thanks, but I found the details.. there is one organization that is allowed to offer donations by texting by all of the cell phone carriers. it is the mobile giving foundation http://mobilegiving.org/ They have it set up so that they handle the money and receipts..but then contract out interaction and support with the charities to a group of 5 other companies they are listed on that website. You contract with one of these other groups, who set you up with the mobile giving foundation. Cost is about $500 a month, and fees are about .10 for each $5 donation with the first 2,500 donations a month free.
it isn't practical to ask for credit card numbers by text - nobody would text credit card numbers. The advantage to using texting is the ease and security At 04:41 PM 2/2/2009, you wrote: >Al, > >There are other options. The only problem that >you'll run into is the payment. My day is mostly >spent using Coldfusion for texting campaigns >like yours (but usually a bit more complex), so >I can testify that it is easy to get a message >from the service center and return it. > >The problem is with the payment: It's a very, >very, very bad idea to ask people to send credit >card numbers over texting, and the only way to >actually bill the payment is a) ask them for a >credit card number over text, or b) sign up with >a service that allows direct-to-billing on the user's phone account. > >So you can certainly use CF and a short code >provider and SMS gateway for under $50 a month, >but how are you going to bill them? > >On a side note for CF, I'd stick with a provider >that uses an HTTP API or SOAP. Trying to deal >with SMTP or SNPP gateways (or SMSC Event >Gateways, like is included with CF Enterprise) is really quite loathsome. > >Hope that was of some help... > > >Hi > > I run a nonprofit brain tumor charity.. and I had an idea for a > >fundraiser where we get a lot of people to send us a text message > >that acts as a $5 donation to our organization. > >Has anyone implemented a system in coldfusion where people can text a > >payment to you? > > > >I looked at a few places online.. some have turn-key systems, but > >charge way too much. I was hoping to be able > to accomplish it with CF coding.. > > > >There is a little sample script at > >http://www.clickatell.com/developers/fusion.php and the macromedia > >website has a sample on how to set up a sms gateway and send and > >receive messages > >but I am not sure of any of the details like how do you set up the > >phone number, what information do you get and have to save, do you > >send back receipts, which place has the best pricing? > > > >http://www.usshortcodes.com/csc_obtain_pay.html talks about it > >costing $500 to $1000 a month just to get the "short code" phone number.. > > > >thanks > >Al > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:318760 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
