People who make money from YouTube do so mainly in two ways: advertising, which of course happens on YouTube itself, and getting money from supporters — which happens elsewhere. Whether it’s Kickstarter, Indiegogo or just a PayPal donation link, it means leaving the site.

If people can put a few bucks in the virtual tip jar without visiting another website, that could be more convenient.

The crowdfunding feature, announced in a video and blog post, isn’t final yet, so there’s no word on how the donation revenue might be split, where it will fit on the page, and so on. That information should be arriving in the next few months.