# makerhandle vs Ko-fi > Looking for a Ko-fi alternative? Ko-fi is great for tips, shops and commissions; makerhandle puts a support button on your own page and domain. Compared. Ko-fi is a generous tip jar with a shop and commissions bolted on. makerhandle is a maker page with a support button. Here is when each one fits, and how to run both. ## What Ko-fi does well Ko-fi is many people's favorite for good reasons. As of October 2026, its help center describes: - **0% platform fee on one-off tips** on its free option, and **5% on shop sales, memberships, monthly tips and commissions**. - **Ko-fi Gold at $12 a month** with no platform fee at all; the help center says new creators can sign up for Gold monthly. - **Payments straight to you.** Ko-fi's [features page](https://ko-fi.com/features) says you are paid directly into your own PayPal or Stripe account, and Ko-fi never holds your money. - **A shop and commissions** for art, files and custom work. Ko-fi has changed its fee options more than once, so check its help center before you decide. Processing fees from PayPal or Stripe apply on top. ## Why makers look for a Ko-fi alternative - **Two pages.** Ko-fi is its own page at ko-fi.com/you. Your bio link already goes somewhere else, so supporters take an extra hop. - **Ko-fi's look, Ko-fi's address.** We could not find a custom domain option in Ko-fi's own pages; it offers a widget to embed on your site instead. - **Monthly members cost 5%** unless you pay for Gold, which is $144 a year at $12 a month. - **It does not show what you build.** A tip page says little about your products, their status or what they earn. ## What makerhandle does instead makerhandle is a page for everything you make, and the [support button](https://makerhandle.com/features/support) is one block on it, in your template's style and on your [custom domain](https://makerhandle.com/features/custom-domain) on Pro. - **Link mode, live today on every plan:** the button opens your Ko-fi page. You keep everything Ko-fi gives you. - **Built in, with Stripe:** one-time support and up to three monthly tiers paid into your own Stripe account. **0% platform fee on Pro, 5% on Free**, plus Stripe's processing fees. Built-in support is opening to makers in stages; the link button works for everyone today. What makerhandle does not do: a shop, commissions, or members-only posts. If you sell art or files, Ko-fi is still the better home for that part. ## Who should pick which - **Artists who sell prints, files or commissions:** Ko-fi. Point the makerhandle button at it if you want one link for everything. - **Mostly one-off tips:** Ko-fi's 0% on one-off tips is hard to beat. Keep it. - **Monthly supporters, and you would rather not pay $12 a month for Gold:** makerhandle Pro is $20 a year with a 0% platform fee on built-in support, once it opens for you. - **You build software, games or hardware:** a maker page with projects, [verified revenue](https://makerhandle.com/features/verified-revenue) and a support button says more than a tip page. The fee math for all three big platforms is in [Buy Me a Coffee vs Ko-fi vs Patreon fees](https://makerhandle.com/blog/buy-me-a-coffee-vs-ko-fi-vs-patreon-fees), and the full list is in [Buy Me a Coffee alternatives](https://makerhandle.com/compare/buy-me-a-coffee-alternatives). ## Sources - [Ko-fi help center: Does Ko-fi take a fee?](https://help.ko-fi.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002506494-Does-Ko-fi-take-a-fee) - [Ko-fi help center: What is Ko-fi Gold?](https://help.ko-fi.com/hc/en-us/articles/360005506873-What-is-Ko-fi-Gold) - [Ko-fi: features (paid directly into your own PayPal or Stripe account)](https://ko-fi.com/features) - [Stripe: pricing](https://stripe.com/pricing) ## Questions ### Does Ko-fi take a fee? As of October 2026, Ko-fi's help center describes 0% on one-off tips and 5% on shop sales, memberships, monthly tips and commissions on its free option, and no platform fee with Gold at $12 a month. PayPal or Stripe processing applies on top. ### Can I link my Ko-fi from makerhandle? Yes, on every plan. Paste your Ko-fi address in the editor's Support tab and the button opens it in a new tab. ### Can makerhandle verify Ko-fi income? Not yet. There is no Ko-fi connection, so Ko-fi income cannot show as verified. Built-in support and Buy Me a Coffee can. ### Does makerhandle have a shop like Ko-fi? No. makerhandle links to where you sell. Its support button takes one-time support and monthly memberships only. --- Source: https://makerhandle.com/compare/ko-fi makerhandle: makerhandle is a link in bio for makers, creators and small businesses: your links and your work, with optional verified revenue.