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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 jacobevelyn »

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://…

Awesome! Here's me: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JacobEvelyn

Small pieces of feedback:

- It's not super clear to me what I should put in "About you" vs. "Your story"

- I noticed that the "Your story" section gets centered on the page, making bulleted lists look a bit weird (see my page)

- I noticed that emoji don't work in the "Your story" section (this may be intentional)

In general this looks really neat, nice work!

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

#42

Post by josephsunny »

adventured wrote: post #36

I like the site, I appreciate that it's straight-forward and simple, as it should be. A lot of Show HN's come out of the gate getting that wrong. I found this section in the FAQ confusing, about what BMC charges: "BuyMeACoffee is 100% free and do not charge a monthly fee or a percentage of the donation. We plan to charge a 5% platform fee in the future to support future development and expansion. So when a creator re…

First off, thank you for the kind words.

That FAQ section was recently updated to make more clarity on the subject (the irony!). I'll definitely bring this up in the next brainstorming session and improve it.

To clarify, platform fee is the small cut platforms take for providing the service (such as Patreon's 5% cut). BuyMeACoffee is 100% free for all its early users, and forever will be.

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

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Post by josephsunny »

matthewwiese wrote: post #31
josephsunny wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

BuyMeACoffee is a place to ask for quick one-time donations - supporters can donate and leave a comment in less than a few clicks. Patreon is for monthly pledging and does not usually work for small creators. We have seen creators use BuyMeACoffee alongside Patreon links, and we think it is a great idea to attract both loyal and casual supporters. Compared to Paypal, BuyMeACoffee is a much friendly and efficient way…

Thank you for the reply! What happens when Patreon implements this on their platform though? If its as simple a premise as you make out, what's stopping your competition from encroaching on your share of the market?

Patreon has placed itself as a 'membership business' as we can see from their copy. The reason why Patreon did not implement this already, is that it'll affect their recurring model. If supporters find out that there's an easy and straightforward way to support, they are less likely to sign up and opt for monthly recurring donations (except for exclusive content).

Also, nothing is stopping us from enabling recurring payments :) We believe it's best to focus on solving an important problem than be the jack of all trades. Hope that makes sense!

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

#46

Post by josephsunny »

pvg wrote: post #40
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://…

Maybe I'm missing it on the pages but it this seems somewhat important for a company that handles money - there's no mention of who or where you are, who the principals are, etc. The terms seem a little slapdash, there's a bit about being 'partnered with Stripe' (are you? or does that just mean you use Stripe for processing?).

Yes, we are using Stripe to process payments. We also used Stripe Atlas to incorporate. We are not partnered with them in any other way. Sorry if the copy is misleading, we'll correct it.

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

#47

Post by jacobevelyn »

jacobevelyn wrote: post #41
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://…

Awesome! Here's me: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JacobEvelyn Small pieces of feedback: - It's not super clear to me what I should put in "About you" vs. "Your story" - I noticed that the "Your story" section gets centered on the page, making bulleted lists look a bit weird (see my page) - I noticed that emoji don't work in the "Your story" section (this may be intentional) In general this looks really neat, nice work…

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

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

#48

Post by josephsunny »

pknerd wrote: post #44

Any plan for crypto?

Yep! https://twitter.com/TheBuyMeACoffee/status/94921063772447129...

We're integrating Coinbase Commerce to start supporting all the major coins (BTC, ETH, BCH, LTC). Expect this to go live in a week or two :)

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

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Post by DoreenMichele »

I have a Patreon account where I get paid via Stripe, but I don't believe I ever properly set up a separate Stripe account. I filled out the Stripe connect form and now I am worried that Stripe will have a problem with paying me if there are any inconsistencies between Patreon info and what I just gave Stripe to fill this out, such as different email addresses with the same bank account.

I don't know that there is anything you can do about it. It is just an FYI.

Here is my page: https://buymeacoff.ee/DoreenMichele

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

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Post by xn »

josephsunny wrote: post #42
adventured wrote: post #36

I like the site, I appreciate that it's straight-forward and simple, as it should be. A lot of Show HN's come out of the gate getting that wrong. I found this section in the FAQ confusing, about what BMC charges: "BuyMeACoffee is 100% free and do not charge a monthly fee or a percentage of the donation. We plan to charge a 5% platform fee in the future to support future development and expansion. So when a creator re…

First off, thank you for the kind words. That FAQ section was recently updated to make more clarity on the subject (the irony!). I'll definitely bring this up in the next brainstorming session and improve it. To clarify, platform fee is the small cut platforms take for providing the service (such as Patreon's 5% cut). BuyMeACoffee is 100% free for all its early users, and forever will be.

Is the donor charged a different amount based on whether they pay through Stripe or Paypal?

If I go to donate $5 at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/xn, it looks like I'll be $5 if I pay through Stripe with a credit card, and $5.45 if I pay using PayPal:

https://gist.github.com/cwarden/4df8d8a5df0ff010e39d810f58ec...

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