diff --git a/api/resolvers/user.js b/api/resolvers/user.js
index a58c4af2..f166cb0f 100644
--- a/api/resolvers/user.js
+++ b/api/resolvers/user.js
@@ -44,6 +44,15 @@ export default {
 
       return true
     },
+    setWalkthrough: async (parent, { upvotePopover, tipPopover }, { me, models }) => {
+      if (!me) {
+        throw new AuthenticationError('you must be logged in')
+      }
+
+      await models.user.update({ where: { id: me.id }, data: { upvotePopover, tipPopover } })
+
+      return true
+    },
     setTheme: async (parent, { theme }, { me, models }) => {
       if (!me) {
         throw new AuthenticationError('you must be logged in')
diff --git a/api/typeDefs/user.js b/api/typeDefs/user.js
index f511dff1..ccb5f776 100644
--- a/api/typeDefs/user.js
+++ b/api/typeDefs/user.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export default gql`
     setSettings(tipDefault: Int!): Boolean
     setTheme(theme: String!): Boolean
     upsertBio(bio: String!): User!
+    setWalkthrough(tipPopover: Boolean, upvotePopover: Boolean): Boolean
   }
 
   type User {
@@ -31,5 +32,7 @@ export default gql`
     sats: Int!
     msats: Int!
     theme: String!
+    upvotePopover: Boolean!
+    tipPopover: Boolean!
   }
 `
diff --git a/components/upvote.js b/components/upvote.js
index df4c5702..88a075b4 100644
--- a/components/upvote.js
+++ b/components/upvote.js
@@ -8,16 +8,104 @@ import ActionTooltip from './action-tooltip'
 import { useItemAct } from './item-act'
 import Window from '../svgs/window-2-fill.svg'
 import { useMe } from './me'
-import { useState } from 'react'
+import { useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import LongPressable from 'react-longpressable'
 import Rainbow from '../lib/rainbow'
-import { OverlayTrigger, Popover } from 'react-bootstrap'
+import { Overlay, Popover } from 'react-bootstrap'
+
+const getColor = (meSats) => {
+  if (!meSats || meSats <= 10) {
+    return 'var(--secondary)'
+  }
+
+  const idx = Math.min(
+    Math.floor((Math.log(meSats) / Math.log(100000)) * (Rainbow.length - 1)),
+    Rainbow.length - 1)
+  return Rainbow[idx]
+}
+
+const UpvotePopover = ({ target, show, handleClose }) => (
+  <Overlay
+    show={show}
+    target={target}
+    placement='right'
+  >
+    <Popover id='popover-basic'>
+      <Popover.Title className='d-flex justify-content-between alert-dismissible' as='h3'>Tipping
+        <button type='button' className='close' onClick={handleClose}><span aria-hidden='true'>×</span><span className='sr-only'>Close alert</span></button>
+      </Popover.Title>
+      <Popover.Content>
+        Press bolt again to tip 1 sat
+      </Popover.Content>
+    </Popover>
+  </Overlay>
+)
+
+const TipPopover = ({ target, show, handleClose }) => (
+  <Overlay
+    show={show}
+    target={target}
+    placement='right'
+  >
+    <Popover id='popover-basic'>
+      <Popover.Title className='d-flex justify-content-between alert-dismissible' as='h3'>Press and hold
+        <button type='button' class='close' onClick={handleClose}><span aria-hidden='true'>×</span><span class='sr-only'>Close alert</span></button>
+      </Popover.Title>
+      <Popover.Content>
+        Press and hold bolt to tip a custom amount
+      </Popover.Content>
+    </Popover>
+  </Overlay>
+)
 
 export default function UpVote ({ item, className }) {
   const { setError } = useFundError()
   const { setItem } = useItemAct()
   const [voteLock, setVoteLock] = useState()
+  const [voteShow, _setVoteShow] = useState(false)
+  const [tipShow, _setTipShow] = useState(false)
+  const ref = useRef()
   const me = useMe()
+  const [setWalkthrough] = useMutation(
+    gql`
+      mutation setWalkthrough($upvotePopover: Boolean, $tipPopover: Boolean) {
+        setWalkthrough(upvotePopover: $upvotePopover, tipPopover: $tipPopover)
+      }`
+  )
+
+  // TODO: 1. create functions that updates user to say that they've performed the
+  // actions so they don't get reprompted, 2. check that the user hasn't been prompted
+  // before prompting ... we can probably just create one toggle function for each
+  // that does these checks
+
+  const setVoteShow = (yes) => {
+    if (!me) return
+
+    if (yes && !me.upvotePopover) {
+      _setVoteShow(yes)
+    }
+
+    if (voteShow && !yes) {
+      _setVoteShow(yes)
+      setWalkthrough({ variables: { upvotePopover: true } })
+    }
+  }
+
+  const setTipShow = (yes) => {
+    if (!me) return
+
+    // if we want to show it, yet we still haven't shown
+    if (yes && !me.tipPopover) {
+      _setTipShow(yes)
+    }
+
+    // if it's currently showing and we want to hide it
+    if (tipShow && !yes) {
+      _setTipShow(yes)
+      setWalkthrough({ variables: { tipPopover: true } })
+    }
+  }
+
   const [act] = useMutation(
     gql`
       mutation act($id: ID!, $act: ItemAct! $sats: Int!, $tipDefault: Boolean) {
@@ -29,6 +117,13 @@ export default function UpVote ({ item, className }) {
       update (cache, { data: { act: { act, sats } } }) {
         // read in the cached object so we don't use meSats prop
         // which can be stale
+        if (act === 'VOTE') {
+          setVoteShow(true)
+        }
+        if (act === 'TIP') {
+          setTipShow(true)
+        }
+
         cache.modify({
           id: `Item:${item.id}`,
           fields: {
@@ -85,26 +180,6 @@ export default function UpVote ({ item, className }) {
     return '1 sat'
   }
 
