Release 4.3 added a feature, when a user is registering for event and selects member-only registration type, system suggests to apply for membership (special button appears in the registration wizard). Can you check it and comment if it works for you or not?

Did this ever happen? I don't think this function exists in my updated version. In order to do this for an event we had this summer I had to create separate registrations - Ticket, Ticket with Individual Membership, Ticket with Family Membership. Would have been much easier if they could check off a membership box. Also, had to manually go through the list and make them members in a separate process.

Would love to see this added in the near future.

Wayne

A shopping cart would be a lifesaver! We frequently have folks signing up for a program, & donating or joining at the same time.

It would be great to allow members to check off a donation amount during the annual membership renewal.

No update. For now you can use workaround with extra cost fields with fixed amount (i.e. $5 or $10).

Any update on this issue? I am also very interested in seeing it happen. Is it a short term or long term goal for WA?

Great news. Been waiting for 3 years. We have a single large event each year. Having the ability to membership application during event registration would make lots less work for me.

As Dmitri said, we are going to make some change in the very next release 4.3 (about Oct 2011) where there will be ability to make membership application during event registration and pay for both in the same transaction.

Making donations while registering to event or applying for membership is still a weak point. We will be thinking of that as soon as we process current development queue.

@dseger - thanks, that's a good summary and this is the exact direction we are working in. Will probably ignore the approval thing for starters.

We have a similar organization as alexyaronyc. We gain most of our members by offering discounts to our conference and training events. It would be quite an advantage of our event attendees could join and register with a single payment.

That said, we would need the following:
* Simple. A shopping cart could work if the workflow is obvious for non-tech users. WA does a great job on user flow and that would be key for this as well.
* Separate accounting. The user should be able to make a single payment (single invoice), but internally, there still needs to be two invoice line items that each map to membership & event records.
* Event pricing based on cart contents. If the user includes a membership in the cart, then they can qualify for the lower priced member price for the event.
* Hum - not sure how how you would handle the above bullet if the membership requires approval but the event registration doesn't. You smart guys will figure it out ;-)Thanks - dseger

It's not a question of priority, it's a matter of this feature requiring a big redesign of some internal processes in our system - which might not be obvious at the first glance.

We are working on a design and best case it will be addressed in 4.3, which I would guesstimate for release in September-October. Even then, 4.3 would not provide the full ideal solution to what is being requested but just a first good step to improve this process.

It's disappointing to see this issue hasn't received higher priority on the product development wishlist/roadmap. One would think the ability to offer a combined registration form (with different subevents and registration capacities) would be a fairly common need.

It seemed like this feature could be released in early 2011, but is now delayed. A related post (http://forums.wildapricot.com/forums/308932-wishlist/suggestions/8825548-online-store-5506 ) indicates a feature like this would be included as part of a future version. If version 4.2 is scheduled for May, what's the anticipated roll-out date for v4.3 when can organizations expect this feature? I'm hopeful v4.3 is released prior to August.

Following our initial foray with registration via WA last summer, this feature was identified by our organization's Web committee as a critical need to improving and streamlining the registration process. Not only will it make registration more straightforward for the end user, it should save organizations money on payment-processing transaction fees.

We are having the same issue. I hope that you'll be able to implement a simple solution, as well. The key for us is to allow people to very simply add a donation, while they're already in the mode of sending us money to join our organization. The shopping cart would be fine, as long as the potential donor doesn't have to reenter any of their information. We want to avoid annoying people from whom were asking money!

Thanks.

Yes, 1) is what I want too.

I hope that you continue to work towards this goal. As it stands, we are possibly losing out on a lot of donations because of the lack of synchronicity. If we can make it simpler for our membership to donate as they renew their membership or as they get new membership, it would be very beneficial.

We would appreciate any attention you can give to this problem.

My organization has a similar wish. We currently do everything by paper. We do not have event registrations, but our paper forms for joining and renewing have blanks where donation amounts can be written in (one for each of three purposes). I know we can do a hack in Wild Apricot of including member fields that Wild Apricot treats as extra fees --- not donations, unfortunately --- but we have to fix the amounts, which does not really work well for donations.

We are working toward this but several other pieces has to be put in place first to allow this.

I think an easier way to help our membership make donations is needed. Separate pages create a barrier for us to get donations.

Has this problem been addressed?

Current Behaviour

During the self-service membership renewal process, a member is not presented with an option to donate. The same is the case with membership applications. Desired Behaviour

Include the ability to automatically present the donation form during membership renewals and applications. Why

Improve the number of donations. If presented with the option to donate at application or renewal time, more will choose to do so. If they have to go to a separate page on the website to donate, they won’t do it as often.