Add Venmo as a payment method
Venmo is a mobile app for payments and other money transfers. It can appear as a payment method on Give Lively for eligible users and devices.
Before you get started
Video Overview
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Before you get started
Video Overview
Walkthrough
Before you get started
Video Overview
Walkthrough
Before You Get Started
Your nonprofit must have integrated its PayPal merchant account with Give Lively to accept Venmo payments.
Video Overview
Walkthrough
Venmo appears automatically as a payment method for one-time donations on Give Lively's new payment form, but only as long as your nonprofit is integrated with PayPal on our platform. (It is not yet available on the first-generation payment forms currently used on Event Ticketing and Team Fundraising pages.)
Venmo, which is owned by PayPal, is powered by our integration with PayPal. In order to be eligible to show and accept Venmo as a payment method, a nonprofit need only have integrated its PayPal merchant account with Give Lively.
Important notes about Venmo
Optional payment processor
PayPal (and, by extension, Venmo) can only be added as an optional, additional donation-processing method. All other payment methods (credit/debit, ACH etc.) will be processed via Stripe.
Payment processing fees
Venmo payment processing fees are identical to those associated with PayPal. While there is no cost to setting up a PayPal account or integrating it with Give Lively, PayPal charges a small transaction fee to manage the donation process. This fee is subtracted from the donation. There is a discounted base rate for qualified nonprofits that register with PayPal. See more on our PayPal integration page.
As with PayPal, donors paying with Venmo can choose to cover payment processing fees during checkout.
Some eligibility restrictions
As mentioned above, your nonprofit will automatically show and accept Venmo as a payment method once it has integrated its PayPal merchant account with Give Lively. That said, once activated, the Venmo payment option is only displayed to US-based donors using a supported device: a laptop/desktop, an iOS platform using a Safari browser or an Android system using a Chrome browser.
Money flow
Funds collected through Venmo are managed through a nonprofit’s PayPal account in the same manner as other one-time PayPal payments.
Data reporting
You will see Venmo payments marked as “venmo” in all data reports that indicate a payment method.
The donor experience
Paying by Venmo on an eligible mobile device
- A US-based donor chooses the “Venmo” payment option to give to a nonprofit that is integrated with PayPal on the Give Lively platform.
- The donor is automatically directed to the Venmo app to complete the payment in the app.
- Upon completion, the donor is redirected back to the usual thank-you screen on your Give Lively-powered fundraising page.
Paying by Venmo on a laptop/desktop
- A US-based donor chooses the “Venmo” payment option to give to a nonprofit that is integrated with PayPal on the Give Lively platform.
- A QR code appears and the donor scans the code with an eligible mobile device.
- The donor is automatically directed to the Venmo app to complete the payment in the app.
- Upon completion, the donor is redirected back to the usual thank-you screen on your Give Lively-powered fundraising page on their laptop/desktop.