slowclap

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How It Works

Making stuff? put a link where you're sharing it.

Supporters applaud the things they like.

Each clap is a penny. Even at the lowest tier you can support hundreds of people per month.

Support everything you love

It's one subscription. No friction, just genuine appreciation. And small amounts of support can add up fast. Give a dime Give a dollar Help the people building the things you love, so they can afford to keep building them. Everyone wins.

Better For Subscribers

Pick a tier that works for you. Platform and payment processing fees happen up front, transparently. After that, every penny goes to the people you support. No hidden fees. No extra charges.

Because fees only happen once, even if you're supporting only one person on the lowest cost tier, that's basically the same deal you'd get anywhere else. In every other scenario, there's no competition.

If you have leftover applause at the end of the month, it's automatically sent to people you've supported in the past. Your money is never wasted and it's never going to people you didn't choose to support.

Simple and Secure

slowclap is passkey first. You don't even need to come up with a password. Just enter your email.

If you're a creator, you're done. Grab your link and get back to doing what you love. You can set up Stripe connect whenever you're ready to get paid.

If you want to support other people, pick a tier and start applauding. It takes less time than it did to read this far.

Payment processing is handled by Stripe, slowclap never stores your payment information.

Better For Creators

Support can come from anywhere. Put a link on your blog, in your Mastodon bio, in your video descriptions. Heck, put it on a business card. It's just a link. The same tech that's been behind sharing stuff online since there was stuff to share. Low tech. On purpose.

slowclap lets people support you where you already are, for making the stuff you're already making. It turns your audience building work into financially supportive work. It can sit alongside other patronage platforms, or it can replace them entirely. The bulk of your audience will likely never become a dedicated subscriber, but with slowclap, that doesn't mean they can't give you support.

Better For Privacy

Most sites take every piece of data they can and sell it to the highest bidder. With slowclap, your data isn't sold, and outside of what's required, isn't even captured.

In a world filled with increased surveillance and eroding human rights, here anonymity is the default setting.

And pseudonymity is the only setting. When you sign up, you get a unique name. I'm friendly-corncob. They're fun, memorable, and only as associated with you as you want them to be. Your email is only used for payment reminders and account security. You don't need to opt out of promotional messages because there aren't any.

Smaller is Smarter

slowclap is built by me. I'm a solo indie dev and writer and my goal is to build the best platform for creators and the people that support them.

To me, that means building a platform that respects users data, respects their time, and respects their autonomy.

The internet works best when it's decentralized, when every person can own a tiny corner and create freely within it. I'm trying to help more people build something that a megacorp can't demonetize or algorithmically make irrelevant on a whim. If that's worth slower updates and a less flashy website to you too, I hope you'll consider joining.