Kick already treats streamers well on its own features: it passes on 95% of subs and KICKs. What it does not offer is a way for viewers to send any amount they like without a Kick account. A tip link fills that gap. This guide shows how to set up donations on Kick step by step, what each route leaves you and how to show tips and subs in one OBS alert queue.
A Kick sub costs a flat $5 a month and the streamer receives $4.75 of it, gifted subs included. KICKs are Kick's own tipping currency: viewers buy them on Kick and send them in chat, and the streamer receives 95% of their value. Kick sets the prices and pays streamers through Stripe.
Both routes are generous, so be clear about what a tip link adds. Subs and KICKs need a Kick account, KICKs come in set steps, and subs only open once you meet Kick's requirements; receiving KICKs also needs Streamer status. A tip link lets anyone send any amount, from your very first stream.
On a $10 card tip, Stripe takes $0.59 and DonoLink $0.35, so $9.06 reaches you. That is a little less than Kick's 95% share, and the honest reason to add a tip link is reach, not price: viewers who will never make a Kick account still tip in two taps.
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.
Open your channel on kick.com, go to the About tab and click Edit Panels. Add a panel with a title such as Support the stream, an image and your DonoLink link, then save it and check the result while signed out. Use the same page name as on Twitch or YouTube so viewers recognize it.
Not every viewer scrolls down to the panels. If you run a chat bot on Kick, add a !tip command that replies with your link, and ask your moderators to use the command instead of pasting links, so everyone sees the same official address.
Copy the alerts URL from your DonoLink dashboard and add it to OBS as a browser source, or let the wizard do it. Then connect your Kick channel: new follows, subs, renewals and gifted subs join your tips in the same alert queue, each with its own style. A goal bar, recent tips and a top donor leaderboard are included; KICKs keep showing in Kick's own chat.
Viewers open the link in your About tab or chat, check your name and photo, choose an amount and pay. A tip needs no Kick or DonoLink account; subs and KICKs stay purchases inside Kick.
Create a DonoLink page, connect Stripe, add the link to a panel in your Kick About tab and to a !tip chat command, then connect Kick and add the alerts to OBS. It takes about one evening.
No. Kick passes on 95% of KICKs, while a $10 card tip leaves you $9.06 after Stripe and DonoLink fees. A tip link adds any amount and no Kick account for the viewer.
Yes. Connect your Kick channel and new follows, subs, renewals and gifted subs appear in the same alert queue as your tips.
Yes. One link works on every platform, and all tips land in one dashboard with one goal and leaderboard.
No. Subs and KICKs need a Kick account; a tip on your page does not. The minimum tip is $1.00.