Ko-fi

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What it does

Ko-fi collects one-off tips, runs memberships and sells the occasional digital product, and it is unusual in this category for taking no platform cut on a tip. Its framing is deliberately low commitment on both sides: a supporter can give once without signing up to anything monthly, and a creator can accept that without promising a tier of rewards. Payments land directly rather than being held and paid out on a cycle. For an audience that wants to say thank you rather than subscribe, it removes almost all of the friction.

Alternatives

Other tools we list for the monetize stage.

• PatreonRecurring memberships paid directly by an audience.
• GumroadSells digital products with no monthly fee and a cut of each sale.