TipRecord · the public record of where tips go
REPORT A BUSINESS'S TIP PRACTICES
TipRecord gives workers under unfair tip practices a platform, and gives businesses one honest way to answer the record: document how tips are actually handled. Never payment.
Worker or customer: what you saw goes on the record. Anonymous to the public and to businesses. About 90 seconds, no account.
Report a business ⏎Check a business first?
The tally so far
What reports state
- Not sure01
- The business keeps a cut01
- Tips never paid out01
- Owners take a share01
- Managers / supervisors take a share01
Reports by business type
- Counter-service chain02
Counts describe what user-submitted reports state, not findings by TipRecord.
You tipped. Did it reach the person in front of you?
Tipping runs on trust: the money you leave is meant for the worker who served you. But between the screen and the paycheck sit pools, house cuts, card fees, and fees dressed up as tips, and nobody tells you which one you just paid into. TipRecord is the public record of exactly that: company statements and worker reports, attributed, dated, and labeled by evidence. (We track mandatory service charges too, but the heart of it is simpler: you should know where your tip goes.)
Scenario № 01
The sandwich line
You tap 18% on the counter screen at a sandwich chain. On the way out you ask the person who made it how tips get split. “They don’t. We never see those.” Where did it go?
Scenario № 02
The salon card tip
You tip your stylist 20% on card. Weeks later she mentions card tips arrive on the paycheck, eventually, minus a processing fee. The cash clients tip less, but she'd rather have it.
Scenario № 03
The 20% “hospitality fee”
The bill already includes a 20% “hospitality fee.” There's still a tip line under it. You ask your server if the fee is their tip. They hesitate. You tip again, just in case.
Scenario № 04
The clothing store tablet
A checkout tablet at a retail store suggests 15 / 20 / 25%. There's no table, no service, no tip jar. Who receives that? Even “the machine asked” is worth recording.
For business owners
Your record answers to documentation, never payment. The fastest way to respond is a signed attestation of how tips are handled at your business: who shares them, what's deducted, when they pay out. It publishes at the top of your record, dated and attributed; the history stays. There is no pay-to-remove, ever. Sign your attestation.