Buy Me a Coffee

A supporter is worth a thousand followers

3.5•26 reviews•

1.4K followers

A supporter is worth a thousand followers

3.5•26 reviews•

1.4K followers

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Buy Me a Coffee is a beautiful way for creators to accept one-time and monthly support from their fans. Without stitching together a bunch of apps like Patreon, Mailchimp, and a donate button — you can accept support, memberships, and build a direct relationship with your fans. Your fans are going to love it.

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Buy Me a Coffee Launches

Creators Working on COVID-19Support COVID-19 initiatives. And 0% fee for April

Launched on April 2nd, 2020

Buy Me a Coffee 2.0Give your audience a way to thank you

Launched on October 21st, 2019

Coffeelinks by Buy Me A CoffeeEasiest way for creators to sell online

Launched on May 23rd, 2018

Buy Me a CoffeeA simple, meaningful way to fund your creativity.

Launched on January 4th, 2018

3.5

Based on 26 reviews

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Reviewers see Buy Me a Coffee as easy to set up and useful for simple creator needs like tips, digital products, memberships, and direct messages, with some saying the brand helps supporters feel comfortable donating. But the strongest recurring criticism is payouts: many users report delayed or blocked withdrawals, account suspensions, refund disputes, and slow or absent support. A smaller group says verification or support issues were eventually resolved, yet overall sentiment is split because a simple, liked tool is undermined by trust and payment problems.

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payout issues (2)

poor customer service (2)

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•1 review

Terrible experience with Buy Me a Coffee. If you’re thinking of bringing your donors to this platform, consider this a warning. Their customer service is practically non-existent; email responses can take weeks, and they’ll likely suspend your account for no reason. I had my Chase account connected with all the required verification details, yet there was nobody to actually talk to. As a result, my donors are now disputing the payments they made, and I’m left at a loss while trying to move everything over to another platform. Stay away.

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poor customer service (2)account deactivation (1)payout issues (2)

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I've used Buy Me A Coffee for over 3 years and it's been really helpful for my donation based Zoom classes. I also get the odd coffee bought for me, from my YouTube content. Recently, my account hadn't been used, so I had to re-verify some things, which took maybe 5 working days to confirm and it was all good. I like that I can message people directly on there, rather than use an email address, like I was doing on PayPal - Feels safer to me.

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30 views2yr ago

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Found out about BMC from a favorite art youtuber, I love the platform itself! Though if you're planning to switch to it, don't be like me and do it right when you're desperate for money due to an emergency or anything, It has been almost a week and still can't make my first withdrawl - and I have filled out my information extensively and have not recieved any emails about missing something, so I imagine their team may be overwhelmed.

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20 views3yr ago