When Cherryfish closed its doors, many nonprofits were left scrambling for a good alternative. Donorbox's industry-leading features make it a great alternative to – and upgrade from – Cherryfish. Read on to learn more!
Cherryfish is closing down. Many charities and organizations that have used the platform for fundraising and managing supporters are now looking for an alternate online fundraising platform.
If you are one of them, this article is for you!
It is crucial for you to make a swift transition into a robust, easy-to-set-up, and supportive fundraising and donor management platform.
Let’s look at how Donorbox is the best fundraising alternative to Cherryfish.
Donorbox is an online fundraising platform that thrives on its simplicity, affordability, and range of features. With recurring donations, unlimited fundraising campaigns, crowdfunding, peer-to-peer fundraising, event ticketing, memberships, text-to-give, and donor management, Donorbox is a one-stop shop for nonprofit organizations.
You can sign up for free – no monthly fees or contracts involved! The platform fee starts at 1.75% for the Standard plan but you can upgrade to Pro at just $139/month which makes your platform fee a flat amount of 1.5% . There’s an additional processing fee for Stripe or PayPal. However, Donorbox allows you to ask donors to cover all these fees to maximize the donation.
We also have two Premium plans to help you scale your fundraising with a flat 1.5% platform fee and exclusive personal support. Learn more about our pricing here.
Our payment processing partners Stripe and PayPal ensure that your donors can donate via credit/debit cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Venmo, ACH bank transfers, and other payment methods.
Whether you were running crowdfunding campaigns, selling tickets via Cherryfish, or encouraging supporters to fundraise for you, Donorbox is the best alternative to keep the ball rolling and continue receiving donations!
Here is a list of the most important reasons why Donorbox is your best alternative to Cherryfish –
Let us now have a look at the list of features that make Donorbox the best choice for your organization.
Moving from Cherryfish to Donorbox can be flawless for any organization. We offer an array of fundraising as well as donor management features to help you successfully raise money and acquire and retain more donors.
Nonprofit events are essential in raising money and generating revenue through ticket sales. Cherryfish offered ticketing capabilities with an event platform. So does Donorbox.
Our event ticketing tool is simple to use. You can create an online event page and add an event description to it. You will also be able to set a ticket-buying deadline and highlight it on the page.
Next comes adding ticket tiers. On Donorbox Events, you can add unlimited ticket levels. You will also be able to add tax-deductibility for each ticket level. The calculation is done automatically on the tool when you input the fair market value and the tax rate. This helps buyers know how much of the ticket amount will be tax deductible for them and builds trust in your organization.
The ticketing form is quite easy to use. Your purchasers can also make donations from the form. They will be able to pay using their credit cards or Apple Pay. You have the ability to ask buyers to enter their preferences or other information through a text field on the form.
The Donorbox event ticketing form is also embeddable on your website. It is up to you to use the Donorbox-hosted event page or embed the form on your website.
Additionally, you can fully refund the ticket price amount if the need arose.
Check out this example of an event ticketing form hosted on Donorbox.
Nonprofits can create crowdfunding campaign pages on Donorbox and customize them to their liking. They can add their logo, colors, images, campaign descriptions, and videos to the pages. The page also includes a goal thermometer, a popup donation form, an updates tab, and a donor wall.
The popup Donorbox donation form ensures a neat look on the page. People can select from suggested donation amounts and quickly complete a donation. The updates tab lets you add campaign updates to the page which can inspire more donations. In addition, a virtual donor wall helps add social proof to your crowdfunding page. As visitors see others supporting your campaign, they’d feel an urge to donate.
Donorbox crowdfunding pages include a subscription button for potential donors and visitors to sign up for updates. This helps convert your visitors into supporters. Your donors are automatically added to your subscribers’ list. You can choose which updates you want to send to your subscribers right from the page.
Crowdfunding pages on Donorbox also come equipped with social media sharing buttons that encourage people to share your campaign with their networks.
Here’s an example of a successfully running crowdfunding campaign on Donorbox.
You can create unlimited fundraising campaigns on Donorbox. As soon as you sign up and create a donation form, your fundraising page gets automatically created. You can customize this page with your logo, choice of colors, description, images, and videos to ensure the page is aligned with your nonprofit brand.
