What does fund raising mean? Of course, the meaning is clear from the words itself – raising money for a purpose. What is the purpose of raising the money? Often, fund raising is done for good intentional programs like charity purposes, building of a school or sports class or for community and religious use. 
Nowadays, such fund raising is done mainly through online shopping methods and most of them have the point of sales (POS) system which allow the customers to make a personal payment by just signing in on a touch screen pad. POS system is gaining popularity as it helps to make the charity fund raising to be done in a more private manner. Often, people prefer such methods when it comes to charity purposes. They can simply use their credit or debit card for the payment. Most leading brands of online shopping companies like the Amazon and Apple store are good supporters of such fund raising techniques.