This is awesome. I'd like to see more companies and startups work with Watsi to bring awareness to doing social good (especially when you don't have to lift a finger to do any of the hard stuff, these collaborations are making it easy for normal people to do good). Not to mention the desserts look amazing. Kudos.
No problem, we'll make it happen! For anyone that wants to, order on the site, and afterwards send an email to daniel at watsi.org with the following info for each package: 1) recipient's name, 2) recipient's shipping address, and 3) gift card message, and we'll deliver the gift(s) by 12/16/2013.
Something I hope watsi does in the future: gift cards.
Sometimes, for friends, I like to make charitable donations in their name. It would be nice if I could give them $100 watsi credit, and then let them choose the distribution of it.
The other $25 goes to pay the wholesale price of the desserts (normally $50, but Goldbely is providing them at cost to support patients on Watsi) and Watsi/Goldbely are covering the cost of the card and shipping.
Thanks for replying - I interpret "proceeds" as "gross proceeds" so was confused; it might be slightly clearer to say "net proceeds" or "profits". Either way, very cool idea!
Is the donation certificate a receipt for tax purposes?
(I'm just buying this for myself, those marshmallows look unbelievable. Great advertising for goldbely!)
This site is asking for my credit card but I don't see any SSL or VeriSign insignia. I want to support this cause but I never provide a credit card on a non-secured site, am I being paranoid or misunderstanding something here?
If you inspect the source, you'll see that the form where you enter your credit card is an https site in an iframe. That will protect you against a passive MITM attack, which is what most people worry about when submitting credit cards to a website.
Good catch. While the site isn't served over SSL, the actual Wufoo form is. And Stripe (who we're using to process the payments) only allows payments over SSL (https://stripe.com/help/ssl) so your information is safe.
Admirable, but this doesn't really help the scenario where the outer page is intercepted and modified to serve a different iframe. (This is a common attack on pages that e.g. serve login forms over http, even though the form submits to https. Just change the form in-flight.)
Those snacks look delicious -- "A handpicked gift box of top Goldbely desserts from around the country" -- does it include the exact snacks pictured, or are they just examples?
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Sometimes, for friends, I like to make charitable donations in their name. It would be nice if I could give them $100 watsi credit, and then let them choose the distribution of it.
http://youtu.be/JJvbZZWt9g4
Thanks for buying :)
Currently: "100% of the proceeds will be donated to fund medical care for patients on Watsi."
Suggest: "$25 will be donated to fund medical care for patients on Watsi."
That's not what the term means, and musise of poisons the well for all honest correct-speaking charities and their beneficiaries.
Just say "$25" or "50% of proceeds", and don't mislead customers.
Edi: looks like you already changed it to "$25". That's refreshing in its direct honesty. Thank you for doing the right thing.
Currently: "100% of the proceeds will be donated to fund medical care for patients on Watsi."
Suggest: "$25 will be donated to fund medical care for patients on Watsi."
I get to donate to charity and familiarize myself with an interesting company, all without having to exert a whole lot of effort. Simple. I like it.
Great idea though!
Can I expect an upcoming blog post: How I hacked conversions by berating my customers.