How to add an AlertPay donation button to your website

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Posted by Felix Okoli on Friday May 20, 2011 at 5:23:46:

AlertPay is one great way to send and receive money online just like Paypal. The good thing about Alertpay is that it is more affordable, more user friendly and works in most places where Paypal does not work.
Alertpay offers a more flexible way to create selling buttons or forms unlike other form of payment processors where you have to login each time you want to create a button. If you are selling or wish to create a donation button with Alertpay, all you need to do is first register for an Alertpay account and then create the button on your own. The key to this form is using your registered Alertpay email address and so all payments made using the form will get credited to your account.

Well this is a simple way to create a Donation button with Alertpay:

<script language="JavaScript">
function checkIt(evt) {
evt = (evt) ? evt : window.event
var charCode = (evt.which) ? evt.which : evt.keyCode
if (charCode > 31 && (charCode < 48 || charCode > 57)) {
status = "This field accepts numbers only."
return false
}
status = ""
return true
}
</script>

Enter Donation Amount:
<form method="post" action="https://www.alertpay.com/PayProcess.aspx">
<input type="hidden" name="ap_purchasetype" value="item-goods">
<input type="hidden" name="ap_merchant" value="felixokoli@yahoo.com">
<input type="hidden" name="ap_itemname" value="Donate">
<input type="hidden" name="ap_returnurl" value="Thank you page">
<input type="hidden" name="ap_quantity" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="ap_description" value="Your each penny will keep us to continue">
<input type="text" name="ap_amount" value="" onKeyPress="return checkIt(event)">
<select name="ap_currency">
<option value="AUD">AUD</option>
<option value="BGN">BGN</option>
<option value="CAD">CAD</option>
<option value="CHF">CHF</option>
<option value="CZK">CZK</option>
<option value="DKK">DKK</option>
<option value="EEK">EEK</option>
<option value="EUR">EUR</option>
<option value="GBP">GBP</option>
<option value="HKD">HKD</option>
<option value="HUF">HUF</option>
<option value="LTL">LTL</option>
<option value="MYR">MYR</option>
<option value="NOK">NOK</option>
<option value="NZD">NZD</option>
<option value="PLN">PLN</option>
<option value="RON">RON</option>
<option value="SEK">SEK</option>
<option value="SGD">SGD</option>
<option value="USD" selected="selected">USD</option>
<option value="ZAR">ZAR</option>
</select>
<input type="hidden" name="ap_cancelurl" value="your cancelation url">
<input type="image" name="ap_image" src="https://www.alertpay.com/Images/buynow/donate-medium.png"/>
</form>

Now the above code is for people to be able to donate to you from their Alertpay accounts. Now what if you wanted to be able to accept donations from just about anybody as long as they have a credit card? You can do so by enabling credit card payments from within your Alertpay account. For that you will need to submit a website review first by following these steps:

- Log into your Alertpay account
- Go to Business Tools
- Under resources, go to websites
- Click on add websites and add the website from which you want to accept donations
- Add the website or blog
- Wait for approval
- Now people can see the credit card option anytime they click on the donation button

You may also activate Instant Payment notification(IPN) assuming you want to fulfill an order, update your website or do something else once a payment or donation has been successful for instance, publishing the names of your donors on a sponsors page. IPN can help you do that so that sponsors may be able to see their names listed immediately after making a donation on your site

That's about all it takes to get an Alertpay donation button working on your website.

Here is how a finished form looks like and you can test it

Enter Amount: $ AUD BGN CAD CHF CZK DKK EEK EUR GBP HKD HUF LTL MYR NOK NZD PLN RON SEK SGD USD ZAR

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Comments:
Re: How to add an AlertPay donation button to your website Posted by Felix Okoli on Tuesday November 8, 2011 at 17:13:35:

Update:
Alertpay now has an inbuilt donation button you can easily setup from within your account.
This will make it easier and more secure for people wishing to donate to your cause or for website owners wishing to easily setup a donation button with Alertpay. You could receive donations from other alertpay account holders or even credit cards users. It is quite easy and user friendly too.

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