Solving the Mobile Giving Puzzle

Also note that developing apps is getting ever easier with development frameworks such as PhoneGap.com and Rhomobile.com, as well as publishing tools like MobileCause's App2Give or AppMakr.com.

In-app sales

A close corollary to the method of app sales is to transact sales from within your mobile phone application. For-profits often use in-app transactions to sell digital goods, such as a new barn for your virtual farm acres or a shiny new sword for your favorite pirate game. Services like UrbanAirship.com make cakewalk out of setting up in-app purchases (assuming you already have an app).