Tips: What’s so embarrassing about making money?
The amount of tip earnings I’ve received up to now.
Close to 120,000 USDT (U).
Round it off—it's basically like a house in a small county town~
Also, I’d like to clarify something here:
On Binance Square, no cut is taken from gifts.
And since I started doing live streaming, I haven’t paid myself even 1 cent to market my own stream.
All of this is support that fans have given of their own accord.
So today, I also want to chat with everyone about:
How should you actually bring up gifts and tips?
Step one: go to the Creator Center, as shown in the picture. It’s in the top-right corner—turn on the Gifts feature!
After you enable tipping, your:
Text and images, videos, livestreams
Tipping entry points will appear under the content.
If users feel your content is valuable, or if chatting in the livestream is enjoyable, they naturally may send you gifts.
But then the question is: will you proactively speak up?
My answer is: Of course you can.
And I also think there’s no need to make this matter so serious.
People should know how to be a bit humorous.
For example: “Brothers and sisters, for the ones who are making money this round, type ‘ma la~’ on the public screen!”
Or: “I’m buying this cigar today for 500 yuan—does any big brother want to reimburse me?”
Even: “I recently spotted a pretty good piece of jade/earrings this year; I’m planning to make money with everyone by guiding them, and then livestream for tips—so we can get that piece.”
Is that awkward? I don’t think it’s awkward at all.
Why? Because you’re joking.
You’re not putting a knife to someone’s neck saying, “If you don’t tip, do you even understand gratitude?”—that’s completely different.
I even feel that content creators sometimes really shouldn’t be too stiff or overly formal.
If you don’t say it, how will others know what you want?
I often use the line from Tang Sanzang in Journey to the West to joke around:
If you want it, you should just say it. If you don’t, how would I know?
Once I understood it, I tipped right away.
If you don’t say it, how would I know I should tip?
If you say it, I’ll definitely tip
So you should say it~ 😂
Actually, many followers aren’t unwilling to support you.
It’s just that he has no idea:
“So the host likes this.” “Oh, if I tip, he really will be happy.”
So it’s totally fine to crack a joke here and there.
If you helped people make money, what’s there to be embarrassed about saying so?
If you really seriously studied a wave of the market and made your own judgment…
Then this trend played out, and many users really did make money because of your analysis.
At this point, you speak up:
“Brothers, we’re eating good meat this round. Tonight my friends are taking me to KTV—I’ll order two. Where do I get reimbursed?”
I think that’s very normal.
Usually, I think that if a trend has at least 100 points, I might open my mouth a little.
And honestly, I’m not lacking in that either.
But: wouldn’t it be even more satisfying?
Or you see a fan say something like: “Brother Chi, this round—how much did you make with us?”
I might just respond with:
“Then how about one 198—so I can go get a foot massage tomorrow night~” Didn’t you say you made money, big brother? Where is he then? 😂
Everyone laughs it off. Those who want to tip tip. Those who don’t tip won’t feel any pressure. This is how I understand tipping.
Be a bit lighter. Be more natural. Don’t make it feel like a business negotiation.
But there’s one bottom line you must remember
Never turn tipping into a form of moral coercion.
For example, if you guide everyone to make 20 or 30 points on ETH—this kind of normal intraday fluctuation—just say it in the livestream:
You’ve earned this much—why aren’t you tipping me? Do you understand gratitude? I help you make money, yet you don’t even send gifts?
Personally, I really dislike words like that.
Because: gratitude should always come from the other person’s heart—not something you say out of your own mouth.
You can remind them, tease them, and suggest it indirectly. But don’t demand it—and definitely don’t coerce them!
Many followers don’t tip you, but that doesn’t mean they don’t support you.
I think this is especially important.
Not everyone’s positions are big. Not everyone has the ability to give you gifts.
🎈There are even many followers who may enter your livestream every evening at a fixed time, quietly listen to you for an hour.
He never sent a single gift, but he’s here every day.
Actually, that itself is a form of support—so don’t demand too much from your followers.
Just focus on doing your content well. If users are willing to watch, willing to listen, and willing to stay—that alone is already very rare.
Place yourself in the position of a “service provider”
This, actually, is a feeling I’ve grown more convinced of after doing content for so many years.
We make our living doing this—what we rely on is our “parents who provide food and clothing.”
So don’t put yourself on a pedestal.
Don’t always say: “I’m the teacher, I’m the big shot. Just listen to me.”
I’d rather position myself as: a content creator serving everyone.
I’m responsible for research, for analysis, and for sharing what I see.
If you feel it’s valuable, stay. If you don’t, swipe away. That’s all.
Analysis isn’t a deal, and content isn’t an answer.
Especially for trading-related content—this must be made clear.
Analysis isn’t the same as a transaction.
Seeing your viewpoint doesn’t mean I have to follow it.
My call that BTC will rise doesn’t mean BTC will definitely rise.
I’m bearish on ETH doesn’t mean ETH must fall.
Even if my historical call accuracy is really high, I still can’t mythologize myself as someone:
“Someone who will never be wrong.”
Because this kind of person doesn’t even exist in the market.
So all I can do is: share my logic, viewpoints, and strategies with you.
In the end, how you trade is still your own decision.
It’s not only being responsible to users—it’s also being responsible to yourself.
Don’t over-mythologize yourself.
A lot of creators, once they reach a certain size, are very likely to run into a problem:
Start treating yourself as “a teacher.”
More and more followers—people start calling you “teacher.”
Then people start calling you a big shot, and treat the things you say like trading instructions.
At times like this, you should actually remind yourself even more: don’t get carried away.
You just studied a few more things than others.
After a few more bull-and-bear cycles, you’ve stepped into some pitfalls and picked up some experience. That’s all.
You’re not the market. And you can’t control the market either.
So putting yourself and your users on equal ground actually makes the whole community feel more comfortable.
In the end
What I like more is: let’s study the market together, chat together, make money together, and get stopped out together.
Be happy when making money; review when losing.
If someone tips, you happily say “thank you” right then.
If nobody tips, that’s completely fine.
Occasionally crack a joke: “For whoever made money this round, who’s taking me for foot massage?”
Everyone laughs, and that’s enough.
So if you ask me:
“As a content creator, should you proactively ask for tips?”
My answer is: yes.
But you have to make it natural, keep it humorous, and stay within reasonable boundaries.
More importantly: don’t treat tipping as if fans owe you. Fans tip because they recognize you.
What you truly should do is keep providing content that’s worth being recognized.
There’s nothing to feel embarrassed about making money. There’s also nothing to feel embarrassed about speaking up.
But remember this forever: you can ask proactively, but you can’t force it. You can be humorous, but you can’t coerce them.
You can make money, but don’t mythologize yourself.
In the end, it’s still that same line:
Be sincere. Be relaxed. Put yourself and your users on the same level.
You’ll find that—making content can actually be a really comfortable thing.
It’s hard to find a career that earns money and feels enjoyable…