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title: Getting started
description: A free tipping platform for streamers - tips, alerts, overlays, and a chat bot, with no platform fee.
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TipPage gives you everything you need to take tips on stream:

- **A tip page** - your public page at `yourname.tippage.com` (or your own domain) where viewers send tips, messages, and media requests.
- **An overlay** - one browser source in OBS that plays tip alerts, TTS, viewer-requested videos, Twitch alerts, chat, and more.
- **A chat bot** - TipPageBot answers commands in your Twitch chat and posts alert announcements if you want them.
- **A dashboard** - everything is managed from [my.tippage.com](https://my.tippage.com): queues, filters, bans, refunds, team members, the lot.

## What it costs

Nothing. The platform is free and there's no platform fee on tips - Stripe or PayPal take their normal processing fee, TipPage takes nothing. Tips go straight to your own Stripe or PayPal account, and we never hold your funds.

[TipPage+](/tippage-plus) is an optional upgrade at £9.99 a month for streamers who want a custom domain, the AI word filter, a custom bot account, and chargeback cover.

## Privacy, by design

Tips run through TipPage, not directly to you. A viewer's bank statement shows TipPage, never your legal name - so nobody can use a payment receipt to find out who you are or where you live. The word filter (and the AI filter on TipPage+) exists to stop doxxing attempts making it to your stream.

## What happens when someone tips

1. A viewer opens your tip page, enters an amount and a message, and pays.
2. The message runs through your word filter before it goes anywhere.
3. The tip hits your queue and the alert plays on your overlay - name, amount, message, TTS.
4. The money settles in your Stripe or PayPal account.

Ready? Start with [creating your account](/getting-started/create-your-account).