Ad-Free, Fee-Free - A New Way to Get Paid for Content
YouTube, Patreon and similar are the typical method of
This article will show you much more personal, more modern and much more You option to get even higher revenue.
Current Platforms Are Not Bad
Platforms like YouTube or Patreon are not bad places. YouTube or TikTok is completely free to start putting content on. Patreon or Ko-Fi are fine ways to lock in with your followers and get paid directly.
All have also their own downsides.
YouTube and TikTok are mostly public. Anyone and anything can load and use it.
You can lock content as premium, but that’s proven to work for channels with atypically large followings already.
Patreon and Ko-Fi have limits and fees. Although revenue split is generous, you can have more and without the limitations. Check out our “ Why Content Creators Are Leaving Patreon for Their Own Sites & amp; Apps” on the limits.
The Better Way For Content Creators
That said, there is new method more and more Content Creators opt in.
A fully custom app or a website .
There are so many reasons for this.
It’s custom made, it’s fully yours . Design it to fit perfectly your content , goals and followers. And you, of course.
You remove as many fees as you want . All trad-offs are on you. Usually, the one mandatory fee is for payments, but there are many payment options as well.
Open or lock your content according to what you business sense tells you. 3 videos per month for free, res is paid? No problem with a custom app.
Monetize in ways available platforms like YouTube or Patreon won’t let you. A course, a podcast, an article, a voucher, groups, half free - half paid, free content but paid commentary, …
Extend or change with a new opportunity.
Automated newsletters bringing followers back again.
A custom app or website for content creation and content monetization is one of those things that you’ll try and won’t ever want to go back.
Who And How Does It This Way?
It’s becoming more and more popular.
Big headlines were made by publications like New York Times or Washington Post. They run their custom paid content for years now.
Floatplane was made by a tech YouTuber Linus Tech Tips and getting a popularity ever since.
Smaller and local creators use their own websites, like this Czech yoga teacher Zuzana Klingrova, who runs videos for 6 years and is far beyond Patreon’s and YouTube’s limitations.
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Content Creator’s Own Platform Is Almost Necessary
AI brought 3 things that made custom apps or websites for Content Creators almost necessary:
- Uses public content, so what you created is not just yours anymore.
- Allows people to create huge amounts of contents very quickly and flood the whole Internet.
- People are loosing trust in content and big platforms, because they can’t reliably recognize fake from real.
Your custom website or app solves all 3 . How?
- You can lock your content completely or specifically select what’s available to the Internet. That way, AI can’t reach it.
- Your custom website is the safe place for your followers . It’s a curated content for your followers specifically.
- People don’t follow content, but follow you. They feel safe, your space is their space.
“Custom App”, That Sounds Expensive - Is It?
It doesn’t have to be.
There are even free tools that will help you start for almost free. Though we recommend not to stay with them too long. With “free”, there are usually no guarantees.
We’ve made such websites for Content Creators for as low as 120 €. One of our client started here, made thousands and extended to make more. And now has more dedicated followers than ever before.
It’s about a partnership between your success and us with guarantees and the understanding that even low-cost doesn’t mean we cheap out on your project - it’s still premium as a website and the relationship we build with you and your followers.
Frankly
There was never better time and more reasons to claim your unique place on the internet for you and your followers.