iwas teaching software development and graphic design on YouTube and across social media, helping students understand real projects by building them live. As I kept teaching, I realised something simple — the templates and project files I was using could actually help people beyond the videos.

So I tried to sell them.

That’s when the problems started.

I signed up on Buy Me a Coffee, only to realise the payouts depended on Stripe — which doesn’t work for Nigerians. Then I tried Ko-fi. They accepted PayPal, so I followed a YouTube tutorial and managed to create a PayPal account from Nigeria. It worked. I uploaded my templates. I made sales.

And then everything stopped there.

Till today, my $86 is still stuck in that PayPal account. Money I earned fairly. Money I couldn’t touch — simply because the system wasn’t built for where I live.

That moment changed how I saw everything.

It wasn’t that people didn’t want to support African creators.
It was that most platforms make it unnecessarily hard for them to get paid.

So I built Plausy.

Plausy is a creator platform built from this side of the world — starting with Nigerians. It lets creators receive support, sell digital or physical products, set monthly memberships, create funding goals, and even run crowdfunding campaigns — all while getting paid directly into their local bank account.

• No subscriptions.
• No hacks.
• No “watch this YouTube video to make it work”.

Creating a Plausy profile is free forever, and you don’t need a credit card to start. Plausy only takes a small 5% fee when you earn — that’s it.

Plausy isn’t about chasing algorithms or begging platforms for visibility. It’s about giving creators a simple, honest way to get support from people who already care.

I built Plausy because I was tired of doing everything right — and still being blocked.

Now, creators don’t have to go through that.