How Buy Me A Coffee grew to millions of users - Jijo Sunny

Today I’m joined by Jijo Sunny, who is the co-founder of Buy Me A Coffee, one of the most popular donation and membership platforms on the internet. They’ve processed 10’s of millions for creators and have built a 26 strong team. Since founding Buy Me A Coffee, Jijo has dabbled in all sorts of projects, including a stint in YC with a podcasting app. Now though, Jijo is back building a new product, Voicenotes, a voice driven AI note taking app.👉 Listen to the full 1 hour conversation with Jijo here: indiebites.com/membershipTimestamps00:00 Intro01:48 Background02:27 Buy Me a Coffee Origin Story03:37 How did Buy Me A Coffee grow05:35 Jijo on multiple products06:35 Making products cheap to run09:21 Starting voicenotes.com14:02 Parting advice15:56 RecommendationsRecommendationsBook: Friendly Ambitious NerdPodcast: DitheringIndie Hacker: Danny PostmaMy linksTwitterIndie Bites TwitterIndie Bites YouTubeJoin the membershipPersonal Website2 Hour Podcast CoursePodPanda (hire me to edit your podcast)This Indie Life PodcastSponsor - EmailOctopus 🐙EmailOctopus is an independently owned email marketing platform, built to support other small growing businesses. With a focus on affordability and ease of use, EmailOctopus contains all of the features you need to reach and grow your audience. You can start today, with their industry leading free plan where you can contact up to 2,500 subscribers without paying a penny.