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again hey everybody welcome back to the
channel today we're going to talk about the twitch affiliate program
so you're new to streaming and you want to find out more about the twitch
affiliate program or maybe you just got affiliated and you
want to know what you can expect out of it
well this video will cover the ins and outs of twitch's affiliate program
what you can expect and how you get paid out so what is the twitch affiliate
program anyways well it's a program designed by twitch to provide you the
streamer with a path to make money on the platform
doing the things you love whether that's gaming podcasting creating art or
variation of those it's a it's it's it's it's it's it's
it's i'm just stuck on that word whether that's gaming podcasting
creating art or variation of those it's the first step on the path to
twitch's more lucrative partner program i'll have a whole other video on what
partner status means and how you can achieve it yourself
but back to the affiliate program it launched on april 24th of 2017 and has
been evolving and growing ever since then
so you're probably thinking okay great but how do i actually qualify for the
program well there's a couple of key metrics you
need to meet in order to be invited to the program so let's talk about them the
first metric is time broadcasting in the last 30 days
you need to have stream for at least 500 minutes
pretty easy right that works out to just a little over eight hours in the entire
month which is not a lot the next metric you need to meet is
streaming on at least seven unique days in that same 30 day span
so let's cycle back to time broadcasting if you stream for roughly an hour and a
half on seven unique days you've already ticked off two of the
requirement boxes again pretty easy right the next two
requirements are the metrics that most new streamers struggle to initially
reach but don't worry they're still easy to
achieve and you will get there the next requirement you need in order
to be eligible for the affiliate program is 50 followers
you need 50 followers on your twitch account in order to be eligible to join
the affiliate program and finally concurrent viewership twitch
requires you to maintain at least an average of three concurrent viewers in
the same 30-day cycle as previously mentioned
concurrent viewership and followers are the requirements that most new streamers
struggle with the most but by taking the right steps and
dedicating the right amount of time they're still easy to achieve i'll cover
these steps in a separate video in order to help new streamers achieve
affiliate status okay let's recap what we've talked about so far
in order to become an affiliate you need 500 total minutes streamed
or roughly 8.33 hours 7 unique days streamed
50 followers and 3 average concurrent viewers
okay so we've talked about eligibility for the program but how do you actually
make money as a twitch affiliate there are three
primary methods for you to make money on the platform
you have twitch subscriptions bits and advertisements
twitch subscriptions your viewers have the option of supporting your stream by
subscribing to your channel this gives them access to any channel
emotes you've created as well as an ad free viewing experience
when someone chooses to subscribe to your channel they have the option to
subscribe as a tier 1 subscriber a tier 2 subscriber or tier 3 subscriber
well great but what's the difference between these tiers the most notable
difference between the different tiers is that tier 2 and tier 3 receive extra
emails that you've created specifically for those tiers now it's
important to remember that viewers can actually subscribe to your channel
without paying out of pocket they can do this by
subscribing with twitch prime if they have an amazon prime account linked
amazon prime members who've linked their account to twitch are given the option
of subscribing to one channel per month for free it's important to note this
subscription does not automatically renew
one way you can remind your viewers about their twitch prime subscription is
using the prime subscription and loot reminder extension
many amazon prime users don't know about this feature
and some viewers just forget so this extension can just serve
as a friendly reminder another way is for them to be gifted a sub from another
viewer and then we have bits viewers have the
option of purchasing bits from twitch and then cheering with them on the
streamer's channel this can be a fun way for your viewers to engage with you as
well as a viable way for you to make money on twitch
but let's talk about the bit valuation the value of each bit is a penny so if a
viewer comes into your channel and donates 100 bits
well that equates to a dollar bits can be a really fun way for your community
to engage with you to celebrate your successes and to
interact with something that's happened on stream
and finally we have advertisements becoming a twitch affiliate
gives you access to revenue you earn from advertisements that you can run on
your stream these advertisements can be run in
different increments everything from 30 seconds to 60 seconds to 90 seconds and
beyond let's take a step back from the revenue
here for a second using ad breaks is multi-purpose
if you run a 30 second ad break your pre-rolls will be disabled for
10 minutes if you run a 60-second ad break they'll be disabled for 20 minutes
and any ad break over 90 seconds will disable the pre-rolls for 30 minutes
so these can be an effective tool at removing any barrier of entry to your
channel okay back to the numbers though the
affiliate ad revenue share works out to $3.50
US CPM. CPM is cost per mille simply put it's a term used in
advertising that references what an advertiser will pay
per 1000 impressions and again for twitch affiliates that's three dollars
and fifty cents US. Okay now you're earning money on
twitch and you're probably wondering how you take the money from your account
and put it into your wallet well there's a couple of important things to know
when it comes to that first in order for twitch to pay you out
you need to hit a threshold of 100 us dollars in revenue
if you haven't hit that twitch will roll over your revenue into the next month
and they'll keep doing that until you hit the threshold once you hit the
threshold perfect now you're able to process the
payout and get that sweet sweet money as of april 2019 twitch works on the net
15 payout terms this means that 15 days after the
calendar month ends twitch will pay you out whatever revenue it is
you're owed so for example if you hit the payout threshold in july of 2020
you will be paid out on roughly august 15th okay now you're probably
wondering where that money is going we haven't talked about any of the ways
that's which will pay you out or where that money goes it doesn't just
disappear into a void of darkness twitch will pay out your revenue in a
number of different ways and i'll include the processing times on screen
first is the ach direct deposit there are some limitations to the ach direct
deposit for example you do need to be a us
resident next you have the local bank payout method or
e-check this is one way for non-us affiliates to get paid out
and it will transfer the us dollar revenue into your local currency
they do charge a small fee but it's just whatever the wholesale going rate is
the next option is paypal the next option after that is an old-school check
and this can take a while because it will be mailed to you
and finally you have wire transfers it's important to note though that with wire
transfers your bank will usually add an additional fee onto it
and in the case of international transfers they'll probably tack on
another fee for any conversions as well so that's the summation of how twitch
will pay you out what you can expect and the different methods that you can
get your money sent to you there's been a lot of information to digest in this
video so i'm going to end it here and give you some time to breathe
i'll be making more videos that dive deeper into each section that i've
talked about in this video but hopefully this overview gives you
the information you need to start making money on twitch
or to achieve that affiliate status you've sought after
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