Very basic tipping question

It depends on what you want to have happen next. Your basic three options are (1) a dollar or two, if you want to never see her again, (2) as much as anyone else, if you want a few minutes attention, or (3) as much as everyone else, if you want to find out what's the best you can get.

Hmm thanks but if I knew what everyone else was tipping I wouldn’t have needed to ask the question. I guess I should try and discretely scope out what the other patrons are tipping.

Yogi Berra: You can observe a lot by just watching.

I tip $2 a song and if she comes over, gets in my lap with maybe boobies in the face, a little OTP action, I will put out another $2 to show my appreciation. If I had previous "extra" experience with the dancer and I know what is to cum, I mean come in the booth, I will tip her $5 a song and might even ask her if I can buy her a drink. On the other side. If I put out $2 and she just hangs around the pole and is ignoring me, I will get up before that second song.

From978 is correct. There’s likely veteran PLs in there. Seeing what one of them is doing is the knowledge you seek and need.
What I’d add is this, will you be going there frequently or semi frequently? If so what’s your predetermined comfort level spend (make sure to have a predetermined amount)? If you can comfortably spend like this, if the average customer gives 2$ you give 5$. She does something particularly right for you? Tip smartly but solidly. As you go back there more, that previous additional spending buys above the norm potential for each visit.

IME, $1 tip after stage is a “Go Away” tip.
If you like what you see, 2 $1 bills placed in different locations is a neutral.
Larger bill obviously placed to be seen by dancer=see me 1st when you are done collecting tips

Geography absolutely makes a difference. The type of club also makes a difference. Within south Florida there's clubs where a buck on a tip walk is customary and places where a buck for tip would be taken more like spitting in the girls face and calling her a diseased rhino.

If it were me, I'd do what I felt was right and watch the girls reactions. It shouldn't be hard to see the range of reactions from along the spectrum from resentment, to indifference, to excitement. Then adjust for to match your tip with your feeling. If she was unattractive and gave a poor performance, a low tip is warranted. If she was hot as fuck and put on a great show, a better tip is warranted. You could try to peek at what others are giving too. But me telling you that my typical tip range is 3-10 bucks probably isn't relevant in your situation. Especially since I generally avoid tip walk clubs.

I don't usually try to use tip amounts to indicate level of interest interest. Sometimes I do, but usually I find it more effective to tip in the average/slightly above range and simply tell her I'd like to her to come over when she can.

Depends on where you are located. It also depends how many dancers are on stage at a time. If there’s only one girl every three songs and it’s 18-20 songs an hour that’s about 6 tips an hour. I’d go $3 there. If there are two dancers on stage and they are only doing two songs a set, then that’s 18-20 tips an hour. I drop down to $2 in that situation. I probably should go to $1 but it just seems too low. Those are my minimums. I’ll stage tip or tip a few dollars more on the tip walk to girls I’m interested in, did a great stage show, groped me, etc.

$1 as a courtesy/go-away tip. Everyone deserves that, even if they aren't your type.

$2 if she was especially cute/good on stage/was personable in approach....but not good enough to elicit interest in more conversation/drink/LD/VIP.

$3+ if I want her to come back to me after tip walk &/or if her set was particularly engaging.

In summary....depends on my mood/situation. There is no one-size-fits-all amount.

I do NOT, however, engage with the "1 for the kitty?" nonsense that sometimes follows the first $1-$2. I shut that down quickly.

Thank you everyone for the responses, it helps. I think funonthaside’s post is the most spot on for my purposes.

Though I’m not clear on what the 1 for the kitty nonsense is. Is that referring to when after tipping a dancer up by her breasts she pulls aside her g-string a bit for a bonus tip down low? I’m actually ok with giving a second tip in that circumstance.

Yes....that's the "one for the kitty?" tactic.

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