How to Add a Tip Link to Your Linktree

How to Add a Tip Link to Your Linktree

To add a tip link to your Linktree, you create a tip page, copy its URL, and add it to Linktree as a standard link with a clear title like "Leave a tip". That's the whole job. Fans tap it, pay by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay, and the money lands in your Australian bank account.

The reason this matters is simple: the people who want to tip you don't carry cash anymore. The Reserve Bank of Australia's consumer payments research puts cash at roughly 15% of consumer payments, which means most of your audience physically cannot drop a note in a hat or a jar. If your Linktree is where your audience already goes, that's exactly where your tip link belongs.

This guide walks through the setup step by step, where the link should sit on your page, what to write next to it, and what Australian musicians, buskers and creators should know about fees, payouts and tax. If you perform live, the cashless tipping page for buskers is a good companion read.

Last updated: November 2026.

Key takeaways

• You can add a tip link to Linktree in about five minutes: create a tip page, copy the link, add it to Linktree as a standard link.
• Fans never download an app. They tap your link and pay by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay.
• The median tip on PocketTip is $10, based on 756 completed tips across the platform.
• Tip pages with a short welcome message get tipped far more often: 52% of pages with one have received at least one tip, versus 18% without.
• You keep 100% of every tip. The tipper pays a small service fee shown at checkout. Free to start. No contracts.

Table of contents

• What is a tip link in your Linktree?
• How to add a tip link to Linktree in five steps
• Linktree tip jar vs your own tip page
• Where should the tip link sit on your Linktree?
• Linktree for musicians and buskers in Australia
• What to write so people actually tip
• Fees, payouts and tax on tips
• Frequently asked questions
• Final tips before you hit save

What is a tip link in your Linktree?

A tip link is a button on your Linktree that takes a fan to a tip page in your link in bio, where they can send you money in a few taps with no app and no account. It sits alongside your music, socials and booking links, and it works anywhere your Linktree works: Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, a QR code on your gig signage.

The tip page itself is the important part. It's a personal page with your name, a short message, and payment handled for you, so a supporter can pay by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay in under a minute. In the payments world this is the same idea as a QR-code tip page (a page a customer reaches by scanning a code), except here the "code" is just a link in your bio.

That makes a tip link the online version of the tip jar on the counter. The difference is that the online one works for the 85% of payments that aren't cash.

How to add a tip link to Linktree in five steps

The fastest route from "no tip link" to "accepting tips through Linktree" looks like this:

1. Create your tip page. Sign up with PocketTip and set up your page. It takes a few minutes: add your name, a photo, and a short welcome message.
2. Copy your tip page link. Every page gets its own shareable URL. Copy it.
3. Add a new link in Linktree. In the Linktree admin, choose "Add link", paste your tip page URL, and give it a title people instantly understand: "Leave a tip", "Tip the band" or "Support my music".
4. Drag it near the top. Links near the top of a Linktree get seen; links at the bottom get scrolled past. Put the tip link in the top two or three spots, especially on gig days.
5. Test it on your phone. Open your own Linktree, tap the link, and make sure the tip page loads with your name and message. If Apple Pay or Google Pay shows as a payment option on your device, your fans will see the same.

From the operator's side of the fence, the setup itself almost never trips anyone up. What we see go wrong is step 4 and what comes after: the link gets buried under ten older links, or it's labelled something vague like "Links + more", and then nobody taps it. Placement and wording do the heavy lifting.

Already performing this weekend? See example tip pages and set yours up tonight. Free to start. No contracts.

Linktree tip jar vs your own tip page

Linktree does offer built-in money features in some regions, often described as a Linktree tip jar, but they're built around third-party payment platforms and availability and payout options vary by country. For an Australian worker or performer, the more reliable route is adding your own Australian tip page as a standard link, because the whole flow is built around AUD and payouts to an Australian bank account.

Here's how the options stack up for someone in Australia:

The tip-jar idea is right; the plumbing matters. If your supporters are Australian and your bank account is Australian, a local tip page removes the currency conversion, the overseas payout questions, and the "do I need an account for this?" hesitation that kills impulse tips.

One honest note on vantage point: PocketTip runs one of these platforms, so we're not neutral on the last column. The numbers in this post, though, come straight from our own platform data, aggregated and anonymised, queried in November 2026. No individual tipper or worker is identifiable in any of them.

Where should the tip link sit on your Linktree?

Put the tip link in the top three positions, label it with a verb, and keep the label under about five words. A tip is an impulse. Every extra second of scrolling or squinting costs you some of them.

A few placement rules that cost nothing:

• Top of the list on performance days. Reorder your Linktree before a gig or a busking session so the tip link sits first. Reorder it back later if bookings matter more midweek.
• One tip link, not three. Duplicate "support me" style links split taps and look cluttered.
• Name the action, not the platform. "Leave a tip" beats pasting a raw URL or a vague "My page".
• Match it to the moment. Posting a gig clip to Instagram Reels? Point to the Linktree in your bio and say the tip link is at the top. The same page also covers you on other platforms, and the guide to promoting your tip page on social media goes deeper on that.

Your Linktree URL is also worth putting in the physical world. A sign that says "No cash? Scan to tip" with a QR code pointing at your Linktree (or straight at your tip page) turns the tap-to-tip habit, where people expect to pay by holding their phone near something, into tips for you. Contactless payment is the default behaviour now; your signage just has to meet it.

Linktree for musicians and buskers in Australia

Musicians are the single biggest group using tip pages in Australia, at least on our platform: performer and busker pages make up roughly half of all tip pages on PocketTip (165 of 319 pages at the time of writing). That's not a coincidence. Linktree for musicians in Australia is already standard kit, so the tip link slots into a page fans already visit for gig dates and Spotify links.

