Beacon

Accept payments for donations, memberships, and more.

Collecting payments

Accept one-off and recurring card payments on donation, membership and event forms

Accepting Stripe payments

Creating your GoCardless account, connecting to Beacon and modifying your subscriptions

GoCardless Direct Debits

Process payments with PayPal by connecting your account to Beacon

PayPal

Connecting your Stripe account and enabling Apple Pay in Beacon

Accepting payments through Apple Pay

Connect your Zettle account to automatically add donations to your Beacon account

PayPal Point of Sale app (aka Zettle)

Collect browser payments via Stripe - connecting your Stripe account and enabling browser payments in Beacon

Accepting payments through Google Pay

Accepting Euro payments from European member countries - enabling Euro currencies and SEPA

Accepting payments through SEPA Direct Debit

Payment methods

Have your direct debit payments flow automatically into Beacon - requirements for transferring and how to transfer to GoCardless

Transferring Direct Debits to GoCardless

Changing direct debit or Stripe subscriptions, switching between direct debit and card, or updating existing membership payments

Changing payment methods or amounts for regular donations or memberships

Changing Stripe & GoCardless subscription amounts in bulk

Changing subscription amounts or card details, and cancelling subscriptions in Stripe

Change or cancel a Stripe subscription

Subscriptions and memberships

How to store and find donations made by an anonymous donor

Working with anonymous donations

Keep track of your standing orders by automatically creating expected payments in Beacon

Managing your standing orders

Choosing how to store non-monetary gifts in Beacon

Managing gifts in kind

Tracking forms with Google Analytics

What is it, what's affected and what do I need to do?

Strong Customer Authentication (SCA)

Additional

Configure your financial year in Beacon for accurate reporting

Financial years

Enabling split payments, splitting subscriptions, and running imports

Splitting payments

Keep a fixed record of your payment history - how they work and what's affected when you lock payments

Locking payments

Finance element

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