BEFORE YOU LAUNCH your site
In order to best prepare your site for launch, please follow the steps below:
1. Activating your Payment System (optional)
Barefoot WEB uses Stripe to process online donations and payments. Their base rate is 2.9% + 30 cents per transaction. Non-profit organizations can contact Stripe for a reduced rate of 2.2% + 30 cents.
If you want to activate online donations through Stripe, be sure to set up a Stripe Account and add Barefoot (tech@barefootcreative.com) to your team. This will give us access to the information we need to set up Stripe on your website. Once that process is complete and your site is live, you can remove us from your team.
2. Charitable Receipts
In order for Barefoot WEB to issue charitable receipts, we need your full address, the name and position of an authorized signor on the receipt plus a digital copy of their signature, and your charitable number.
Once we have all this information, you will receive an email from Amazon to verify your address. Please verify your email address. This will ensure that donors will receive receipts from you.
3. Website Domain Access
Talk to your current website adminstrator and use the form below to provide the following information to Barefoot:
- Username and Password to your current website domain host
- We will also need the Google Analytics code from your current website
- Active email address for website email verification
4. Payment
You do not need to pay your hosting fee until the above steps are completed and you are confident that your website is ready to launch.
When you are ready to launch, payment of your monthly fee is easy. Choose from a monthly payment or one-time yearly payment. Please ensure you include the name of your organization in the Message box.
5. Next Steps
Once we have received all the above information and your payment, we will launch your site and send you an email. While your site is launching, you will no longer be able to work on your template page. The process can take up to 48 hours, so be sure everything is in order several days before you want your site to be live.
Once live, you can access your site at your new URL by adding /admin (ie. yoursite.com/admin) and using the username and password you have been using for your template site. Be sure to contact us with any questions or issues you may have.