The use cases stack neatly:

• Buskers put the QR code on a sign and the link in their bio, so the crowd that filmed the set can tip after they've walked off. More in the cashless tipping guide for live musicians.
• Gigging bands drop the Linktree in every event post. One tip page can cover the band, and you split what comes in the way you already split merch money.
• Streamers and content creators use the same link on every platform, so a tip from a YouTube viewer and a tip from a TikTok fan land in the same place.

For scale on what to expect: across 756 completed tips on PocketTip, the median tip is $10. Nobody retires on a single tip, but $10 multiplied by the people who would have tipped cash if they had any is real money over a month of gigs. We publish that number because we can actually measure it, and it's a sanity check against the inflated "fans will fund your album" talk you'll see elsewhere.

What to write so people actually tip

A short welcome message on your tip page is the highest-value sixty seconds of this whole setup. On PocketTip, 52% of pages with a welcome message have received at least one tip, versus 18% of pages without one. Same platform, same payment flow; the difference is a couple of human sentences.

That stat comes from comparing all 319 tip pages on our platform (November 2026 query), so treat it as a strong pattern, not a guarantee. But the pattern matches what every busker already knows about a good sign: people tip people, not payment links.

What works:

• Say who the money supports. "Tips go to the duo you saw tonight" beats silence.
• Say what it's for. Fuel to the next town, new strings, the sound tech's cut.
• Keep it under three sentences. It's a tip page, not a bio.
• Thank them in advance. Warmth converts.

Then mirror that tone in the Linktree link title itself. "Shout us a coffee after the show" will out-perform "Payments page" every single time.

Fees, payouts and tax on tips

Three practical things to know before the tips start arriving.

Fees. You keep 100% of every tip. The person tipping pays a small service fee, shown clearly at checkout before they confirm, so there are no surprise deductions on your side. Full detail is on the pricing page. Free to start. No contracts.

Payouts. Tips are paid out to your Australian bank account on a weekly payout cycle (the payout cycle is simply how often collected tips are transferred to your bank). The first payout takes a little longer, typically 7 to 10 days, while your details are verified. PocketTip pays out to Australian banks including CommBank, Westpac, NAB, ANZ, Bendigo, ING and Macquarie.

Tax. Tips are income. The Australian Taxation Office treats tips and gratuities as assessable income whether they arrive as coins in a case or as a digital payment, so keep records of what you receive. A tip page actually helps here, because every tip is logged with a date and amount, which beats guessing what the hat held in July. This is general information, not financial advice; talk to a registered tax agent about your situation.

Frequently asked questions

Q: Does Linktree have a built-in tip jar?

A: Linktree has offered built-in monetisation features, including tip-jar style options, but they rely on third-party payment providers and what's available depends on your region, as Linktree's own site describes. For Australians, the practical route is simpler: create an Australian tip page and add it to Linktree as a standard link. You control the page, the money is in AUD, and payouts go to your Australian bank account. The fan experience is identical either way; they tap a link on your Linktree and pay.

Q: Can I accept tips through Linktree for free?

A: Yes. Linktree's free plan lets you add unlimited standard links, and a PocketTip page is free to start with no contracts, so the whole setup costs nothing up front. You keep 100% of each tip; the tipper pays a small service fee shown at checkout. The only "cost" is the five minutes of setup, which is why it's worth doing before your next gig rather than after it.

Q: Do my fans need an app or an account to tip me?

A: No. That's the point of the whole flow. A fan taps your tip link, lands on your tip page, picks an amount, and pays by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay in their browser. Nothing to download, nothing to sign up for. The less friction between "I loved that set" and "paid", the more of those moments turn into actual tips, which is why app-based options lose so many impulse tippers.

Q: How much do people usually tip in Australia?

A: The median tip on PocketTip is $10, measured across 756 completed tips on the platform as at November 2026. Some tips are smaller, some are much larger, but $10 is the honest middle. Suggested amounts on your page in the $5 to $20 range sit comfortably with what Australians actually send. Remember tipping here is voluntary appreciation, not an obligation, so frame it as a shout, not a surcharge.

Q: Can I use the same tip link on Instagram and TikTok?

A: Yes, and you should. Your tip page URL is just a link, so it works in your Linktree, your Instagram bio and your TikTok bio at the same time, and every tip lands in the one account. If you'd rather skip the middle step on some platforms, see the guides to adding a tip link to your Instagram bio and adding a tip link to your TikTok bio.

Q: Do I have to declare tips from my Linktree at tax time?

A: Yes. The ATO treats tips as assessable income regardless of how they're paid, so digital tips through your Linktree belong on your tax return the same way cash tips do. The upside of going digital is the paper trail: your payout history gives you a clean record of tip income for the year. This is general information only, not financial advice; a registered tax agent can tell you how it applies to you.

Q: Is there an age requirement for accepting digital tips?

A: Yes, you need to be 18 or over to create a PocketTip page, because payouts to a bank account require a verified adult account holder. Under-18 performers usually handle this through a parent or guardian setting up and managing the page. Whatever platform you use, check its terms before putting the link live so a technicality doesn't hold up your first payout.

Final tips before you hit save

Adding a tip link to your Linktree is a five-minute job that quietly works every day after that. Create the tip page, write two warm sentences on it, add the link near the top of your Linktree with a title that names the action, and test it on your own phone.

Then let it compound. Mention it on stage, put the QR on your signage, and reorder it to the top before every gig. Cash isn't coming back, and the data says the fans who want to support you will use the link if they can find it.

Start earning tips without the cash hassle. Create your tip page with PocketTip, pop it in your Linktree tonight, and your fans just tap and tip. Free to start. No contracts.