Wix Donations: Adding and Setting Up Wix Donations

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Add Wix Donations to make it easy for site visitors to donate to your cause. Create as many donation campaigns as you need and customize each one to suit your goals.

Screenshot of donation page on a website for an animal shelter with Wix Donations

Learn more about creating a fundraising website.

Notes:

To accept donations on your site, you must upgrade your site with a plan and connect a payment provider.
To accept recurring payments from donors, set up a payment method that supports recurring payments.

Step 1 | Add Wix Donations

To get started, add the Wix Donations app to your site.

Wix Editor

Editor X

Studio Editor

Go to your editor.
Click Add Apps on the left side of the editor.
Search for the Wix Donations app in the search bar.
Click Add to Site.

Screenshot of the Wix App Market in the Wix Editor, shown adding Wix Donations

A blank donation form is added to you homepage. Note that you can always add additional forms (see Step 5 below).

Step 2 | Create a donation campaign

For each type of donation you want to request, you can create a separate campaign. For example, if you run an animal shelter, you can create a campaign for dogs and a separate one for cats. You can choose whether each one has the same donation frequency, suggested amounts, and so on.

To create a campaign:

Go to Wix Donations in your site's dashboard.
Click Create Campaign.
Enter a Campaign name.
Tip: This name appears on the Checkout Page and in your donor's email confirmation.
(Optional) Enter a campaign image:
Tip: The image appears next to the campaign name in the checkout.
1. Click the Image icon.
2. Select or upload an image and click Add to Page.
Select the frequency options you offer donors:
Tip: Choose from one or more of these options: One time, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly.

Screenshot of the part of the Wix Donation creation form where you select a frequency

Enable or disable the Give donors suggested amounts to choose from toggle.
If you enabled the toggle in step 6, select the donation amounts you display:
1. Type the first amount in Suggested amounts and add a comma.
2. (Optional) Add additional amounts.
(Optional) Let donors enter the amount they want to donate:
1. Click the Let donors enter their own amount toggle to enable it.
2. Enter a minimum and maximum donation amount.
(Optional) Enable the Notes from donors toggle.
Tip: You can change the note title in Step 4 below.
Click Save.

Step 3 | Display the campaign on your site

Now that you have at least one campaign, you can display it on your site. You can connect one campaign to a donation form.

Tips:

When you add Wix Donations, a donation form is added to your site. You can cut and paste it to move it to another site page.
If you accidentally deleted the donation form, you can re-add it (see FAQs below).

To display a specific campaign in a donation form:

Click to select the donation form in the Editor.
Select which campaign you want to display:
1. Click Choose Campaign.
2. Select a campaign from the Campaign drop-down.

Note that after selecting a campaign, the form title is still "Make a donation". You can edit the name and description in the next step.

Screenshot of a Wix Donations form in the Editor

Step 4 | Customize the donation form

Now that you created a campaign, you can customize it to suit your business needs and your site's design.

To customize the donation form:

Edit the default "Make a Donation" title:
1. Click the donation form in the editor.
2. Click the title field.
3. Click Edit text.
4. (Optional) Enter a new title.
5. Use the text settings options to customize the font.
Add a campaign description:
1. Click the donation form in the editor.
2. Click the description field.
3. Click Edit text.
4. (Optional) Enter a new description.
5. Use the text settings options to customize the font.
(Optional) Hide campaign elements:
1. Click the donation form in the editor.
2. Select the Elements icon .
3. Deselect the checkboxes next to elements you want to hide.

Wix Donations customization options with Elements outlined.

(Optional) Select default donation options:
1. Click to select the donation form in the editor.
2. Select the Settings icon .
3. Choose the frequency and amounts you want preselected as default options.

Wix Donations customization options with Settings outlined.

(Optional) Select layout options:
1. Click to select the donation form in the editor.
2. Select the Layout icon .
3. Drag the slider to adjust the padding.

Wix Donations customization options with Layout outlined.

(Optional) Select design options:
1. Click to select the donation form in the editor.
2. Select the Design icon .
3. Click Background.
4. Select design options from the available customizations.
  Tip: These design options affect the entire form, not the elements in the form.

Wix Donations customization options with Design outlined.

Customize individual elements in the form:
1. Click the donation form in the editor.
2. Click an element (e.g. a frequency option).
3. Customize the element using the available options.

Screenshot of the Wix Donations form in the Editor with the Frequency Element selected.

Tip:

Some elements have sub-elements in them. For example, you can click to select a frequency option to edit the background color, then click again to select the frequency text and edit the font.
Screenshot of the Wix Donations form in the Editor with the Frequency Element TText selected.

Screenshot of the Wix Donations form in the Editor with the Frequency Element TText selected.

Step 5 | Display multiple campaigns on your site

If you collect donations for multiple campaigns, you'll need to display multiple donation forms on your site - one for each campaign.

If you want your donation forms to have a similar look as well as similar settings, save time by copying and pasting a form you already set up. Otherwise, you can start from scratch with a new, uncustomized form.