NTEN scooped us all with the news that nonprofits are now eligible to use Google Checkout for free (no gateway, processing or monthly fees) until the end of this year2008. And for the low, low rate of 2% and $0.20 per transaction after that! But wait, there’s more. The annoying problem with Google Checkout for nonprofit usage was that it forced donors to go through a shipping screen. They’ve fixed that problem.
If you’re a developer and you’re looking for the API, click here. It’s yet another huge development in the nonprofit space. Kudos again to NTEN for doing it this for us! I may be critical of their web site statistics stance but I’m a loyal member for precisely this sort of reason.
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I wonder how they define “non-profit”
Generally speaking, with Google, you must have 501c3 status. There are exceptions for orgs outside the US or the UK. You definitely can’t fake it either. They don’t consider fiscally sponsored orgs to have 501c3 status.
Can you accept credit cards at an auction via this site, or does each card holder need to register with google?
Well it depends on what you mean by an auction. If you’re talking about the way prosper.com means by an auction where you add money to an existing account and then bid from there, then no, you can’t do that with Google Checkout. There’s no provision for storing money in a Google Checkout account.
If you’re talking about the way eBay does auctions, where the bidders are bound by honor and possibly community opprobrium if they don’t follow through on their winning bids, then yes you can do that with Google Checkout.
can registered charities from the uk be eligible??
thanks
Sorry, mmuk99. I don’t think any charity outside of the US is eligible as Google specifically states that you have to have 501c3 status to use their software.