External handles

Drop in your Venmo / Cash App / PayPal handles once. Loadout displays them as tip buttons + QR codes on your public band page and gig request pages. Fans tip via their own apps.

Zero fee. No Stripe account required.

Set them up

Open Band settings → Tips section. Add one or more:

• Venmo — username (no @)
• Cash App — $cashtag
• PayPal — paypal.me/yourhandle or your email

Save. The handles immediately become available on your public band page and any gig with public requests enabled.

What fans see

Each handle becomes a tip button on your public-facing pages. The buttons:

• Show the service logo and your handle
• Link out to a deep-link URL that pre-fills the payment with your handle as the recipient
• Include a QR code below for in-person scanning (fans hold their camera up to a poster or screen, the QR opens their app)

The deep link doesn't pre-fill the amount or a memo — fans enter those in the destination app.

What you don't get

The free tier is a list of links, not a payments system. Loadout has no visibility into actual transactions.

That means:

• No per-tip tracking. Loadout has no visibility into actual transactions on the external app side.
• No post-show tip totals. You'll need to reconcile manually from your handle apps. The post-show summary has a Self-report tips field for this.
• No song attribution. Loadout doesn't know which tip was for which song.

If those things matter to you, the connected tier gives you all of them in exchange for the 2% Loadout fee.

When external handles are enough

• You play occasional gigs, not a residency.
• You already have a flow with Venmo/Cash App and don't want a new system.
• You don't care about per-song analytics — tips are tips.
• Your fans skew local/repeat (they already know your handle anyway).

What's next

• Loadout Tips setup — when external handles aren't enough.
• Tipping overview — the bigger picture.