You’ve given everything to your music: blood, sweat and tears. It’s time to turn the grinding into soaring.
Tipping
Offer your fans the most seamless tipping experience available, with no download required. Just scan, tap and confirm. Even first-time users complete transactions in seconds using phone pay, dramatically increasing your tip conversion rates compared to traditional methods.
Song Requests
Turn audience engagement into revenue. Let fans request songs from your preset lists, creating participation opportunities that naturally drive tips while helping you read the crowd.
Shout Outs
Fan Connection
Convert listeners into engage followers. When fans scan your QR code, they access your custom fan site featuring direct links to your social platforms. The tipping process naturally prompts an email list opt-in, building your marketing foundation with every interaction
Tipping
Offer your fans the most seamless tipping experience available, with no download required. Just scan, tap and confirm. Even first-time users complete transactions in seconds using phone pay, dramatically increasing your tip conversion rates compared to traditional methods.
Song Requests
Turn audience engagement into revenue. Let fans request songs from your preset lists, creating participation opportunities that naturally drive tips while helping you read the crowd.
Shout Outs
Fan Connection
Convert listeners into engaged followers. When fans scan your QR code, they access your custom fan site featuring direct links to your social platforms. The tipping process naturally prompts an email list opt-in, building your marketing foundation with every interaction.
Unlike generic payment apps, MyStage delivers a frictionless tipping experience tailored to music fans. Just scan, tap, done! No downloads, no accounts necessary .
Musicians earn 31% more in tips through compelling upsells that fans love.
| PayPal | CashApp |  |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Scan QR To Tip | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Credit Cards | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| No Download Required | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ |
| Apple Pay (Fast) | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
| Google Pay (Fast) | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
| Paid Shout Outs | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
| Song Requests | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
| Social Links | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
| Transaction Rate | 2.75% | 2.75% | 4.9% |
| Per Transaction Fee | $.49 | $.30 | |
| Instant Payouts | 1.75% | 1.5% | 1% |
How does MyStage compare to other payment solutions?
No Barriers
Unlike other solutions, MyStage avoids unnecessary barriers such as app downloads or even credit card entry. Payments can be made simply by tapping Apple Pay, Google Pay, or using credit and debit cards. This creates a more seamless experience than PayPal, Cash App, and Venmo, resulting in lower dropoff rates and more tips.
Music-Specific Revenue Boosters
Beyond basic payments, MyStage offers several music-focused upsells such as Song Request Tips and Paid Shout Outs that are not available in generic payment apps. These specialized features create significantly higher revenue opportunities, turning casual listeners into engaged supporters.
How is MyStage's pricing better?
While platforms like PayPal, Cash App, and Venmo offer standard payment processing at slightly lower rates, MyStage’s specialized approach delivers greater overall value for musicians. Our fee structure directly funds music-specific features designed to maximize your earnings potential.
The majority of our transaction fees are passed onto Stripe for secure payment processing, with the remainder invested in developing new revenue streams exclusively for performing artists. Our data shows that MyStage users typically earn 30-40% more in tips compared to generic payment platforms, far outweighing the modest difference in transaction costs.
By creating compelling reasons for fans to tip generously and engage more deeply with your music, MyStage transforms a simple transaction into a valuable connection that benefits both artists and fans.
How quickly can I be up and running?
Setting up a custom Fan Experience site in MyStage, adding payments, and connecting to a bank account takes about 15-20 minutes.
If you’re a cover band wanting to utilize preset Song Requests, we provide a search feature to make it easy—expect another 10-15 minutes.
Note: While setup is nearly instantaneous, the initial payout requires a 7-14 day delay imposed by Stripe on all new accounts for fraud prevention purposes. After that, payments can be received within 30 minutes.
How secure are MyStage transactions?
MyStage utilizes Stripe for all payment processing, onboarding, management, and payouts. Stripe offers the most trusted transaction system in the industry, serving major companies like Google, Amazon, OpenAI, Lyft, Instacart, and Shopify.