The cha-ching is one of the oldest stock effects in media, born from the bells of mechanical cash registers and kept alive through cartoons, game shows and sitcoms that needed an instant symbol for money. Online it became a standalone meme sound: creators tag clips 'cha ching' whenever someone gets paid, wins a bet or lands a deal. The exact recording on this page is an anonymous user upload, but the effect itself is universal stock audio used for decades.