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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 josephsunny »

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://buymeacoff.ee/kriswolf

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/joqatana

FEATURES:

- Exclusive content: Publish supporter-only content on your BuyMeACoffee page to encourage more donations.

– Multiple payment/payout options: Paypal and Stripe (direct bank transfer).

– One-click payment for supporters.

– Showcase your goals and comments left by other supporters.

– Beautiful (and customizable) 'Buy me a coffee' button to embed on websites + Wordpress plugin with widgets and stats (https://wordpress.org/plugins/buymeacoffee/).

– Domain name. They say the domain speaks for itself ;)

– In the pipeline: Cryptocurrency Wix and Weebly plugin, more payment options (Bitcoin, Apple Pay, Android Pay), referral program and much more.

We are waiving the 5% platform fee for HN users for LIFETIME! We'd also love to be your first supporter. Tweet (https://twitter.com/TheBuyMeACoffee) or reply here with your beautiful ‘Buy Me A Coffee’ link (takes less than a minute to set up) to claim it.

Let us know what you think :) Cheers!

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

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Post by craftyguy »

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://…

Too bad we can't view your terms/conditions without enabling JavaScript.

When I try, I get this broken link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/'https://www.buymeacoffee.com/t...

Edit: actually it looks like the link on your homepage to terms is broken.

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

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Post by josephsunny »

craftyguy wrote: post #3
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://…

Too bad we can't view your terms/conditions without enabling JavaScript. When I try, I get this broken link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/'https://www.buymeacoffee.com/t... Edit: actually it looks like the link on your homepage to terms is broken.

Weird. Terms page is working fine from our side, and is linked correctly from the homepage: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/terms

Can you try again please?

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

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Post by craftyguy »

josephsunny wrote: post #4
craftyguy wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Too bad we can't view your terms/conditions without enabling JavaScript. When I try, I get this broken link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/'https://www.buymeacoffee.com/t... Edit: actually it looks like the link on your homepage to terms is broken.

Weird. Terms page is working fine from our side, and is linked correctly from the homepage: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/terms Can you try again please?

Clicking that like redirects me to this busted url: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/'https://www.buymeacoffee.com/t...

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

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Post by StavrosK »

Xeoncross wrote: post #5

If 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?

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

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Post by canvasduck »

josephsunny wrote: post #4
craftyguy wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Too bad we can't view your terms/conditions without enabling JavaScript. When I try, I get this broken link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/'https://www.buymeacoffee.com/t... Edit: actually it looks like the link on your homepage to terms is broken.

Weird. Terms page is working fine from our side, and is linked correctly from the homepage: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/terms Can you try again please?

Works fine for me.

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

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Post by matthewwiese »

Like 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?

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