Obituary Central - FAQs

Who enters the obituary?

Members of your community enter and pay for the obituary. The person entering the obituary can be a family member of the deceased or a representative of the funeral home wanting to announce the passing.

Who sets the priced of the obituary?

You set the price of the obituary and we add our $10 fee per obituary. For example, let's say you set your price obitaury at $50. The plugin adds the $10 charge for FHW Solutions and your visitor will be paying a total of $60 to add an obituary. Our price is fixed at $10 per obituary regardless of how you set your price.

The Obituary Central plugin is absolutely free to your newspaper. It creates a revenue stream for you and provides a valuable service to your community.

How much should be charge per obituary?

You are free to charge what is appropriate for your market. Print newspapers charge over $100 to add on obituary. We suggest something in the range of $50 to $150, but again, you are free to determine what is appropriate for your market.

How do I receive the funds?

We collect the money when it is paid by the person adding the obitaury. We pay your newspaper on the first of the month for prior month's obitaury sales.

We pay by check but can also pay by ACH transfer to funeral homes in the United States or Canada. International funeral homes can choose to be paid by PayPal.

Can I try adding an obituary for free?

Yes. The obituary plugin is free. The adminstrartor can also add 5 obituaries for free to see how things work and to get a feel for it. After that, the price per obituary set inside the plugin needs to be paid by your visitors to add obituaries.

What currency are visitors charged for obituaries?

Obituaries are paid for in $US currency. Whatever country you are in, your visitors credit cards will automatically be charged in $US.

We are working on supporting different currencies.

We are not a newspaper but can we use Obituary Central?

Obitaury Central was designed with newspapers in mind but it can be used by any website that wants to charge their visitors for announding the passing of a loved one.

What countries can Obitaury Central be used in?

Our newspaper plugin can be used in over 150 countries including the United States, Canada, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Australia, India and South Africa. You can select your country in the country dropdown.

Obituary Central is currently only available in English but we are working on support for multiple languages. If you need language support urgently, please contact us

Our newspaper is not on WordPress, do you have a solution for us?

We are working on solutions for newspapers not on WordPress. Please contact us to get an update on our solutions for non-WordPress users.