Facebook Stars is a feature that allows you to monetize your live videos. Viewers can buy Stars and send them to you while you're live or on past live videos that had Stars enabled. For every Star you receive, Facebook will pay you $0.01 USD.
To Enable Stars:Click on the notification you received or go to Creator Studio > Monetization to begin set up.
Accept Terms and Conditions. You can begin using Stars at this point, but we recommend that you set up a payment account so that we can route your Stars earnings in a timely, consistent manner.
Set up Payment Account. If you've already set up a payout account, you can select your existing account, or set up an additional account. To set up a new payout account:Add your details when prompted (you will need your tax form).
Upload your tax form.
Link your bank or PayPal account.
Review your details.
Your set up is now complete. The next steps are not required to complete set up and can be done later.
Go to Creator Studio > Monetization > Stars to continue setting up Stars.
Follow the best practices outlined in Tips to get started with Stars.
Go Live with Stars enabled.
Viewers will now be able to send you Stars in your live streams. To manage your Stars settings, go to Creator Studio > Monetization > Stars.
Note: You can set up Stars and add your financial information at a later date (within 6 months of signing the terms of service). Read more about this here.
If you're having trouble with an issue not addressed here, you can contact us directly.
Facebook Stars is a feature that allows you to monetize your video and audio content. Viewers can buy Stars and send them to you while you're live or on past live videos that had Stars enabled, or while you’re live in a live audio room. For every Star you receive, Facebook will pay you $0.01 USD.
Stars Availability
Stars are currently available to certain Pages in the following regions:
- Argentina
- Australia
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Cambodia
- Canada
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Denmark
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Guatemala
- Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia
- Israel
- Italy
- Kenya
- Malaysia
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Palestine
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Poland
- Portugal
- Philippines
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
More countries will be supported soon.
The following countries do not support the ability to send Stars:
- Cuba
- Iran
- North Korea
- South Korea
- Syria
- Russia
If you're having trouble with an issue not addressed here, you can contact us directly.
