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What should be the basic features to look for in your Fundraising Software?

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What should be the basic features to look for in your Fundraising Software?

When looking for fundraising software, there are several essential features to consider that can help streamline and optimize your fundraising efforts. Here are some of the key features to look for:


Fundraiser:

1. Create Project without Sign Up: Fundraisers should be able to create a project without signing up by entering the Project Title, Funding Goal, Project Description, and other Project details.

2. Share Project once it's created: There should be the availability of a project-sharing feature once it's created over social media like Facebook, Twitter, and Email.

3. Manage Projects: The fundraiser should be able to view the list of projects posted & manage(add/edit/delete) the Project.

4. Search & Filter Projects: There should be a Search & Filter Projects feature in fundraising software in which Fundraisers can search for projects on the portal by entering the Keywords. Fundraisers can add filters for Project Category, Location, etc.

5. Back Projects: Fundraisers should also be able to back other projects and their own also.

6. Manage Backed Projects: Fundraisers should have the option to view the listing of the backed projects.

7. Manage Profile: Fundraisers should be able to update their profile details like Location, Phone Number, Website, Biography, Profile Image, etc.

8. Share their own & other Projects: Fundraisers should be able to share their own and other projects over social media.

9. Manage Withdrawal Request: Fundraisers should be able to request for withdrawing funds & can keep track of the payments.

10. View Donors Listing: There should be a feature of viewing donor listings in your fundraising software.

11. Thank you Email to Donors: Fundraisers should be able to send Thank you emails to Donors.

12. In-Built Messaging: Fundraisers should be able to ask questions to other fundraisers and initiate the chat through it.

13. Save Projects: Fundraisers should save the projects and view them later & should be able to remove them from saved projects.

14. Manage Notifications: There should be an option to receive notifications for the funding and messages which they received & can view/delete the notification.

15. View Recent Activities: Fundraisers should be able to view the recent activities on the website & keep track of the activities.



Donors:

1. Back Projects without Sign Up: Donors should be able to donate funds on the projects which they want without Sign up.


2. Donate Anonymously: Donors should also be able to donate funds anonymously for projects(so their name will not display over the donors listing of that project).

3. View Backed Projects: Donors which have given funding by sign-in should be able to view the list of the projects & can also view details of the projects for which they donated funds.

4. View each Project Details: There should be a feature for viewing project details in which donors can view details of each project which will display the Name of the Project Creator, Name of the project, Video, Pledge, Backers, Location, Campaign, FAQ & Community.

5. Manage Profile: Donors who did sign up should be able to update their profile details like Location, Phone Number, Website, Biography, Profile Image, etc, and also be able to update their password.

6. Search & Filter Projects: Donors should be able to search for projects on the website by entering the Keywords. They can add filters for Project Category, Location & Sorting which will provide the relevant result.

7. Share Projects: They should be able to share projects over social media like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Linkedin, etc. as a helping hand to that fundraiser.

8. Save Projects: Donors should have the option to save the projects and view them later & can remove them from saved projects.

9. View and Follow Project Fundraiser Profile: In fundraising software, Donors should be able to view the Project Fundraiser Profile & follow them.

10. Share own Social Media Profiles: Donors should be able to share their Facebook and Twitter profiles to fundraisers to follow them.

11. Ask a Question: Donors should be able to ask questions related to the projects through the detail page of that project.

12. In-Bulit Messaging: Through asking questions, there should be a feature for donors to initiate a chat with that respective fundraiser.

13. Social Media Sign Up: Donors should be able to sign up and sign in through Facebook and Gmail.

14. View Recent Activities: Donors should have access to view the recent activities on the website which they did previously to keep track of the activities.

15. Donors can be Fundraiser: On this platform, by signing up donors can be a fundraiser also, they should be able to add their projects and can collect funding for it.



Admin:

1. Secure Login: The admin should be able to login securely in the website using Email Address & Password.

2. Admin Dashboard: There should be a feature for the admin to view the dashboard (which will display the total number of counts of Users, Categories, Project Withdraw Requests, etc) & User Statistics.

3. Manage Translation: Admin should be able to update the translation of French Language and also be able to update the strings of the English language.

4. Manage Users: Admin should have access to view a list of users & manage users. Admin should also be able to activate/deactivate Users.

5. Import and Export Users: Admin should be able to Import and Export Users through Excel files.

6. Manage Categories and Sub Categories: There should be a feature to view list of Categories & SubCategories & manage (add/edit/delete) Categories & SubCategories. 

7. Payment History: Admin should be able to view the list of payments done by Donors for the projects and also be able to search the records.

8. Manage Withdraw Requests: Admin should be able to view the list of Withdraw requests & can search withdraw requests using the title, from & to date, etc.

9. Manage Commission: Admin should be able to manage the overall commission for the website which can be deducted from all the projects when donors do the payment.

10. Manage Currency: Admin should be able to view a list of currency &  manage(add/edit/delete) it. 

11. Manage Projects: There should be the option to view the list of Projects so that the Admin can activate/deactivate Projects & can backlist Projects.

12. Manage Project-wise Commission: Admin should be able to add commission for a particular project, so overall website commission will not be applied to that respective project.

13. Share the Projects: Admin should be allowed to share the projects over the websites or admin social media accounts.

14. Blogs Management: Admin should be able to add the blogs & (view/add/edit/delete) each added blog. 

15. Manage Slider: Admin should be able to add the sliders & (view/add/edit/delete) each added slider. 

16. Manage Content: In fundraising software, there should be a feature for the admin to view all the Front End Pages & view/edit the Pages.

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