Flattr is the premiere tipping platform for creators, and facilitates gratuities for a 10% cut. Supporters use the system budget an amount that’s divvied up each month to the folks they “Flattr”. This ensures that a regular stream of tips are distributed to creative entrepreneurs everywhere, every month. Flattr wants to become the “Tweet” button […]

NoiseTrade’s novel approach to empowering the 21st century musician: enabling revenue streams while embracing free music. The premise is simple. Musicians upload a bunch of music, make it available to stream for free and put up a pay-what-you-want “tip jar” in front of the free download. NoiseTrade offers attractive artist landing pages and embeddable widgets. […]

Centup is a unique tipping platform that splits tips between the creator and a charity of the user’s choice. It functions much like a Tweet or Like button, hanging out by a piece of content waiting for the user to click. Signup is easy, there’s a nice choice of charities, and the user can set […]

Moozar is a tipping platform that allows creators to tag various content with a “reward link” that fans can use to send tips. The link appears when your content is shared on popular social networks, and brings the user to your Moozar page, which is a nicely designed profile of you and your music. The […]

Digital Tip Jar was created during a 48-hour hackathon, and the concept is pretty cool. Each registered artist gets a unique QR code, that when scanned takesn them to a page to tip the artist. Though the features and user experience are as minimal as you might expect from a two-day coding crunch, the service […]

See Me takes a unique spin on the tipping model, allowing creatives to build profiles that articulate their vision, and then using those profiles to anchor a tip jar. The platform is beautifully designed, with a Pinterest-like feel. Supports are prominently featured on the artist’s profile page. It’s one of our favorte takes on tipping […]

Tip5 is a tip jar system that features text message and QR code functionality. Fans can scan a unique QR code, or you can text your fan list a link to a web-based tip jar. The idea is to plop the QR code on your merch table, and it acts as a virtual tip jar […]

Copper is a new way of tipping creative professionals. Install the Copper browser button and all of the sudden you’ll be able to easily leave a tip at any URL you happen across. For now, the community is in beta and rather small, but as the service catches on, creators across the globe will start […]