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

Post by flowardnut » Sat, Mar 03, 2018, 10:52 AM UTC

josephsunny wrote: post #35

patja wrote: post #33

I feel this is unintentionally going to the lowest end of this space with the whole "buy me a coffee" message and brand. I run a site which is 100% monetized through voluntary donations and I would never use language like buy me a beer/buy me a coffee for it. It feels like you are marginalizing your work to the hobby/side-project realm with low expectations. We strive for $40 a year as a target donation from those wh…

I'm sorry you feel that way, but I disagree. Creators, charities and public figures of all sizes and type use BuyMeACoffee to receive support. William LeGate, an activist (#boycottNRA) used BuyMeACoffee just yesterday to raise $2500 in less than an hour: https://twitter.com/williamlegate/status/968630079285686273 It exceeded all his expectations, and I think the branding and it's friendly tone went a long way in achi…

Post by josephsunny » Mon, Mar 05, 2018, 1:57 AM UTC

tygertec wrote: post #352

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://…

Wow this is great! First I'd heard of your platform. Onboarding was quick and painless. Late to the party, but here I am: https://buymeacoff.ee/tygerbytes

Post by josephsunny » Mon, Mar 05, 2018, 2:05 AM UTC

bluehatbrit wrote: post #323

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/elliot This site looks awesome, really cool to see what you're doing and I really hope it takes off! A little bit of feedback: 1. You really show offer a button in markdown format. The HTML one doesn't work on a github markdown document without losing all the styles because of github markdown security. 2. Because I had to use the image for markdown, I noticed that the image is pretty fuzzy on a…

Post by voussoir » Mon, Mar 05, 2018, 5:27 AM UTC

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://…

Post by tygertec » Mon, Mar 05, 2018, 11:22 AM UTC

josephsunny wrote: post #353

tygertec wrote: post #352

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Wow this is great! First I'd heard of your platform. Onboarding was quick and painless. Late to the party, but here I am: https://buymeacoff.ee/tygerbytes

Not late at all. Thanks for trying us out, Ty! Your platform fee is waived, and I'm glad to buy your first coffee <3