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

Post by scrollaway » Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 9:01 PM UTC

swastika wrote: post #126

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> 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…

> Recommended payout method was "Stripe" for me even though it was disabled due to not being available in my country. This is a good catch! The problem though is BMC will now have to keep the country data updated from Stripe, unless Stripe provides it over their API

Post by josephsunny » Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 9:08 PM UTC

fabianlindfors wrote: post #63

This looks really cool. Really enjoying the branding. If anyone is looking for an even simpler way to accept donations I've created a donation platform where you only need a Stripe account to get started. Check it out if you're interested: https://stripity.com

Post by softawre » Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 9:13 PM UTC

josephsunny wrote: post #104

songzme wrote: post #83

Signed up for my non-profit, the onboarding flow was simple and fast: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LlcnOfXiu However, I have a few pointers. During the onboarding flow, I had to fill out the title, description, image / videos. It would be nice to see a layout of how the page would look like so I can determine how these information would be presented to the public and then fill it out according (how much to write, wha…

Welcome to BuyMeACoffee, @songsze. Good to see that you already started receiving coffees :) - Thanks for the suggestion. Our intention is to make the onboarding process as straightforward as possible and we will look into this. That hyperlink issue could be a glitch. I've added to our Trello. Thanks for noticing. - Glad you liked the updates features. Tip: You can publish exclusive content for your supporters, that'…

Post by josephsunny » Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 9:15 PM UTC

zelon88 wrote: post #136

dulse wrote: post #13

Looks 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…

Well said. A couple of my own observations... 1. The summertext text area doesn't like brackets. I tried to leave a " " everytime. 2. Center-justified profile text feels kinda wierd. At 1080p I feel there is too much negative space around the summary text. Perhaps a little wider on the text, left-justify, and then center the div containing the text. 3. Maybe you could add a user photo gallery section where users can…

Post by SeriousLemon » Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 9:20 PM 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://…