Ko-fi - A free and friendly way to receive donations from fans ❤️☕

@dbradleyfl thanks for your interest in Ko-fi. We don’t process the payments in ko-fi we simply pass the supporter to the creators PayPal account and they directly receive the funds. We have our own ko-fi page and both creators and supporters regularly donate to us for the service. I think they call it ‘eating your own dog food’ - either way we are super grateful for the donations we receive to support the service

@simonellington wow! Very cool business model.

@nigelpickles @abadesi Absolutely, more than happy to share the story. About 6 years ago Nigel the original founder of Ko-fi.com was interested in how appreciation gets shown differently online vs offline. In the offline world a show of appreciation might see somebody say 'I'll buy you a coffee'. This form of appreciation is small, but tangible. It's human and relationship building, whereas a 'like' or a 'tweet' can still feel a little impersonal and likely less valuable to the recipient (both emotionally and financially). Ko-fi.com was born as an idea to help the large majority of creators on the web connect with their supporters in a more meaningful and personal way. The idea caught on fast and now over 100k creators use Ko-fi as a way to connect with fans who leave messages, contribute to the financial goals of the creator and can feel much closer to the people and the content they appreciate on the web. The service started as simply a 'buy me a coffee' button for users to place on their Tumblr sites and other places arount the web and has grown through user requests to much more than that. Users can set goals, receive messages, reward fans and we have lots planned for 2018 and beyond.

@nigelpickles @simonellington I love this, I have so many friends who are creators who struggle to make ends meet... I'm often sad that our world doesn't optimize for good or creative pursuits. Ko-fi helps solve that 🙂 ☕️ 💰

I couldn't have said it better myself @abadesi ko-fi is all about supporing the 99%+ creators who need donations and encouragement to help them continue their work. Glad you are a fan!

@viktorhanacek we look forward to welcoming you!

@simonellington DONE! https://www.ko-fi.com/picjumbo It looks people like it. Also shared some feedback via Google Forms ;) And it looks like the Top Supporters box doesn't work, it's just three latest supporters. Good luck!

@viktorhanacek Amazing! Thank you for the kind words. Glad you like it! And congratulations on receiving so many donations so quickly! We will read through your feedback. We are working on improving every aspect of it. Thanks again and welcome to Ko-fi! ☕❤️

@erni www.BuyMeACoffee.com is 100% free for all early users :) We plan to charge 5% platform fee sometime down the road to support future development and growth of the platform, as is the case for any healthy business. However, no early users will be charged, ever. 🎉

@germancastano Thank you for your kind words, glad to have you as a fan!

@ionprodan Happy to hear that, Ion. Welcome to Ko-fi! 🙂 ☕️