GoFundMe allows you to create personal fundraising pages for just about anything.
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Quick and Expensive
I agree with others that this was a fast and convenient way to raise money, but I also saw 2.9% + $0.30 for "wepay" fees and later realized there is another 5% for the site. WAY too expensive. They also have this nice option to raise money for charity and have it donated directly.....for another 4.5% fee. By the time the money gets to the actual recipient, you're down to like $0.85 on the dollar.
Spam warning gofundme
I donated on this site to a coworkers dad that needed money for medical issues. The next morning I started getting hammered with spam all beginning with the name "doc". I would not recommend this site, there are other more secure sites that don't spam.
Watch this site for bad news !
Sadly this site has been where money has been donated to an apparently fraudulent individual using my card ... without my permission ... using Wepay.com. Verfication of transaction seems to be lacking at some point as the other vendors where my card was used identified this ... I shall report how they resolve this issue. Their first communication is not especially professional.
Kind of Sad.
The site is a great idea, but don't do it unless you have really, really good friends and family who don't judge that you have tons of money because you can afford a few cheap things here and there. Trying this taught me two things. 1) Never ask for anything, 2) I'm not worth 5 bucks to most of my family and friends. So be careful and don't expect too much from people.
Misleading...and expensive...but I couldn't have raised the $ otherwise.
The way I read the website when I first signed up was that 5% was the charge kept by gofundme. I thought that was a little high but needed to raise money quick and it seemed ok. I was wondering why the money they were keeping was more than 5% and how they were getting away with it...PayPal fees in addition to their 5%. They should have specified that. I'd probably have been alright with it. Now I just feel deceived. Having trouble getting them to verify my bank account to deposit funds too now as well.
Agree with the others ... 5% and then PayPal fees ON TOP is too much
An expensive PayPal widget. Should have just created my web page and saved on fees
Doesnt really have all the required features to make it worthy of the high fee IMO
worked
Has a really nice interface and does the job but I thought the 5% fee was pretty high for what it offers
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