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Social Media & Creator Tools
Buy Me a Coffee
The best way for creators and artists to accept support and membership from their fans
- Community votes
- 0
- DR by Ahrefs
- 92 no change since last check
- Started
- 2017
Ahrefs Domain Rating benchmarked 13 Nov 2026, rebuilt 3 Oct 2026.
A platform that helps creators accept support, build memberships, and sell products directly to their fans with simple payment processing.
What it is
Buy Me a Coffee is a platform designed for creators and artists to accept support from their fans. The platform offers multiple ways to earn: fans can make one-off support payments, creators can launch memberships for recurring monthly or yearly income, and there is a Shop feature for selling products like eBooks, art commissions, and services.
The platform emphasizes simplicity and creator-friendly design. It provides instant payouts to bank accounts without delays, offers email marketing tools at no extra cost, and ensures creators maintain 100% ownership of their supporter list. Buy Me a Coffee also supports publishing exclusive content in multiple formats including audio, and provides human customer support.
Founded in 2017, the company aims to help creators build direct relationships with their audiences rather than relying on unreliable advertising models. The platform serves over 2 million creators and operates globally with support for multiple languages.
What it is built with
- One-off support payments
- Memberships with monthly or yearly subscriptions
- Shop for selling digital and physical products
- Exclusive content publishing
- Email marketing tools
- Instant payouts to bank account
- Supporter list export
- Human customer support
- Multi-language support
Pricing
Pricing model: Freemium
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Buy Me a Coffee metrics
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Domain Rating | 92 no change since last check |
| Trust Flow | 55 no change since last check |
| Citation Flow | 67 no change since last check |
| Referring domains | 74,855 no change since last check |
| External backlinks | 47,135,564 no change since last check |
Ahrefs Domain Rating benchmarked 13 Nov 2026, rebuilt 3 Oct 2026. Main build topic: Arts/Literature (43). Majestic benchmarked 3 Oct 2026, rebuilt 3 Oct 2026. Link data built by Majestic. Trust Flow, Citation Flow and Topical Trust Flow are trademarks of Majestic-12 Ltd.
Buy Me a Coffee domain build sheet
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| Domain age | 11 years |
|---|---|
| Registered | |
| Expires | |
| Registrar | GoDaddy.com, LLC |
| DNSSEC | Not signed |
Buy Me a Coffee after-launch build log
Since Buy Me a Coffee launched on Maker Launches on 3 October 2026, these are the figures we have tracked.
- Domain Rating (Ahrefs)
- 92 no change since launch
- 92 at launch (3 Oct 2026), 92 on 13 Nov 2026
- Trust Flow (Majestic)
- 55
- First measured 3 Oct 2026
- Referring domains (Majestic)
- 74,855
- First measured 3 Oct 2026
Checkpoints
- Day 302 Nov 2026DR 92 no change since launch0 visits sent
Day 40 since launch. Next receipt: day 60, 2 Dec 2026. We show what changed, not what caused it: many things affect these numbers. Nothing here is estimated.
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Questions from the bench
- How long does it take to start?
- It is free and takes less than a minute to set up a page on Buy Me a Coffee.
- How are creators paid?
- Creators get paid instantly to their bank account with no waiting periods, unlike other platforms that may have 30-day delays.
- What can creators sell on Shop?
- Shop is designed for creators to sell various items that don't fit traditional e-commerce stores, including one-on-one services like Zoom calls, art commissions, and eBooks.
- Is email marketing included?
- Yes, Buy Me a Coffee includes unlimited email marketing to fans at no extra cost, unlike paid services such as Mailchimp.
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