It is impressive the fury that the website dedicated to the transmission of streaming videos is generating. Where for this fact they can pay you with Bits, a kind of virtual money which you can then exchange for money.
By entering the official page of Twitch, you can start generating income, of course you must do a job to create a community and then activate and configure the donations of Twitch to earn money.
This is one of the ways to start earning money on Twitch as becoming a recognized streamer requires a lot of work and effort. And since we are just starting out and have just created our Twitch account. We must resort to the activation of donations to start receiving economic benefits.
This article that we have prepared for you should serve as a guide that tells you the steps to follow to activate and configure donations. And for this we will use the third-party service so that viewers donate their money and it reaches our account. So without further ado we will show you what you must do so that you can start the activation from now on.
How to activate and configure Twitch donations to earn money
Let’s get straight to the point and see what we need to do to seamlessly enable and set up donations on Twitch. And first of all we will do something that is very simple to do and it is about linking the account. In this case we are going to do it with StreamLabs, which is an excellent tool for customizing game streams.
Especially when these are executed through OBS on a personal computer, although if you use another device such as a mobile phone or a video game console it will work the same. Now we go into StreamLabs and go to the donation settings. Now you select the option to link with your Twitch account.
Now the next step to get your donation link working smoothly is to connect it to your PayPal account. To do this you will enter the email address to which it is associated with your PayPal account. And your account will already have the function activated so that you can receive donations from members who view your transmissions.
Set up donations on Twitch
Now comes a very important step and that is that viewers must know where to go in order to make donations. For this we are going to go to the StreamLabs account and in the settings we can find the link that leads to the donation page, here we leave you the URL streamlabs.com/YourTwitchUserName.
You must copy this address and go directly to your Twitch account and enter your channel, then there you will find the Edit panels button. Press the button and several options will be displayed and look among them for the plus sign icon.
Then select the option Add a text or image panel and in the Description field you must paste the URL you copied earlier.
Now all you have to do is check if the link works correctly and to do this click on the button and go to the donation page.
When a viewer wants to make a donation, they can put in their username of course. They will also choose the amount to donate, they can also send a message or a Gif, these will have a donation value of $1.
Remember that you have made a link to your PayPal account and this money should be shown in the account instantly. It’s also important that you let all your viewers know in your description that there is a donation link on your channel. And during live broadcasts remember to make a mention of thanks for the donations received.
Thus we have reached the end of this educational article that showed you how simple and easy it can be to activate donations and earn money from the streaming gaming platform Twitch.
