As you make a purchase or make a contribution through the Snopes store, you’ll be asked if you want to leave a tip during check out. Think of it as leaving a tip at a restaurant! Any tip you leave on an order in the Snopes store goes directly into the pockets of eligible staff as a special bonus on top of their regular salaries. Learn more about the Snopes Tip Jar. All tips are pooled and split evenly among Snopes staff during each pay period. You can leave up to 100% of the purchase amount as a tip. We’d love to accept more, but thanks to technical limitations, we’re unable to accommodate tips of over 100% of the value of the purchase price. If you’d like to leave a little bit more, though, you’re always welcome to make a slightly larger contribution to Snopes! While it won’t be a tip, all contributions support our newsroom and help our staff in a slightly less direct way. Tips can only be left on top of existing contributions or purchases, and it’s not currently possible to leave a tip without making a contribution. We hope to support more ways for readers to show appreciation for their dedicated staffer or favorite fact-checker in the future. Because they’re paid directly to our staff, tips are non-refundable. If you’d like a refund for an item included in your order, please contact us.