon gives you the professional-grade tools you need to grow your mission.

Campaigns New

🧡 Modal Donate Button: Turn Any Click into a Contribution

Instead of redirecting users to a new URL, the lightweight Modal Donation Button allows donors to complete their gift in a sleek, focused popup, keeping them engaged with your content while they support your cause.

What’s New:

  • Zero-Friction Giving: Open your donation form in a responsive modal overlay. Donors stay on the same page, reducing drop-off.

  • 🖱️ Place it Anywhere: Use the dedicated WordPress block or a simple shortcode to drop a donate button into sidebars, footers, or even mid-sentence in your storytelling.

  • 🎨 Full Design Control: Match your brand perfectly with customizable background colors, hover effects, border radius, and font sizes—all without touching a single line of CSS.

Whether you need a simple “Donate Now” link or a high-converting popup button, the Modal Donate Button gives you the flexibility to raise more with less effort.

donation form Donations New

💵 Mini Donation Widget: Show The Impact Of Every Dollar!

Not every donor who wants to give will navigate to your campaign page. Meet them exactly where they are by placing a fully functional giving experience directly on any page or post.

💬 Show the impact of every dollar: Attach custom messages to each preset amount so donors understand exactly what their gift provides.
🔄 Monthly and one-time giving: Supports a tabbed interface with independent amounts and impact statements for recurring giving programs.
🎨 Match your brand: Easily set accent colors and control size or alignment to fit the widget naturally into your layout without CSS.
⚡ Reduce donor friction: Open the donation form in a modal overlay to keep donors on the page and reduce drop-off.

Donations Live New

👉🏻 Showcase Real Momentum with the Donations Feed

Give your donors a reason to trust. Our new feed lets you display a living, breathing record of people showing up for your cause.

🤝 Build instant trust: Overcome donor hesitation by showing a proven track record of community support.
💬 Highlight donor stories: Display real donor comments and locations to show the human side of your fundraising.
🛠️ Drop it anywhere: Easily add the block to your homepage, campaign pages, or confirmation screens in seconds.
📈 Curate your feed: Group multiple donations from the same person or sort by highest amounts to encourage larger gifts.