BuyMeACoffee.com co-founder here. BMC is a friendly way for creators (bloggers, artists, developers) to receive donations from their audience. We have seen the platform used in ways we never imagined. William LeGate, an activist (boycottNRA) used BuyMeACoffee just yesterday to raise $2500 in less than an hour: https://twitter.com/williamlegate/status/968630079285686273 Check out some 'Buy Me A Coffee' pages: https://…
Show HN: Buy Me A Coffee – A free, fast and friendly way to receive donations
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#12BuyMeACoffee.com co-founder here. BMC is a friendly way for creators (bloggers, artists, developers) to receive donations from their audience. We have seen the platform used in ways we never imagined. William LeGate, an activist (boycottNRA) used BuyMeACoffee just yesterday to raise $2500 in less than an hour: https://twitter.com/williamlegate/status/968630079285686273 Check out some 'Buy Me A Coffee' pages: https://…
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#13Looks good. Few notes:
1. During sign up, I'm super confused why you have to set up anything related to payout before setting up your coffee page -- this is inverted to the way it should be. Get them the page as soon as possible and let them share and accept donations, then IF (big if, I bet the median amount raised is $0) they have a literal financial incentive to set up their friction-filled payout form process. If you're too worried about things going viral, then set a limit (e.g., if after $600 raised they don't have payout set up, e-mail them saying the page will stop being public until they set up payout).
2. You should curate your "creators we love" page. I hit explore and found a softcore instagram BDSM model as the first hit, and a page with a lot of comments about foot fetishes. Probably not the content you want to call out as one of the companies favorites. I would actually look at all the ones you rotate on that page and make sure they are on brand.
There are some tactical things (eg, the dropdown for country should have USA at the top, assuming thats where most of your users are) but those micro optimizations won't matter if you just re-arrange the info gathering to after the delivery of value.
#1 is will going to totally change your funnel in an important way -- I'd try it out!
Good luck!
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#14If anyone is interested, I just made a simple, free donation platform for Stellar Lumens (XLM) cryptocurrency. No registration required and anonymous since it reads directly from the blockchain for the data. http://xlm.party/
I love the style. Can you put a demo "donate to me" (the actual you, the creator of the service) button so we can see the flow and/or donate?
Thank you! At the bottom of the page is a non-obvious demo to my actual account (http://xlm.party/payments/GAATDRK3ZM2HJOYBADJTT3S6QZP7QLXK75...) and you can generate fake demo donations by appending `?generate_donations=true` to the URL.
The great theme is by https://html5up.net/ which is a nice resource for free themes.
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#15Like the design and approach, but what differentiates this from other methods? A Patreon account, PayPal donate button, and public Bitcoin address accomplishes all of the same thing. Is it the community? The ease of setup? Don't get me wrong, the site is polished and the idea cute, but... for what purpose?
BuyMeACoffee is a place to ask for quick one-time donations - supporters can donate and leave a comment in less than a few clicks. Patreon is for monthly pledging and does not usually work for small creators.
We have seen creators use BuyMeACoffee alongside Patreon links, and we think it is a great idea to attract both loyal and casual supporters.
Compared to Paypal, BuyMeACoffee is a much friendly and efficient way to accept donations. Multiple payment options, exclusive rewards for supporters, ability to leave a comment with donations.. the list goes on. I hope this clarifies :)
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#16BuyMeACoffee.com co-founder here. BMC is a friendly way for creators (bloggers, artists, developers) to receive donations from their audience. We have seen the platform used in ways we never imagined. William LeGate, an activist (boycottNRA) used BuyMeACoffee just yesterday to raise $2500 in less than an hour: https://twitter.com/williamlegate/status/968630079285686273 Check out some 'Buy Me A Coffee' pages: https://…
https://buymeacoff.ee/afnobody :p
Welcome to BuyMeACoffee! Your platform fee is waived for lifetime; and glad to buy your first coffee :)
Re: Show HN: Buy Me A Coffee – A free, fast and friendly way to receive donations
#17If anyone is interested, I just made a simple, free donation platform for Stellar Lumens (XLM) cryptocurrency. No registration required and anonymous since it reads directly from the blockchain for the data. http://xlm.party/
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
I love the style. Can you put a demo "donate to me" (the actual you, the creator of the service) button so we can see the flow and/or donate?
Thank you! At the bottom of the page is a non-obvious demo to my actual account ( http://xlm.party/payments/GAATDRK3ZM2HJOYBADJTT3S6QZP7QLXK75... ) and you can generate fake demo donations by appending `?generate_donations=true` to the URL. The great theme is by https://html5up.net/ which is a nice resource for free themes.
Oh nice, thanks for that! html5up.net is great indeed, I've used them in the past, though I didn't realize this theme was by them. Good job integrating it well!
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#19BuyMeACoffee.com co-founder here. BMC is a friendly way for creators (bloggers, artists, developers) to receive donations from their audience. We have seen the platform used in ways we never imagined. William LeGate, an activist (boycottNRA) used BuyMeACoffee just yesterday to raise $2500 in less than an hour: https://twitter.com/williamlegate/status/968630079285686273 Check out some 'Buy Me A Coffee' pages: https://…
This looks nice! How does your product compare with Patreon? (edit:) The difference I notice about it is that this looks a lot less demanding than Patreon. A lot more laissez faire if you will.
Oh and, https://buymeacoff.ee/nettem :)
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#20This is really awesome! I've been hoping for something like this for a while.
Thanks @canvasduck! Leave your BuyMeACoffee link if you made one. Would love to buy your first coffee :)