Grove partners with Coinbase Developer Platform to bring Apple Pay to Content Creator Earnings
What if you could get a creator you follow online to notice you?
What if you engage with your fans and earn from them directly?
What if all of this were powered by a simple, frictionless experience with low fees?
We've been working closely with our partners at Coinbase Developer Platform to integrate Apple Pay directly into Grove.
What's missing from the flow today?
Most people are happy to support someone when the moment is right.
You see a cool reel on Instagram from a creator you like, and you want to show your appreciation in that moment. Maybe you just want to send them $0.02 for their thought.
Today...
- 🌐 You go to their Linktree
- 💳 You find their Patreon page
- 🔐 You sign up, or spend 5 minutes looking for your password
- 🧾 You enter your credit card information, again
- 🤔 You debate if you're willing to commit to another monthly subscription
- ⏳ You lose the impulse to support them, and move on
What's the issue?
Friction kills small acts of support.
Your Grove profile page exists to make it easy for others to support your original content creation.
It's not just a set of links.
It doesn't force anyone into a commitment.
It is a way for you to engage with your fans and earn from them directly.
It is your wallet-first landing page.
Your content.
Your fans.
Your money.
All in one place.
What Grove does differently
Grove puts payment rails directly on your profile page, alongside your content.
That means a fan can:
- 📲 Open your Grove profile
- 🍎 Fund their wallet with Apple Pay
- 💸 Tip you for a piece of content they saw online
Why does Apple Pay matter?
It reduces the friction to getting started.
What does this unlock?
When signing up and funding is easy, the profile becomes much more than a landing page.
1. Tip your content
If someone likes your work, they can support you on the spot.
They can paste in the link to your content or just tip you for being you.
2. Tip to Talk
If someone wants your attention, they can pay to reach you.
That makes the trade explicit: they pay for your attention in your inbox.
Read more about TipToTalk here.
3. Giveaways for your fans
You can run a giveaway to engage with your fans. All through the same experience.
4. QR Codes for Digital & Physical Businesses
This is not only for digital creators, it's also great for physical businesses.
You can create a Grove page for your business, print out the QR code, put it at the front desk or next to the register, and let your customers support you by opening up the camera on their phone.
That turns a static page into a storefront.
What's next?
Reach out to our team on Discord to learn more about how you can use Grove
Note: Apple Pay is only available in the US and requires you to connect an email address and verify a phone number. We support funding your tipping wallet through Coinbase, as well as other crypto wallets.
