Free bands
Bands are free
Individuals, bar staff, gig workers, businesses, and charities can request bands without paying for the wearable itself.
Cashless tipping for service teams
Free bands for tips and donations in a cashless world.
Tap Tip helps individuals, hospitality teams, businesses, charities, and event operators collect tips or donations with a simple tap. Bands are free, individuals can order directly, and charges are built to stay low and clear.
Free bandsIndividuals can orderLow chargesRestaurantsBarsHotels
Made for the real floor
Staff can wear it during service. Guests can tap in seconds without breaking the flow of the moment.
Tip now or finish later
The tap opens the journey immediately, but the customer can still complete the payment later if they are in a rush.
Why people switch
Free bands. Clear pricing. Open to individuals.
The offer should be easy to repeat: get the band for free, start quickly, and use a pricing model designed to stay competitive and easy to understand.
Low rates
Low and competitive charges
The commercial story should be simple: low rates, clear charges, and no confusing fee story hiding behind the setup.
Open access
Individuals can order directly
This is not only for businesses. If you work shifts, gigs, mobile events, or service roles, you can request your own setup.
Who it is for
Built for staff, venues, and events.
Whether you are ordering for yourself, for a team, or for an event, Tap Tip gives you a clearer way to collect cashless tips in the moment.
For staff
Get tipped even when guests have no cash
For waiters, bartenders, hotel staff, gig workers, beauty professionals, and mobile service workers who want a simple band they can use themselves.
For venues
Give guests a cleaner way to tip
For operators who want less awkwardness for staff, a smoother guest experience, and a modern tip moment people immediately understand.
For events
Built for high-footfall moments
For festivals, pop-ups, bars, and fast-moving service environments where the tip interaction has to be quick, obvious, and low-friction.
Product formats
One brand, more than one physical form.
The site now makes the hardware story clearer. The wristband is the obvious fit for personal service and hospitality. Shared tap points or round devices suit events, counters, and public donation moments.
Wearable wristband for personal service interactions.Best where the tap point stays with the person.
Wearable
Wristbands for staff and mobile service
The clearest fit for waiters, bartenders, hotel teams, beauty professionals, and other service workers who need the tap point on them during the shift.
Counter or campaign
Round tap points for events and fundraising
A better fit when the product needs to live on a stand, donation point, merch table, event desk, or shared campaign location.
Mixed rollout
Use both where the journey changes
Some operators will want wearable bands for staff and a fixed or shared tap point for campaigns, events, or public-facing donation moments.
How it works
Built to be obvious in under ten seconds.
The current site explains the mechanics. The rebuilt site makes the value clear: Tap Tip removes friction at the exact moment a customer wants to reward good service.
Wear or place the Tap Tip device
A band, stand, or campaign device becomes the touchpoint for the interaction.
The guest or donor taps their phone
No app install, no awkward cash conversation, and no printed QR code as the primary ask.
A secure payment page opens
They choose an amount, confirm the payment, and can complete it instantly or later if needed.
Why venues adopt it
Better for teams, cleaner for guests, easier to explain.
The live site says “cashless tipping.” That is accurate but too small. The stronger commercial case is that Tap Tip helps venues modernise a gratitude moment that still matters to staff.
Hospitality
Restaurants, bars, and hotels
Give guests a clean way to thank staff even when they are paying by card or phone and carrying no cash at all.
Events
Festivals and pop-ups
Keep queues moving with a tip experience that works in fast, noisy, high-footfall environments.
Teams
Individuals or grouped shifts
Support direct recipient tipping, campaign-led collection, or venue-led deployments depending on how your operation runs.
Rollout
Simple to explain to staff
Wear the band, invite the tap, let the guest choose their amount, and let the payout record stay clear.
Tap opens the personal payment page.Fast enough for hospitality pace.
Payout and identity
You need more than “secure”.
Before anyone asks about technology, they want to know who is being tipped, what the customer sees, and how the payout is meant to work. That clarity matters first.
Identity
The customer sees who they are tipping
The tap opens a branded payment page where the recipient, campaign, or venue context can be made clear before any payment is made.
Control
The customer stays in control
The wearable starts the journey, but the payment decision stays on the customer's own phone in a familiar web flow.
Payout
Operators can explain where money goes
Payout clarity matters because both staff and venues need confidence about who receives funds and how the setup is meant to work.
Security details
Then the technical reassurance matters.
Once the commercial path is clear, security needs to confirm the system is credible rather than carry the whole story on its own.
Security
Secure web-based flow
The experience routes people to a secure payment page rather than storing sensitive payment data on the wearable itself.
Security
No sensitive card data on the band
The physical Tap Tip device is a trigger, not a cardholder-data store.
Security
Designed for clear control
The customer remains in control of the transaction on their own device throughout the payment flow.
Security
Partner-backed infrastructure
Tap Tip sits within the wider Helix Pay payments context, so the commercial story and the operational story stay aligned.
Common questions
Common questions.
Who is Tap Tip for?
Tap Tip is designed for hospitality teams, events, venues, charities, and service-led environments where people want a fast, cashless way to tip or donate.
Can people complete the payment later?
Yes. The tap can open the donation or tipping flow immediately, but the person can also complete it later if they are in a hurry.
Do you support charity campaigns as well as staff tipping?
Yes. The product works for both direct tipping and donation-led use cases, which is why the rebuilt site gives each one its own narrative.
How do I order bands right now?
Use the request form on the site. In the static hosting package it opens a prefilled email so the enquiry can be sent immediately without any backend runtime.
Ready to move
Request a Tap Tip rollout
Skip the waitlist language. If you need bands, campaign devices, or a charity deployment, send the brief now and we can scope it properly by email. The site now reflects both wearable wristbands and shared event or fundraising tap points.
