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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 philplckthun »

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://…

So A) I just love coffee, and B) the design and illustrations of the site are just so thoughtful, I just had to sign up https://www.buymeacoffee.com/

I have never considered to accept donations for my open source work, but letting people "buy me a coffee" is quite literally what I've been telling people if they're ever thankful, and likewise what I'd offer them.

Thank you for creating this!

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

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Post by josephsunny »

sidyapa wrote: post #70

I had been looking for such a product since a long time and had thought of building it once as well. A week or two back I came across BMAC on PH and it looked really promising so I signed up and got an anon donation of $3 (possibly from the founder or team). Will definitely use it in my side project. https://buymeacoffee.com/sidyapa

Yes, that was from us :) Glad you like BMC, @sidyapa!

Drop us a line when it's up on your side projects, would love to give it a shout out – https://twitter.com/TheBuyMeACoffee

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

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Post by wheelerwj »

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…

buymeaLOTofcoffee.com?

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

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Post by bonsai80 »

@josephsunny I'm curious how the money works out after Paypal/stripe get their cut. From what I've seen transactions run around 3% + $0.30. Operating in small amounts seems like the fees would sink any such effort. Have you found something that works to handle small payments without getting killed on fees for each transaction?

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

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Post by josephsunny »

alphaoide wrote: post #190
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/framingthesky I uploaded an avatar with portrait dimension but it looks like your system turned it to a square improperly (the avatar looks squished)

Noted. Sorry for the trouble, Joshua. Do accept the apology coffee :) Cheers!

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

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Post by josephsunny »

philplckthun wrote: post #191
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://…

So A) I just love coffee, and B) the design and illustrations of the site are just so thoughtful, I just had to sign up https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ I have never considered to accept donations for my open source work, but letting people "buy me a coffee" is quite literally what I've been telling people if they're ever thankful, and likewise what I'd offer them. Thank you for creating this!

You're welcome and thanks for putting it so nicely! I agree that it's the most friendly way to give your audience an option to thank you.

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

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Post by josephsunny »

tunesmith wrote: post #187
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://…

Thanks for waiving the platform fee! https://buymeacoff.ee/tunesmith

You're welcome, and thanks for trying us out, @tunesmith.

Please choose a payout method to make your page public. Waiting to buy your first coffee!

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

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Post by josephsunny »

billyshih wrote: post #182
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://…

This is awesome, thank you! Here's my page: https://buymeacoff.ee/billy

Welcome to BMC, Billy. Nice username BTW :) Glad to be the first one to buy you coffee!

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

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Post by oaf357 »

Having had Buy Me A Coffee promeniently featured on two websites and a newsletter I never had anyone actually contribute a penny. YMMV of course but with a quarter of a million page views you'd think people would have contributed at least once.

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

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Post by pwinnski »

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://…

I was on the fence, but a lifetime waived fee is irresistible! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/plwinn
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