Simple Sponsorships vs Accept Stripe Payments

Simple Sponsorships is a complete Sponsorships manager plugin where you can: accept sponsor requests receive payments from approved sponsorships manage and display Sponsors create different sponsorship packages If you want to handle payments differently, you can disable them and instruct sponsors with detailed information on how you will accept payments. This plugin can help you manage your sponsors, sponsor requests and all other related sponsor data. How this plugin works? A potential sponsor comes to your page. It goes to the Sponsor Page (it will create a /sponsor page), Fills the Sponsor Form and you get an email, A Sponsorship is created which you can then approve or reject, Once the Sponsorship is approved, the Sponsor is created from the provided information, If you want to accept payments through your site, you can use PayPal and the Sponsor will use it to pay for Sponsorship, Once paid, the Sponsorship will become active and the Sponsor can be added to a content Simple Sponsorships, to handle Sponsors, is composed of different types of data: Sponsors – can have more than 1 sponsorship. Edited and managed as regular posts, pages and similar, Sponsorships – connected to a sponsor and a package. Holds payment data, Packages – packages are like products in a shop. A sponsor can choose a package to purchase and then the Sponsorship is created. Use Cases Podcast Site You have a podcast site where you accept Sponsors for your episodes. Each month has 2 episodes. 1 year (season) has 24 episodes in total. 1 Episode sponsorship is $100. You don’t accept sponsorships for one episode but you actually have different packages: Half Season: You create a package with a quantity of 12 and the amount of $1200. Full Season: You create a package with a quantity of 24 and the amount of $2400. Early-Bird Full Season: You create a package with a quantity of 24 and with a lower amount of $1800. Once a sponsor pays for the Half Season, that sponsor will get an additional available quantity of 12. You can now assign this sponsor to 12 new episodes. Event/WordCamp Site You have a WordCamp site where you accept Sponsors for the WordCamp, a single event. There are different ways people can sponsor your event and what they get for it. So here are some of the sponsorship packages you can create Platinum: enter and explain this package. This sponsorship is a huge one and it will give the most exposure. The quantity is 1 and the amount is $5000. Gold: Gold sponsor has less exposure than platinum but still, they even get a place in the WordCamp venue where they can show what they do. Quantity is 1 and the amount is $2000. Freelancer: This sponsorship package is suited for people who want to get a little more exposure in the Thank you note of the WordCamp. The Quantity is 1 and the amount is $150. Each sponsor will get an additional available quantity of 1, but you can still show them anywhere with the shortcodes. Since this sponsorships are global on the whole event, you don’t have to assign them to a content. Planned Features Some of the planned features to be implemented soon: Package availability – option to disable a package from being purchased anymore. Still active, but can’t be purchased anymore. Ability to add more packages to a single sponsorship (Sponsor can choose more than 1 package option) Add more gateways Setup Wizard – for a better 1st time setup

The Stripe Payments plugin allows you to accept credit card payments via Stripe payment gateway on your WordPress site easily. Easily add Stripe ‘Buy Now’ buttons anywhere on your site using a simple shortcode or block. The plugin also supports accepting donations via Stripe. Enable seamless one-click payments via Stripe with a built-in “Remember Me” feature for faster repeat transactions. The plugin is designed with a fully responsive layout, ensuring compatibility across all devices and browsers. After completing a payment, customers are automatically redirected to a “Thank You/Checkout Result” page, where they can view detailed information about their transaction, including the purchased item. All transaction details are securely recorded in the plugin’s “Orders” menu. You can conveniently review and manage your payments and orders directly from your WordPress admin dashboard. For enhanced security, credit card details are never stored by the plugin or your site. All payments are processed directly by Stripe and securely stored in your Stripe account, utilizing their state-of-the-art security measures for credit card handling. Checkout Demonstration Video Setup and Usage Video Features Quick installation and setup. Easily take payment for a service from your site via Stripe. Sell files, digital goods or downloads using your Stripe merchant account. Sell music, video, ebook, PDF or any other digital media files. The ultimate plugin to create simple Stripe payment buttons. Create buy buttons for your products or services on the fly and embed it anywhere on your site using a user-friendly shortcode. Ability to add multiple “Buy Now” buttons to a post/page. Allow users to automatically download the digital file after the purchase is complete. View purchase orders from your WordPress admin dashboard. Accept donation on your WordPress site for a cause. Create a stripe payment button widget and add it to your sidebar. Ability to collect billing and shipping address of the customer. Ability to specify a logo or thumbnail image for the item that will get shown in the stripe payment window. Ability to customize the Stripe buy now button text from the shortcode. Ability to customize the Stripe buy now button appearance using custom CSS code. Ability to specify a custom description for the item/product (this info is captured with the order). Option to configure a notification email to be sent to the buyer and seller after the purchase. There is an option to allow the customer to enter a custom price amount for your product or service (customer pays what they want). Option to accept custom donation amount via Stripe payment gateway. Option to collect tax for your products (if applicable). Option to collect shipping for your tangible products. Option to configure region based shipping additions for physical products. Option to save the card data on Stripe. Ability to have custom thank you page on a per product basis. Ability to customize the message on the thank you page using tags. Ability to customize the price display with currency symbol. Ability to use a link URL to create custom payment button for your products. Option to send receipt email to your customers from Stripe for each transaction. Option to collect a custom input from your customers for products (useful if you are selling products that need special instructions from the customers). Stock control option. You can limit the number of quantity available for a product. Option to enable Alipay payments. So your customers can pay using their Alipay accounts. Option to enable Terms and Conditions that your customers have to accept before they can make a purchase. Ability to configure variable products. You can charge different amount for different options of the product. Ability to create “Authorize Only” products. Authorize and place a hold on the customer’s card, then capture the funds at a later time. Option to enable extended authorization for Stripe payments (if supported by your Stripe account). Option to display a security badge and message on the payment form. 3D Secure payments compatible. Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) Compliant. Browse the plugin documentation to learn more about the features of this plugin. The setup is very easy. Once you have installed the plugin, all you need to do is enter your Stripe API credentials in the plugin settings and your website will be ready to accept credit card payments. You can run it in test mode by specifying test API keys in the plugin settings. Shortcode Parameters/Attributes This plugin offers a shortcode and a block that allows you to create a ‘Buy Now’ or ‘Pay’ button for accepting payments. First, create a product in the plugin’s admin dashboard. Then, use the provided shortcode or block to embed a buy button for that specific product. Check this tutorial for step by step instructions. Detailed Documentation For detailed documentation and instructions please check the WordPress Stripe Payments Plugin documentation page.