Does use of a donation button have an effect on fees?

[rdwalk]

 I need to set up a button for recurring donations.  I take it I will need to a button whose cmd is set to  _xclick-subscriptions rather than _donations.  Will this have any impact on the fees charged by paypal?  The site is for a non-profit (501c3).  Will they only get the non-profit rate if we use the _donations cmd.  Or does a non-profit get that rate regardless of the cmd?  

What about situations where the non-profit is selling merchandise to raise funds?  Do they still get the non-profit rate?

Thanks for your help,

Ryan

[PayPal_Olivia]

Hi rdwalk, and welcome to the forums!

It won't matter how the button is set up. Once the non-profit is approved for the charity rate, it should apply to all received payments in the account, since that type of account should only be receiving payments for the purpose of that charity or non-profit.

Here's some info to help you out:

How does PayPal approve charities and nonprofit organizations?

I hope this helps!

Olivia

[Frankwebscout]

Hi there,

I've built a facebook social network portal for the Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles under the paypal account [removed], will any payment (subscription or cookie sale) be listed or categoriesed as a "donation." 

It's an accounting issue they are concerned about.

Thank you!!!

[PayPal_Frank]

Hi Frankwebscout,

Nice name! 🙂  Welcome to the community!

Donation buttons and other social networking widgets do not have to be used for just nonprofits and charities.  They can also be used for fundraising as well.

As you are providing a good (cookies) or service (subscription)  we would not consider the payments to be donations.

I hope this helps! 🙂

- Frank