TAP TO TIP

Universal fallback

QR code tipping that works on every phone, every time

A QR code is the lowest common denominator of digital tipping: every phone with a camera can read one, and it costs nothing to print. It is the format to reach for when you cannot assume anything about the guest's device.

  • Readable by any phone camera
  • Free to print on receipts and menus
  • Same page as the NFC tap
With a camera
Any phoneWith a camera
Receipt, menu, sticker, bio
Print anywhereReceipt, menu, sticker, bio
Shared with NFC
One pageShared with NFC

Why teams choose Tap To Tip

No hardware to buy

A QR code can be printed on a receipt, a menu footer or a sticker. Start tipping digitally before a single card arrives.

Familiar to every guest

Scanning a code to open a menu is routine in UAE hospitality. Tipping is the same motion, so nothing needs explaining.

Straight into the wallet sheet

The page loads with Apple Pay or Google Pay ready, so the guest confirms without typing a card number.

Track which placement works

Each printed placement can carry its own tag, so you can see whether the receipt, the stand or the badge actually earns tips.

How it works

  1. 01

    Generate the code

    Every tip page ships with a downloadable QR code in print resolution, ready for your designer or your printer.

  2. 02

    Put it where the guest is looking

    The bill folder, the counter, the back of a business card, the last screen of the app they just used.

  3. 03

    Watch the placements

    Compare tips per placement in the dashboard and reprint the ones that earn.

Where QR tipping beats a card

QR wins wherever you cannot hand something to the guest: a receipt that goes home with them, a delivery bag, a menu they are already looking at, a link in a social bio.

It also wins on cost. A code costs nothing to add to something you were already printing, which makes it the right way to test whether digital tipping works for your venue before ordering hardware.

  • Receipts and bill folders
  • Table talkers, menus and counter cards
  • Delivery packaging and takeaway bags
  • Instagram bios and email signatures for freelancers

Making a QR code that people actually scan

Most unscanned codes fail for boring reasons: printed too small, printed in a colour with poor contrast, or placed where the guest never looks. A code should be at least 2 cm across in print, dark on light, with a short line of copy telling the guest what happens next.

  • Minimum 2 cm × 2 cm on print, more at a distance
  • Dark code on a light background — never the reverse
  • One line of instruction: "Scan to tip the team"
  • Leave the quiet zone around the code clear of artwork

QR code tipping — questions

Keep reading

Hardware

NFC tip cards

An NFC tip card is a printed card with a tiny chip inside. Hold a phone near it and the tip page opens — no scanning, no typing, no app. It is the fastest path from intention to payment we have found.

Cashless tipping

Digital tipping in the UAE

Almost nobody in Dubai or Abu Dhabi carries small notes any more, and staff who rely on tips feel it every shift. Tap To Tip puts a tappable card in the guest's hand and settles the tip to the recipient's own account.

Individuals & creators

Tipping for freelancers

If you are paid for a service you deliver in person or online, you should have a link that lets a happy client add something on top. One page, your name on it, money into your own account.

Start with a QR code today

No hardware needed — claim a page and print the code.