Bm Buy Me a Coffee
Tip jar that grew into a small monetization stack — tips, memberships, extras shop, creator-to-supporter messaging.
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Buy Me a Coffee is one of the simpler creator monetization options — a single page, no plan tiers, 5% flat platform fee on all transactions. Stripe processing applies on top. Creators can choose to absorb processing fees or pass them through to supporters.
Our take
Buy Me a Coffee sits between Ko-fi and Patreon — 5% platform fee, instant PayPal payouts, warm 'coffee' branding that works well for casual supporters. It's simpler than Patreon and more polished than Ko-fi's free tier. Best for: creators with a small but engaged audience who want one-off tips, simple memberships, and shop functionality without maintaining a full membership tier structure. Skip if: you need complex tiers with benefits — Patreon handles that; or if you want zero fees — Ko-fi Gold is cheaper.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Flat 5% across all products — simple to understand
- Mobile app available (unlike Ko-fi)
- Supporters can cover Stripe fees at checkout
Cons
- No custom domain — page lives at buymeacoffee.com/yourname
- No community spaces or paid chat
- No built-in discovery
Full breakdown
- Platform fee
- 5% · of revenue
- Payout speed
- weekly
- Minimum payout
- $10
- Countries supported
- Stripe- or PayPal-supported
- Email list export
- Full access
- Custom domain
- No (buymeacoffee.com/you)
- Community features
- DMs, comments