Benefits of using Venmo and Cash App with busk.co

busk.co is designed to Maximise how much you get tipped. Now, instead of having multiple separate QR codes — one for CashApp, one for Venmo, one for PayPal, one for Apple/Google Pay — you only need to display one.

This means your QR code can be larger — which means people can scan it from further away, which means more people will be successful when trying to scan.

Also, as a busk.co QR code combines multiple different services, a far larger proportion of people will be able to tip you this way (instead of relying just on people who have a Venmo account).

Aside from all of these benefits, we also offer a huge number of other features, like the ability to gain a fanbase from people who’ve just tipped you.

Here’s a side-by-side comparison showing the benefits of using other services individually VS using them as part of your busk.co account:

With busk.co, you can get tipped via Apple Pay, Google Pay, card payments, PayPal, Venmo and Cash App. Combined, this means almost every single person in your audience will be able to tip you, wherever they are from.

Only people with Venmo accounts (roughly 1/3 of Americans and 0% of tourists) can tip you with Venmo.

With busk.co you’ll be able to get tipped by people with Venmo and CashApp, but also people who simply have Apple Pay installed on their phones…or just by entering their bank card.

Apple Pay and Google Pay are built for speed. They make tipping really easy. Tippers just have to click a button and then confirm the tip.

With Apple/Google Pay tips, we pass almost all the transaction fees onto the tipper, meaning on average buskers getting tipped this way will lose just 0.5%.

By comparison, Cash App has transfer fees of 0.5% to 1.75%, and Venmo has transfer fees of 1.75%. PayPal’s even worse: you can lose anywhere from about 2% to about 30% on a single tip!

Tippers can still tip you anonymously on busk.co. However, after the tip they can then choose to leave their email address or follow your socials.

So, nothing gets in the way of the tip. But you can still build a fan base.

Venmo and Cash App don’t work outside the USA, so tourists will never be able to tip you that way.

With busk.co, not only is our service 100% international (meaning everyone in your audience can use it, no matter where they’re from in the world), but it also works when you go on tour.

Every time you get a tip or a new fan on busk.co, we award you ‘points’, which give you extra visibility on our platform, which makes you rise up the rankings in your city, which makes you more visible to the event bookers who browse our platform looking for local talent. With busk.co, tips lead to work.

By adding all these options to your busk.co profile, you now only need to display a single QR code, and almost everyone in your audience will be able to tip you with it.

We are a not-for-profit company that works specifically to benefit street performers. When you contact us, we read your emails and social media messages and respond. When you need help, you get it from a human being — not an auto-generated textual robot.