Industry: News & Commentary
News and commentary streamer donations in Georgia
A live discussion, an analysis of the day's topics, and reading headlines together with viewers have become an active stream format in Georgia too. A commentary streamer on Donator takes donations by any bank card, a topic prioritized for discussion rides along with the donation itself, and the money lands in a Georgian bank, in GEL.
A donation as a priority for a topic
Viewers often ask for a specific topic or story to be discussed. A donation moves that topic forward in the show, and the streamer covers it in the next segment.
With Donator, viewers send a donation by card with no registration, so suggesting the topic and offering support happen at the same time.
An alert that never covers the shared screen
The donation alert shows through an OBS Browser Source, and you place it beside the shared screen window so the article text stays free.
During a live show, where the pace is fast, the alert appears briefly and never breaks the flow of discussion.
| Donator | Foreign service | |
|---|---|---|
| Payment for a topic priority | Any card, GEL | Often needs a foreign wallet |
| Payout | TBC or Bank of Georgia, in GEL | Often hard or limited |
| Alert near the headline | Free positioning, via OBS | Similar |
Questions from news and commentary streamers
- Can I cover a donor's suggested topic sooner?
- Yes. The topic shows in the donor's message, and you decide which one to cover in the next segment.
- Can I add the alert without covering the shared screen?
- Yes. The alert takes the form of an OBS Browser Source, and you choose both its position and its size.
- How much does Donator take?
- Donator only takes a small platform fee out of a topic-priority donation to keep the platform running, and the rest reaches you unchanged in GEL at a Georgian bank.
- Why Donator instead of Twitch bits or YouTube Super Chat?
- Twitch bits and YouTube Super Chat are only usable on their own platform and route the payment through an internal system. A donation for a topic priority on Donator, in contrast, comes in by any bank card, Georgian or foreign, so a viewer in the diaspora can back the show too, and the money settles straight into a Georgian bank in GEL. DonationAlerts and Streamlabs are assembled for other countries' markets and often require a foreign wallet, while Donator starts from Georgian and offers the shortest path to receiving donations in Georgia.
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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.
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