DonateMate
DonateMate has received mixed reviews from users. While some users have praised the app for its ease of use, seamless integration, and responsive customer service, others have reported issues with fraudulent donations and chargeback fees. Positive themes include easy installation, support for local nonprofits, and responsive developers. On the other hand, negative themes include concerns about scamming, fraudulent donations, and financial implications for the store owners.
So far, this has opened me up to a lot of scamming, and I'm being charged the chargeback fees once a bank fraud claim is issued. So Shopify is making $0.35 on every $1 donation, the donation is not being caught by Shopify fraud detection and instead automatically fulfilled, the real person disputes and I'm charged $16. My store will go broke very quickly at this rate.
Thank you for sharing this — we take fraud concerns seriously and understand how frustrating chargebacks are. Card testing fraud is unfortunately a growing issue across all Shopify stores, not just those with donations. Fraudsters use small transactions to validate stolen card numbers, and because donations are typically low-value, they can slip past Shopify's built-in fraud filters. We'd love to help you get this under control. A few things that can help immediately: • Setting a minimum donation amount to make card testing less attractive • Enabling Shopify's bot protection on your storefront • Reviewing your payment capture settings We've reached out to you directly with more detailed steps. We're committed to helping you resolve this — please don't hesitate to reply. — Ben, Founder of DonateMate
we are having fruadelent donations, daily.
Thank you for reaching out — we're sorry to hear you're dealing with fraudulent donations. That's incredibly frustrating. We've looked into this and it appears these donations are being added via direct cart access (Shopify's cart API), not through the DonateMate widget. Unfortunately, this is a broader Shopify storefront issue where bots can add any product — including donation products — directly to the cart, bypassing all on-page widgets. If you'd like more assistance you can reach out to me directly at [email protected] or you can contact Shopify Support.
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