These pages are hosted on Donorbox and are easy to share with your audience. Just add the link to your website or social media accounts or your email marketing pieces to redirect people to the donation page.
You can add a goal thermometer, virtual donor wall, social media sharing buttons, and a background image to these pages as well. With so many customization options, it remains one of the most popular Donorbox features for nonprofits to quickly raise money for their needs.
Organizations that used Cherryfish for turning their crowdfunding campaigns into peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns need not worry. With Donorbox, you can do just that (even more)!
Donorbox Peer-to-Peer lets you turn any fundraising campaign into a peer-to-peer fundraising one. It’s as simple as toggling a switch.
You can invite your supporters by inputting their email addresses and names. Your invitees will receive emails from Donorbox guiding them to create and customize their own fundraising pages. You can also add a button to your original campaign encouraging visitors to start fundraising for you. On Donorbox, you also have the ability to approve such campaign requests.
If you’re wondering where all the donations go, don’t fret – donations from all peer campaigns go to your original peer-to-peer campaign!
Here’s an example of one of the most popular and successful peer-to-peer campaigns on Donorbox.
And the following is one of its top peer campaigns.
Donorbox donation forms include recurring intervals for you to create a strong donor base and a steady income stream for your organization.
While creating the donation form, all you have to do is select which recurring intervals you would like to include. You can also add the one-time donation option to your form.
On Donorbox, you get weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly recurring intervals. Having these options on the form encourages your potential donors to turn into regular supporters. With targeted marketing and personalized communication, you can also convert your one-time donors into recurring ones.
The Donorbox recurring donation form can be embedded into your website or used as a popup. Here’s how Muso Health did it –
Create a Recurring Donation Form
You can create monthly or annual membership campaigns on Donorbox. You’ll be able to add unlimited membership tiers to the membership form. It’s also easy to manage your members and membership payments at the backend.
As you know, a well-crafted membership campaign ensures that you have a loyal supporter base for your nonprofit. Donorbox makes it easy for you. Either embed the form in your website (just copy and paste the code) or use the Donorbox-hosted membership campaign page. Here’s an example of the latter.
Donorbox integrates with leading CRM tools such as Salesforce, Blackbaud RE NXT, and HubSpot ensuring your donor and donation data can be synced and used for significant organizational tasks. You can also connect to 2000+ applications including Google Sheets, Airtable, QuickBooks Online, Slack, Active Campaign, etc. via Zapier.
Our seamless integration with MailChimp helps boost your email marketing efforts. Donorbox also partners with Double the Donation to give you a chance to double your donations.
Donorbox Donor Management automatically stores your donor and donation data as soon as a donation is made. Our supporter database includes your donors, members, and your event ticket buyers – all in one place for your convenience!
Donorbox also lets you apply advanced filters such as location, donation frequency, donation amount, number of donations, time frame, campaign name, etc. to segment your supporters, as shown below.
You can add and keep track of any communication notes on each donor record, which helps personalize your communication pieces in the future.
Additionally, your donors also get to log in and manage their donation plans and receipts. They also can QuickDonate to repeat a donation to your organization.
With Cherryfish shutting down, organizations would want to get back on track as soon as possible. No worries! Getting started with Donorbox takes nothing but a quick signup process and a couple of simple steps.
For more information and help, we suggest that you refer to this step-by-step guide.
You can also watch this visual tutorial guide to start fundraising right away!
The Donorbox support team is always there for you every step of the way!
Organizations that used Cherryfish’s crowdfunding, event ticketing, and other fundraising features to raise money have no reason to worry at all! Donorbox is here to help.
And if you’re wondering how smooth the transition will be, our prompt support team and list of guides will assist you on the way.
Don’t wait – sign up and start raising funds today!
80,000+ organizations in 96 countries have chosen us for their fundraising and donor management needs. Make A Wish International, Honnold Foundation, and other prominent organizations have embedded Donorbox recurring forms or set up fundraising pages to raise money online.
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Chirasree Bose is the Content Editor at Donorbox. Apart from editing and writing, what holds her interest the most is reading books. Chirasree loves to explore the world of fiction and has authored some books herself. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
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