Hey, this is Dustin from Streamlabs.
Today, we’re going to show you how to use
the Bit Goal overlay to help monetize your
stream on Twitch and show your community how
their support is helping your stream.
Just a heads-up, but Bits are specific to
Twitch and this tutorial is for Twitch streamers.
The Bit Goal overlay is like the Donation
Goal overlay, but for Twitch Bits rather than
donations.
The Bit Goal overlay is especially popular
for streamers that want to save up for stuff
like stream upgrades, trips, games, or almost
anything you can think of.
To set up a Bit Goal overlay, make sure you’ve
downloaded Streamlabs OBS or are logged into
Streamlabs.com.
Once you’re in your Dashboard, on the left
sidebar navigation, look under the Widgets
section and then under Goals to find the Bit
Goal section.
This has two sections: Manage Goal and Settings.
Under the Manage Goal tab, you’ll find the
most important aspects of the Bit Goal overlay.
For Title, you can set what you’re saving
for.
In this example, let’s say we’re raising
money to buy a new mouse.
We’ll type in “New Mouse” into this
field.
For Goal Amount, this is where you’ll set
the exact amount you want to set for your
goal.
Let’s say we need 5000 bits to get our mouse,
so we’ll put 5000 into this field.
On Starting Amount, we’re starting up a
brand new fund that hasn’t raised any bits,
so we’ll set this to 0.
If you’ve already raised some bits, you
can set this starting amount to the amount
that you’ve already raised.
End After is when we would like this bit goal
to end.
For this example, we’ll have it run to the
end of Febuary, so we’ll put in 02/28/2019.
Now that everything is set, we can click on
Start Bit Goal.
Additionally, we have the Settings tab.
All of these settings are purely for the look
of the Bit Goal overlay, so feel free to play
around with the different options available.
If you or someone you know has knowledge of
HTML, CSS, and Javascript, you can Enable
Custom HTML/CSS with the radio buttons, but
we’ll keep this Disabled for now.
Now that everything is all set, we can go
to the top and click on the Copy button to
copy the Bit Goal overlay url.
From here, if you’re using Streamlabs OBS,
you can go to the top left and click on the
Editor tab, then by the Sources section, you
can click the + sign to add a new source.
For Streamlabs OBS users, you can click on
Bit Goal, then click Add New Source.
Name it what you’d like, then click Add
New Source again, then click Done.
Alternatively, if you still have the Bit Goal
overlay url copied, you can add a new Browser
Source and paste in the url.
Once your Bit Goal overlay is added to your
Scene, you can place it wherever you’d like.
Now your Bit Goal overlay is all set.
When viewers do Twitch Cheers on your stream,
the new bits will be added to your Bit Goal
overlay.
Be sure to download Streamlabs OBS by visiting
Streamlabs.com and hop into our Discord server
at Discord.gg/stream for live community support.
Check out the links in the description below.
