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Collecting payments

Accept payments for donations, memberships, and more.

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Written by Chris Houghton, Ben Cook, David Simpson and 2 others

Changing Stripe & GoCardless subscription amounts in bulk

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Written by Chris Houghton. Updated this week

Accepting Stripe payments

Accept one-off and recurring card payments on donation, membership and event forms
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Written by Ben Cook. Updated over a week ago

GoCardless Direct Debits

Creating your GoCardless account, connecting to Beacon and modifying your subscriptions
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Written by David Simpson. Updated over a week ago

Working with major gifts

Manage prospects through each stage of their gift journey
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Written by David Simpson. Updated over a week ago

The payments record type

What to use each field for and how to add new payment records
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Written by Chris Houghton. Updated over a week ago

Accepting payments through Google Pay

Collect browser payments via Stripe - connecting your Stripe account and enabling browser payments in Beacon
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Written by Luke Marlowe. Updated over a week ago

Changing payment methods or amounts for regular donations or memberships

Changing direct debit or Stripe subscriptions, switching between direct debit and card, or updating existing membership payments
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Written by Ben Cook. Updated over a week ago

PayPal

Process payments with PayPal by connecting your account to Beacon
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Written by Gareth Lemon. Updated over a week ago

Accepting payments through Apple Pay

Connecting your Stripe account and enabling Apple Pay in Beacon
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Written by Chris Houghton. Updated over a week ago

Accepting payments through SEPA Direct Debit

Accepting Euro payments from European member countries - enabling Euro currencies and SEPA
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Written by Chris Houghton. Updated over a week ago

The payout record type

Group your payments to represent money received into your bank
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Written by Chris Houghton. Updated over a week ago

Automating your standing orders

Keep track of your standing orders by automatically creating expected payments in Beacon
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Written by Ben Cook. Updated over a week ago

Managing gifts in kind

Choosing how to store non-monetary gifts in Beacon
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Written by Ben Cook. Updated over a week ago

Keeping track of anonymous donations

How to store and find donations made by an anonymous donor
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Written by Chris Houghton. Updated over a week ago

Financial years

Configure your financial year in Beacon for accurate reporting
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Written by Chris Houghton. Updated over a week ago

Splitting payments

Enabling split payments, splitting subscriptions, and running imports
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Written by Ben Cook. Updated over a week ago

Strong Customer Authentication (SCA)

What is it, what's affected and what do I need to do?
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Written by Ben Cook. Updated over a week ago

Locking payments

Keep a fixed record of your payment history - how they work and what's affected when you lock payments
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Written by Chris Houghton. Updated over a week ago

Tracking donations with Google Analytics

Setting up Google Analytics in Beacon
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Written by Ben Cook. Updated over a week ago