how can creators monetize?
ideas, examples, and musings on making a living as a creator
by sari and · updated 4mo ago
how can creators monetize?
Alara added 4mo ago
alex added 6mo ago
Two Chinese streamers sold 18 billion RMB (about $3B) worth of goods in a half-day livestream in 2021. That's almost as much as Twitter's annual revenue ($3.72B).
alex added 8mo ago
- Ugh, I can’t believe I had to live/work through the deaths of both print media AND online media and now possibly television and film too?? Can I just have a job?! Like, no offense to my beloved Butt News subscribers, but there’s no way that selling direct-to-consumer humorous movie reviews at a freelance tax rate and paying $600/month for my own in... See more
from Butt News #24: Never Been Kissed by Lindy West
sari added 9mo ago
sigh - this is true. There’s no way that any of us can afford to pay $5/month to access the work of all the writers, chefs, cartoonists, podcasters, etc... whose output we occasionally enjoy. 
alex added 10mo ago
interesting thoughts from a creator - on why to paywall: "it is damaging to speak to people who are committed to misunderstanding you, or people you already know are incapable of receiving you. It is wasteful to give good things to people who will not appreciate them."- The Author’s Guild reported that the average U.S. full-time author “earned a median annual income from writing-related activities of $23,329 in 2022, of which an average of $12,000 was from their books.” (The median American worker brings home an estimated $54,132 a year.)
Now if that doesn’t scare you off, I don’t know what could.
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