Donation Platform?

Any recommendations for a donation platform to help support a server? I know PayPal, Patreon, Kofi are options, but it's less clear what the differences between them are. I run a few different servers and have been hosting them for free, and intend to and have the means to keep doing so, but folks have been asking me if I had a donation link set up to help out. I really don't want to lock people into recurring charges or anything like that, and I also don't want to give up more of a cut than I have to, but I've never really interacted with these things before and am pretty green, so any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Admincraft Meta
Admincraft Meta2mo ago
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Shadow
Shadow2mo ago
I recommend ko-fi myself, you can do both donations and memberships there and it has the best fees out of everyone (aka no fees mostly)
Skullians
Skullians2mo ago
Word of advice: don’t call them donations mojang doesn’t allow them to be called donations they have to be called purchases
Shadow
Shadow2mo ago
its allowed if you specifically donate to a person instead of a server, which is more what it looks like they're wanting
Skullians
Skullians2mo ago
true reply ping!!!
Einbrecher
EinbrecherOP2mo ago
Yeah, it'd be to me and not the server specifically - but thanks for the heads up. I'll look into that just to make sure I avoid any minefields there Thanks. Is there an official post or anything like that where they discuss it?
Shadow
Shadow2mo ago
yeah servers and hosting section

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