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Re: Show HN: Buy Me A Coffee – A free, fast and friendly way to receive donations

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Post by ivanche »

My feedback:

1. "Create your button" seems to have a problem. When I click "Copy HTML Code" or "Copy Image Code" text changes to Copied! but actually doesn't copy anything to clipboard. Windows 10, Firefox 55, uBlock Origin. I also tried without uBlock and it's the same. I think it would be better that the code is actually shown on the form (because I can copy paste it manually then).

2. Edit page, picture choosing - I've chosen a picture which looked OK but after clicking "Save changes" the picture's width/height ratio is changed (it was streched horizontally). So I had to manually resize it in Paint.NET and then upload again. It'd be helpful if some info is added that the picture should have equal height and width.

3. During signup, after presenting the choice of Stripe and PayPal I was confused. My thought process: why I need to choose between Stripe and PayPal? Would you just generate Buy Now button? Will I have to open Stripe account? If somebody wants to donate will he have to have PayPal/Stripe also? At the end I've chosen PayPal. It seems to me this step can be skipped completely and be done after the first donation is received.

All in all, excellent job! Good luck!

Re: Show HN: Buy Me A Coffee – A free, fast and friendly way to receive donations

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Post by josephsunny »

schmich wrote: post #267
josephsunny wrote: post #2

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://…

https://buymeacoff.ee/schmich Great way to promote your site. Onboarding was as easy as it gets. I'm a software developer with a job, but I also have open source projects that stretch out beyond the horizon. Some are much more successful than others, and I've been considering accepting donations for a while. I don't have the hardcore following that would support something like Patreon, but I have enough of an audienc…

Glad you like the product, Chris; and thanks a ton for all these suggestions. Let me tackle them one by one.

1. Customizable creator page was a topic of debate for us from day one :) You have beautifully shared the ups and downs of it. I've noted it and will bring this up in our next brainstorming session.

2. Haha, nice find. Just shared this on our slack. Let us see what we can do without affecting the design :) Thanks for noticing!

Re: Show HN: Buy Me A Coffee – A free, fast and friendly way to receive donations

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Post by josephsunny »

Steppschuh wrote: post #274
scrollaway wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> We are waiving the 5% platform fee for HN users for LIFETIME! You're crazy :) But ok! https://buymeacoff.ee/jleclanche Feedback: 1. My avatar wasn't picked up from Facebook, nor Gravatar. My email wasn't either. I think it's OK for you to request these from Facebook. 2. Recommended payout method was "Stripe" for me even though it was disabled due to not being available in my country. 3. Add an optional "Tell us why…

Also created a page: https://buymeacoff.ee/steppschuh I'd wish for a higher maximum word count in the Thank You message section.

Noted. Welcome to BMC, Steppschuh!

Re: Show HN: Buy Me A Coffee – A free, fast and friendly way to receive donations

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Post by josephsunny »

lf6648 wrote: post #271
josephsunny wrote: post #2

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://…

Just what I have been looking for, at the exact moment I was looking for it :-) Unfortunately I already bought my first coffee on credit this morning, but I'm sure more will come in a short while! ( https://www.buymeacoffee.com/laurent ) The signup and profile customisation processes are highly user-friendly, and just worked the way they should! (so no bad user experience feedback for you from my side, unfortunately…

Haha, that's not a sad news at all. Thank you for such a positive feedback, Laurent.

Re: Show HN: Buy Me A Coffee – A free, fast and friendly way to receive donations

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Post by josephsunny »

ivanche wrote: post #291

My feedback: 1. "Create your button" seems to have a problem. When I click "Copy HTML Code" or "Copy Image Code" text changes to Copied! but actually doesn't copy anything to clipboard. Windows 10, Firefox 55, uBlock Origin. I also tried without uBlock and it's the same. I think it would be better that the code is actually shown on the form (because I can copy paste it manually then). 2. Edit page, picture choosing -…

Thanks for taking time to write such comprehensive feedback!

1. We were unable to replicate this, but there's the possibility for a compatibility issue. Thanks for noticing.

2. You're right; it can be improved. Noted.

3. I think improving the copy on that page will go a long way in solving the confusion. Currently, it is required for creators to choose a payout method to make the page public. We are using Stripe Connect to facilitate instant payments for creators who select Stripe.

So let's say a user did not choose a payout method and started receiving coffees. After receiving a coffee or two, he wanted to use Stripe connect. In this case, we will have to manually pay out his donations thus far before connecting his account to Stripe (and what if it's less than the Paypal minimum threshold of $10?).

For a platform that's trying to keep things simple and straightforward, that'd be a whole lot of complications and manual work :) However, I understand that this is not reason enough to ignore a critical UX concern. We'll try our best to come up with something that's efficient and straightforward.

Cheers!

Re: Show HN: Buy Me A Coffee – A free, fast and friendly way to receive donations

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Post by arathunku »

josephsunny wrote: post #2

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://…

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/arathunku

Beautiful site, good luck!

Re: Show HN: Buy Me A Coffee – A free, fast and friendly way to receive donations

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Post by josephsunny »

yagyu wrote: post #272
josephsunny wrote: post #2

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://…

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Jonase Cool, thanks a lot! Sign up was smooth on Android chrome, but I managed to misunderstand the save button once in the edit page. I pressed save and went to hamburger menu-your page, and all changes were lost. Turns out url I chose first was taken, but the error message upon saving was off screen for me so I did not see it.. No biggie, very friendly interface. I like that I got my in…

Awesome, happy to see you notice the little things we did (you should check out the 404-page too :D).

I've noted the UI issue. We'll look into it right away.

Thanks, and welcome to BuyMeACoffee, Jonas!

Re: Show HN: Buy Me A Coffee – A free, fast and friendly way to receive donations

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Post by jhauberg »

delgaudm wrote: post #64

I signed up, and it looks good. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/BoothJunkie My feedback: I've been using paypal.me, and the ability to change the donation at the URL has been incredibly helpful towards getting patrons to choose an amount that suits them. I suggest $X but they are free to change, and it's super easy. Often patrons up the number and I get more donations. I'm not convinced the multiplier buttons do the sam…

Thanks for making me aware of paypal.me! That's a very neat service.

Re: Show HN: Buy Me A Coffee – A free, fast and friendly way to receive donations

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Post by josephsunny »

arathunku wrote: post #297
josephsunny wrote: post #2

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://…

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/arathunku Beautiful site, good luck!

Thank you, welcome to BMC! Glad to be your first supporter on the platform :)
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