Donation as a type of product allows a user to donate a sum of money. It behaves as a standard product and can be offer stand-alone or with various product options. However, you cannot put a donation into a bundle or select it as a product option.

 

Donation as a type of product has the following special properties:

 

 

•Minimum donation - the minimum sum of money that the user can donate.

•Maximum donation - the maximum sum of money that the user can donate.

•Allow private donation - indicates whether the user is allowed to donate privately. If true, the option is displayed during the purchase process when adding the product into the shopping cart (the user will thus not be present in public donation lists, reports etc).

 

Further in this topic you will learn how to create and buy a donation and how to view donations reports:

 

Creating a donation

 

To create a new product of this type, go to CMS Desk -> E-commerce and on the ribbon click New product. You will be redirected to the New product page. From the Product type drop-down list choose Donation, set your product properties as required by filling in the form fields and click Save.

 

 

Buying a donation

 

From the point of view of the customer, there is no difference in the way donations and any other types of product are bought; i.e. donations can also be bought by going through the standard checkout process.

 

Reporting donations

 

In Kentico CMS, you can view also donation reports. If you decide to do so, navigate to CMS Desk -> E-commerce -> Reports and from the Reports tree choose Donations. You can select to view all donations at once or you can select to view public and private donations separately. However, individual donors are displayed in the list only when the order containing the donation is paid.