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

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

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Post by josephsunny » Thu, Mar 08, 2018, 4:12 AM UTC

viperscape wrote: post #169

How does this differ or compete with platforms such as patreon? Also I signed up and it defaulted to Artist, I feel like major category type should be chosen during onboarding. Also, sign in with Google should be a thing I think.

Thanks for the suggestions, @viperscape. Here's how we differ from Patreon:

1. For one-time payment needs. Only your most loyal followers are likely to go through a sign-up process to pledge a monthly payment. Buy Me A Coffee accepts payments in less a minute, without no commitments or friction.

2. Showcase your goals, and comments left by other supporters.

3. Shareable link, and a much friendly solicitation for support.

4. Multiple payment options. We currently support Paypal, Stripe (Patreon use this) and very soon - Cryptocurrencies too.

Hope this clarifies. Cheers!

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

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Post by josephsunny » Thu, Mar 08, 2018, 4:16 AM UTC

leejo wrote: post #275

Nice, clean, and simple. Created myself a profile: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/leejo Feedback - links in bio/descriptions are not clear/intuitive enough perhaps?

Thank you, Lee! Good to see that you started receiving coffees. Enjoy one on me too!

We'll look into the link 'link in bio' suggestion. Thanks!

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Post by josephsunny » Thu, Mar 08, 2018, 4:18 AM UTC

voltagex_ wrote: post #265

Forgot / missed entering the code on signup https://www.buymeacoffee.com/adambaxter - looks good, although I'd appreciate a dark stylesheet (although it may just be the monitor I'm using at the moment

Welcome to BuyMeACoffee! Your platform fee is waived.

Regarding a darker stylesheet - it's a popular opinion, and we'll look into it. 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 » Thu, Mar 08, 2018, 4:22 AM UTC

ekanes wrote: post #327

Slight nitpick but feels relevant: for sites like this, having an about page that doesn't tell you anything about who is behind the site is a miss. Instead of who brought you this, it says, "Join the BuyMeACoffee community". Anonymity is wrong here. Doesn't feel very ... community-esque.

Excellent point. We never thought of it this way TBH. Thanks for the suggestion!

If you like to know more about us, check out our ProductHunt page; it is more personal and transparent - https://www.producthunt.com/posts/buy-me-a-coffee. We also have a LinkedIn page.

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

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Post by josephsunny » Thu, Mar 08, 2018, 4:29 AM UTC

vivan wrote: post #308

I love this, I'm actually working on something very similar (accepting donations via Stripe/PayPal, but for a completely different niche), and someone (@czue) pointed me to buymeacoffee for inspiration. There are a few weird little niggles with the UI, but otherwise it's very slick. What is the backend? Sadly WhatRuns can't identify it.

Thanks, Vivan! Our backend is LAMP. WhatRuns is picking up pretty much everything we run.

BTW good luck with what you're working on :)

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Post by josephsunny » Thu, Mar 08, 2018, 4:35 AM UTC

DpdC wrote: post #334

Good job, really!!! I leave my link. I have a small and new blog about web development in Spanish in medium ( https://medium.com/mundo-framework ) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/pac Regards. Good luck, with the project!!!

Thank you. Love the updates, @DpdC. Welcome to Buy Me A Coffee!

Glad to buy your first coffee. Also, your platform fee is waived.

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Post by josephsunny » Thu, Mar 08, 2018, 4:43 AM UTC

acct1771 wrote: post #348

I wasn't expecting the copy to be as good as it was this early. The branding, and site, are beautiful. You're onto something. Thanks for the generosity, and best of luck. Stay kind when you get big! https://buymeacoff.ee/DK3

Made our day with that comment, @acct1771! Thanks for trying us out, and we promise to remain good and kind as we grow :)

Happy to be your first supporter on BMC!

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Post by josephsunny » Thu, Mar 08, 2018, 4:44 AM UTC

acct1771 wrote: post #349

acct1771 wrote: post #348

I wasn't expecting the copy to be as good as it was this early. The branding, and site, are beautiful. You're onto something. Thanks for the generosity, and best of luck. Stay kind when you get big! https://buymeacoff.ee/DK3

FYI - "Email verification failed." after clicking the link in the email.

We did have an issue with our email service provider (SendInBlue) during the HN launch day. Please try again; and let us know if the issue persists: hello@buymeacoffee.com, @TheBuyMeACoffee.

Cheers!

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

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Post by josephsunny » Thu, Mar 08, 2018, 4:47 AM UTC

newscracker wrote: post #316

> We plan to charge a 5% platform fee in the future to support future development and expansion. So when a creator receives $100 from supporters, BMC will earn a $5 platform fee. I read a great argument on a HN comment about how a percentage fee looks inappropriate and very expensive when implemented without a cap or ceiling. [1] I'd recommend that this factor be considered and there be a cap or ceiling set on the pl…

Good point. I'll be sure to bring this up in our next brainstorming session. Thank you!

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Post by josephsunny » Thu, Mar 08, 2018, 4:49 AM UTC

Andrex wrote: post #257

Love this idea and the execution is great. Two things you've probably been told already: - No emoji support?? I mean, HN doesn't like them either but still... - The link dialog is all messed up, trying to apply URL rules to the actual text being linked.

We love emojis! Supporters always leave comments with emojis. We'll check if we missed to support it somewhere.

Link dialog issue - I've passed it on to our developers and we're looking into it.

Thank you, Andrex!