How to Put a Donation QR Code on Your Stream (and Where to Place It) (2026)
A QR on screen turns a passing urge to tip into a scan and a payment, in seconds. Here is how to add your Stream Alert tip QR to OBS, and where to put it so it actually gets used.
TL;DR
- Your Stream Alert tip page comes with a downloadable QR (with your logo in it).
- Add it as an image source in OBS on a panel, a starting-soon screen, or a corner.
- Viewers scan, pay by UPI, and the tip lands in your own account and fires an alert.
- Placement is the whole game: put it where eyes rest, and call it out during good moments.
Why a QR beats reading out a UPI ID
Telling viewers to screenshot your UPI ID, open an app, paste it, and add a note is four steps too many. Most people who felt like tipping will not bother. A QR collapses all of that into one action: point the phone, confirm, done. The easier you make it to give, the more people give. That is not a trick, it is just how attention works during a live stream.
Get your QR
- Open the Tip Page section in your Stream Alert dashboard.
- Next to your tip link, download the QR code PNG. It already has the Stream Alert branding in the centre and encodes your streamalert.in/tip/yourname link.
- Save it somewhere you can find it in OBS.
Add it to OBS
- In OBS, add a new Image source and pick the QR PNG.
- Resize it so it is clearly scannable but not covering your gameplay. A square around 150 to 250 pixels usually works.
- Put it on the scenes where people have a second to look: your starting-soon screen, your BRB screen, a panel, or a corner during chatty segments.
Where to place it (this matters more than the setup)
- Starting-soon and BRB screens. Idle moments are when people read the screen. A big QR here gets scanned.
- A corner during talking segments, not during intense gameplay where nobody is looking away from the action.
- On a panel below the stream, so it is there for the whole session without stealing focus.
And say it out loud. A QR on screen is a standing invitation, but a "scan the code if you are enjoying this" at the right moment is what converts it. Point to it right after a funny or hype moment, when the urge to give is highest.
FAQ
Does the QR change if I change my tip page?
No. It encodes your tip link, which stays the same, so you download it once and reuse it.
Where does the money go when someone scans it?
Straight to your own UPI account. Stream Alert detects the payment to fire the alert and takes no cut.
Is it high-resolution enough to print?
Yes, the download is high-res, so you can also print it for IRL streams or events.
Once your QR is up, read the full tip page guide and how to price your donation types.
Get your tip QR
Claim your tip link, download the branded QR, and put it on stream in five minutes.
Create your tip page