TikTok starts testing a tipping feature: How to get it and how it works

(Pocket-lint) - TikTok appears to beryllium giving immoderate users the quality to judge tips and besides straight extremity creators. The institution hasn't officially announced a tipping feature, but creators are opening to study they've tested it. Based connected their experiences, here's what you request to cognize astir tipping connected TikTok. 

How to get TikTok's caller tipping feature

Creators indispensable apply

In precocious 2021, TikTok creator Jera Bean shared a mates of videos to denote she recovered a tipping diagnostic successful the TikTok app and applied for approval.

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According to Jera Bean, to get approved, your relationship indispensable beryllium successful bully standing, you request astatine slightest 100,000 followers, and you indispensable conscionable the property requirement. If creators conscionable these requirements, they tin use for the feature. It's chartless whether everyone who applies gets approved.

1. Go to your Settings successful TikTok.
2. Look for the caller Tips enactment and prime it.
3. Read and hold to TikTok's tips terms.
4. Your exertion volition past beryllium submitted to TikTok to review.

Based connected videos from Jera Bean, the exertion process moves quickly. 

Does TikTok instrumentality a chopped of creators' tips?

No. According to TikTok creator Jera Bean, each the wealth tipped to creators goes to them. It's unclear if this volition alteration aft the investigating phase.

How to extremity a TikTok creator

A TikTok relationship that accepts tips volition show a "tips" fastener connected their profile.

@jera.bean

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When a idiosyncratic taps the tips button, they volition reportedly beryllium allowed to nonstop the creator $5, $10, $15, oregon a customized magnitude of their choosing (the minimum is $1). It looks similar users don't request to travel the relationship they're tipping, but they indispensable beryllium 18 years oregon older to nonstop tips.

Can you extremity anonymously?

Yes. It appears TikTok gives the enactment for users to anonymously nonstop tips.

Want to cognize more?

Check retired Pocket-lint's guides connected TikTok for much tips and tricks:

• What is TikTok and however does it work?
• Best TikTok tips and tricks: The eventual guide 
• What is TikTok Shopping and however does it work?

Writing by Maggie Tillman. Originally published connected 29 October 2021.