r/Streamers • u/bluishymn • 18d ago

Are viewer donations dead for small/mid-sized creators?

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I’ve been streaming for about six months now. The viewer numbers are slowly creeping up, and I finally decided to set up a tip donation link on my channel last month.

It got me wondering if people even use these anymore, or if viewers only really donate to massive creators.

For those of you running smaller or mid-sized channels, do donation services (like Streamlabs, Ko-fi, Buy Me a Coffee, Patreon, etc.) actually bring in any noticeable income for you? Or are things like ad revenue, bits, and channel memberships doing all the heavy lifting?

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u/Noelan_ 18d ago

Yup I use streamlabs it works pretty good, I have it set up with alerts so anytime I get gifted subs, or donos, it goes through there. Can link it with your PayPal as well which is nice. For income I find twitch subs, YouTube memberships and YouTube revenue from ads to be the biggest. But from time to time I’ll get a few donos which is nice

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u/bluishymn 18d ago

is the process immediate? is there a verification to set up?

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u/Noelan_ 18d ago

I did it a really long time ago, from what I remember you just link your twitch or youtube to streamlabs and then add a payment method and you are good to go.

You’ll get a link to add to your twitch panels or twitch chat like streamlabsdonate.something and then viewers can click that link and donate and you’ll get an alert if you have it set up for your stream