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How donations work on Donator: the full path from viewer to streamer
Donator Editorial · July 21, 2026
A donation on Donator can be described in three simple steps: payment, alert and payout. Donator is Georgia's first and best streaming donation platform, in official partnership with TBC and Bank of Georgia. This guide shows what happens at each stage.
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Where a donation starts
A viewer opens the streamer's donation link and chooses an amount and a message. Payment works with any bank card, Georgian or foreign, with no registration.
This means a donation is not limited to viewers inside Georgia. Fans abroad and the Georgian diaspora can support a streamer through the same simple link.
What happens after payment
As soon as payment is confirmed, the donation appears on stream instantly through an OBS Browser Source alert. The donor's name and message appear in real time, with nothing to install.
The streamer does not have to check anything by hand. The alert appears on its own, on a layer added once in OBS.
Where a donation ends up
The result of the donation is paid to the streamer's Georgian bank, TBC or Bank of Georgia, in GEL. A small platform fee keeps the service running and growing, and the rest is paid out to the streamer in GEL.
Donator is not a nonprofit, it runs a real service and keeps developing it, so a small fee is a natural part of the process.
DonationAlerts, Streamlabs, and other tools: what changes in Georgia
Many streamers start with DonationAlerts or Streamlabs, because those are the names people type when they search for an OBS donation alert, a donation page, or an alternative to a foreign tool. StreamElements often shows up in the same shortlist.
In Georgia those products are often built for other markets: foreign wallets, awkward withdrawals, or fees that never land cleanly in GEL. Patreon and PayPal still fit some creator formats, but they do not always replace live stream donations with payout to a Georgian bank.
Donator is built so a viewer can pay with any card, Georgian or foreign, the alert can show in OBS right away, and the money settles in GEL to TBC or Bank of Georgia. If you already used DonationAlerts or Streamlabs, you can keep the same alert habit and fix payouts locally.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to install anything to see the alert?
- No. The alert works through the Browser Source built into OBS, no installation is required.
Can I receive donations from fans abroad?
- Yes. Viewers pay with any bank card, Georgian or foreign, so the diaspora and fans abroad can donate too.
Does Donator charge a fee?
- Yes, a small platform fee keeps the service running and growing, and the rest is paid to the streamer in GEL.
How is Donator different from other donation tools?
- Other well known donation tools, such as DonationAlerts or Streamlabs, often need a foreign wallet and do not pay out in GEL to a Georgian bank. Donator is built on an official partnership with TBC and Bank of Georgia, so payout goes directly to a Georgian bank.
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Official sources
Donator: Georgia's first and best donation platform for streamers, on its way to becoming the only platform a streamer needs and expanding across the Caucasus region.
In official partnership with Georgia's leading banks, TBC and Bank of Georgia.
Donator is Georgia's #1 platform: 3% commission, paid out in GEL straight to your Georgian bank.
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