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Realm Tap-to-Give Setup Guide
Already use Realm by ACS Technologies for church management and giving? Add NFC tap-to-give in 3 simple steps. Members tap a disc with their phone and land directly on your Realm giving form, no app, no QR scanning.
Why Add NFC to Realm?
Realm already handles your member management, online giving, events, and volunteer scheduling in one platform. But during a Sunday service, there’s still a gap. Members have to open the Realm Connect app, navigate to your website, or remember to give when they get home. Most don’t follow through.
NFC tap-to-give bridges that gap with a physical touchpoint. A member taps their phone on a disc and your Realm giving form opens instantly. No app to find, no URL to type, no camera to line up. It’s the fastest path from “I want to give” to “I just gave”, and every donation still flows through Realm’s reporting and tax statements.
Faster than QR codes
Tap instead of scan
No app required
Works on any smartphone
Complements your ChMS
Physical touchpoint for digital giving
Get Your NFC Giving Discs
You need NFC discs that hold up to weekly church use, attached to chair backs, placed on lobby tables, or displayed at welcome centers. Cheap NFC stickers peel and look unprofessional. Rigid PVC discs last.
The Easy Way
Tap.Giving makes NFC giving discs specifically for churches. You get:
- Custom branded discs with your church logo and design
- Pre-programmed to your Realm giving URL
- QR code backup printed on every disc for older phones
- Free shipping and no monthly fees, $3.50-$5.00/disc
The DIY Way
You can buy blank NFC tags (NTAG215 or NTAG216) and program them yourself using the free NFC Tools app (iOS and Android):
- 1. Download NFC Tools on your phone
- 2. Open the app and select “Write” then “Add a record”
- 3. Choose “URL” and paste your Realm giving form link
- 4. Hold your phone to the NFC tag to write the data
- 5. Repeat for every tag
This works, but you’ll spend time programming each tag individually, and plain stickers don’t look as polished as branded discs.
Set Up Your Realm Giving Link
Your NFC discs need a destination, the page members land on when they tap. With Realm, this is the direct URL to your online giving form, either hosted on onrealm.org or embedded on your church website.
Finding Your Realm Giving URL
Log in to your Realm admin dashboard
Navigate to Giving > Online Giving Forms
Set up or view your online giving form, then click Share/Embed
Copy the direct giving form URL
It looks like: onrealm.org/YourChurchName/Give
Pro Tip
If your church website already has a Realm giving form embedded (e.g., yourchurch.org/give), you can point your NFC discs to that URL instead. Members see your church’s branding and the Realm form loads right there, a more familiar experience than the onrealm.org portal.
Ordering from Tap.Giving? Just share your Realm giving URL when you place your order. Your discs arrive pre-programmed and ready to use, no NFC Tools app needed.
Place Discs and Start Collecting
With your NFC discs programmed and your Realm giving form ready, place them where people will actually use them. Accessibility is everything.
Best Placement Locations
Every Chair / Pew Back
The most effective placement. Members can give during the offering without leaving their seat.
Lobby / Entrance Tables
Catch people on their way in or out. Visitors who want to give on their first visit can do so easily.
Coffee Bar / Fellowship Area
Casual setting where people already have their phones out. A natural moment for generosity.
Welcome Center
Introduce visitors to your giving platform alongside connection cards and ministry info.
Announce It
The first few weeks, tell your congregation about the discs. A simple “You can now give by tapping your phone on the disc in front of you” during the offering goes a long way. Once people try it, they’ll use it every week.
What Happens When Someone Taps
- 1. Member holds their phone near the NFC disc
- 2. Phone displays a notification with your Realm giving link
- 3. They tap the notification and your Realm online giving form opens
- 4. They choose an amount and complete their gift
The whole process takes under 30 seconds. Phones that don’t support NFC can scan the QR code printed on the disc instead.
Common Questions
Does Realm charge extra for NFC giving?
No. The NFC disc simply opens your existing Realm online giving form URL in the member’s browser. There’s no additional fee from Realm, the donation is processed exactly the same as if someone typed the URL manually.
Do I need to change anything in Realm?
No. NFC discs simply open your existing Realm giving form in the member’s browser. Same giving forms, same payment processing, same reporting dashboard, same tax statements. Nothing changes in your Realm setup.
Will donations from NFC discs show up in Realm reporting?
Yes. Every donation goes through your same Realm online giving form, so contributions appear in your standard Realm reports, contribution statements, and tax records, just like any other online gift.
What phones does it work with?
NFC works on iPhone 7 and newer (iOS 14+), and virtually all Android phones made since 2015. For phones without NFC, the QR code on each disc serves as a backup.
Does this cost anything monthly?
The NFC discs from Tap.Giving are a one-time purchase with no monthly fees. You continue paying whatever you already pay Realm for their platform, nothing extra is added.
Can I use these discs if I switch away from Realm?
Yes. NFC discs can be reprogrammed to any URL. If you switch to Planning Center, Tithe.ly, Pushpay, or any other platform, just reprogram the discs with your new giving link.
Ready to Add Tap-to-Give?
Get custom NFC giving discs pre-programmed to your Realm online giving form. Free shipping, no monthly fees, discs start at $3.50 each.
Works with Realm, Planning Center, Donorbox, Tithe.ly, Pushpay, and any giving platform with a URL
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