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How to Show Buy Me a Coffee Alerts and a Tip QR Code

The buymeacoffee widget connects your Buy Me a Coffee page to the stream. When someone buys you a coffee, an alert pops up on the scene, and a small badge with your page address stays on screen. You can also put a QR code on the scene so viewers can scan it with their phone and tip you without typing anything.

Before You Start

You need a Buy Me a Coffee account. In its Stream alerts settings, copy your personal stream alert URL. It starts with https://studio.buymeacoffee.com/stream-alert/ and contains a key that identifies your account, so keep it private.

Steps

Step 1: Add the Widget

  1. Open the Layers tab. Apps work on both scene types:
    • Dynamic Scene: expand Apps & Widgets -> Add from marketplace
    • Pro scene: click Add New Layer -> Apps & Widgets
  2. Search for buymeacoffee and click the card, then click Add to Scene

The evmux App Market filtered to the buymeacoffee card, highlighted

The buymeacoffee app page with the Add to Scene button highlighted

Step 2: Paste Your Stream Alert URL

The widget covers the scene as a transparent layer and shows a buymeacoffee.com/yourname badge at the bottom. Its settings open on the left.

The buymeacoffee widget on the scene showing the page badge, with the settings panel highlighted: the stream alert URL field, Add QR To Stage and Open BuyMeCoffee settings

  1. Paste your stream alert URL into the BuyMeCoffe Url field.
  2. The badge updates to your page name, and alerts from your supporters now appear on the scene when they arrive.

Step 3: Add a QR Code (Optional)

Click Add QR To Stage. A QR code layer pointing at your Buy Me a Coffee page is added to the scene. Move and resize it like any layer, and keep it big enough to scan from a phone.

Step 4: Fine-Tune on Buy Me a Coffee

Open BuyMeCoffee settings opens your Buy Me a Coffee stream alert settings in a new tab, where you choose the alert’s look, sound and duration. The widget shows whatever you set there. The here link under it leads to Buy Me a Coffee’s setup guide.

Tips

  • Test with a small tip from another account before the show so you know how the alert looks and sounds.
  • Put the QR code near the badge so viewers connect the two.
  • Mention the page out loud when the QR code is on screen. Viewers rarely notice it on their own.