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title: Link Stripe
description: Connect Stripe to take card, Apple Pay, and Google Pay tips - with payouts straight to your bank.
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Stripe is the processor we recommend: cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay, payouts straight to your bank, and no platform fee from us. Tippers only ever see TipPage on their statement - [your name and address stay private](/privacy), in a way PayPal can't match.

1. **Open Settings, Payments**

    In the dashboard, go to **Settings** and pick the **Payments** tab. You'll see the Stripe panel with a **Connect with Stripe** button.

2. **Connect with Stripe**

    Click it and you'll be sent to Stripe to set up your account. Stripe handles this bit - it asks for your details, identity verification, and the bank account your payouts should go to. If you already have a Stripe account, you can use that.

3. **Finish and come back**

    When Stripe's done with you, you're sent back to the dashboard. The Stripe panel now shows your account as connected.

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:::warning[Seeing "Onboarding incomplete"?]
Stripe needs both charges and payouts enabled before tips can flow. If you skipped a step (usually identity verification or bank details), the panel shows "Onboarding incomplete - finish in Stripe to start taking tips" with a **Complete setup** button. Click it to pick up where you left off.
:::

## While you're on the Payments tab

Set your **Tip details** at the top:

- **Currency** - what viewers tip in (GBP, USD, EUR, CAD, or AUD).
- **Min amount** - the smallest tip you'll accept. Default is 2.00.
- **Max message length** - up to 255 characters.

And **Donor identity**, if you want tips tied to real Twitch accounts:

- **Require Twitch sign-in** - the tip form stays locked until the viewer signs in with Twitch. A strong lever against anonymous [ban evasion](/moderation/bans-and-refunds#bans-follow-the-person-not-the-card).
- **Force Twitch username** - the tip's name comes from the signed-in Twitch account; the name field disappears from the form.

Hit **Save changes** when you're done.

## Disconnecting

**Disconnect** in the Stripe panel unlinks the account. If you also have PayPal connected, tips switch over to that; if not, tipping is off until you connect something.

Next: [how the money actually reaches you](/payments/getting-paid).