How to Set Up Personalized Shoutouts on Your Link in Bio

You set up Personalized Shoutouts on your FanBell link in bio by enabling the offer, choosing a price, setting a delivery window of no more than 120 hours, adding instructions for the fan, and connecting Stripe for payouts. Review the fan-facing page, publish it, then share the same FanBell link in your bio.

If you are still deciding whether personalized videos fit your audience, start with the full guide to selling personalized video messages as a small creator. This guide focuses on the settings and checks required to make the offer live.

How do Personalized Shoutouts work on your FanBell page?

Personalized Shoutouts is an offer on your own FanBell link-in-bio page, not a listing on a celebrity marketplace. New creator accounts have the offer turned on by default with a starter price, and creators do not need to apply, meet a follower minimum, or join an approval queue (how FanBell works).

Because the offer belongs to your page, fans use your link to submit and pay for requests rather than searching for you in a talent directory. You manage the offer through your Personalized Shoutouts settings.

How do you create a FanBell link for shoutouts?

Creating a FanBell page is free, requires no credit card to start, and has no monthly fee (FanBell pricing). The page gives you one link for your paid offers, including Personalized Shoutouts, which you can place in a social bio, pinned comment, or video description.

FanBell does not need to read or connect to your TikTok, Instagram, or other social-media DMs. Instead, you direct fans to the page, where they can review the offer, provide the requested information, and pay.

After creating your account, open the FanBell dashboard and select Personalized Shoutouts to review the offer’s settings.

How do you turn on Personalized Shoutouts and set the price?

Open your FanBell dashboard, turn on the Personalized Shoutouts offer, and set the price a fan pays for one video. FanBell lets you enable each offer — questions, shoutouts, services, tips, and wishlist support — with its own price and turnaround, and Personalized Shoutouts starts on by default for new creator accounts.

In practice, the offer has two settings you control in that same panel: Price, what a fan pays for one video, and Delivery time, your promised turnaround of up to 120 hours. Save each change before you move on so the fan-facing page reflects it.

You can change the price later. For guidance on choosing a starting amount, creating tiers, or raising your price, read how much to charge for a shoutout.

FanBell charges a 12% platform fee only when a fan pays for a shoutout, and an unused offer carries no platform charge. Stripe’s published standard price for online payments is 2.9% plus 30¢ per successful transaction for domestic cards, with no setup fees and no monthly fees (Stripe pricing). On a $100 shoutout that works out to $12 in FanBell platform fees and $3.20 in Stripe processing fees, leaving $84.80.

Two Stripe surcharges change that math for creators with overseas fans. Stripe adds 1.5% for international cards and a further 1% when currency conversion is required, on top of the 2.9% plus 30¢ domestic rate. Stripe’s processing fee is deducted separately from FanBell’s 12% platform fee rather than layered on top of it.

How do you set the shoutout delivery window?

Set your promised turnaround from your FanBell dashboard when you configure the offer. FanBell caps the Personalized Shoutouts delivery window at 120 hours (5 days), the maximum turnaround the platform allows for this offer.

Choose a window you can meet during a normal week, not only when your schedule is clear. A shorter turnaround can feel more valuable to a fan, but it should still give you enough time to review the request, record the video, and deliver it.

For help choosing a turnaround within the 120-hour limit, see how fast to deliver personalized videos.

What should you request in the fan instructions?

Ask for the recipient’s name and pronunciation, the occasion, the message or tone you should hit, one or two personal details, and anything to avoid. FanBell’s shoutout request form collects these details from the fan before they pay, so you are never chasing information after the money has moved.

At minimum, make sure the request form covers:

• The recipient’s name and pronunciation
• The occasion or reason for the shoutout
• The requested message or tone
• One or two personal details that make the video specific
• Any words, topics, or claims the creator should avoid

Clear request details reduce follow-up messages and make it easier to record a genuinely personalized video. Going live only requires a price, a delivery turnaround of up to 120 hours, and a connected Stripe payout account.

For field templates and request-screening language, read how to write instructions for shoutout requests.

How do you connect Stripe and receive payouts?

Open the payout section of your FanBell dashboard, choose the Stripe connection option, and finish Stripe’s onboarding before you announce the offer. FanBell pays creators through a connected Stripe Express account, and that onboarding must be complete before funds can reach your bank.

With Express connected accounts, Stripe itself handles onboarding, account management, and identity verification rather than the platform collecting those documents (Stripe Connect documentation). Stripe’s verification requirements typically include information about the business, such as name, address, and tax ID number, plus information about the person opening the account (Stripe identity verification documentation).

Timing matters more than most new shoutout sellers expect. After a Stripe account successfully receives its first live payment, Stripe typically schedules the initial payout to complete within 7–14 days, and it can take longer depending on industry, country, and risk level (Stripe payouts documentation). On a daily payout schedule, Stripe then automatically transfers available funds to the connected bank account every business day.

If you need money faster than the standard schedule, Stripe charges a 1.5% Instant Payouts fee in the United States, with a minimum instant payout of $0.50 and a maximum of $9,999 per transaction (Stripe Instant Payouts documentation). Instant Payouts can be requested any day or time, including weekends and holidays, and funds typically settle in the payout account within 30 minutes (Stripe Instant Payouts documentation).

Connecting Stripe and turning on the offer do not create a FanBell monthly fee, because FanBell charges its 12% platform fee only after a fan completes a paid transaction.

How do you review and publish the offer?

Open your public FanBell link as a fan would and complete a final visual check before sharing it. Confirm six things: the offer is enabled, the price is right, the delivery window is no more than the 120-hour maximum FanBell allows, the instructions ask for what you need, Stripe onboarding is finished, and the public page matches the dashboard.

Once everything is correct, publish the offer and place your FanBell link where your audience already looks for it, such as your bio, pinned comment, or video description. A simple announcement is enough: “You can now get a personalized video from me—link in bio.”

Frequently asked questions

Do you need a certain number of followers to offer shoutouts?

No. FanBell does not require a follower minimum, application, or marketplace approval for Personalized Shoutouts; the offer is available on your own page and is on by default for new creator accounts.

How much should you charge for a shoutout?

You can choose a starting price and change it later. When you model take-home pay, subtract FanBell’s 12% transaction-based platform fee and Stripe’s standard 2.9% plus 30¢ domestic-card charge: a $50 shoutout nets $50 − $6.00 − $1.75 = $42.25. See how much to charge for a shoutout for a complete pricing framework.

What happens if you cannot meet the delivery window?

FanBell caps the Personalized Shoutouts delivery window at 120 hours, or 5 days. If you cannot fulfill a request—or do not want to accept its content—you can decline and refund it rather than leave the order unresolved.

Do you need a business bank account to receive payouts?

No. FanBell payouts run through a connected Stripe Express account rather than a separate FanBell business account. With Express connected accounts, Stripe handles onboarding, account management, and identity verification itself, and Stripe’s verification requirements cover information about the business — name, address, tax ID number — plus information about the person opening the account.

How long does it take to get paid for your first shoutout?

Plan for a wait on the first one. Stripe typically schedules an account’s initial payout to complete within 7–14 days after the first successful live payment, and it can take longer depending on industry, country of operation, and risk level. After that, a daily payout schedule transfers available funds every business day (Stripe payouts documentation).

How can you start accepting shoutout requests?

Setting up Personalized Shoutouts doesn't require an application, a follower count, or a marketplace to list you — it requires a price, a delivery window of up to 120 hours, and a connected Stripe account. Create your free FanBell link and turn the offer on to start taking shoutout requests on your own page today.