Fund a New VTuber Model With Viewer Support

Fund a new VTuber model with viewer support by publishing a Brillay Goals that names the exact upgrade, sets a target amount tied to a written commission quote, and shows a live progress bar. Viewers send cash toward that number; nothing ships and no reply is owed in return. A Goal is one named goal with a progress bar: followers make one-time contributions and every contribution is yours whether or not the goal is reached — no deadline unless you set one, and nothing to ship.

No monthly fee, you only pay a small platform fee when you get paid. 8% platform fee when a follower pays for work, 5% platform fee on tips and goals. Card processing is separate. pricing

"I'd throw money at a model upgrade if you set one up" is a specific kind of viewer comment, and it deserves a specific answer instead of a vague "maybe someday, thanks though." A named goal with a clear funding target gives viewers a specific way to chip in. For the full range of ways VTubers monetize direct supporter support, see how VTubers make money.

What does "viewer support" actually fund on Brillay?

On Brillay, Goals let supporters send cash toward a target you name, and a progress bar tracks how close that target is to funded. You commission and pay the artist yourself, outside Brillay. Goals fund one named target with a progress bar through one-time contributions.

That is a meaningfully different transaction from buying something. A supporter who puts $10 toward a $1,500 model goal does not receive art, a commission slot, or a deliverable back; the $10 funds progress toward a stated goal rather than purchasing a product. If you also want to sell something in exchange for payment — a personalized video, a scoped edit, a text answer — that belongs in a separate, individually priced offer rather than inside the goal.

Why do viewers choose to fund a model instead of just tipping?

A named goal gives viewers a visible finish line: the model upgrade they already want to see on stream. An open-ended tip jar gives a viewer no finish line to picture and no stated destination for the money.

Tips let followers send a one-time thank-you, with nothing for you to deliver and no membership for them to join. A goal points at one thing — "new outfit," "independent eyebrows," "first Live2D rig" — with a dollar figure attached, which gives a $5 contribution a visible reason beyond general goodwill. Naming the real cost, rather than a round guess, is part of what makes the ask concrete enough to act on.

How much should the goal target?

Set the target against a written quote for the model type you are funding, not a round number. Published artist rate cards vary widely by model format, art, rigging, usage rights, and complexity, so get a written quote from your own artist before setting the goal.

Individual commission sheets are the primary evidence here, and they are specific. Xela's Live2D commission sheet lists model art plus Live2D rigging at $1,400 USD for a half-body model and $1,600 USD for a full-body model, with commercial fees already included (xelalive2d.carrd.co). Jirai Ch's Live2D rigging rate card sets half-body base prices at $600+ for a T1 Standard rig and $800+ for a T2 Advanced rig, and full-body base prices at $800+ and $1,200+ (jirai-live2d.carrd.co). cillia's Live2D Portal, with pricing renewed on 24 February 2026, lists half-body rigging from $5,000 and full-body rigging from $8,000. artsy_vii's pixel-art commission sheet prices a chibi PNGtuber at $85 and a standard PNGtuber at $95, each including four blinking and talking PNGs plus a looping talk GIF (artsyvii-comms.carrd.co).

"Listed Prices are BASE prices. Pricing will vary depending on the overall complexity of the project." — Jirai Ch, Live2D Rigging Commission sheet

The 3D row is weaker evidence than the rest and is labelled that way on purpose: the VIVERSE pricing round-up puts 3D VRM models at $300–$800 basic, $800–$2,500 mid-tier, and $3,000–$10,000+ pro-tier, citing a third-party pricing guide rather than published rate cards. Four published sheets and one compilation are a small sample, so treat every figure above as market context and get a written quote from your own artist before locking in the funding-goal number. For what moves an individual quote — art versus rigging and usage rights — see how much a VTuber model actually costs.

How does a goal compare to a GoFundMe link or a cash-app request?

Brillay puts your Goal beside your other offers and charges a 5% platform fee on Goals; GoFundMe uses a separate fundraiser page, so check its current official fee page before comparing costs. Peer-to-peer apps look free, yet business and card payments on them carry posted fees too. A goal sits beside your other offers, in a working-creator context, on the same link your followers already use. Creators in 41 countries can get paid; followers pay by card from anywhere.

"There's no fee to create a fundraiser... One transaction fee: 2.9% + $0.30." — GoFundMe, Pricing and Fees

A cash-app or Venmo request avoids a creator-platform fee, but it is not automatically free. Venmo charges 1.9% + $0.10 on a payment received into a business profile and 2.99% on a personal-account payment the sender identifies as goods and services, and charges 1.75% (minimum $0.25, maximum $25) for an Instant Transfer out to a linked bank account or debit card (Venmo, About Venmo Fees). Cash App deducts a 2.6% + $0.15 processing fee on each payment received into a Cash App Business account, and charges 0.5%–1.75% with a $0.25 minimum for an instant transfer out (Cash App Help, Cash App Business Fees and cash.app/send). Venmo also charges the sender 3.00% when a payment is funded by a credit card, so a supporter paying by card is not paying zero either. A friends-and-family Venmo payment funded by a balance, debit card, or bank account is genuinely free — the free case is real but narrow.

The bigger tradeoff with a direct payment app is not the fee. A cash-app request skips the progress bar, the named goal page, and the record-keeping, so a viewer has to trust a screenshot or a running total you post yourself. Sending contributors to a separate crowdfunding link also moves the ask off the page where your other offers already live, which adds one more click between "I want to support this creator" and actually paying.

