Basically, the DipJar is actually a company that has managed to raise a cool $420,000 in a seed round in order to kick off a mass production of its hardware. The whole idea came about upon observing that the regular tip jar tends to remain empty these days at service-oriented establishments, simply because most folks pay with plastic – which reduces the overall tips.
This translates to those in the lower income having to live with less, as many of them do depend on tips to give their monthly bottom line a boost. In turn, this might result in a faster turnover as the staff look for a better life elsewhere, and business will then have to continue to train fresh workers and incur higher level of costs – the spiral goes on. With the DipJar hardware, it allows one to swipe your credit card inside (which is basically a tip jar with a standard credit card reader within), and the jar will deduct a pre-configured amount automatically. This amount is determined by the business, so only willing tippers will need to swipe. Do you think that this is one idea that will take off? At least with each swipe, a loud “change clinking” sound will be played to give employees a boost in their morale.