DonoLink gives streamers in the US a free tip page with alerts built in. Viewers tip in dollars from their phone, the payment runs through Stripe on your own account, and the alert plays in OBS Studio or Streamlabs Desktop. DonoLink charges 3.5% per successful tip with no monthly plan; Stripe adds its own processing fee.
A Venmo handle or a PayPal link moves money, but your stream never knows about it. A tip page connects the payment to your broadcast: the tip comes in, the alert fires in OBS, your goal bar moves and text-to-speech can read the message out.
A tip is a voluntary payment to you as a creator. It is not a charitable donation and is not tax-deductible for the viewer, and you must be 18 or older to receive tips.
DonoLink charges 3.5% per successful tip and nothing else: no monthly plan, no setup fee and no DonoLink payout fee. Stripe charges its processing fee to your connected account, based on how the viewer pays.
On a $10 card tip, Stripe's standard rate of 2.9% + 30¢ comes to $0.59 and DonoLink takes $0.35, so you keep $9.06. International cards add 1.5% at Stripe. A viewer can choose to cover the DonoLink fee at checkout.
Viewers pay by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay, plus Amazon Pay once Stripe has activated it for your account. PayPal is coming soon, and Venmo is not offered.
Most US tips happen on a phone, where Apple Pay and Google Pay take a single tap with the card already in the wallet, no card number to type. Once Stripe activates Amazon Pay for your account, viewers can also pay with the card saved in their Amazon account. Venmo is not offered.
Everything around tips lives in one dashboard:
Use one link on Twitch, YouTube, Kick and TikTok: in your panels, your live description, your About section or your bio. Alerts are browser sources, so OBS Studio and Streamlabs Desktop both work.
It depends on what you need. DonoLink combines a free tip page, Stripe payments in dollars on your own account and OBS alerts for 3.5% per successful tip. Tools like Streamlabs and StreamElements take 0% on tips, so compare the full setup, not just the fee.
No. A tip is a voluntary payment to a creator, not a donation to a charity, so it is not tax-deductible. For you as a creator, tips count as income.
The account is free. DonoLink charges 3.5% per successful tip. On a $10 card tip, Stripe takes $0.59 and DonoLink $0.35, so $9.06 reaches you.
No. They open your page, pick an amount, add an optional message and pay. The minimum tip is $1.00.
Tips are created on your connected Stripe account. Stripe verifies your identity and pays out to your US bank account in dollars on your payout schedule.
PayPal is coming soon. Venmo is not offered. Today viewers pay through Stripe by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay, and with Amazon Pay once Stripe has activated it for your account.