Getting started with SadaqaNow: from account to first screen
Getting startedThere are five stages from your first click to a working screen. You only pay once we've reviewed and approved your community. That's why there's no trial period, and you don't need one either.
The steps at a glance
- Step 1: Create an account. You create a free personal account with SadaqaNow. Here's how: Create an account.
- Step 2: Register your community. In the Studio, you enter the name, legal details, address and contact details, upload the tax exemption notice (Freistellungsbescheid) and submit the registration. Submitting is free. Here's how: Register a community.
- Step 3: Wait for the review. We look over your details and promise you a response within 24 hours. During this time, the Studio is blurred and shows “Under review”.
- Step 4: Start the subscription. After approval, the community's owner starts the subscription. Once the payment is confirmed, the community is active.
- Step 5: Set things up. On your first visit, the Studio welcomes you. The setup guide then opens and takes you through everything that's still missing.
What you set up after approval
| Area | What you do |
|---|---|
| Template | Save a template in the editor and put it on display. |
| Prayer times | Depending on your umbrella organisation, choose the time source or enter today's times. |
| Donations | Set amounts, connect SumUp, pair a card terminal and assign it to a screen. |
| Donation receipts (Zuwendungsbestätigungen) | Add the board, the signature and the tax exemption notice, and choose the receipt procedure. |
| Screen | Create the first screen and pair it in the mosque. |
| Team | Invite other people. This is optional. |
The order is a suggestion. You can complete each item at any time. How the setup guide works is explained in Set up your community with the setup guide.
Related articles
- What do I need to get started?A list of things to have ready: details and documents for the registration, a payment method for the subscription and the devices for the screen and card donations.
- Register a communityA step-by-step guide to registration: Community, Legal details, Address, Contact and Summary. Submitting is free, and we review your details within 24 hours.
- Create an accountYou create an account in four steps: name and email, organisation, password and the code from your email.
More on “Getting started”
- What is SadaqaNow, and what is the Studio?SadaqaNow connects the screens in your mosque with prayer times, card donations and donation receipts. You manage all of it in the Studio, in your browser.
- Create an account and open the StudioTo use the Studio, you need a free SadaqaNow account. Here's how to create one and then find your way into the Studio.
- What does the “Your communities” page show?The first page in the Studio shows all the communities you work in. Above them is whatever is waiting for you: invitations, drafts and pending payments.
- Set up your community with the setup guideThe setup guide at the top right shows what's still missing in your community and takes you there in one click. Only what's really set up gets ticked off.
- What does a community's overview show?The overview is a community's first page. It shows what's running on the screens, today's prayer times, donations from the last 30 days and the latest changes.
Still have questions?
Write to us at info@sadaqa-now.de and include the name of your community. That way we can help you as quickly as possible.