GiveSimp.ly

#1

Post by orchdork10159 » Wed, Jan 02, 2013, 10:52 AM UTC

GiveSimp.ly allows churches to quickly and easily manage charitable giving and online donations.

Re: GiveSimp.ly

#2

Post by 1tw » Wed, Jan 02, 2013, 11:57 AM UTC

This looks like it'd be useful for any group that relies on donations from members, public collections, &c. - seems odd to limit the number of potential users by pitching exclusively to churches.

Re: GiveSimp.ly

#3

Post by charliesome » Wed, Jan 02, 2013, 12:35 PM UTC

Site is down

Re: GiveSimp.ly

#4

Post by hendi_ » Wed, Jan 02, 2013, 12:35 PM UTC

1tw wrote: post #2

This looks like it'd be useful for any group that relies on donations from members, public collections, &c. - seems odd to limit the number of potential users by pitching exclusively to churches.

I guess the idea behind this is that it's way easier to attack a vertical niche than trying to go horizontal.

Re: GiveSimp.ly

#5

Post by JosephRedfern » Wed, Jan 02, 2013, 12:59 PM UTC

Down for me.

  CheeseHammer:~ josephredfern$ curl -o- http://givesimp.ly/
  curl: (7) couldn't connect to host

Re: GiveSimp.ly

#6

Post by MichaelApproved » Wed, Jan 02, 2013, 1:06 PM UTC

If you're just looking to accept donations on Wordpress using Stripe, there's a great plugin called WP Stripe[1].

I've made my own enhancements[2] that you should check out if you like the plugin. My extended version isn't listed in the Wordpress directory but you can find it on github[3]

[1]http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-stripe/ [2]http://michaelapproved.com/articles/a-wordpress-plugin-to-ac... [3]https://github.com/MichaelApproved/wp-stripe

Re: GiveSimp.ly

#7

Post by MichaelApproved » Wed, Jan 02, 2013, 1:07 PM UTC

JosephRedfern wrote: post #5

Down for me. CheeseHammer:~ josephredfern$ curl -o- http://givesimp.ly/ curl: (7) couldn't connect to host

I briefly checked out the site before it went down. IIRC it's a SaaS CRM for donors. They charge $25/month and up to manage and accept payments.

Re: GiveSimp.ly

#8

Post by afandian » Wed, Jan 02, 2013, 1:09 PM UTC

Lybian?

Re: GiveSimp.ly

#9

Post by ctek » Wed, Jan 02, 2013, 1:28 PM UTC

Great niche idea however why isn't the site targeting specific keywords to drive traffic?

Re: GiveSimp.ly

#10

Post by kijin » Wed, Jan 02, 2013, 1:33 PM UTC

1tw wrote: post #2

This looks like it'd be useful for any group that relies on donations from members, public collections, &c. - seems odd to limit the number of potential users by pitching exclusively to churches.

Agreed. Their almost exclusive emphasis on churches seemed odd, because the service looks like it could be useful for virtually any dot-org.

In fact, I wondered for a few seconds whether the site was accessing my browsing history in some way, because I recently had a church for a client and filled up my history with church-related things as a result. Nope, no tracking besides Google Analytics.