Ko-fi

Getting paid by fans for what you make is the job Ko-fi does. Ko-fi is a platform where creators receive donations, sell memberships and engage with their audience, with support often priced at about the cost of a coffee.

Creators can also open a shop, take commissions and set up memberships so fans pay them directly rather than going through an ad-funded middleman.

Extras include stream alerts, Discord integration and API access, which matter if you already run a community or build your own workflow around your audience.

One oddity: the site link and the AI detection categories attached to this entry point to an AI content detector, not a creator payment service.

Ko-fi itself is about supporting creators, so check which product you are actually after before signing up.