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title: What viewers see
description: The tip flow from your viewer's side - amounts, messages, media requests, TTS preview, and receipts.
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Worth knowing what your viewers actually go through when they tip - it's short.

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## The tip form

1. **Name** - optional, up to 22 characters. Blank means "Anonymous".
2. **Amount** - in your currency, with your minimum enforced (default 2.00).
3. **Message** - optional, up to your max message length (default 255 characters). There's a **Preview TTS** button that plays their message in your actual TTS voice, so they know how it'll sound on stream.
4. **Media request** - if you've got media enabled, they can attach a YouTube video with a start time. More below.
5. **Email receipt** - optional. Only used to send the receipt; you never see it, and it's never used for marketing. The receipt carries their refund code.
6. **Pay** - card, Apple Pay, or Google Pay via Stripe, or a PayPal redirect - whichever you've made active.

If you've turned on **Require Twitch sign-in** (Settings → Payments → Donor
identity), the form stays locked until they sign in with Twitch - and with
**Force Twitch username** on, the name field disappears and their Twitch
name is used automatically.

If you've written [tipping rules](/tip-page/customize-your-page#tipping-rules), a rules pop-up appears before payment and they have to agree.

After paying they get a success card with your custom success message. If their message got caught by your [word filter](/moderation/word-filter), they still get the success card - they're not told it was filtered.

## Media requests

Viewers paste a YouTube link (YouTube only), see a live preview, and pick a start time - with quick presets like 0:00 / 5:00 / 10:00. The video plays on your overlay for up to your max media duration (default 90 seconds) from that point. There's also a **Browse** button that lets them pick from your current queue and history.

Age-restricted, private, and region-locked videos can't play and are skipped automatically - the page warns them about that up front.

## Free messages for subs

If you've enabled [sub rewards](/viewers/sub-rewards), your Twitch subscribers can sign in on the tip page and spend earned credits on a free message (and a media request, if you allow it) - no payment involved.

## The extra pages

Your tip page also serves:

- `/queue` - the live TTS and media queues.
- `/leaderboard` - top supporters (if you've enabled it), 1/7/30 days.
- `/commands` - the chat commands available in your channel.