My Experience With "Buy Me A Coffee"
Published on November 27, 2025
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A couple of months ago, I added a "Buy Me A Coffee" link to my YouTube channel and to my website. The channel and website are generally about Internet marketing. I must admit that I haven't particularly read any instructions, I just created a buy me a coffee account and added the link to my YouTube videos and to my website.
According to my Google Analytics, my website views for the past two months have been precisely 84,131 views, however, the amount of coffee's received is zero! Now I appreciate that people don't go to YouTube or a website to purchase a coffee, however, I thought I may have perhaps received one or two coffees, possibly! I actually see buy me a coffee on quite a few websites, obviously on the large and more trusted channels, people are more likely to buy a coffee, especially if a particular video has solved someone's problem, or given them an answer, etc.
I'm guessing that the majority of people don't read descriptions, they probably just go straight to the video. I must admit I do sometimes read descriptions, but then I kind of enjoy reading things, but I don't think this is probably the norm. Also, I have never asked anyone to buy me a coffee, or at least I don't think I have, maybe giving a prompt would help, but I am not particularly someone who likes asking.
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The main thing is for me to build my YouTube channel, not really to gain coffees. However, my YouTube channel is several years old and my posting has been very sporadic, which I know has definitely penalised the channel. The last few months, I have been pushing forward and making a lot more content, so it's definitely gaining momentum.
I will carry on leaving the links on the videos and websites, etc, as eventually, I'm sure it will happen. But the main thing is to provide valuable content, grow the channel and build relationships.
It would be interesting to hear about other members experiences with buy me a coffee and any tips, etc, as I haven't particularly carried out much homework, I literally just added a link.
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Thank you for reading.
Roy
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