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be nice if instead of working for the man you could just sit at home and play
video games all day and get paid to do it I'm sure many of you have had this
thought especially since some of the most popular game streamers out there are making very comfortable six-figure
incomes or perhaps even more to go along with the worldwide stardom but let's
bring it back down to earth for a minute here if you the average gamer was
willing to put in the time and effort to stream how much could you reasonably
expect to make and just where does all this money come from anyway so here we
go you're a smaller time twitch streamer will focus on twitch since they're a
market leader right now you're just getting started and through a
combination of good gameplay entrancing charisma and devilishly good looks you
built up a small base of viewers congratulations if you've got up to 50
followers you can become a twitch affiliate which at some point will give
you a share of the pre-roll ads that twitch runs against your stream but that
typically isn't much money in the grand scheme of things much more important is
that it gives you additional monetization options with one of the most significant ones being
subscriptions on twitch subscriptions work a little differently than they do
on sites like YouTube although streams are free to view some fans choose to
subscribe to streamers that they like which not only supports the streamer
financially but gives the subscriber perks like special emoji and badges for
use in the chatroom as well as the ability to watch streams without any
twitch advertisements so at the time of writing twitch subscriptions cost
between five and twenty five US dollars per month depending on how much the
viewer wants to pay with that money being split half half between the
streamer and the twitch platform and viewers can also purchase what are
called bits which are essentially animated emoji that appear in the chat
window when your fans cheer with their bits you will receive a cut of that
money they spent on those bits viewers additionally have the option of simply
donating their contribution directly to you without subscribing the benefit of
this method is that there's no revenue share with twitch so for some streamers
this can be a big deal but this comes
with a drawback that there's no Auto renewal so it can be a little
unpredictable affiliate programs not to
be confused of being a twitch affiliate our yet another popular source of income
this is why many twitch streamers have the links to the streaming gear they use
the games they play products and feature on their stream or just a box to buy
random crap on Amazon every time a viewer clicks on one of these links and
buy something the streamer will get a small kickback now to be clear if you're
just an affiliate running a smaller channel you won't be looking at any
life-changing sums of money from anything I mentioned so far however if
your stream becomes popular enough let's say you regularly have 100 or even a
couple hundred people watching your stream at once you can apply to become a
twitch partner which has a potential to give you much more exposure if your
application is approved you'll get the monetization features we just talked
about but because twitch will start recommending your stream to viewers
actively putting your content in front of more people you'll not only make more
money from subscriptions and donations but you might also get offers for
sponsorships that you can run on your stream such as a banner product
placement opportunities like a specific brand a gaming chair merch stores that
will help your fans buy hoodies with your face on it and give you a cut or
even invitations to conventions like pax where you could get paid for making an
appearance but the road to becoming a streamer this caliber can be hard long
and hard because the competition is fierce and even if you're genuinely
really talented building up a loyal base of fans doesn't happen overnight many
pro streamers have cautioned against trying to break into the professional
streaming scene if your primary motivation is money let's ignore that
for a moment though and finally answer the $64,000 question if you do make it as a
pro what kind of income can you be looking at funnily enough sixty four
thousand bucks might not be too far off the mark as many full-time streamers who
have found sustainable employment in playing video games for an audience
might make between three and five thousand bucks per month not exactly
baller money but certainly enough to think about doing it full-time rather
than as a hobby as for the very successful streamers they can use their
popularity on Twitch to land deals with outside sponsors and sell even more
merch meaning six and even seven-figure incomes aren't unheard of but if you
want to dream of reaching that level make sure that in addition to your gaming skill you have something to offer
your viewers whether it's a quirky sense of humor a silver radio voice or even
fashion advice anything that helps you stand out is a good thing I even heard
about one guy who made it big online thanks in part to his trademark socks
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