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Buy Me a Coffee

One-tap support, memberships and a shop for creators; no monthly fee, a 5% cut of every payment, paid to your bank through Stripe.

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Counts, not a score. 6 of 10 things we look for are published by Buy Me a Coffee, and 4 we have not checked yet. A ratio would need a denominator from outside this site. A count does not.

Can you even be here

Where you can sign upIs my country on the list at all?We have not checked this one yet. That is our gap, not theirs.

Where you can be paidTwo lists, and they are not always the same one.A published list of countries where Stripe can pay out: 44 on Stripe Standard Connect, from Australia to the United States, and about 70 more on Stripe Express, from Albania to VietnamSupported Countries for Payouts on Buy Me a Coffee · source · checked 2026-09-11 · different for you?

Minimum ageHow old do I have to be, and is it higher for some offers?We have not checked this one yet. That is our gap, not theirs.

Getting the money out

What you are paid inCash, or something that is only spendable in one place?Cash, directly to your bank account through Stripe; creators keep 95% of the earningsHow do I get paid? · source · checked 2026-09-11 · different for you?

Ways to get paidIf the one method fails, is there a second one?Bank account through Stripe, as Stripe Standard Connect or Stripe Express depending on your country; your first payout waits for a one-time human review of the accountWhen are payouts processed? · source · checked 2026-09-11 · different for you?

Minimum payoutHow much must pile up before they let go of it?We have not checked this one yet. That is our gap, not theirs.

Fee taken out of the payoutWhat is deducted that the payout page does not mention?No monthly fee; a 5% transaction fee on every payment, so creators keep 95%Is there a fee to use Buy Me a Coffee? · source · checked 2026-09-11 · different for you?

Time from earning to money in handThe whole chain, not the speed they advertise for the last step.The first payout typically takes up to a total of 7-14 days because a moderation team reviews the account first; after approval, a payout goes to Stripe and then 3-5 business days to your bankWhen are payouts processed? · source · checked 2026-09-11 · different for you?

Keeping what you earned

How a balance can be lostDoes it expire, get charged rent, or vanish if I go quiet?After 18 consecutive months with no login, with weekly reminders from month 12, a remaining balance is paid out to a connected payout method or, if there is none, refunded to the original supportersUnderstanding Buy Me a Coffee's Dormancy Policy · source · checked 2026-09-11 · different for you?

Who is on the hook

Who is legally on the hookWhich company, and does it publish anything about whether it can pay?We have not checked this one yet. That is our gap, not theirs.

Put Buy Me a Coffee next to something else

No article here covers Buy Me a Coffee alongside another platform yet, so there is nothing to suggest. Pick your own pairing and the same questions get asked of each.

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How to read this page

The ten things above are not our idea of what matters. They are what the checklists in twenty hand-written articles on this site already asked, counted up: country and eligibility came first in nineteen of them, waiting time and what you are paid in came next. The payout minimum, the number most people search for, barely appeared. It is one row here, not the headline.

A row marked not publishedmeans we opened the company's own pages looking for it and it was not there. That is a finding, and it is dated. A row marked not checked yet means we have not done the work. Those two are kept apart on purpose: an empty box because we were slow should never look like an empty box because they were quiet.

Found something that has moved? Tell us. It gets checked against the source and the change is dated on the corrections page.

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