A Merchant Account Designed with Associations in Mind
We understand every association is unique. We work with you to determine the best approach for processing credit cards and transitioning your organization toward an automated, secure, real time payment solution.
Our approach is based on our experience working with 1000+ associations and more than 30 years of cumulative bankcard knowledge. We are your Payment Partner enabling your association to accept credit and debit card transactions in your office or online through your website.
Take Control of Member Payments
The convenience, ease of use and speed of registering and paying online creates a positive payment experience for your members. The result:
- Frequent member visit to your website.
- Timely registration and event payment.
- Greater visibility of other association programs and services.
- Overall - increased member participation.
Members are drawn to your site and are interacting with your organization. Every time a member registers and pays for an event without manually filling out forms, writing a check, and visiting the post office your association creates a positive payment experience.
Program Partners
The AffiniPay "Pay My Association" program was initially developed as a custom solution utilizing the Affiniscape member database platform. Since then, AffiniPay has also provided gateway integration with all major member database platforms, including Cvent, Avectra, Member Clicks, Manexa, and others. Contact AffiniPay to see if your current platform is compatible.
How it Works?
Adding secure online payments to your website requires the correct combination of services. The AffiniPay solution can provide a complete solution from A to Z or just improve part of the solution you currently have.
Six Tips to Create a Positive Payment Experience
for Your Association and Your Members
Tip #1 - Don't pay up front for processing fees.
As an association or non-profit, your credit card processing company should only deduct your processing fees once a month. This method allows for you to receive a daily deposit of the full transaction amount. If fees are taken out from each deposit, reconciliation can be very tough on your accounting team. With AffiniPay, fees are only taken out at the end of the month. If you have $1000 in charges, you have $1000 in deposits to match!
Tip #2 - Don't get labeled High Risk!
Most traditional credit card processing services consider any business that does business on the Internet or doesn't "swipe" a credit card as "high risk." As a result, these businesses pay high processing fees. All AffiniPay partners are pre-qualified as low-risk organizations with the Pay My Association solution. Your secure member payment transactions qualify for reduced pricing.
Tip #3 - Let the Bank Do It - Daily Batching
Check one more task off your daily to do list. The perk of taking member payments online is that all of your daily credit card charges are sent to your bank for automatic deposit.
Tip #4 - Consolidate Reports
Process all your member payments online even if a member submits their payment over the phone, by mail or fax and in person. An online payment gateway consolidates all of your member payments into a single report making reconciliation much easier.
Tip #5 - Prepare for Paperless Transactions
From Baby Boomers to Millennials, the trend is "people prefer to pay with plastic". Your association is clearly a beneficiary of this trend. Instead of waiting for the check to arrive in the mail. Member payments are received automatically and can be deposited into your local checking account within 48 hours.
Tip #6 - Security = Member Peace of Mind
Your members can be confident that their credit card information is secure when their payments are processed through an online payment gateway. The Visa/MasterCard networks use the highest level of data encryption and security protocols available.
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