When creating tipjars or payment links in Ghost, you are subject to Stripe’s tipping policy and prohibited and restricted business policy. Content and activities that violate these policies are against Stripe’s SSA.  

Requirements

Stripe requires, among other things, that:

  • Tips are given in exchange for goods or services
  • Tip buttons must be displayed next to or following content
  • Tips or donations are not accepted for content that contains any of the following (this list is not exhaustive):
    • Adult content and services: Content that contains nudity or explicit sexual acts (e.g. nude images, adult audio/video/live chat)
    • Intellectual property or proprietary rights infringement: Copyright-infringing content (e.g. leaked music albums)
    • Unlawful violence and violent extremism: Content that a) encourages, promotes or celebrates unlawful violence or physical harm to persons or property; or b) engages in, encourages, promotes or celebrates unlawful violence toward any group based on race, religion, disability, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, or any other immutable characteristic
  • Tips or donations or other type of transaction is not accepted to facilitate the sale of goods and services in the following categories (although content about these goods and services is permissible, such educational content):
    • Gambling: Stripe does not support payments for gambling (e.g. entry into a poker tournament), but does support monetization of content about gambling (e.g. a ticketed digital event about poker strategy)
    • High-risk businesses: Stripe does not support payments for goods and services related to high-risk businesses (e.g. payment for timeshares), but does support monetization of content about these businesses (e.g. paid content about how to buy a timeshare)
    • Multi-level marketing and get rich quick schemes: Stripe does not support payments that enable end-users to participate in multi-level marketing and get rich quick schemes (e.g. payment in exchange for entry into a pyramid scheme), but does support monetization of content about these businesses (e.g. content about how to sell MLM products)
    • Regulated or illegal products and services: Stripe does not support payments that enable end-users to receive regulated or illegal goods and services (e.g. payment in exchange for cannabis, weapons, and others), but does support monetization of content about these products and services (e.g. content about how to build a greenhouse)

There are regional variations to Stripe’s policies, please familiarize yourself with their policies to ensure that you do not accept tips or donations for anything prohibited or restricted.

Where to get help

All policies and agreements related to payments that you receive are made directly between you and Stripe. Ghost is not a party to these transactions. If you need help or support with tips & donations, you should contact Stripe support directly.