3D printing and maker stream donations in Georgia

Viewers often want a specific figure, part, or gift printed. A donation moves that request to the front of the line, and you print the next model by the donor's wish.

With Donator, viewers send a donation by card with no registration, so suggesting the model and supporting the stream happen in a single move.

If you keep a running list of available STL files on screen, donors can name a specific model directly in their message, turning the chat into a visible print queue that the whole stream can follow.

The donation alert shows through an OBS Browser Source, and you place it in a screen corner so the print head, the layers going down, and the model shot stay free.

During a long print, the alert appears briefly and keeps its sound cue, so viewers notice a donation even through a slow process.

Trimming the alert to a shorter animation clears it from the corner before a critical layer transition arrives. That is the detail that matters when chat is actively counting layers on a complex overhang.

A maker community often reaches beyond borders. Because payment works with any card, Georgian or foreign, a Georgian in the diaspora orders a model just as easily as a local viewer.

Filament, parts, and a new nozzle all cost money, and a donation is a direct way to fund that cost, while a goal bar on stream shows how much has been raised.

When a donor specifies a filament colour or material in their message, the whole chat gets to watch the spool swap live, turning a routine supply choice into a shared moment on stream.

Support for your filament and resin runs lands in a Georgian bank, TBC or Bank of Georgia, straight in GEL, with no currency conversion and no foreign wallet.

Donator was built in Georgia, works as an official partner of TBC and Bank of Georgia, and takes a 3% platform fee from each print fund donation.

A filament spool typically runs 30–60 GEL, so consistent donations across a few streams can cover your monthly material costs without touching your own budget.

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.