VCEDC Donate Page Layout — Three Payment Options

Overview

During the final pre-launch review, the VCEDC donate page was reconfigured to present three payment options in a specific order. The ordering reflects the organization's rural membership base, where many businesses and individuals still prefer to pay by check.

Approved Layout

The donate page should display three options in this exact order:

1. Mail a Check — listed first to serve older businesses and community members who prefer traditional payment methods
2. Donate with PayPal — second option for online donors
3. Pay with Stripe — third option for card-based online payments

"I would do one, two, three, mail a check, donate with PayPal, and then do Stripe, the last one. We still have, you know, we're very rural and a lot of older businesses that we work with, and there's a lot of people that still write checks out."
— Kathy Schmitz, VCEDC

Rationale

The check-first ordering is intentional and audience-driven. VCEDC serves a rural Wisconsin county where a significant portion of member businesses are not digitally native. Prioritizing the check option reduces friction for that segment without removing modern payment options for others.

Implementation Notes

• This layout change was assigned to Isalia Ramirez as part of the pre-launch fix batch
• Stripe functionality was noted as something that may only be fully verifiable post-launch (live environment required)
• The page uses a three-box visual layout; the ordering of boxes should match the priority sequence above

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