Buy Me a Coffee · Pricing Plans

Buymeacoffee Plans Pricing

Buy Me a Coffee has no monthly subscription fee for creators. The platform monetizes with a flat 5% platform fee applied to transactions (tips / coffees, memberships, and shop / Extras sales); creators keep 95% before payment processing. Standard payment processing (Stripe) is charged separately - roughly 2.9% plus 0.30 USD per successful transaction, plus a small Stripe payout-processing fee. Payouts are transferred to the creator's connected Stripe account (typically weekly, once a balance threshold is met) and then deposited to the creator's bank. The developer API itself is free to use with a personal access Bearer token; there is no separate API charge.

Buymeacoffee Plans Pricing is the machine-readable pricing-plan profile for Buy Me a Coffee on the APIs.io network, in the API Commons Plans shape.

It defines 2 plans, covering usage tiers, with named plans including Creator (No Monthly Fee), Payment Processing (Stripe).

This profile was written by API Evangelist and has not been verified against a page the provider published; treat every figure as unconfirmed until a dated transcription replaces it.

Tagged areas include Creator Economy, Memberships, Subscriptions, Tips, and Payments.

2 Plans API Commons Plans
Method: generated, dated 2026-07-05.
Written by API Evangelist on 2026-07-05 and not verified against a page the provider published. Treat every figure as unconfirmed until a dated transcription replaces it.
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Creator (No Monthly Fee) usage

The single creator plan. No monthly or setup fee. Accept one-time tips, recurring memberships, and shop / Extras purchases. Buy Me a Coffee takes a flat 5% platform fee per transaction; the creator keeps 95% before payment processing.

Platform Fee (transaction · month) 5% of each transaction (tips, memberships, and shop sales) USD
Monthly Subscription Fee (subscription · month) $0 (no monthly fee) USD
Payment Processing (Stripe) usage

Standard third-party payment processing charged in addition to the 5% platform fee. Collected by Stripe, not retained by Buy Me a Coffee as platform revenue. Rates vary by country.

Processing Fee (transaction · month) ~2.9% + $0.30 per successful transaction (Stripe; varies by country) USD
Payout Processing (payout · month) ~0.5% Stripe payout processing (varies by country) USD

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