Ko-fi

Getting paid for your creative work without building a store from scratch is the job Ko-fi does. Ko-fi is a creator support platform where fans can send donations and buy things from the people who make content they like.

You set up a page, and from there you can open memberships, sell items in a shop, and take commissions.

The same page is where you connect with your audience.

Starting is free, which keeps the barrier low for anyone testing whether supporters will actually pay.

Ko-fi is built around the idea that creators should earn money doing what they love, so the appeal is simple: one page, a few ways for fans to chip in.

The site is also tagged with AI chatbot, summarizer and text generation categories, but the core of Ko-fi as described is creator payments and fan support, so judge it on that.