A Fansly tip menu is a list of things fans can tip you for, pinned where they will see it and backed by an automated message so the right reply goes out when a qualifying tip arrives. Fansly's help centre does not describe a separate menu tool. Instead, its automated messages article explains that a New Tip trigger set to a keyword or an amount lets you build a menu of content fans can tip for, and together with tip goals and the tip settings below, that is everything a working menu needs.
This page covers Fansly's own tipping features and gives you a Fansly-specific template. For menu design and pricing logic in general, our tip menu template with boundaries and tip menu pricing worksheet go further, and menus built for live streams are in our guide to making money live streaming on Fansly.
How tipping works on Fansly
Every creator profile carries a tip button, and Fansly's Tipping Features article says it is built in and cannot be removed. You will not see it on your own profile, because creators cannot tip themselves, so visit another creator's page if you want to know how yours looks to fans.
Fans have several places to tip. The fan-side Tipping Creators article lists the $ icon beside the Like button on posts, the $ under the banner on your profile, a $ icon in DMs (some creators charge per message instead), the $ on a goal post so the contribution counts toward its tracker, and a gift icon in the live stream chat box. The same article warns fans that a tip cannot be cancelled once sent, so a mistaken tip can only be put right with a refund, never an undo button.
Each tip must fall between $0.10 and $500, the limits stated in the Tipping Features article. A tip triggers a notification, and the full record lives in Wallet History on your Earnings Wallet page. On the newer Statistics page, the Tips product type includes price-per-message tips, so DM income charged per message is reported together with ordinary tips rather than on its own line.
Fansly tip settings at a glance
These are the controls that touch tipping, where each one lives and what it changes. Most are switched on or off in seconds, but they interact, so read the table as one system rather than separate toggles.
| Setting | Where it lives | What it changes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tip button | Your profile, your posts and your DMs | Always available to fans; creators cannot hide or delete it | Tipping Features |
| Tip size limits | Applied to every tip a fan sends | Minimum $0.10 and maximum $500 per tip | Tipping Features |
| Tip goal | Tip Goal icon in the post composer | A title, target and description, running on one post or shared across several | Posting |
| Hide Goal Amount | Goal settings when you create a tip goal | Fans see a progress percentage instead of the target figure | Tipping Features |
| Hide Post Tip Amount | Settings, then Privacy & Safety | Removes the public tip total shown under each post | Hiding tip amounts |
| Tip as an unlock condition | Media, post reply, DM and stream chat permissions | The fan must have tipped at least your amount, and several smaller tips add up toward it | Permissions on Fansly |
| New Tip automation | Creator Dashboard, Automated Messages | Sends your prepared reply when a tip matches a keyword, an amount or both | Setting up Automated Messages |
| Refunding a tip | A support ticket from your account | Optional and at your discretion; the amount leaves your balance | Creator refunds |
Tip goals, and when to hide the target
To create a goal, open your Fansly home page, click the Tip Goal icon, pick an existing goal or choose Create New Tip Goal, then add a title, a target amount and a short description before clicking Create Tip Goal, as the Tipping Features article sets out. The Posting article adds that a goal can stand alone or be shared across multiple posts, so a single target can gather contributions from a week of posts instead of restarting with each one.
When you set up a goal, Fansly also offers Hide Goal Amount, which shows fans the percentage reached without the target. Fansly presents it as a way to build suspense. A workable rule for choosing: show the figure when it is part of the story, such as a specific piece of equipment you are open about funding, and hide it when the target is big enough that the bar would look stuck for a long stretch and put people off.
Fansly's own advice is to name goals specifically, tell fans what they unlock when the goal completes and post updates as it moves. Deliver the promised reward promptly, because a goal is a public promise made to everyone who chipped in. Streams use separate Stream Goals, created in Streaming Settings rather than the post composer.
Wiring the menu to an automated message
The New Tip trigger is what turns a static list into a menu that answers itself. In the Creator Dashboard, open Automated Messages, choose Create New Automated Message and set the trigger to New Tip. The automated messages article says that trigger accepts a keyword, an amount or both, and that each automation can carry a delay in seconds plus a cooldown so one fan does not receive the same reply again and again. The reply itself can hold text, attached media, locked text or a voice note.
Fansly's Messaging article describes the same mechanism from the other end: enable Keywords and set a Minimum Tip Amount on the New Tip trigger to send fans a menu or a prompt when a qualifying tip lands. Two set-ups follow from that:
- A menu-request automation keyed to a word such as MENU, with a low minimum amount, that replies with the full menu so any fan can ask for it at any time.
- One automation per menu item, keyed to that item's word and minimum amount, replying with a confirmation, what happens next and, where the item is a file, the locked media itself.
Automated replies do not open a new thread in your inbox, so to check one went out, search the fan's display name or use the envelope icon on their profile. The Messaging article also says fans cannot tell an automated reply from one you typed. That is a reason to word confirmations so they read as true whenever they arrive, rather than implying you are online at that moment. The full trigger list sits in our guide to Fansly mass and automated messages.
