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Re: Launch HN: Buy Me a Coffee (YC W19) – Give your audience a way to thank you

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Post by wizzwizz4 »

RussianCow wrote: post #28
pryelluw wrote: post #12

You really need to optimize tge landing page for mobile clients. Im using a powerful android phone and it struggles to load. Just shows a blank page. You should also remove the letter by letter animation on the headline. I don't have time to read all of nouns you have listed. Just cycle through whole words using a faster tick speed. And better yet, turn this landing page into a static one without any JS. Conversion n…

> Im using a powerful android phone and it struggles to load. I'm on a powerful 8-core desktop with a dedicated GPU and the page really stutters while scrolling. I'm not sure what the deal is since there really isn't anything super graphically intensive on the page.

I don't use JavaScript and the page scrolled fine. No links worked, but it scrolled smoothly.

Re: Launch HN: Buy Me a Coffee (YC W19) – Give your audience a way to thank you

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Post by aryamaan »

wizzwizz4 wrote: post #158
jijosunny wrote: post #153

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To be clear, there are no circumstances under which we'll unpublish an LGBTQ creator. Here's a fantastic writer that I've been following for years who recently joined Buy Me A Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/pSzjB85 Our community manager deals with account reviews, and she is more knowledgeable to answer the initial question. I shouldn't have said 'AFAIK' either way, my apologies.

> there are no circumstances under which we'll unpublish an LGBTQ creator. Does that grant them immunity from rules violations, then? I think you said the wrong thing here; what did you intend to say?

IMO the intent is to say that they wouldn't unpublish anyone just because they create content around LGBTQ. However, if they violate any other rules, then they will go through the same consequences as a not-LGBTQ content creater would go through.

Re: Launch HN: Buy Me a Coffee (YC W19) – Give your audience a way to thank you

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Post by BilalBudhani »

Mojah wrote: post #152

I've been using this for a few days now on my own blog [1], but so far it isn't "catching on". That is to say, the revenue I seem to be making from a donation system like this is still many times smaller than a traditional advertising system or promotion of reflink services. This isn't an issue with Buy Me a Coffee, I think it's a fundamental issue with how we perceive value of things we read & ingest online. It's ha…

Nice personal site. I like the design.

Re: Launch HN: Buy Me a Coffee (YC W19) – Give your audience a way to thank you

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Post by ipoopatwork »

jijosunny wrote: post #155
emptysongglass wrote: post #143

Creators are already getting nickel and dimed. One of my big things when I was managing musicians (really my friends whose work I loved) was I continually refused to step into the that thick miasma of profiteering others in the industry practiced. Many musicians, for example, make less than 50 percent on distribution deals with their labels. I'm leading with this because 5 percent on top of CC payment processors' 30…

Hey, this is Jijo from Buy Me A Coffee. Thanks for the feedback! We believe 5% is a reasonable fee to build and maintain a platform that allows creators to connect with their audience and generate more income. One way to look at it is the % of additional revenue they earn because of Buy Me A Coffee.

And I thought stripe's fees were murderous...

Re: Launch HN: Buy Me a Coffee (YC W19) – Give your audience a way to thank you

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Post by jijosunny »

aryamaan wrote: post #162
wizzwizz4 wrote: post #158

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> there are no circumstances under which we'll unpublish an LGBTQ creator. Does that grant them immunity from rules violations, then? I think you said the wrong thing here; what did you intend to say?

IMO the intent is to say that they wouldn't unpublish anyone just because they create content around LGBTQ. However, if they violate any other rules, then they will go through the same consequences as a not-LGBTQ content creater would go through.

You're right. Thank you.

Re: Launch HN: Buy Me a Coffee (YC W19) – Give your audience a way to thank you

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Post by jijosunny »

alasdair_ wrote: post #76
mrwebmaster wrote: post #52

Been using it for a while and like it so far. A downside for me is that from every $3 coffee paid by supporters, I only receive $2.39 in my Paypal account :(

>Been using it for a while and like it so far. A downside for me is that from every $3 coffee paid by supporters, I only receive $2.39 in my Paypal account :( Their pricing page claims the fee is only 5%. Is this not true?

We charge a 5% platform fee. This is on top of any transaction fees charged by PayPal or Stripe.

Re: Launch HN: Buy Me a Coffee (YC W19) – Give your audience a way to thank you

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Post by jijosunny »

Mojah wrote: post #152

I've been using this for a few days now on my own blog [1], but so far it isn't "catching on". That is to say, the revenue I seem to be making from a donation system like this is still many times smaller than a traditional advertising system or promotion of reflink services. This isn't an issue with Buy Me a Coffee, I think it's a fundamental issue with how we perceive value of things we read & ingest online. It's ha…

Hey, I just came across your tweet [1] and wanted to say that we think about this a lot. The most effective way to attract more contributions is to offer something extra or exclusive. Obviously, this is not possible for everyone, so we designed Buy Me A Coffee in a way that every supporter and their comment gets featured on the top. We then notify the creators and encourage them to reply. This way, the act of supporting itself becomes the reward.

Thanks again for the feedback, and thank you for your blog!

[1] https://twitter.com/mattiasgeniar/status/1202111712264163328

Re: Launch HN: Buy Me a Coffee (YC W19) – Give your audience a way to thank you

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Post by sergiomattei »

ipoopatwork wrote: post #164
jijosunny wrote: post #155

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hey, this is Jijo from Buy Me A Coffee. Thanks for the feedback! We believe 5% is a reasonable fee to build and maintain a platform that allows creators to connect with their audience and generate more income. One way to look at it is the % of additional revenue they earn because of Buy Me A Coffee.

And I thought stripe's fees were murderous...

Stripe fees are murderous? Stop it.

They're companies. Stripe built exceptional payment processing software that makes it simpler for everyone. They deserve it.

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