I'm trying to create a charity that helps children who were forced into prostitution in countries like Cambodia, live a better and more productive life. Many of these children were found living in wooden cages like animals and only let in order to have sex with their Western clients, and not surprisingly quite a large number have been infected with the HIV virus or have developed psychological problems that will affect them for the rest of their lives. Setting up this charity is going to take time as I have learn about the regulations pertaining to registering a business as a charity. Nothing is simple in our bureaucractic country. Although my goal is to lean on the generosity of small to medium businesses to raise finances, I'm hoping that I will also be able to setup a website where the general public will be able to make contributions via the internet. The payment should be made by credit card and and the amount is purely up to them. Where do I begin? I want to keep the costs of the website down to a minimum and have decided to use a very attractive template, which I found on the internet, that I can modify and update myself. So the actual design won't be a problem, I'm just not about the ecommerce element?? Any help would be much appreciated. My goal is to keep things as simple as possible.
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Just do a web search for ecommerce language, where language is the language you want it in. Php is probably most common, and you'd need some knowledge of Javascript for the client-side code. (ecommerce php returns over half a million hits, so you should find something.) I'd suggest PayPal to start (there are scripts for it), since a merchant account (taking credit cards directly) will cost you. If you need help with the coding, there are probably some high school students out there who need community service credit, so you should be able to find help. And, if you're in the US, don't forget to register as a 501(c)(3).
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