Launch HN: Buy Me a Coffee (YC W19) – Give your audience a way to thank you

Re:Launch HN: Buy Me a Coffee (YC W19) – Give your audience ... by Mojah on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @01:22AM (#21700049)

I've been using this for a few days now on my own blog [1], but so far it isn't "catching on". That is to say, the revenue I seem to be making from a donation system like this is still many times smaller than a traditional advertising system or promotion of reflink services.

This isn't an issue with Buy Me a Coffee, I think it's a fundamental issue with how we perceive value of things we read & ingest online. It's hardly ever apparent how much time the author spent on a piece and the consumption of it might only take 2 minutes. Most people don't value online content to be valuable - after all, anyone can do it - right?

In my case, with ~10.000 pageviews/day (mostly helpdesk-style articles) I get about 1 coffee donation per day. Detract any costs by CC processor and the service itself, and what's left is about 0.70€ (that's 70 cents).

[1] https://ma.ttias.be/blog/

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Re:Launch HN: Buy Me a Coffee (YC W19) – Give your audience ... by jijosunny on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @04:38AM (#21700845)

Hey, I just came across your tweet [1] and wanted to say that we think about this a lot. The most effective way to attract more contributions is to offer something extra or exclusive. Obviously, this is not possible for everyone, so we designed Buy Me A Coffee in a way that every supporter and their comment gets featured on the top. We then notify the creators and encourage them to reply. This way, the act of supporting itself becomes the reward.

Thanks again for the feedback, and thank you for your blog!

[1] https://twitter.com/mattiasgeniar/status/1202111712264163328

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Re:Launch HN: Buy Me a Coffee (YC W19) – Give your audience ... by BilalBudhani on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @03:44AM (#21700623)

Nice personal site. I like the design.

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