Donation Error With New System?

Good morning,

As I’ve said in the past, the PrivacyGuides community means a great deal to me and my life.

I just noticed that a new donation system has been created.

I’m just barely surviving financially but I really want to support this community as best as I possibly can.

I’ve been trying donating for a couple hours now to the new donation system and I just can’t login. I’ve tried using multiple web browsers and no matter what I do it says my account doesn’t exist? :cry:

Sorry if I seem overly nervous but in the past I’ve submitted a donation and somehow it was sent to GitHub even though I wanted to donate to PrivacyGuides. I just don’t want to make the same mistake twice.

Thanks for reading my question.

Dude, if this is the case, focus on yourself first. Donations are not mandatory but appreciated only when you can and do. Even @jonah will tell you that. Being an active member here and helping and participating is another way to contribute.

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I appreciate your reply!

This is something I feel compelled to do.

Also, once I can login to the new donation system, how does donating work? Are there special tiers or special titles that a user receives so that the community knows they’ve made a donation?

You should still be able to donate without issues. Where and how exactly are you trying to donate?

I don’t think so - as far as I know.

I’m sure others will respond letting you know. Give it time.

(good night for now)

I appreciate your reply.

This is the only URL I’ve been trying to donate to: Privacy Guides Fund

I’ve tried 5+ different browsers and it just won’t accept my login username or password and I’m 100% sure I’m using the exact same username and password I use here…

Yeah, last time I did donate, it worked.

Not sure why and what’s causing the issue now/today.

@team - please clarify.

I even tried using my tablet device and still couldn’t login…. :cry:

I’m sorry you’re having issues.

Please contact info@magicgrants.org from the email that you have a donation website account with, and I’ll look into your account.

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I appreciate your reply!

Are you saying I need to create a NEW account for Privacy Guides Fund as in, a SEPARATE account I’m using here to post?

Does it matter what names I enter in “First name” “last name” etc?

For whatever email you’re trying to login in with on the donation site: email me from that email address, and I’ll check on your account.

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magicgrants.org is a separate website with its own account information. You would need to make a new account there if you want to make a recurring donation. Sorry for the confusion, I’ll look into whether we can make this whole account situation more clear.

You shouldn’t need an account there at all to make a one-time donation.

Regarding titles/badges, at this time there are no specific benefits to becoming a member, but this may change in the future.

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I appreciate your replies!

I just wanted to check if the situation has been improved for donating yet?

I’ve been trying to create an account but it’s asking for my real first and last names… Would this appear on my PrivacyGuides profile?

Like I said earlier, the last donation I made wasn’t received by PrivacyGuides and somehow my donation was directed to GitHub…

I don’t have much to give but I want to give as much as I can afford as this place means a lot to me! PayPal/Credit card is fine for me.

Your account on the Privacy Guides forum is different than the (optional) account on the MAGIC Grants donation platform.

If you want to make an account for the MAGIC Grants donation platform, you’ll need to make new login details. You do not need to make this account to donate by credit/debit or by cryptocurrencies.

The first and last name fields are primarily there if you want to receive a tax deduction, so that we know who to address the donation receipt to.

I am working out the details on how to best handle a special membership tier and flair on this form. The core technology for linking works, but the committee proposed a few additional features that we will add before that goes live. Ultimately the approval for that will be their decision. That will work by optionally “linking” your MAGIC Grants donation account to the Privacy Guides forum account to qualify for the special flair. It’s best to wait on getting the membership until it supports these features; currently, a membership is the same as a standard donation.