Supporters pay by card, Brillay takes a 5% platform fee on Goal contributions, and Stripe's processing fee is separate. Stripe's published card pricing is only a benchmark; the processing fee deducted from what you receive varies by payment method and country. None of these routes is objectively "best": a separate crowdfunding page can suit a one-off campaign shared outside your usual audience, while keeping the goal on your own Brillay link keeps it next to the rest of your paid offers.

How does viewer support compare to Super Chat or Twitch subs?

A Brillay Goal is a one-time cash target with no follower minimum and nothing to apply for, while YouTube's Super Thanks and Twitch's subscription tools are ongoing-support features gated behind monetization programs. YouTube requires supporter-funding eligibility first, and Twitch requires Affiliate status. A creator below either bar can still publish a goal today. A panel link works before Affiliate and off-stream: viewers pay as guests for a request or one-time support whenever they see it.

YouTube Help states that "to be eligible for Super Thanks, make sure you first meet the minimum requirements for supporter funding features". Under the expanded YouTube Partner Program, those thresholds are 500 subscribers with 3 valid public uploads in the last 90 days, plus either 3,000 qualified watch hours in the last 12 months or 3 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days (YouTube Help, Overview of the expanded YouTube Partner Program). The expanded program is available only in the countries and regions YouTube lists, the channel must not be set as Made for Kids, and the 1,000-subscriber-with-4,000-watch-hours tier still governs ad and Premium revenue sharing. Once a channel clears the gate, Super Thanks lets a viewer buy a one-time animated message "at various points between $2 and $50 (or local currency equivalent)" (YouTube Blog, Super Thanks).

Twitch gates subscriptions the same way: joining the Affiliate Program, the entry point for sub tools, requires reaching 25 followers, streaming on 4 different days, and averaging 3 viewers, all within a trailing 30-day window (Twitch, Joining the Affiliate Program). A VTuber below that bar has no native way to run an ongoing support tool on Twitch.

A Goal can run alongside those tools. Brillay has no follower minimum and nothing to apply for before a Goal goes live.

What should the funding-goal page itself say?

A funding-goal page should name the exact upgrade, state the target dollar amount, and explain in one line what changes for the character or the stream. "New outfit and independent eyebrows, $600 goal" gives a viewer more to act on than "help me upgrade my avatar," because both the number and the deliverable are visible.

Keep the ask specific rather than open-ended. If you are staging a bigger redesign — outfit, then expressions, then a full rig — closing out and showing the result of each piece before opening the next goal gives contributing viewers a visible payoff sooner than one long-running total. For the ongoing-support side of the same channel, compare Super Chat vs. direct support: what you actually keep.

Do viewers get anything back for contributing?

No. A supporter contributing to a Goal is funding progress toward a stated target, with no reward tiers and nothing owed back. Brillay's Goals feature page frames it the same way: direct cash toward a goal you name, rather than an Amazon-style wishlist or a tiered-rewards crowdfunding campaign.

Goals have no reward tiers or physical perks; you may add a deadline as a countdown, but it does not make funding all-or-nothing. Brillay's Terms of Use add that a goal "is not a charitable donation unless explicitly stated and legally qualified" by the creator. If part of your audience wants something specific in exchange for paying — a Personalized Video thanking them by name, or a scoped edit — price that separately through Personalized Videos or Custom Work rather than implying a contribution earns a reward.

What happens once the goal is fully funded?

Once the progress bar reaches the target, supporters have contributed to your goal, and you commission and pay the artist yourself.

The timeline from "goal funded" to "new model live" is therefore entirely on your side: commissioning and waiting through the artist's queue happen the same way they would if you had saved the money yourself. Jirai Ch's and Xela's sheets both note that prices and slots are subject to change and that add-ons carry extra fees, which is a reminder that a funded goal is the start of a commission rather than the end of one (jirai-live2d.carrd.co). Set that expectation on the goal page itself so viewers know funding the goal is the first step, not an instant delivery.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need a certain follower count to run a goal?

No. Brillay has no follower minimum for Goals or any other offer. Twitch's Affiliate Program, by contrast, requires 25 followers, 4 stream days, and an average of 3 viewers within a 30-day window before native subscription tools unlock.

Can I offer rewards or perks for contributing to the goal?

No. Goals have no reward tiers or physical perks; you can add an optional deadline as a countdown, but funding is never all-or-nothing. To sell something specific in exchange for payment, use Personalized Videos or Custom Work, priced and listed separately from the goal.

What does Brillay charge on funded contributions?

Goals carry Brillay's platform fee for tips and goals, shown in the pricing line on this page, and Stripe's card processing is a separate charge deducted before payout. Stripe's published card rate is 2.9% + 30¢ per successful transaction, plus 1.5% for international transactions and 1% when currency conversion is required; the exact processing fee varies by payment method and country.

Is a goal the same as a subscription or membership?

No. A Goal collects one-time contributions toward a named target, with no membership, perks, or reward tiers. YouTube memberships and Twitch subscriptions are recurring, tiered products with their own eligibility rules, and they sit in a separate income stream from a goal.

Create your free Brillay page and give viewers a specific, optional way to chip in; they can contribute by card without creating an account, and creators can receive payouts in 41 countries.