Nusrat Jahan
How I price my art commissions
The streetlight looked really pretty.The sodium light melted orange across the wet road.
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January2 a.m.
Nusrat is an illustrator. She takes freelance work, and lately she's started making content too. Plenty of people want to buy her art and back her, but Nusrat doesn't know how to build a website. A gateway needs a trade licence, a TIN and a bank contract, and Stripe and PayPal don't pay out in Bangladesh. So the people who want to can't find her easily, can't talk work with her, and have no proper way to send money.
Nusrat is fictional. We made her up to explain the story easily, she isn't a real person.
Doel says: A lot of creators know this night.
From Dhaka to Sylhet, Khulna to Sreemangal. Some have a lakh of followers, some only a handful. The story is the same: the work is there, but there's no way for the money to come in.
They're all fictional, made up to explain things easily. Any likeness to a real person is a coincidence.
Doel says: Does your story sound like this?
I made a recipe e-book. How do I sell it? How do I even take the money?
Rafi
Cooking YouTuber, Chattogram
I write a poem every week and a few people read it. Not one taka comes in.
Ayesha
Poet, Sylhet
My fans want to back me every month. There's just no way for them to do it.
Shuvo
Musician, Khulna
Students pay for my notes on bKash and I track it in a notebook. Miss one and it's a mess.
Tania Apa
HSC physics tutor, Rajshahi
Lots of my viewers want to support me. Most of them don't have a card.
Zayan
Game streamer, Dhaka
People in Dhaka want prints of my tea-garden photos. Couriers, cash, bookkeeping, all on my own?
Megh
Photographer, Sreemangal
Doel says: Come on, I'll show you what Nusrat's day looks like now.
Coffees, orders, posts and payouts all run through one page. She doesn't worry about the money side anymore, so she can focus on painting.
FebruaryOne evening
A friend sent her a link. Nusrat opened her laptop on the roof, and her page was ready before her tea went cold. No forms to hand in, no office to visit.
Doel says: It costs nothing to start, and you don't need business papers.
The next morningMetro Line 6
Send Nusrat a coffee
Rahim
Your monsoon rickshaw is my phone wallpaper now.
I'll cover the fee
Pay ৳60 with bKashRahim has loved Nusrat's paintings for a long time, and he wants more people to see them. So on the metro to work, he sent 3 coffees and a short note. Done before the next station.
Doel says: Nusrat keeps every note. She reads them on bad days.
MarchBy a café window
Some posts are free for everyone, and they bring in new readers. The deeper ones, like how she picks colours or prices a commission, she keeps for her premium members. That's where the writing earns.
Doel says: Free posts bring new readers. The ones who love them become members.
Late MarchSunday's video recording
Membership
৳150
a month
Her members-only posts, Sunday painting videos included
Become a memberA few supporters wanted to back her every month. Nusrat set up one monthly membership, and every Sunday she posts a painting video for members.
Doel says: Nobody gets charged quietly, so members can relax.
The last week of ChaitraBefore Pohela Boishakh
In the week before Pohela Boishakh, 186 orders came in. Nusrat told AI in one line that she wanted Boishakh colours, and the whole shop changed. The sale timer, download links and tracking ran on their own. Nusrat sat back with her tea.
Doel says: Someone buys a wallpaper at 3 a.m. and Nusrat doesn't have to wake up.
The last day of the monthAt the corner tea stall
Coffees, the shop and the membership had all been adding up. On the last day of the month, at a tea stall, Nusrat asked for her first payout. By lunch the next day it was in her bKash.
Doel says: The moment a supporter pays, that money is yours.
For every payment: what came in, our fee, and what Nusrat kept.
MonsoonA rainy-day art fair
At a monsoon art fair Nusrat handed out postcards with a QR code on the back. Back home, people scanned it: some followed her, some joined as members.
We don't promise you followers. What we do is make your page easy to find and easy to come back to.
Doel says: One QR on a postcard, and everything else is on the page.
Before Eid and Puja, the messages and orders were too much for one person, so Nusrat brought her cousin Mihi onto the team. Mihi replies and ships orders, but only Nusrat can take money out.
Festival seasonThe rush before Eid and Puja
Doel says: However big the team gets, only one person takes the money out.
Doel says: I count orders with AI now too. The AI never touches the money, though!
NovemberThe first cold morning
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AI inside the app tooWriting polishShop themesAn AI review before you post
Nusrat connected her own AI app to her page. Now she just asks: which day did best, which order is stuck.
Her AI answers buyers' questions in her Shop's messages too. Supporters' personal messages stay with Nusrat.
What the AI can do
What it can never do
We check new posts and products the AI writes before they go live. Every change it makes is recorded with the name of the app that made it.
