Currency – 1 Year later?

Hi Willas,

Yes this feature is indeed not yet present, I am still working on that major update I mentioned but it is taking longer than expected. The problem is that I am developing this plugin in my spare time on a voluntary basis and need to prioritize certain features/fixes over other things. I am however currently very actively working on Kudos Donations and intend to move it forward.

Just to help me understand. Can you describe to me how you would like to use this feature? Is it on a per-donation basis or on a campaign basis for example?

Thanks for your understanding and I hope to have a solution for you in the near future.

Kind regards,

Mike

Hi,

I understand, I’d like it per a donation. I prefer to use Mollie rather than Stripe as the fee’s as generally cheaper and I operate using GBP

Hi Willas,

Thanks for the feedback. I looked into allowing currency selection per donation a while ago and came across a few issues with it. It sounds simple enough and in many ways it is simple to implement since Mollie allows you to set the currency per donation. However the issues arise when dealing with campaign totals and progress.

For example, you set a goal for your campaign in GBP but a user donates in EUR, in order to show an accurate total for that campaign (and accurate progress) you will need to convert EUR into GBP. I will then need to add a way of finding the current EUR to GBP exchange rate (which changes in real time) in order to show an accurate total. I would then need to get this exchange rate for all possible combinations of currencies and this would need to be updated regularly. There is no simple or free way of doing this and I am not sure it is a good idea to add this level of complexity.

An easier solution would be to allow you to select a target currency for the campaign and let the donor’s payment method handle the conversion to the target currency when paying. This ensures that each campaign has only one currency to deal with and avoids complicated conversions.

Kind regards,

Mike

Hi Willas,

Since I haven’t heard back from you I am going to close this question. Please feel free to get in touch if you have any other suggestions or questions.

Kind regards,
Mike