Twitter now allows users to ‘tip’ creators; Indian payment modes in the works

NEW DELHI : Microblogging platform Twitter, on Friday, unveiled a new monetization feature called “Tip Jar”. The feature allows users to tip their preferred creators on the platform, using online payment methods. Twitter isn’t allowing any Indian payment services to be integrated right now, but the company told Mint that it is working on integrating Indian payment services and multiple languages.

Tip Jar currently allows payments through Venmo, Patreon, PayPal, Bandcamp and Cash App. Twitter noted that these apps may be able to share information about payments. “We’re updating our tipping prompt and Help Center to make it clearer that other apps may share info between people sending/receiving tips, per their terms,” the company said in a tweet.