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Show HN: Tippy – Send money to creators through Twitter

11 points by geordidearns 5y ago

geordidearns 5y ago
Hey everyone, I’ve been working on Tippy - a product to support creators by tipping through Twitter. I released it around a month ago after building for two months on the side of my day-job. - Main website: https://tippy.money https://tippy.money Skip the marketing website: https://app.tippy.money https://app.tippy.money - Tips are through replies using both Twitter and Stripe API’s. Successful transactions are stored on the backend and visualised through the web-app. Future transactions are stored when a supporter tips a creator not yet on Tippy. They receive a mention telling them they’ve been tipped and to sign up to claim it. These expire after three days and are processed on intervals through a cron job. Ability to send tips with a hidden amount through hashtags. These are defined through the web-app and referenced in the tip. Buy this reader a #cheeburger - How does this differ from Twitter Tips? • On-platform: supporting others in context • Card-first: most third-party services used by Twitter are country specific, limiting cross-border support • Cross-platform roadmap: I’m building for other platforms such as Discord, anything with a mention system could be an option. - Example screenshots: • Dashboard: https://i.imgur.com/iWB3kL3.png https://i.imgur.com/iWB3kL3.png • Sent tip: https://twitter.com/tippymoney/status/1479146003806797831?s=20 https://twitter.com/tippymoney/status/1479146003806797831?s=... • Future transaction: https://twitter.com/tippymoney/status/1480302097858015234?s=20 https://twitter.com/tippymoney/status/1480302097858015234?s=... • Private tip: https://twitter.com/geordidearns/status/1479145965256949762?s=20 https://twitter.com/geordidearns/status/1479145965256949762?... - Happy to answer any questions, and welcome all feedback Thanks
NithurM 5y ago
I love the idea, it's fucking brilliant. I wish you a good luck. How did you come up with this idea?
- NithurM 5y ago
  How do you trigger deducting money from the sender's account?
- geordidearns 5y ago
  Thanks! Appreciate the kind words. It was just a passing thought that it would be fun to be able to send money through replies on Twitter, then realised cross-platform with anything that has a mention system haha no big thought process. Senders, or 'Supporters' can attach a card, or wallet (apple/google) within a minute and it deducts from that. No lock-in, and no charges until you decide to tip. Thanks for the question!
  - NithurM 5y ago
    So, a sender has to input CC every time he wants to tip somebody?
    - geordidearns 5y ago
      Nope! They put it in once, and they can tip all creators with an account with Tippy.
  - NithurM 5y ago
    Do you have a demo video on how it works?
    - geordidearns 5y ago
      Not yet, but that is definitely on the way!
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adrianwaj 5y ago
How about a way to connect tips with content offerings? Eg an album or film is released and people's tips are lodged against whatever instigated it? Maybe a tip is connected to a particular tweet?

11 points by geordidearns 5y ago

Hey everyone, I’ve been working on Tippy - a product to support creators by tipping through Twitter. I released it around a month ago after building for two months on the side of my day-job. - Main website: https://tippy.money https://tippy.money Skip the marketing website: https://app.tippy.money https://app.tippy.money - Tips are through replies using both Twitter and Stripe API’s. Successful transactions are stored on the backend and visualised through the web-app. Future transactions are stored when a supporter tips a creator not yet on Tippy. They receive a mention telling them they’ve been tipped and to sign up to claim it. These expire after three days and are processed on intervals through a cron job. Ability to send tips with a hidden amount through hashtags. These are defined through the web-app and referenced in the tip. Buy this reader a #cheeburger - How does this differ from Twitter Tips? • On-platform: supporting others in context • Card-first: most third-party services used by Twitter are country specific, limiting cross-border support • Cross-platform roadmap: I’m building for other platforms such as Discord, anything with a mention system could be an option. - Example screenshots: • Dashboard: https://i.imgur.com/iWB3kL3.png https://i.imgur.com/iWB3kL3.png • Sent tip: https://twitter.com/tippymoney/status/1479146003806797831?s=20 https://twitter.com/tippymoney/status/1479146003806797831?s=... • Future transaction: https://twitter.com/tippymoney/status/1480302097858015234?s=20 https://twitter.com/tippymoney/status/1480302097858015234?s=... • Private tip: https://twitter.com/geordidearns/status/1479145965256949762?s=20 https://twitter.com/geordidearns/status/1479145965256949762?... - Happy to answer any questions, and welcome all feedback Thanks

NithurM 5y ago

I love the idea, it's fucking brilliant. I wish you a good luck. How did you come up with this idea?

NithurM 5y ago
How do you trigger deducting money from the sender's account?
geordidearns 5y ago
Thanks! Appreciate the kind words. It was just a passing thought that it would be fun to be able to send money through replies on Twitter, then realised cross-platform with anything that has a mention system haha no big thought process. Senders, or 'Supporters' can attach a card, or wallet (apple/google) within a minute and it deducts from that. No lock-in, and no charges until you decide to tip. Thanks for the question!
- NithurM 5y ago
  So, a sender has to input CC every time he wants to tip somebody?
  - geordidearns 5y ago
    Nope! They put it in once, and they can tip all creators with an account with Tippy.
- NithurM 5y ago
  Do you have a demo video on how it works?
  - geordidearns 5y ago
    Not yet, but that is definitely on the way!
- deleted 5y ago
  [deleted]

adrianwaj 5y ago

How about a way to connect tips with content offerings? Eg an album or film is released and people's tips are lodged against whatever instigated it? Maybe a tip is connected to a particular tweet?