-  const getColor = (meSats) => {
-    if (!meSats || meSats <= 10) {
-      return 'var(--secondary)'
-    }
-
-    const idx = Math.min(
-      Math.floor((Math.log(meSats) / Math.log(100000)) * (Rainbow.length - 1)),
-      Rainbow.length - 1)
-    return Rainbow[idx]
-  }
-
-  const popover = (
-    <Popover id='popover-basic'>
-      <Popover.Title as='h3'>Tipping</Popover.Title>
-      <Popover.Content>
-        Press bolt again to tip
-      </Popover.Content>
-    </Popover>
-  )
-
   const noSelfTips = item?.meVote && item?.mine
   // 12 px default height
   const cover = (item?.meSats < 10 ? ((10 - item.meSats) / 10.0) : 0) * 12
@@ -112,8 +187,9 @@ export default function UpVote ({ item, className }) {
   return (
     <LightningConsumer>
       {({ strike }) =>
-        <LongPressable
-          onLongPress={
+        <div ref={ref}>
+          <LongPressable
+            onLongPress={
               async (e) => {
                 e.preventDefault()
                 e.stopPropagation()
@@ -124,10 +200,11 @@ export default function UpVote ({ item, className }) {
                   return
                 }
 
+                setTipShow(false)
                 setItem({ itemId: item.id, act, strike })
               }
             }
-          onShortPress={
+            onShortPress={
             me
               ? async (e) => {
                   e.preventDefault()
@@ -140,6 +217,7 @@ export default function UpVote ({ item, className }) {
                   }
 
                   if (item?.meVote) {
+                    setVoteShow(false)
                     if (me?.tipDefault) {
                       try {
                         strike()
@@ -170,21 +248,21 @@ export default function UpVote ({ item, className }) {
                 }
               : signIn
           }
-        >
-          <ActionTooltip notForm disable={noSelfTips} overlayText={overlayText()}>
-            <div className={`${noSelfTips ? styles.noSelfTips : ''}
-              ${styles.upvoteWrapper}`}
-            >
-              <OverlayTrigger placement='right' overlay={popover} show>
+          >
+            <ActionTooltip notForm disable={noSelfTips} overlayText={overlayText()}>
+              <div
+                className={`${noSelfTips ? styles.noSelfTips : ''}
+                    ${styles.upvoteWrapper}`}
+              >
                 <UpBolt
                   width={24}
                   height={24}
                   className={
-                `${styles.upvote}
-                ${className || ''}
-                ${noSelfTips ? styles.noSelfTips : ''}
-                ${item?.meVote ? styles.voted : ''}`
-              }
+                      `${styles.upvote}
+                      ${className || ''}
+                      ${noSelfTips ? styles.noSelfTips : ''}
+                      ${item?.meVote ? styles.voted : ''}`
+                    }
                   style={item?.meVote
                     ? {
                         fill: color,
@@ -195,11 +273,17 @@ export default function UpVote ({ item, className }) {
                     e.stopPropagation()
                   }}
                 />
-              </OverlayTrigger>
-              <div className={styles.cover} style={{ top: item?.parentId ? '9px' : '4px', height: `${cover}px` }} />
-            </div>
-          </ActionTooltip>
-        </LongPressable>}
+                <div
+                  className={styles.cover} onClick={e => {
+                    e.stopPropagation()
+                  }} style={{ top: item?.parentId ? '9px' : '4px', height: `${cover}px` }}
+                />
+              </div>
+            </ActionTooltip>
+          </LongPressable>
+          <TipPopover target={ref.current} show={tipShow} handleClose={() => setTipShow(false)} />
+          <UpvotePopover target={ref.current} show={voteShow} handleClose={() => setVoteShow(false)} />
+        </div>}
     </LightningConsumer>
   )
 }
diff --git a/fragments/users.js b/fragments/users.js
index efbe5b8d..23a7956c 100644
--- a/fragments/users.js
+++ b/fragments/users.js
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ export const ME = gql`
       }
       hasInvites
       theme
+      upvotePopover
+      tipPopover
     }
   }`
 
diff --git a/prisma/migrations/20211206213650_popovers/migration.sql b/prisma/migrations/20211206213650_popovers/migration.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..640dd9b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prisma/migrations/20211206213650_popovers/migration.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+-- AlterTable
+ALTER TABLE "users" ADD COLUMN     "tipPopover" BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT false,
+ADD COLUMN     "upvotePopover" BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT false;
diff --git a/prisma/schema.prisma b/prisma/schema.prisma
index 88d54488..1edbcdb5 100644
--- a/prisma/schema.prisma
+++ b/prisma/schema.prisma
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ model User {
   pubkey         String?     @unique
   theme          String      @default("light")
 
+  upvotePopover Boolean @default(false)
+  tipPopover    Boolean @default(false)
+
   @@index([createdAt])
   @@map(name: "users")
 }
diff --git a/styles/globals.scss b/styles/globals.scss
index a40cf844..c25efbb7 100644
--- a/styles/globals.scss
+++ b/styles/globals.scss
@@ -230,6 +230,10 @@ textarea.form-control {
   font-family: 'lightning';
 }
 
+.popover-header.alert-dismissible .close {
+  padding: .5rem !important;
+}
+
 .alert-dismissible .close::after {
   content: 'X';
 }