What is ChipIn?

ChipIn is an aggregator service, by that we mean ChipIn brings together access to many different peer-to-peer giving, crowd-funding, and micro-funding in one place. Spin the globe and find a need (or use the convenient search capabilities) and send a gift.

How do I access ChipIn?

You may click on the "Visit Chipin" link in menu bar. You may wish to bookmark that for future access.

Must I create a ChipIn account to use it?

Guests may visit ChipIn without the need for an account. However for you to sponsor a cause, or gift to others you must have an account.

Are there any fees to use ChipIn?

ChipIn charges no fees to use the service. You may create an account, post pictures, create a fundraiser, and gift to others without having to pay ChipIn a fee. Do note that payment processors selected by the sponsor of a fundraiser may charge a nominal transaction fee when you send a gift. ChipIn does not benefit in anyway from that fee.

Does ChipIn store my credit card number or any other financial information?

No. ChipIn does not do any of the payment processing. ChipIn transfers you to the fundraiser site and its payment processor is used to complete the gift or donation.

May I use ChipIn to create a personal cause and accept gifts?

Yes, ChipIn is intended to support peer-to-peer giving, microfunding, and crowdfunding. You log in, upload a picture, click that it is for a fundraiser, provide a title, a description of the need, and provide the URL (web address) to the payment/donation page of the cause. Or for personal gifts you may use the URL where you accept payments (for example your PayPal.ME link that looks something like: https://paypal.me/xxxxxx)

How to I report a concern or issue to ChipIn?

If you find questionable content on the service, or have concerns about postings or comments others have posted, please do reach out to us on the CONTACT page, and report your concern so we may investiage further. If possible please provide in your message the name of the user, title or a photo or cause, and information about the concern you have.

Does ChipIn utilize Artificial Intelligence (AI)?

Yes, ChipIn uses Artificial Intelligence in a couple of different ways currently. First, ChipIn provides an 'Ask Me Anything' text field enabling users to ask relevant questions, or as a tool to help you compose compelling stories for your causes and photos, and to locate items of interest. ChipIn using ChatGPT-3 currently so please keep in mind its large language model was current to about 2020. We will continue to research and upgrade our use of ChatGPT over the coming months.

The second way we use Artificial Intelligence is for content moderation. We use Amazon Rekognition to review all uploaded photographs to help identify unsafe or inappropriate content for this service. While its not perfect, it is very good attempt to filter out digital trash that others may find offensive, inappropriate, or harmful. However, if you find questionable content on the service, that we failed to detect, please do contact us and report the photo owner, and photo title to use so we may investigate

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