# Ko-fi (كو-فاي)

> Ko-fi is available in Syria with limited functionality, as of 2026-08-10.

- Status: limited
- Outreach: No Outreach
- Company: [Ko-fi Labs](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/ko-fi-labs.md)
- Categories: Creator Economy, Crowdfunding & Donations, Digital Goods, Payment Services
- Official site: https://ko-fi.com/
- Community votes: 17
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/ko-fi

## About

Creator support platform for receiving tips, memberships, and selling products

## Activity summary

Partially blocked in Syria. As investigated in February 2026, Ko-fi relies on PayPal and Stripe to process payments, so Syrian creators cannot receive payouts because neither processor currently supports Syria. Even if Ko-fi lifted its own restrictions, the underlying payment processors would have to enter Syria first. No outreach to the company has been made yet.

## Community reports

- 2026-02-15 — Investigated. This is a complicated issue. Ko-fi allows creators to receive tips and memberships, but relies on PayPal and Stripe to process payments. Syrian creators cannot receive payouts because neither PayPal nor Stripe currently supports Syria. Even if Ko-fi itself lifts restrictions, the underlying payment processors must enter Syria first.

## Context

These are geo-restrictions the companies applied themselves, not filtering by Syrian ISPs and not a legal requirement. US and EU sanctions on Syria were lifted in 2025. See https://unblocksyria.com/llms.txt for the regulatory summary and https://unblocksyria.com/en/about for citations to the specific orders and regulations.

## Machine-readable

- JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/ko-fi?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/ko-fi/timeline?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/ko-fi
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/ko-fi.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/ko-fi.md