This page provided an overview of the eligibility criteria for various forms of monetization for creators or paid features available to Tumblr users.
Tipping
In order to use the tipping feature in any capacity, you must be at least 18 years old.
If you're under 18, you cannot tip other Tumblrs, nor can you accept tips on your Tumblr.
Accepting Tips
Folks residing in the following countries can enable tipping:
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- 🇫🇷 France
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- 🇺🇸 United States
Password-protected blogs, blogs that are flagged as explicit/adult, and group blogs cannot enable tipping.
If you meet these criteria but are still unable to activate tipping on your blog, please reach out to Support.
Tipping Other Tumblrs
Anyone with a Tumblr account can tip, regardless of where they reside.
Please see our Tipping Overview article for more information.
Ad-Free Browsing
Anyone with a Tumblr account is eligible for Ad-Free or gifting Ad-Free to others, regardless of where they reside.
Gifting & receiving Ad-Free Browsing
To be eligible to receive Ad-Free as a gift:
- You are currently not subscribed to Ad-Free, or
- You already have an Ad-Free subscription, and purchased it via web browser. This will add your new Ad-free gift to your existing subscription.
If you have an existing subscription that was purchased through our iOS or Android apps, you will not be able to receive Ad-Free as a gift.
Gifting Ad-Free to another user is now possible on both web and our mobile apps.
Please see our Ad-free Browsing article for more information.
Blaze
To Blaze a post you must be over 18 years old. Only original posts can be Blazed.
Please see our Blaze FAQ for more information.