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2017-09-24 at 1:27 AM UTCWhy Your Church Giving Is In Decline
7 Reasons Why Church Giving Is In Decline
They Way People Donate Has Changed. Yet the way churches accept donations has not.
Did you know that recent studies have found that giving to churches is down while overall charitable giving has increased? There are many factors that can affect giving at your church and this is not a definitive article on every reason. We’ve done our homework, and we believe we can help churches reverse these trends when it comes to online donations.
You’re Relying Too Much on Cash & Checks
80% of people carry less than $50 cash on them
Giving has changed substantially in the past 10 years. In that short time, we have seen mail circulation decline by half, online purchases soar and our country move to a near cashless society. 80% of people carry less than $50 on them with 10% of people carrying no cash at all. Checks now only account for 7.8% of transactions and are declining by nearly 10% every year.
You’re Requiring Donors To Create Accounts
Most Churches give their donors these screens before they can donate.
If Your Giving Process Begins With A Login Screen, You’re Losing Donations.
Recent studies show that 23% of people will abandon their online transaction when forced to register an account. Yet the vast majority of churches require their donors to create accounts BEFORE giving. Every GivingFuel donation page can be completed in one step without creating an account or logging in. *If a donor wants to manage their payments later, they simply “claim” their account.
Your Giving Page is Unbranded
32% of donors consider the look and feel of a donation before donating
Donor trust is a major factor that affects donations. 32% of people consider the professional design of the page to determine whether or not it is trustworthy. If your donation page doesn’t look like your own website, or worse, looks like a service provider, then you are losing donations. GivingFuel pages are made to look exactly like your own website to give donors a seamless experience.
If Your Giving Page Doesn’t Match Your Website, You’re Losing Donations.
Your Giving Process is Too Many Steps
Here’s how the leading church giving solutions guide your first time donors.
18% of transactions are lost after the first step.
If your donation process is multiple pages or requires donors to go to an appstore first, you are losing donations. 18% of online transactions are abandoned if it is more than one step. You also can expect to lose 10% of donors for each and every additional step required along the way. GivingFuel has the shortest donation process in the industry.
Your Giving Isn’t Easy On A Phone
40% of your online donations are being attempted from phones.
Mobile Internet Browsing Has Surpassed Desktop Browsing
Just because your donation page is viewable from a phone doesn’t mean your are participating in mobile giving. The majority of of all web browsing is now happening from a smartphone. Statistics are showing over 40% of transactions are happening from a smartphone. Your giving page must be made for smartphones and mobile giving.
Your Giving Page is Not (or doesn’t feel) Secure
55% of donors will abandon the transaction if they encounter an error.
23% of people look to verify a sites integrity and security before entering their payment information
Running into even the smallest of hiccups can be a huge disruption for today’s easily distracted donors. Running into errors or complications during a payment process, not only breaks a bit of the trust gained through the aesthetics and security of your page; but it also results in frustrations and inconvenience for your donor.
Your Recurring Options Are Not Convenient
Donors are requiring more choice and flexibility for their recurring giving than ever.
Donors are picky when it comes to start date, interval and end date
Today’s church givers want to make their donation coincide with their own personal income date and frequency interval. You are losing donors if you do not provide a future start state for giving and nor giving intervals beyond monthly contributions. Donors today are increasingly choosing weekly, bi-weekly and quarterly intervals for their giving.
GivingFuel Was Created To Help Churches Raise More and Keep More.
Raise your first $5,000 FREE.
Then choose one of our stellar flat rate packages and go raise more money than ever before.
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Post last edited by Joe Kane at 2017-09-24T01:29:23.186624+00:00 -
2017-09-24 at 1:32 AM UTC
Originally posted by Joe Kane Why Your Church Giving Is In Decline
7 Reasons Why Church Giving Is In Decline
They Way People Donate Has Changed. Yet the way churches accept donations has not.
