How to make money on Boosty?

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The biggest problem for creative people is monetization of their work. This applies not only to writers, musicians, and artists, but also to bloggers. All of these people had it tough, especially for beginners. And now, due to sanctions, it has become even more difficult for them to earn money. If many used to share their work on foreign platforms, now this is no longer possible. One of the few options for monetizing creativity is the Boosty service. This is what we will talk about in this article.

INTRODUCING THE PLATFORM


Boosty.to is a service for monetizing author's content. In essence, it is a Russian analogue wordpress web design agency of the Patreon system, which belongs to VKontakte. The system works simply: anyone can register, create their own blog, publish their author's works of various formats in it and earn money using all available tools.

MONETIZATION METHODS


The Busti platform offers two tools for earning money:

Paid subscription. The user buys a monthly subscription to your blog to have access to the content. You can use several subscription levels, for example 100, 200 and 500 ₽. Depending on the subscription cost, viewers will receive different content. By the way, the author sets the cost himself.
Goals. This is similar to donations. The idea is that subscribers can send you voluntary donations for your goals. For example, you are a travel blogger and set a goal to save 100,000 ₽ for a trip. You can share this goal on your blog on Boosty, and followers can support you financially.
An additional tool for monetization is live broadcasts. They can be both open and closed. In the second case, only those viewers who have subscribed will be able to watch them. With the help of streams, the author can communicate with his audience, tell more about himself and his business, and also answer questions from viewers. During live broadcasts, you can collect donations. To do this, you need to use the DonationAlerts service.

To get a stable income with Boosty, you need to choose a suitable monetization method. The creators of the site give the following recommendations:

If you don’t have the desire or time to generate additional content, but you have a loyal audience, then use two tools: paid subscriptions and goals.
If you simply duplicate materials from other sites, then give subscribers a small bonus, for example, you can raffle off some kind of prize among viewers.
If you have exclusive content, use multiple subscription tiers to show extra content to your most dedicated fans.
If you're creating a comic book series or a video blog, for example, you might want to give users with a certain subscription level the opportunity to participate in the story's development.
If you like to communicate with your subscribers, use live broadcasts and provide paid access to closed chats.
If you plan to provide early access to content, create a separate subscription tier that will provide access to the release.
To earn money, you need to use the built-in tools to the maximum. However, you can monetize content not only with the help of the service, but also through advertising on your personal channel. Choose the methods that suit you, and most importantly, don't be afraid to try!




The downside of Boosty is that the platform does not have any opportunities for blog promotion. The developers have not provided a search engine, nor a catalog of authors, and there is not even a feed of recommended content. The only way to attract a new audience to the account is to place invitation links on third-party resources.

It turns out that only those authors who already have fan bases on other platforms can attract subscribers to their blog: VKontakte, Instagram (banned in the Russian Federation), TikTok, Telegram, YouTube, Twitch, and so on. In this case, you need to tell viewers about the new blog, interest them in buying a subscription, and leave a link. How many people will subscribe to you as a result depends on how well you advertise the new platform and motivate people to follow the link.

But what should those who have no fans do? There is only one way out - launch advertising. In parallel with this, it is necessary to develop accounts in different social networks, since in the future they will become the source of new subscribers.