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Givelane
Donation forms and donor records for small nonprofits on WordPress
- Score
- 45
- confidence 38
- Evidence
- 3
- items on the page
- Rivals
- 1
- named in sources
- First version
- 30 d
- estimate
- Type
- Desktop and mobile
- PWA: on computers and phones alike
- Market since
- 2015
- Established market · AI estimate
ScreensConcept
Desktop and mobile: Nonprofit staff set up and manage donor records and campaigns on desktop, while donors complete giving transactions on their phones. Sample screens on a computer and a phone, in the proposed brand. Their numbers are sample data.
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About this appAI proposal
Givelane lets a nonprofit, church or individual fundraiser take donations on a WordPress site without configuring a payment plugin. Connect your payment account, paste one embed snippet, and a donation form appears on any page. Donors give once or monthly in a few taps on their phone.
Every gift lands in one donor list and a receipt is emailed automatically. Campaigns show progress toward a goal, and a volunteer can read the dashboard without training. Givelane runs as a separate app, so it adds no weight to your site and does not depend on plugin updates.
It is built for small teams with no developer. The material shows an established WordPress donation plugin, over eleven years old with open issues. Givelane targets the setup and day-to-day management work that a plugin leaves to the site owner.
- Tagline
- Take donations on your WordPress site without the setup headache.
- Voice
- warmplaintrustworthy
- Why this name
- Give plus lane: a clear, direct path from a donor's intent to your cause. Two plain syllable groups, easy to say aloud and spell.
In the first version
Members say which features they would use. It tells PWAS what people want; it changes no score.
One-snippet WordPress embed
Paste a single snippet or shortcode into any page. No settings maze, and the form stays current without plugin updates.
No member yet
Guided payment setup
A checklist walks you through connecting a payment account and sending a test gift, with plain-language fixes.
No member yet
One-time and monthly giving
Donors pick an amount, a frequency and a fund in one short form built for phones.
No member yet
Automatic receipts
Donors get an emailed receipt with your organisation details right after each gift.
No member yet
Brand identityAI proposal
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Take donations on your WordPress site without the setup headache.
PricingAI proposal
The material gives no competitor prices. These tiers are a starting point to test, and a small per-gift fee on the free tier could be tested too.
Starter
Free
- One donation form
- One-time and monthly gifts
- Automatic receipts
- Donor list with CSV export
Organisation
$29 a month
- Unlimited forms and campaigns
- Goal progress bars
- Cover-the-fees option
- Donor notes and tags
- Email support
Network
$79 a month
- Several sites or chapters
- Team roles
- Custom receipt branding
What it could be worthEstimate
What a software business making this much sells for today, from real deals. Pick a monthly revenue.
If it makes
Worth about
$194,000
Sale range $132,000 to $263,000
$120,000 a year in revenue
From 87 software businesses listed and sold on Empire Flippers in the last year, revenue vetted by the broker: they sell for about 19× their monthly revenue, most between 13× and 26×.
Measured on profit, the middle deal is 32× monthly net profit: about 2.7 years of profit.
An estimate, not an offer or financial advice. A real price depends on profit, growth, churn, how much of the work is the owner's, and the buyer.
How it would growAI proposal
How the product would reach new customers through its own use, and how the first ones would be found. A plan to test, not a result.
- Built-in loop
- Visible inside customers’ products. Each donation form and progress bar on a customer's site carries a small 'Powered by Givelane' link on the free tier. Donors and other site owners see it at the moment of giving.
- Do they become customers?
- Donors rarely run a site, but staff at other nonprofits and churches may notice the link. Test whether the badge click-through produces any sign-ups, and whether paid tiers can remove it.
- First customers
- Small churches and local charities with a WordPress site, one part-time administrator and no developer, in one country.
- Where to reach them
- WordPress community groups: Offer help in nonprofit-focused WordPress forums and groups, and demonstrate the embed live.
- Web freelancers for nonprofits: Give agencies and freelancers who build nonprofit sites a referral share on each paid account.
- Church and charity networks: Run short setup webinars with regional associations, then follow up by email.
- First milestone
- Ten organisations live on their own WordPress site, with at least three paying after a 60-day trial.
Why people already pay for this
- VerifiedGitHub repository gained 366 stars in 4258 days
- Public claimGiveWP is identified as the #1 Donation Plugin for WordPress
- AI inferenceThe plugin has significant adoption and community use
Tech stack
Every proposal builds on the same PWA base, installable from the browser on any phone or computer. Dashed boxes are what this app adds.
- AppNext.js and TypeScript
- PWAManifest and service worker
- UITailwind CSS
- Data and authSupabase Postgres
- PaymentsStripe
- EmailResend
- HostingVercel
- This app · Embeddable widgetSmall script and iframe formLets the donation form and progress bar run inside any WordPress page from one snippet.
- This app · Donation paymentsStripe Connect for nonprofit accountsEach organisation receives its own gifts and recurring payments directly.
RisksAI inference
- CommercialAn established WordPress plugin is described as the number one choice; small teams may stay with what works. Switching cost and trust must be overcome.
- RegulatoryDonation receipts, charity registration and fundraising rules differ by country and state; receipt wording may need legal review.
- PlatformRelies on a payment provider's Connect programme and its rules on nonprofit accounts, holds and fees.
- TechnicalAn embed must load fast and not clash with varied themes, caching and security plugins on WordPress sites.
- DataStores donor personal data, so it needs export and deletion tools and careful access controls.
Everything marked AI proposal or AI inference was written by a model from the evidence on the opportunity page. The proposed name must be checked against trademark registers before it is used.