Did you know that recent studies have found that giving to churches is down while overall charitable giving has increased? There are many factors that can affect giving at your church and this is not a definitive article on every reason. We’ve done our homework, and we believe we can help churches reverse these trends when it comes to online donations.
You’re Relying Too Much on Cash & Checks
80% of people carry less than $50 cash on them
Giving has changed substantially in the past 10 years. In that short time, we have seen mail circulation decline by half, online purchases soar and our country move to a near cashless society. 80% of people carry less than $50 on them with 10% of people carrying no cash at all. Checks now only account for 7.8% of transactions and are declining by nearly 10% every year.
You’re Requiring Donors To Create Accounts
Most Churches give their donors these screens before they can donate.
If Your Giving Process Begins With A Login Screen, You’re Losing Donations.
Recent studies show that 23% of people will abandon their online transaction when forced to register an account. Yet the vast majority of churches require their donors to create accounts BEFORE giving. Every GivingFuel donation page can be completed in one step without creating an account or logging in. *If a donor wants to manage their payments later, they simply “claim” their account.
Your Giving Page is Unbranded
32% of donors consider the look and feel of a donation before donating
Donor trust is a major factor that affects donations. 32% of people consider the professional design of the page to determine whether or not it is trustworthy. If your donation page doesn’t look like your own website, or worse, looks like a service provider, then you are losing donations. GivingFuel pages are made to look exactly like your own website to give donors a seamless experience.
If Your Giving Page Doesn’t Match Your Website, You’re Losing Donations.
Your Giving Process is Too Many Steps
Here’s how the leading church giving solutions guide your first time donors.
18% of transactions are lost after the first step.
If your donation process is multiple pages or requires donors to go to an appstore first, you are losing donations. 18% of online transactions are abandoned if it is more than one step. You also can expect to lose 10% of donors for each and every additional step required along the way. GivingFuel has the shortest donation process in the industry.
Your Giving Isn’t Easy On A Phone
40% of your online donations are being attempted from phones.
Mobile Internet Browsing Has Surpassed Desktop Browsing
Just because your donation page is viewable from a phone doesn’t mean your are participating in mobile giving. The majority of of all web browsing is now happening from a smartphone. Statistics are showing over 40% of transactions are happening from a smartphone. Your giving page must be made for smartphones and mobile giving.
Your Giving Page is Not (or doesn’t feel) Secure
55% of donors will abandon the transaction if they encounter an error.
23% of people look to verify a sites integrity and security before entering their payment information
Running into even the smallest of hiccups can be a huge disruption for today’s easily distracted donors. Running into errors or complications during a payment process, not only breaks a bit of the trust gained through the aesthetics and security of your page; but it also results in frustrations and inconvenience for your donor.
Your Recurring Options Are Not Convenient
Donors are requiring more choice and flexibility for their recurring giving than ever.
Donors are picky when it comes to start date, interval and end date
Today’s church givers want to make their donation coincide with their own personal income date and frequency interval. You are losing donors if you do not provide a future start state for giving and nor giving intervals beyond monthly contributions. Donors today are increasingly choosing weekly, bi-weekly and quarterly intervals for their giving.
GivingFuel Was Created To Help Churches Raise More and Keep More.
Raise your first $5,000 FREE.
Then choose one of our stellar flat rate packages and go raise more money than ever before.
CONNECT WITH US
BE AWESOME AT FUNDRAISING
20,000 People From Organizations Around The World Read Our Posts. Get our posts in your inbox each week.
Post last edited by Joe Kane at 2017-09-24T01:29:23.186624+00:00
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2017-09-24 at 1:33 AM UTCYes you did don't lie
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2017-09-24 at 1:35 AM UTC
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2017-09-24 at 1:36 AM UTC
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2017-09-24 at 4:10 AM UTCYou're still not gonna get any money donated to you by anyone here.
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2017-09-24 at 4:12 AM UTC
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2017-09-24 at 5:28 AM UTCI need an EIN number anyways
