About TYSM
The Gratitude Layer of the Internet
Complete gratitude infrastructure: Send appreciation, create campaigns, build networks, track impact, and embed gratitude anywhere. Join thousands building meaningful connections through real appreciation that creates lasting value.
Complete Gratitude Infrastructure
TYSM isn't just a payment platform—it's a comprehensive ecosystem for gratitude at scale. From personal appreciation to enterprise campaigns, we've built everything you need.
Send & Receive
Instant gratitude payments with beautiful, shareable receipts. Transform appreciation into lasting memories with secure, meaningful transactions.
Gratitude Campaigns
Create campaigns for appreciation, recognition, and community support. Build movements around causes while raising funds and expressing gratitude.
Analytics Dashboard
8-section comprehensive dashboard with impact analytics, network intelligence, campaign management, and developer tools.
Network Intelligence
Track gratitude relationships, analyze connection patterns, and grow your appreciation network with advanced relationship mapping.
Embed Everywhere
Widgets, QR codes, and APIs to add gratitude to websites, apps, and physical spaces. Make appreciation accessible anywhere.
Developer Tools
Complete API suite, webhooks, SDKs, and developer dashboard for building gratitude into any application or platform.
Our Mission
In a world of empty likes and cold transactions, we believe gratitude deserves better. TYSM transforms fleeting moments of appreciation into lasting connections that compound value over time.
The Problem We're Solving
Social media has reduced human appreciation to meaningless metrics. A heart emoji carries the same weight whether it comes from your closest friend or a complete stranger. Digital gratitude lacks substance, permanence, and real impact on relationships.
Our Comprehensive Solution
TYSM makes gratitude tangible through financial investment, visible through beautiful receipts, measurable through analytics, scalable through campaigns, and accessible through universal infrastructure. Every expression of appreciation creates lasting value.
Real Impact, Real Stories
See how people and organizations are using TYSM to build meaningful connections and create lasting impact.
Coffee Shop Revolution
Local cafes using QR codes on tables and tip jars, receiving 300% more tips while building customer relationships through personalized gratitude. Perfect for food & beverage businesses.
Educational Impact
Teachers and educators creating appreciation campaigns for school projects, raising funds while teaching students about gratitude and community support. Transforming education through appreciation.
Corporate Culture
Companies integrating TYSM APIs for employee recognition programs, creating measurable gratitude cultures with real financial rewards. Enterprise-grade appreciation solutions.
Our Core Principles
These principles guide everything we build and every decision we make in creating the gratitude layer of the internet.
Gratitude First
Every interaction starts with appreciation, not payment. We believe gratitude should be the foundation of digital relationships and the primary motivation for all platform features.
Human-Centric Design
Technology serves human connection, not the other way around. We optimize for meaningful relationships, emotional impact, and genuine community building over vanity metrics.
Privacy by Default
Public gratitude is opt-in, never forced. You control what's visible to the world, what remains private, and how your appreciation network grows and evolves.
Universal Access
Gratitude infrastructure should work everywhere, for everyone. No platform lock-in, no exclusive networks—just universal appreciation that transcends boundaries.
Compound Impact
Every TYSM sent creates ripple effects. Gratitude networks grow stronger over time, relationships deepen, and appreciation compounds like interest.
Radical Transparency
Open source code, public roadmaps, transparent monetization. We believe gratitude infrastructure should be auditable, trustworthy, and community-owned.
Open Infrastructure for Everyone
We're building gratitude infrastructure that anyone can use, extend, and build upon. From simple widgets to enterprise APIs, TYSM scales with your needs.
Complete API Suite
RESTful endpoints for profiles, transactions, campaigns, analytics, and webhooks. Build gratitude into any platform with comprehensive developer tools.
Universal Widgets
Embed gratitude buttons, cards, and banners anywhere. Native, customizable, instant appreciation without redirects or complex integrations.
Physical Integration
QR codes for physical spaces, NFC integration, and offline-to-online gratitude bridges. Turn any surface into a gratitude touchpoint.
Network APIs
Access gratitude relationship data, connection analytics, and network intelligence through secure, privacy-respecting APIs.
Analytics Integration
Real-time gratitude metrics, impact tracking, and relationship analytics. Measure what matters: genuine human connection and appreciation.
Gamification APIs
Achievement systems, leaderboards, and viral challenges. Build engaging gratitude experiences that motivate continued appreciation.
Open Source & Transparent
TYSM uses open source components; see licenses on GitHub. We believe gratitude infrastructure should be transparent, auditable, and owned by the community that uses it.
The Future We're Building
Imagine an internet where every expression of appreciation carries real weight, where gratitude compounds over time like interest, and where your network of appreciation becomes visible, valuable, and transformative for human relationships.
Universal Protocol
- • Universal @handles that work across all platforms
- • gratitude: URI scheme for cross-platform appreciation
- • Open APIs enabling gratitude in every app
- • Interoperable appreciation networks
- • Beautiful, permanent gratitude receipts
- • Seamless physical-digital integration
Cultural Transformation
- • Shift from criticism to appreciation culture
- • Deeper, more meaningful digital relationships
- • Recognition becomes valuable social currency
- • Appreciation networks that compound value
- • Positive feedback loops at internet scale
- • Gratitude-first business and social models
Built with Gratitude
TYSM started from a simple belief: digital appreciation should be as meaningful as face-to-face gratitude. We're building this future with transparency, community input, and genuine appreciation for everyone who joins us on this journey.
Every line of code, every design decision, and every feature is crafted with appreciation for the connections it will enable and the gratitude it will help express. This is infrastructure built by humans, for humans, with genuine care for meaningful relationships.