tip

From IndieWeb

This article is a stub. You can help the IndieWeb wiki by expanding it with relevant information.


A tip is a small amount of money given to a person to show appreciation for a service they have provided; on the IndieWeb, a site can have a tip page for others to show appreciation for it, and for individuals to have a simple URL to share for others to tip them, like for technical help provided without an explicit payment request.

For an alternate definition of tip in the sense of a recommendation, please see that page.

Why

You should have a tip page on your site so that:

  • You can link to it from your home page so those that enjoy your posts can tip you.
  • You can link to it from private email responses you give to folks asking for technical support.

How to

(stub)

Create a simple tip page at /tip on your domain, and even better, allow a nested amount which prefills / preselects a tip amount, while perhaps providing alternatives. See pay for similar patterns.

IndieWeb Examples

In order when added to a personal site. Entries without dates/citations moved to bottom.

Joe Crawford

  • As early as 2002 on his lab, Joe Crawford had a tipjar which he would periodically get tips from thankful visitors through via PayPal. In 2005 he added a slashpage for [/pay], [/tip] also points to this page.
    • For those Tip urls, he used htaccess to create short urls which included PayPal query parameters

Aaron Parecki

Aaron Parecki has had a "tip jar" on his website since 2017-03-08. The page has three suggested amounts (coffee, a drink, dinner), and a field to enter a custom amount. Choosing an amount then updates the Square, PayPal and credit card buttons to pre-fill that amount when clicked.