How to set up donation through donationalerts in OBS

When registering on Twitch, many people think about how they can make money with streams. However, it is not enough to develop your own tactics for channel management .. It is important to set up the correct receipt of donations. What is donation - support, financial assistance from viewers on a voluntary basis. and it is for this that it is important to set up a donation.

Step-by-step configuration of donations through donationalerts

Registration on the service does not present any particular difficulties. It can be done using services such as Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, VK, Odnoklassniki, Smashcast, Mixer or Dailymotion.

Please visit our website before registering. Then click “Start using”. You can choose one of the platforms on which you want to register. Enter your details, and then confirm the entrance to the social network. Better to link DonationAlerts to an additional account. Choose a username and add it. You can change the name at any time in the “Basic Settings” category.

Setting up OBS Studio

Read about how to set up streaming from Android and iOS in a separate guide. To set up software for capturing images and sound on a PC or Mac, you need to:

● Go to the OBS Studio website, select an operating system and download the installer;

● Install OBS Studio, ideally on the largest partition on your hard drive;

● Launch the automatic setup wizard, select a resolution, bind the used service (Twitch / YouTube, etc.);

● In the lower left corner of the screen there will be a button - press create a scene. Next, add the video source. It can be a game, a screen, a window;

● See if everything is working correctly by running tran. Sound check is done by running a short broadcast.

If everything works correctly, then you can proceed to the next step.

How to link OBS Studio and DonationAlerts

For donations to be displayed on the stream, you need to connect the DonationAlerts widget to OBS Studio. This is done simply:

● In the "Widgets" section, select "Alerts";

● Click "Show embed link" in the "Group 1" section and copy it;

● In the lower left corner of OBS Studio in the "Sources" section, add "Browser" and paste your link into the "URL" line;

● Now you can check how the notification will be displayed on your stream. To do this, in the same section of the site (notification widget), click on the gear and select "Make a test notification". A notification will appear in OBS Studio.

● For all notifications to be displayed correctly, add a link from Group 1 to OBS, even if all your widgets are in a different group

Now you know how to set up the correct receipt of donations from your subscribers and viewers!