On TikTok LIVE, viewers buy coins, send gifts and you receive diamonds that TikTok converts into money under its own rules. Roughly half of what a viewer spends reaches the creator. A tip link is the direct alternative: the viewer picks an amount in pounds and £10 leaves you £9.30. This page compares both honestly and shows how to add a tip link, a QR code and alerts to your LIVE.
Viewers buy coins in the TikTok app and spend them on gifts during your LIVE. You receive diamonds, which TikTok converts to money under its own terms after keeping a large share. TikTok publishes no fixed rate; most estimates put the creator's part at about half of what the viewer spent. You must be 18 or over to receive gifts, and TikTok sets its own requirements for going LIVE.
A £10 tip with a standard UK card leaves you £9.30 after Stripe's £0.35 and DonoLink's £0.35, or £9.40 with Pay by Bank. The same £10 spent on gifts leaves you about £5, by the usual estimate.
Gifts have one big advantage: they live inside the app, where your viewers already are. A tip takes a few more taps, so it suits the viewers who want more of their support to reach you. Most creators use both and say so openly.
TikTok LIVE has no tappable links in chat, so make the link easy to find:
If you go LIVE from a computer with TikTok LIVE Studio or OBS, add the DonoLink alerts browser source: every tip plays on screen with your sound and message. Going LIVE from your phone? The tip still arrives, and you follow it in your dashboard or a Discord notification. Gifts never count as tips, so your goal and totals only show money that reached your account.
Do not ask viewers to stop sending gifts: they are part of TikTok LIVE culture. Mention your tip link at natural moments, such as a goal or a thank-you, and say plainly that a tip reaches you with fewer fees. A tip is a voluntary payment to you as a creator, not a charity donation, so Gift Aid does not apply. Viewers pay by debit or credit card, Apple Pay or Google Pay, plus Pay by Bank and Revolut Pay once Stripe has activated them for your account. PayPal is coming soon.
| Route | What reaches you from £10 | Paid as |
|---|---|---|
| Tip, standard UK card | £9.30 | Pounds, on your own Stripe account |
| Tip, Pay by Bank | £9.40 | Pounds; cannot be charged back |
| TikTok LIVE gifts | About £5 | Diamonds, converted by TikTok (estimate) |
DonoLink comparison, October 2026. Tips at Stripe's published UK rates; the gift share is an estimate because TikTok publishes no fixed rate.
TikTok publishes no fixed rate. Most estimates put the creator's share at about half of what the viewer spent on coins, paid as diamonds that TikTok converts.
For what you keep, yes: a £10 tip with a standard UK card leaves you £9.30. Gifts are easier for viewers inside the app, so most creators use both.
If your account can show a clickable link, yes. Otherwise show the QR code from your dashboard on screen and say your page name out loud.
No. Gifts stay inside TikTok and never count as tips, so your goal and totals only show tips paid on your page.