Buy Me a Coffee

A supporter is worth a thousand followers

3.6•25 reviews•

1.3K followers

A supporter is worth a thousand followers

3.6•25 reviews•

1.3K 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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Name: Buy Me a Coffee
Rating: 3.6 (25 reviews)

The community submitted 25 reviews to tell us what they like about Buy Me a Coffee, what Buy Me a Coffee can do better, and more.

3.6

Based on 25 reviews

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Reviews of Buy Me a Coffee split sharply. Creators praise its ease, quick setup, clean UX, and helpful features for donations, memberships, and selling digital goods; several cite reliable payouts after occasional verification delays. Makers of

Jamocracy

BrickCenter

, and

TabRizz

say it simplifies community support and encourages offering free tools. On the other hand, many users report slow or absent support, frozen or banned accounts, payout refusals, and refund confusion, urging caution. Overall, great when it works, but risk tolerance for support and compliance issues is required.

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•1 review

HORRIBLE!!! I sent money to a YouTube friend in Mauritius, she didn’t receive it. I had to email this poorly run company more than 6 times to get a real Info. Then they told me they had refunded my money, only it’s not in my account. Looking more & more like a giant scam. If they don’t find my money, I will file a police report.

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1 view4yr ago

Voicenotes

Dear Jeani, I want to clarify that refunds are only processed for creators' accounts if they are deactivated due to a violation of our terms. If we've informed you that the amount has been refunded, it can only be sent to your registered account. Could you please check your bank account to confirm? I can send you the refund receipt if you still can't find it. Please email me at aleesha@buymeacoffee.com.

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2yr ago

•1 review

Kofi, Cashapp, Crypto are all better than this. A sketchy company with poor customer service (based in the Phillipines). As poor as the alternatives are I can't say that BuyMeACoffee is any better. They are just as unaccountable as those other companies and frankly even worse. Your money might get caught in limbo or perhaps things will work perfectly. Payments to some creators work and some creators don't. All with no explanation, despite weeks of back and forth with customer service (text-based in the Philippines). I hope that some ambitious entrepreneur comes out with alternative to PayPal and the rest of the hopelessly unaccountable 100% remote companies like this.

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4 views3yr ago

Voicenotes

Dan, our moderation team deactivates accounts only after a careful three-step review. Mistakes are rare, and deactivation usually occurs if there's a violation of our Terms of Service or an unverifiable use-case. After any deactivation, we email the creator with the reasons, and if there's a remaining balance, it's refunded to the supporters for security reasons. Thus, your claim about holding your amount is invalid. Even if I ignore all your unsubstantiated claims, your offensive remarks do not really deserve a reply. Yes, two of our team members (out of 30) are from Philippines. What does it have anything to do with your experience?

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2yr ago

•1 review

I will give it 5 stars because it's easy to use and straight forward, I've had some misunderstanding in the past, where my account got locked but after communicating via email with their staff (Aleesha John) the problem was fixed and my account was reactivated. I recommend! Great support/staff! Also their fees are pretty low!

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•1 review

Refuses payouts. Requires you to provide links to where you disply your bmc links but resets the text box each time failing to accept provided links.

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2 views3yr ago

Voicenotes

Hi Bella Trix, our moderation team may request additional details if they need to verify your use-case and ensure it complies with our Terms of Service (TOS). If this issue hasn't been resolved yet, please don't hesitate to reach out to me at aleesha @buymeacoffee.com. I'll be more than happy to look into this for you.

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2yr ago

•1 review

This is the first platform I received support for my creations. I believe, the idea of a cup of coffee gives people ease on tipping money. Great community and support.

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3yr ago

•5 reviews

Love Buy Me a Coffee! Simple tool to build a community and receive donations. Despite the ease of use, it still has powerful features like membership, chat, publishing, etc.

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3yr ago

•6 reviews

Pretty good tool if you want to receive tips or initiate a conversation. If your purpose is limited to such a use case, BMC will serve the purpose. If you want more, you will have to hunt for more comprehensive alternatives.

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2yr ago

Voicenotes

Hi Kritarth, thanks for leaving the review. I wanted to highlight what makes BMC unique. We're not just a donation tool – we offer an entire suite of features to help you monetize your content. With BMC, you can set up a Shop to sell digital or physical items, create Memberships for recurring revenue, offer Commissions for services, and even set up a Wishlist to get your items funded. Beyond that, we have a range of publishing tools like Posts, Gallery, and Podcasts, and even an inbuilt email tool to help you build your email list. With all these features offered at an affordable price, why look elsewhere when we provide everything you need to grow and monetize your content? :)

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2yr ago

•1 review

From now on, I told all me members to please stop donating at me via the "Buy Me a Coffee" site; they scammed my money. As you can see, that site is designed for a donation system that created an account to receive donations from random people, and now they will ask me for proof of where I got the donation, etc. like WT! Why did they ask? It's always our privacy who donated to us! and it's not their business since they are deducting our money for fees!

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2 views2yr ago

Voicenotes

Hi Faqka, as you mentioned you have all the freedom to collect donations from random people. However, our responsibility as a company is to maintain a safe environment for all our creators. When an account shows a high rate of failed or blocked transactions, we may request additional details. This isn't an invasion of privacy but rather a precaution to protect both you and our platform from potential fraudulent activities, such as money laundering or credit card fraud. We don't seek personal information about you or your supporters. Instead, we ask about the nature of your business and your use-case to ensure compliance with our Terms of Service (TOS). Also, I can see that your account is already approved by our moderation team.

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2yr ago

•1 review

This is a very useful website. I wish I could just search for my other friends or for other users easily without having the link to their profile. Also website has some problems with withdrawal options but they have a very kind and helpful customer services. They solved my problem as soon as possible so I’ll keep using the website. Thank you

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2yr ago

•1 review

Buy Me a Coffee is a trustworthy platform to receive donations from your fans and also sell your products. Although my first payout was delayed, I eventually got paid. I must admit the payment came as a surprise as I'd already concluded I'd never receive it. So the platform can be trusted.

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