What it costs
| Tip | Our fee10% | Stripe2.9% + 30¢ | You get |
|---|---|---|---|
| $3 | $0.30 | $0.39 | $2.31 |
| $5 | $0.50 | $0.45 | $4.05 |
| $10 | $1.00 | $0.59 | $8.41 |
| $20 | $2.00 | $0.88 | $17.12 |
| $50 | $5.00 | $1.75 | $43.25 |
| $100 | $10.00 | $3.20 | $86.80 |
Stripe's rates are Stripe's to set and can change. Current rates at stripe.com/pricing.
10% of each tip. That's our whole business model.
Card processing is separate, and we'd rather you hear it from us than find it on a statement. Stripe, the company that actually moves the money, charges about 2.9% plus 30¢ per tip, and that comes out of your side. We don't mark it up, and every cent of it goes to Stripe.
The pattern to notice: that flat 30¢ hurts most on small tips. A $3 tip loses about 13% of itself to processing before anyone's cut gets taken. A $10 tip loses about 6%. That's why the smallest tip your crowd can leave is $3, and why the buttons start at $5.
What's free
Every account is free and every account is the same. There's no tier that unlocks the chart viewer, no seat charge for your bass player, no per-gig fee. We take a cut of the tips that actually come in, and that's it. Specifically:
- Your account. No trial, no expiry.
- Every feature. The chart viewer, Stage Mode, setlist builder, bulk import, request caps, cooldowns, Last Call, reporting. Nothing is held back behind a plan.
- Your bandmates. Every person on stage with you needs their own account to follow your set on their own tablet, and every one of those accounts is free. They don't need to connect a bank account, because tips from your gig go to you.
- Unlimited songs, setlists, gigs, and charts.
- Your crowd page, live between gigs so people can browse your catalog any time.
What you need
A Stripe account, before you can take real tips. It's free, it's a few minutes of guided setup from Money → Payouts, and it's how the money reaches your bank. You'll need the same things any bank asks for: your legal name, an address, a bank account, and usually the last four of your SSN.
You don't need it to sign up, build your catalog, or try the crowd page. Only to take money.
Want to try it on a real night first? Go live in Preview before Stripe's set up: requests are free, and your crowd page says PREVIEW.
Where the money actually goes
Tips are not pooled. There's no balance page, no weekly settlement, no waiting on us to cut you a check. Each tip is passed to your own Stripe account the moment the card is charged, and Stripe pays it out to your bank on its normal schedule: usually a couple of business days, longer on your very first payout while Stripe verifies you.
If Bribe The Band disappeared tomorrow, your Stripe account and the money in it would still be yours.
How we compare
We're not the cheapest and we're not pretending to be. There are tip-jar apps that take a smaller cut than we do, and if all you need is a QR code pointed at a payment link, one of those is a better deal than us and you should use it.
What you're paying the extra for is the part that isn't a tip jar: your charts on your tablet, the request queue and the chart viewer being the same screen, and every bandmate's device staying in sync when you accept a song. If that isn't worth 10% to you, we'd honestly rather you saved the money.
Fine print, said plainly
- A tip is a tip, not a purchase. Your audience can request any song on your list; you decide what to play. Requests aren't guaranteed and tips aren't refundable. We say this on the payment screen so nobody's surprised.
- Chargebacks are yours. If someone disputes a tip with their bank, that tip comes back out, plus Stripe's $15 dispute fee. It's rare, and it's mostly avoidable by making sure people recognize the charge.
- Tips are income. We don't withhold taxes, and reporting them is up to you.
- If we ever change the 10%, you get 30 days' notice by email before it takes effect.