From that small room in Mirpur to a bright studio in Dhanmondi. Her paintings on the walls, a rickshaw hood for a café on the easel. What used to be a hobby is now Nusrat's work.
Mihi works 15 hours a week now, and Nusrat pays her from her own earnings. And that notebook? The one that used to hold nothing but money worries now holds ideas for new paintings.
The painting was always mine. Now the money has a proper way in too. I don't lie awake over the accounts anymore. I just think about the next painting.
Nusrat and the other creators on this page are made up. The numbers are examples, not a promise of what you'll earn.
Your year can start the same way, with one page.
Join the waitlistThe next JanuaryThe new studio in Dhanmondi
Nusrat's year
Doel says: So much changed in one year!
You met them at the start of the story. This is what their pages look like now: some sell, some write, some run on their members.
Doel says: Everyone's path is different. The page is the same.
Rafi
Cooking YouTuber, Chattogram
His recipe e-book is in his shop now, and every video links to his coffees.
Waiting for:1-on-1 cooking sessions
Ayesha
Poet, Sylhet
A poem goes out by email every Sunday. The month's best costs a few taka to read.
Waiting for:A podcast of her poems, in her own voice
Shuvo
Musician, Khulna
Members hear his new songs first, and they cover the studio rent now.
Waiting for:A giveaway for concert tickets
Tania Apa
HSC physics tutor, Rajshahi
Her notes arrive as an instant download, and printed books go out cash on delivery.
Waiting for:Her own online physics school
Zayan
Game streamer, Dhaka
Coffees come in on bKash from the link under his stream. Nobody needs a card.
Waiting for:Hiring, for paid coaching work straight from his page
Megh
Photographer, Sreemangal
Her tea-garden prints ship to Dhaka, and photographers all over the country buy her Lightroom presets.
Waiting for:Hiring, for paid photoshoots straight from her page
And 30+ more services are coming soon. Let's take a quick look at what else is here, one by one.
One link (hobenakicoffee.com/you) drops into every bio, video, or poster.See the public page
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Filing your own tax return stays with you. We just keep the paperwork in order.
Supporters and buyers message you directly. Every thread shows the product or order it's about, right at the top.
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Doel says: I guard the door to the money.
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These are being built right now. You'll start with what's ready on launch day, and the rest arrive one by one, on the same page.
Doel says: We're building these now. They'll be added to this page one at a time.
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Apply for a Trade Licence
waiting…Register for a TIN
waiting…Open a business bank account
waiting…Sign a payment gateway contract
waiting…Sort out shipping & logistics
waiting…bKash to your own number, no name
waiting…Orders confirmed from screenshots
waiting…No way to back you every month
waiting…No business paperwork to sign up
doneA receipt and a fee statement for every payment
donePayouts within 24 business-day hours
donebKash & Nagad built in
doneShipping & COD ready to go
doneEvery payment comes with a name and a note
doneOrders, downloads and tracking, handled
doneMonthly memberships, with a reminder before each one ends
doneDoel says: This is just Nusrat's everyday now.
Rahim's three coffees
The payment gateway's cost is already inside this fee.
Doel says: No hidden costs. The rate card lists every one.
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Everything you need to know about getting started, getting paid, and what it costs.
Hobe Naki Coffee (হবে নাকি Coffee?) is an all-in-one digital business and monetization platform built for Bangladeshi creators and entrepreneurs. There's no upfront fee and no monthly bill: you pay a Platform fee only when you earn, and it already includes payment processing. Share a single link and start earning directly from your audience through coffee gifts, memberships, paid posts and a shop today, with more services coming soon. We collect payments on your behalf, so you can start without a Trade Licence or a gateway contract of your own.
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Buy Me a Coffee and Ko-fi pay creators through Stripe or PayPal, and neither works here. Patreon can pay a Bangladeshi bank, but your earnings sit in dollars and get converted, with a fee, every time. We pay in taka, straight to bKash, Nagad, Rocket or your bank.
Once your identity is verified (KYC, a one-time process where you submit your national ID and a photo to meet financial regulations), we send withdrawals to bKash, Nagad or Rocket within 24 business-day hours. Business days are Sunday to Thursday in Dhaka time, not counting public and bank holidays. Bank transfers take 2–3 more business days.
Yes, every creator, until your first payment comes in. We show you how to set up your page, add a payout method (bKash, Nagad, Rocket or a bank), put up your first services or products, and share your link. Message us on WhatsApp: we usually reply within a few hours, Sunday to Thursday. In the app, Doel bhai's Tours walk you through each step. We guide you and you do the setup yourself. Legal work and business registration aren't part of it. After your first payment, our usual support carries on.
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