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Accept Donations with Braintree & Charitable

Last updated on

August 26, 2024

By

Eric Daams

This week we’re excited to launch our latest plugin, a payment gateway integration with Braintree.

What is Braintree?

Braintree is a payment processor created by PayPal. It has global reach, supporting more than 130 currencies and available in 45 countries.

Braintree offers built-in fraud protection, with basic fraud tools available out of the box and more advanced fraud protection available when you need it.

One of the nicest aspects of Braintree for customers is the ease with which you can select your preferred payment method, such as PayPal, Apple Pay or Google Pay.

A video of the Braintree payment form in Charitable

Accept donations in WordPress with Braintree

Our Braintree plugin is designed to provide a seamless integration between Charitable and Braintree. After configuring your Braintree settings, your donors will be able to choose how they would like to pay, with the following payment methods supported:

Credit / debit cards
PayPal
Apple Pay
Google Pay
Venmo

Charitable also supports 3D Secure 2 payments, a vital security mechanism created to protect against fraudulent transactions. If your organization has donors in Europe, 3D Secure 2 will help you stay compliant with Strong Customer Authentication requirements.

Charitable Braintree works with our other popular extensions, including Recurring Donations, Fee Relief and Ambassadors.

Click here to find out more about Charitable Braintree.

Eric Daams

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If your nonprofit serves international supporters, credit cards aren’t always their preferred way to give. With the release of the Braintree addon version 1.3.0, you can now empower your European donors with the payment methods they trust most.

What’s New:

🌍 Six New European Payment Methods: Seamlessly accept popular bank-based options like iDEAL (Netherlands), Bancontact (Belgium), BLIK (Poland), EPS (Austria), Przelewy24 (Poland), and MyBank (Italy/Portugal).

⚡ Frictionless Donor Experience: No manual card entries required. Donors safely authenticate directly with their own bank in a secure popup for lightning-fast contributions.

⚙️ Automatic Currency Sync: Skip complex configuration. The addon intelligently displays the correct local payment buttons based automatically on your site’s currency (EUR or PLN).

Ready to scale your global reach? Update to Braintree 1.3.0 today!

Eric Daams

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What’s New:

⏱️ Live, Real-Time Urgency: Beautifully track days, hours, minutes, and seconds down to your campaign’s deadline w/ live-updating visual countdowns.

🎨 Tailored to Your Look: Choose between Boxed bordered tiles or a clean, single-line Inline display. Match your theme instantly with font and deep color controls.

🛠️ Place it Anywhere: Drop the countdown anywhere you like using the Campaign Builder field, a dedicated Gutenberg block, or a simple shortcode.

🚨 Smart Expiry Actions: Total control over the end state—choose to automatically replace the timer with a custom message, freeze it at zero, and more.

Eric Daams

Whether you’re migrating from another platform or consolidating your records, moving your data to Charitable is now faster and more flexible than ever. We’ve streamlined the process so you can bring over your entire fundraising history in just a few clicks.

🔄 Native GiveWP, Donorbox, & GiveButter Support: Switching from a major platform? Our dedicated migration tools handle the heavy lifting, automatically mapping your donors and donations directly into Charitable—no technical skills required.

📂 Universal CSV Import: Moving from a custom system or a specialized CRM? If you can export it to a CSV, you can import it here. Our smart mapping tool lets you align your columns to Charitable fields like names, emails, phone numbers, and addresses in seconds.

⚡ Instant Donor Profiles & Custom Tags: Automatically create rich donor profiles and bring in custom tags to keep your data organized. Segment and engage your supporters from day one with a clean, professional database structure.

Ready to make the switch?

Check out our GiveWP Migration Guide

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Eric Daams

With the release of Braintree addon version 1.3.0, you can now empower your European donors with the payment methods they trust and prefer, making giving seamless for international supporters.

🌍 Six New European Payment Methods: Support popular local options like iDEAL (Netherlands), Bancontact (Belgium), BLIK (Poland), and more to meet donors where they are.

⚡ Frictionless Donor Experience: These bank-based methods allow donors to authenticate directly with their own bank in a secure popup… no credit card numbers required.

⚙️ Automatic Currency Sync: No complex setup needed. The builder automatically displays the correct payment buttons based on your site’s currency (EUR or PLN), ensuring a relevant experience for every visitor.

Eric Daams

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📱 Social Sharing Optimized: Easily upload images at the perfect size to ensure your campaigns look stunning and professional when shared on social media.

🔍 SEO & Accessibility Ready: Add custom alt text directly within the builder to improve search rankings and ensure your mission is accessible to every supporter.

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