Hi Hunters, I’m coming to you as a co-maker of Tip Top Jar — the online tip jar. We're on a mission to nurture and support human ambition in a booming gig economy! The future of working is freelance. With the rise of job layoffs and hiring freezes, more people are turning to freelance work every day. This was supercharged by the pandemic and rise of remote work, and will only continue to increase as economic uncertainty causes companies to rethink their hiring plans. In this world, the two most important currencies remain cash and data. At Tip Top Jar - a female founded start-up - we provide users with both. 🤨 WHY NOW? 🤨 The gig economy is expanding three times faster than the US workforce as a whole, which indicates a bright future. Freelancers are now earning more than ever with an estimated $120 billion in tips sent online in 2021. At Tip Top Jar, we want to put the power back into the hands of the freelancer. We’ve spoken with numerous freelancers about the problems they face today, like how platforms such as Upwork and Fiverr take an enormous cut from tips and bonuses, impacting how much they get to take home. In closing the gap, our goal is to create a better experience for both the beneficiary and the tipper, with assurance that their gesture of appreciation is being received in its entirety. ⚡️ PRODUCT OVERVIEW ⚡️ As a user: Anyone can set up an account on Tip Top Jar in a few minutes and start sending out a personalized link to their clients and supporters who can show their appreciation with ease thanks to a clean and professional ‘tip card’ that can be fully customized. Users will also get access to their tipper’s name and email addresses, which is helpful for email list building and look-alike campaigns on Facebook and YouTube ads. Users own 100% of their tipper data, and tips go instantly into their bank account or PayPal. As a tipper: The process of sending a virtual tip is also a delightful experience. When sending a user a tip, tippers are presented with a simple 1-click payment flow. The tipper has several payment methods to choose from based on their device, such as Apple Pay, Credit Card, Google Pay, PayPal, and so on. Along with sending a tip, tippers can also leave a personalized message. These 'tipper notes' are displayed publicly on the users tip page, making the experience more social and interactive. Starting today, users can grow their community and receive payments for freelance work at tiptopjar.com. Example users: tiptopjar.com/Remi tiptopjar.com/KashmirMaryam tiptopjar.com/Omar tiptopjar.com/Hamza ✨ FEATURES ✨ 🏦 Immediate payouts to your bank account or PayPal with no annoying bank delays or holding periods 👥 Social tipping. Tippers can post notes on your profile, with GIFs, emojis, and more 🥰 Get started quickly and let the tips flow in. No commitments to post or constantly update your profile 🤳 Multiple payment methods. Tippers can pay using PayPal or Credit Card (wallet support coming soon) 🔐 You own your tipper data. Securely download and export your payment and tipper data whenever you want ⏱ WHAT’S NEXT ⏱ We have a lot of exciting future plans on the horizon, but right now we’re actively adding wallet support, customization improvements, sharing features like embedding and 3rd-party integrations, and so much more. We have an exclusive early-access code for the first 500 users from the Product Hunt community - use beta invite code “e7lhgu4jjg9” on tiptopjar.com/signup. Email: hello@tiptopjar.com Let us know what you think of Tip Top Jar in the comments below, and most importantly, what we can do to improve!

Hamza

Tip Top Jar

Maker

3yr ago

Jillayne Ryer

@oihamza I'm confused about the 1st feature, "Immediate payouts to your bank account or PayPal with no annoying bank delays or holding periods." How are you guaranteeing no bank delays/holding? Does your company take the payments directly as a middleman, then send $ from your company funds to the creator and shoulder the settlement period risk yourself?

@jillayne that's a great question! We use payment gateways, such as Stripe and PayPal, to process payments that a user receives on tiptopjar.com. These companies have built in fraud detection, which is awesome for us, so reduces most level of risk/chargebacks. Also, before any $ can be sent, users must link or create their Stripe/PayPal account to receive immediate payouts. Hope this clarifies things.