Tip or price? Choosing how each menu item is paid
One Fansly rule changes how a menu should be built. The permissions guide says media bought with a price stays available to the fan even if you later change permissions or delete your account, while media unlocked through a tip may become unavailable after a permission change or deletion. The fan-side purchased content article goes further, advising fans to buy media rather than tip for it and noting that a transaction labelled Tip has not bought anything.
So when a menu item is a file, deliver it as a priced locked item, ideally attached to the automated reply, and keep tips for things that are not files. Pricing a locked item is covered in our Fansly locked media guide.
| Menu item type | Route that suits it | Why it fits Fansly's rules |
|---|---|---|
| An existing photo set or clip | Priced locked item attached to the keyword reply | A purchase lands in the fan's Media Collection and stays there |
| A custom piece made for one fan | Scope agreed in DMs first, then delivered as a priced item | The thread and the purchase record both show what was agreed |
| A shout-out or public thank-you | Tip with a keyword | Nothing needs to stay in the fan's collection afterwards |
| A shared target, such as new lighting for shoots | Tip goal on a post or several posts | Progress is visible to everyone contributing |
| A request during a live stream | Tip in the stream chat | Fansly lets tipped chat messages bypass slow mode, so the request gets seen |
A copyable Fansly tip menu template
Copy the rows you want, replace the bracketed fields with your own amounts and wording, and pin the finished menu as a post; the Posting article names tip menus as one use for pinned posts. Each amount must sit within Fansly's per-tip limits of $0.10 to $500 given in the Tipping Features article. The boundaries column is there so fans know the limits before they tip, which saves awkward conversations later.
| Menu item | Your amount | Trigger keyword | What the fan receives | Delivery window | Boundaries (not included) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thank-you voice note | [your amount] | THANKYOU | A short voice note in DMs using the name the fan gives you | Within the reply time printed on your menu | Addressed to the fan only, never to another person |
| Shout-out post | [your amount] | SHOUTOUT | A post on your wall that tags the fan's Fansly username with @ | Your next scheduled post | No links or outside handles in the shout-out |
| Vote on the next shoot theme | [your amount] | THEME | One vote toward a theme from the list you publish | Result posted before the next shoot | Themes outside your published list are not on offer |
| Priority reply | [your amount] | PRIORITY | The fan moves to your VIP inbox for a faster answer | The window you promise on the menu | One conversation, not an open-ended chat |
| A set already in your vault | [price on the locked item] | SET plus the set name | The set as a priced locked item inside the automated reply | Immediate, sent by the automation | Published sets only; sold media is not re-edited |
| Custom photo request | [quoted after the scope is agreed] | CUSTOM | An automated reply asking for details; scope and price agreed in DMs | The date you agree in writing in the thread | Only items on your published list of what you make |
| Goal contribution | Any amount the fan chooses | None needed | Counts toward the goal shown on the post | When the goal completes | The reward described in the goal, with no individual extras |
The delivery window column matters on Fansly in particular. Its article on when a fan would get a refund says custom content not delivered within 2 weeks, or the timeframe you agreed, may be refunded with your earnings adjusted, and the fan-side tipping article gives the same deadline as 14 days. Promise a window you can meet inside that limit and print it on the menu. The VIP inbox used in the priority row is described in the VIP function article.
Refunds and disputes involving tips
Tips are treated as final by default. The fan-side Requesting a Refund article says tips are non-refundable under Fansly's Terms of Service, that creators may refund a tip at their discretion through support, and that tips tied to agreements made outside Fansly are treated as non-refundable transactions.
If you do refund, the creator refund article says the amount comes out of your wallet balance or pending funds and the fan immediately loses access to any refunded media. You open a ticket with a link to the fan's profile, the transaction ID from Wallet Transaction History and your reason.
The lesson for a menu is simple: keep every agreement inside Fansly messages, write the scope and delivery date in the thread, and send a short note when the item goes out. That record is what support will ask for if a tip is ever disputed. Our Fansly refund and chargeback FAQ walks through the other refund scenarios.
Hiding tip totals from your posts
If you would rather fans did not see how much a post has earned, the hide tip amounts article gives the path: Settings, then Privacy & Safety, then enable Hide Post Tip Amount. Tips still arrive and still show in your Wallet History; only the public total under each post disappears. Hide Goal Amount on a tip goal is a separate switch, so set both if you want neither figure on show.
Some creators keep totals visible because a busy tip count reads as social proof; others hide them because public totals invite comparisons and comments about income. Fansly publishes nothing on whether hiding totals changes how fans tip, so decide on comfort and privacy rather than on an expected effect.
Limits of this template
The settings and rules here come from Fansly's help centre as published on 1 October 2026. Tip limits, trigger options and setting names can change, and none of the articles say what fans typically tip or which menu items sell, so every amount in the template is left blank on purpose. Treat figures quoted elsewhere as someone else's experience rather than a benchmark for your page.
Tips are generally taxable income, and a registered tax agent or accountant can tell you how they are treated where you live. If you are building a menu from nothing, work through the pricing worksheet linked at the top before you fill in this template.