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OnlineFundraising Zapier integrationAutomate OnlineFundraising with Zapier.

The OnlineFundraising Zapier integration has 0 triggers, 1 action and 0 searches. Its single action sends a text message through smsCPH, so another app starts the Zap and OnlineFundraising delivers the SMS. It runs on the free plan.

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Overview

What the OnlineFundraising Zapier integration does for your campaigns

The OnlineFundraising Zapier integration turns an event in another tool into a text message. A Zap (the automation you build on Zapier: one starting event, then the steps that follow) watches the app where your supporters sign up or give, and OnlineFundraising sends the SMS. One operation, one job: getting the text to the phone.

A thank-you that lands on the phone. A new pledge in your form tool triggers Send SMS, and the supporter reads a short thanks with your organisation's name as the sender.

A reminder for an event or a call. A new row in the sheet your volunteers fill becomes a text with the date and place, so fewer people forget.

An onboarding nudge. When a new member joins in your CRM, the first SMS goes out with the next step to take, written once and reused for everyone.

What Zapier does not do here: OnlineFundraising offers no trigger, so a reply or a delivery report cannot start a Zap. There is no search either, and no action beyond sending a single message. Everything that starts the flow lives in another app: your form tool, your sheet, your CRM. OnlineFundraising is the last link of the chain, the one that reaches the phone.

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Vocabulary

Zapier vocabulary in one minute

Seven words do most of the work on Zapier. Here they are, in plain English.

Zap
Your automation on Zapier: one trigger, then one or more actions that run every time the trigger event happens.
Trigger
The event in an app that starts the Zap. Once the Zap is on, Zapier waits for it. Here it always comes from another app.
Action
What the Zap does once it has started: the step that writes, sends or moves something. Send SMS is this app's only one.
Task
The unit Zapier bills: one action that completes successfully. Your plan's allowance is a count of those tasks.
Polling vs instant
A polling trigger is checked on a timer set by your plan. An instant trigger is reported by its app the moment it happens.
Filter
A step that lets the Zap continue only when what arrived meets your condition, and stops it otherwise.
Connection
Your OnlineFundraising account linked to Zapier once, then reused by every step that sends through it.
Cost

What an SMS Zap really costs on Zapier

Zapier counts tasks. The trigger in your form or CRM costs nothing, and neither does any check for new data. Only a completed action is billed.

  • Trigger0 tasks
  • Each SMS sent1 task
  • Failed send0 tasks
  • Free plan100 tasks a month, 2-step Zaps
  • Premium appNo, free plan works

Each SMS that goes through costs one task on Zapier, so 100 supporters texted means 100 tasks. A send that fails is not counted. The free plan gives 100 tasks a month and Zaps of two steps, one trigger and one action. Add a filter, for instance to text only donors above a threshold, and the Zap becomes multi-step, which needs a paid plan. OnlineFundraising is not a premium app. The messages themselves are charged on the SMS side, per message sent.

Connect

Connect OnlineFundraising to Zapier in three steps

  1. 01

    Open the connection dialog

    Go to the Apps page of your Zapier account and click + Add connection. You need an OnlineFundraising account first, plus access to anything you do not own but want the Zap to use.

  2. 02

    Pick OnlineFundraising

    Type the app's name in the search box of the dialog, select it and click Add connection. A new tab opens on the OnlineFundraising side, where you sign in.

  3. 03

    Sign in and grant access

    Log in to OnlineFundraising in that tab and let Zapier use the account. The connection is saved in your account, and every Send SMS step reuses it from then on.

First Zap

Your first Zap: new volunteers get a welcome text

GoalEach volunteer added to your sheet with a phone number receives a welcome SMS.

  1. 01

    Build: choose the starting event

    Pick the app and the event that start the Zap: here, a new row in the sheet where volunteers are listed. Connect the account and save the step.

  2. 02

    Add a filter

    Add a filter step and set the field, the rule and the value: only rows with a phone number go on. The filter makes the Zap multi-step, so it needs a paid plan.

  3. 03

    Add Send SMS

    Choose OnlineFundraising, then Send SMS. Map the phone column, write the message with the volunteer's first name, and set your sender alias.

  4. 04

    Test each step

    Run each step once and read what came back. Testing the trigger brings back the three most recent rows, so you map on a real volunteer, not a guess.

