Buy Me a Coffee Reviews 

1,542
TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

3.7

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Looking at 291 reviews, most reviewers were somewhat happy with their experience overall. Consumers generally find the platform simple, seamless, and user-friendly, appreciating its design for creators. Many customers frequently highlight the helpfulness and responsiveness of the support staff, often praising team members for their kind and effective assistance. Reviewers report quick replies and successful resolution of their issues, contributing to a positive overall experience. However, some people mentioned experiencing significant delays in fund payouts, with money being held for weeks or even being difficult to access. Some reviewers were not happy with the customer service, citing slow response times and unhelpful interactions when issues arose. Additionally, a few customers encountered problems with account verification processes, and some felt support was ineffective in addressing their concerns.

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Customer service

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Payment

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Response time

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Staff

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User experience

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I cannot give 5/5, because problems appear - but the best thing is that BMC listens to their users and actually fix those problems. Contrary to many others (like Patreon), who answer like "We understa... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Without any doubt Buy me a Coffee, is a great initiative ♥️. It provides to showcase your content and talent. Just a small request, stripe should open opportunity for individuals to get registered as... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Overall I have found the Buy Me A Coffee service excellent. The website works well and has let me grow a funding base for my hobby in old age. Recently I had an issue with a feature. It didn’t... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Buy Me a Coffee is a platform that is still underrated because I dont see why it is not yet a song in every country considering their amazing, seamless and stressfree platform. This is a platfor... See more

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Buy Me a Coffee is the best way for creators and artists to accept one-off support and membership from their fans.


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TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

With complete honesty...I am computer…

With complete honesty...I am computer challenged except for the programs I use for my work. Anything that is complicated, I usually try and then forget it. Buy me a Coffee is stress free and even I was able to navigate through the set up...Thank you Buy Me a Coffee!!

June 22, 2026
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Reply from Buy Me a Coffee

"Even I could navigate it" might be the best compliment a setup process can get , that's exactly what we're going for. Glad it was stress-free, and thanks for sharing this. ☕

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent Customer Seevice

Overall I have found the Buy Me A Coffee service excellent. The website works well and has let me grow a funding base for my hobby in old age.

Recently I had an issue with a feature. It didn’t affect my revenue, but prevented communication from my followers. After sending off an email to support, I received a quick reply, with helpful trouble shooting, and soon the problem was promptly resolved. Fast, courteous, and professional.

June 25, 2026
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Reply from Buy Me a Coffee

This one's really special to read, so glad BMC's helped grow that funding base for you. And glad support got you back up and running fast when that feature hiccup hit your followers. Thank you for writing this out!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service

Excellent service! The support team was very reactive and the payments went through on my stripe account without any problem.

June 23, 2026
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Reply from Buy Me a Coffee

Thanks for sharing!
Glad to hear the support team moved fast and everything landed smoothly on Stripe ! ☕

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great service and quick on a problem…

Great service and quick on a problem when signing up for account. Now to spread the word on new account

June 23, 2026
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Reply from Buy Me a Coffee

Glad that got sorted quickly during signup, good luck spreading the word, and welcome aboard! ☕

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Constantly logged out between sessions

Great platform for creators and membership programs but absolutely infuriating that you have to constantly log in again after being logged out between sessions. No other site I use does that, even sites trusted with sensitive and secure information. Their cookie policy clearly wasn't developed with users in mind and they apparently don't care, offering no support to resolve the issue.

June 23, 2026
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Reply from Buy Me a Coffee

That logout issue sounds genuinely annoying, especially for something you're using regularly, thank you for flagging it clearly. it's worth us taking a closer look at. If you can share details (browser, device) at support@buymeacoffee.com, we'd like to dig into what's causing it on your end specifically.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Ants Kitchen Hub is the best❣️

I donate monthly to Ants Kitchen Hub; they always give me a heads up by email stating my donation will be processed soon. I've only had one communication with them and they responded timely. If I could give them more than 5 stars I would 🤗

June 21, 2026
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Reply from Buy Me a Coffee

Lovely to hear, support like this means a lot to creators. Thanks for being part of it! ☕

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

quick, helpful service

quick, helpful customer service! I sent a chat message well after normal business hours, and was surprised to get a reply so quickly, and my issue was solved. Very satisfied with that ;)

June 17, 2026
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Reply from Buy Me a Coffee

Glad we could get to you quick, even after hours, Thanks for the kind words!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Prompt and helpful

Prompt and helpful.
I tried to cancel a monthly subscription but despite the guidance provided i could not for some reasons. Tina from buy me coffee helped me to do so at her end.

June 14, 2026
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Reply from Buy Me a Coffee

Glad Tina could step in and get the cancellation sorted. Thanks for calling her out by name. Will convey this to Tina. ☕️

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Helps support my maker projects

BMaC is a great service that allows supporters of my independent maker projects to "tip" me for my work. This helps offset the cost of hosting and supplies (wood, 3d filament, etc) without requiring them to sign up for a subscription, etc. like other services. It helps my virtual community show their support which in turn keeps me motivated to create and share new things.

June 13, 2026
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Reply from Buy Me a Coffee

Low-friction support so you can keep making things , that's the whole goal. Thanks for sharing how it works on your end. ☕

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

A Service that Protects Scammers & Con-men

I had commissioned an artist who asked that I use their Buy Me A Coffee page to pay. After payment, they blocked me on all social media, and I reached out to Buy Me A Coffee's support staff to see if the payment could be reversed, (after 2 days of trying to get back into contact with the artist who had went radio silent and stolen the money)

Customer service told me conflicting stories, that they'd reach out to their payment team for a resolution, only to be told that the refund would need to be delayed until after the seller had responded, it had been a week since, and I ultimately filed a dispute with my bank as it was a substantial amount of money.

After I filed the dispute, as I believed customer support was delaying to protect the scammer, they told me that they would no longer be able to process my refund and that my bank would investigate it. This was after a hectic few days of trying to get an answer from both the seller and their customer support was unhelpful in refunding a recent transaction.

BuyMeACoffee's own TOS states that the "non-delivery" of promised goods is grounds for a refund. Dispute being shown receipts in the initial email and being told that they'd reach out to their payments team, the story changed and I was then told that they'd need a response from the seller first, the seller which had already went radio silent and refused to respond after taking my money.

I would not recommend using Buy Me A Coffee over other options which offer more flexible consumer protections such as Paypal's Goods & Services or another payment platform with more consumer-friendly customer support.

June 1, 2026
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Reply from Buy Me a Coffee

We're sorry this happened ,being let down by someone you paid is genuinely distressing. Our support team does have to follow a process when it comes to payment disputes, and once a chargeback is filed with a bank, that investigation takes precedence over any parallel resolution on our end. We'd also note that our Terms of Use place responsibility for creator conduct with the creator, not with Buy Me a Coffee. If there's anything still unresolved on our side, please reach out to support@buymeacoffee.com.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Customer service was extremely quick in…

Customer service was extremely quick in responding and resolving my inquiry. Was expecting a response in 48-72 hours but it only took them a few.

June 8, 2026
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Reply from Buy Me a Coffee

Beating expectations is always the goal , really glad we could get to you quickly! ☕

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