Tip-Pooling

What Tip-Pooling is

Tip-Pooling is a web service for calculating and distributing shared tips for restaurants and other hospitality teams. Pool rules can use employee roles, hours worked, sales, or percentage splits. The system supports card and cash tips, service charges, and digital tip payouts. It says it pulls tip data from POS systems and sends distributions to payroll, without naming specific providers. Employees can see a real-time breakdown of tip distribution for each shift, and the pricing page includes audit-ready compliance logs for every shift. The Everything Included plan costs $49 a month, billed at $49 per store per month, and covers unlimited employees per store. Ongoing onboarding and support are included, with no setup fees or contracts; customers can cancel anytime. The company says most restaurants are up and running in less than a week, with help connecting systems, importing employees, and configuring rules. It describes the service as designed for restaurants, bars, hotels, and hospitality teams, from small groups to multi-location operations. Its headquarters are in Costa Mesa, California.

Who it suits

It suits restaurants, bars, hotels, and hospitality teams that share tips and need shift-level records. The stated plan covers unlimited employees per store, making the per-store billing detail relevant for multi-location operators.

Limits

There is no free plan. The paid plan is billed per store at $49 per month and allows unlimited employees at each store.

Getting started

1. Open the Tip-Pooling website
2. Select the Everything Included plan at $49 per store monthly
3. Use onboarding help to connect POS and payroll systems
4. Import employees
5. Configure pooling rules
6. Start managing tip distribution on the web

Verdict

Tip-Pooling brings rule-based allocations, employee visibility, and shift records into one web service. Consider the per-store charge and confirm that its unnamed POS and payroll connections fit your setup.