  5. 05

    Publish

    Publish the Zap to switch it on. Volunteers added from now on get their welcome text; those already in the sheet do not.

Actions

The OnlineFundraising action

OnlineFundraising gives you 1 action. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

1

Send SMS

Action

In Zapier“Sends a single sms with smsCPH”

Sends one text message through smsCPH to the mobile number you map, from the sender alias you choose, with the text you write or pull from earlier steps.

When to use it
a donation, a sign-up or a new member in another tool should be followed by a short personal text.
Watch out
each message is charged, and a text longer than 160 standard characters is split into several, counted at 153 characters each.
When it breaks

When an OnlineFundraising Zap breaks

Zapier links no help article to this app and records no limit of its own. The failures below come from how Zapier works.

Three cases cover most surprises on an SMS Zap. They matter more here than elsewhere, since every message has a cost. When a run fails without a clear reason, continue on Zapier troubleshooting.

  • Existing contacts get nothing

    A Zap only reacts to what happens after it is switched on. Supporters already in your list will not receive a text; reaching them is a separate job.

  • A bulk import is held back

    When the trigger app suddenly returns a huge batch, after an import or a migration, Zapier's flood protection can hold those runs back instead of texting everyone.

  • The same row never texts twice

    On a polling trigger, Zapier keeps track of what it has already seen, so a row it has already handled does not send a second message.
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FAQ

OnlineFundraising Zapier integration: FAQ

01Is the OnlineFundraising Zapier integration free?
On Zapier's side, yes. OnlineFundraising is not a premium app, so it runs on the free plan, which gives 100 tasks a month and Zaps of two steps: one trigger from another app and the Send SMS action. Add a filter or a second action and the Zap becomes multi-step, which needs a paid plan. The text messages themselves are a separate cost: each one sent is charged on the SMS side, so budget for both.
02How many Zapier tasks does an OnlineFundraising Zap use?
One task for each Send SMS that completes. The trigger in the other app costs nothing, and the checks Zapier runs for new data are free too. A failed send is not counted against your plan. So a campaign that texts 100 supporters with a one-action Zap uses the whole monthly allowance of the free plan. The SMS charge itself is billed separately, per message sent, so watch both counters.
03Does OnlineFundraising send texts in real time with Zapier?
It depends on the app that starts the Zap, because OnlineFundraising has no trigger of its own. If that app has an instant trigger, it reports the event itself and the text goes out right away, whatever your plan. If it uses a polling trigger, Zapier checks it on a timer: every 15 minutes on Free, 2 on Professional, 1 on Team and Enterprise. The Send SMS step runs right after the trigger in every case.
04What does it take to connect OnlineFundraising to Zapier?
An OnlineFundraising account, plus access to anything you do not own yourself but want the Zap to use. On Zapier, open the Apps page, add a connection, pick OnlineFundraising, sign in on the tab that opens and grant access. Before the first test, decide on a sender alias of 11 characters at most, and make sure the phone numbers in your source tool include the country code, since the action expects them.
05Why did one SMS cost more than expected?
Because long texts are split. For standard characters, one message holds the first 160 characters; beyond that, the total length is divided by 153 to get the number of messages. Some special characters change the count too. Each message is charged, so a friendly paragraph can quietly cost three or more. Keep campaign texts short, test with the longest version a merged field could produce, and check the length before you publish the Zap.
06What if the OnlineFundraising operation you need is not in Zapier?
Then the Zap cannot do it. The editor offers one action, Send SMS, with no trigger and no search. Reacting to a reply, reading a delivery report or managing contacts in OnlineFundraising is not possible from Zapier today. A workaround is to keep your contact list and your logic in another tool, such as a sheet or a CRM, and use OnlineFundraising only for the sending. You can also ask the vendor about its plans.
07Zapier, Make or n8n for OnlineFundraising?
Choose on criteria, not on a ranking. On Zapier, OnlineFundraising gives one action, works on the free plan, and the free plan covers one trigger plus that action. If your need is a single text after a single event, that is enough. If you want filters, several messages or branching, budget for a paid plan, then compare what each tool exposes for OnlineFundraising and how it bills each run before you commit your campaigns to one of them.
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