82North on a roll!

Lest you think I have been shirking my duties, things are popping along at 82North! Welcome to many new clients over the past few months (no, not going to name them and mistakenly forget one!), and well as welcome to the new Auto Team Create users. The newest one to come online is the Mental Health Association in De (www.eracingtheblues.com).

Another new tweak in the offerings is a "Bill Me" payment method.

Here is what concerns me in the months ahead: the stock market has taken a nose dive as has the housing market and the general economy. So why does 82North care? Very simple - what is going to happen at the end of the year? Nonprofits receive their annual fund gifts around the end of the year, and with the stocks being so low, I am guessing many nonprofits will be taking a huge decrease in revenue. And that is sad. I am concerned for people's jobs, those whom they serve, and the ripple effect around our communities.

If you know of a nonprofit in a tighter than usual financial squeeze, mention 82North to them. What better way to help than create a mechanism for gift receipt without any human intervention! And event registration, membership - you know the drill. Taking care of those pieces of paper which come through the mail take valuable manual resources. Let the internet save your organization time and money - especially now that you need it the most!

Stop by 82North - oh, that's right, that's how you got here! - and poke around. Blessings to you all!

Now we are cookin'!

Tuesday March 4, 82North switched to a VPS and now has the horsepower to make your experience even better on the site. Check it out!

DonorMarket is using this blog too

so you get to hear all about both companies - well, why not. It is all me anyway.

DonorMarket doesn't have a merchant account yet - everyone turns me down because I helped y'all with using 82N's merchant account. The credit card companies didn't like that, so my name is blacklisted. makes me feel kinda special.

So hang in... just as I am doing...

DonorMarket has a website!

Thanx to Leslie Kedash for the new logo - check it out on www.DonorMarket.org.

Don't use Buy.com!

So who has a Wii? Not me! Using zaptxt.com to get updates when a Wii is available (cuz I hate paying above MSRP on Amazon etc), I got a notification that one was available on Buy.com. I purchased it, gave my cc information, have the receipt. Later that day I get an email stating me credit card information was incorrect. The wrong person to claim that on! I know exactly what credit card information they needed, including billing not home address, and I know they were trying to blame ME for not getting a Wii rather than saying they had oversold.

It is one thing to be blatantly charging you too much, but to then try to say the lack of machine is your fault, not theirs? And of course I emailed them stating nothing was wrong with my cc information!

Anyone hear of customer service? Not at Buy.com!

Thanx for listening, and I personally guarantee that customer service is prompt, courteous, honest, and hopefully 100% accurate at 82North.com!

Like our logo?

82North hired Leslie Kedash to create our logo 4 years ago when we started the business. A huge thank you to Leslie to remind us to put the logo on the new Blogger software!

Google her if you need great graphic design help!

82North and DonorMarket - quite a team!

DonorMarket has received its tax-exempt status!

Why do you care? 82North, the service with the unparalleled software, now can process your tax-deductible monies without your having to have a merchant account. You see, this is where DonorMarket comes in. Using the same software, DonorMarket provides your small non-profit the online capability at a minimal cost; when you become larger and more sophisticated, you can graduate to 82North!

There is NOTHING online that 82North or DonorMarket can't do. If you have found something with the same features at a lower cost, please let us know!