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

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Wow. Thank you. I think it is very beautifully made. https://buymeacoff.ee/ddominik I recently started blogging, so I am very happy to come across this :)

Perfect timing, I guess :) Good to have you on board, Dominik! P.S Your platform fee is waived. Happy to be your first supporter :)

Thank you! :)

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

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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://…

Looks great :) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SeriousLemon

Thanks, @SeriousLemon! Happy to be your first supporter :)

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

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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://…

just signed up! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/xrp

That's a beautiful Buy Me A Coffee page, @fady. Glad to be your first supporter!

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

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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…

Well, a double organic whipped cream soy milk slightly frozen latte with Chilean beans from Starbucks is around that price tag.

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

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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…

Now that's what I call caffeine overdose!

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

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Oh, one more piece of feedback I forgot: I'm rather interdisciplinary. Is there a way to put myself into more than one category?

It's a popular request, and we avoided this to do justice to the design and the overall minimalist nature of the website. I'll be sure to bring this up in our next brainstorming session. Thanks!

Thanks! Even just a limit of two or three categories max would be helpful for me. My projects are roughly 40% coding, 40% writing, and 20% charity, and I'm not really sure which category to put myself into. As a result I "made my own" which I think means it's hard to find me.

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

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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://…

Awesome, been looking for something like this.

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/stuff

Any chance of a webhook for donation notifications?

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

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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/swastika :) > - Exclusive content: Publish supporter-only content on your BuyMeACoffee page to encourage more donations. Would BMC host this content? What would happen if the content went viral?

Exclusive content = texts, links, and video embed for now. We're not hosting anything ATM. File upload is on our roadmap, but creators seem to be pretty satisfied with the current set up :)

BTW welcome to BuyMeACoffee! Happy 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 #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 spend a lot more than $40 a year on coffee..

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

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post #155

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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…

Now that's what I call caffeine overdose!

Haha, he sure got his audience worried: https://twitter.com/williamlegate/status/968635631596269569
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