Everyone is jumping on the paid subscription boat. Based on the success of Twitch’s innovative format, many platforms have decided to imitate this system. In fact, its main competitor, YouTube, has copied the feature of giving away paid subscriptions.
And now, TikTok, which was already rumored to be working on offering paid content through subscriptions, has also decided to follow the example of the purple platform. That’s right, paid subscriptions are coming to TikTok Live and right away we’ll tell you everything you need to know about this news.
TikTok Live will have paid subscriptions like Twitch
Twitch’s dominance in the streaming industry is getting closer to ending. Not only because the platform plans to pay streamers less, but also because new competitors have emerged and TikTok is one of them.
The famous Chinese social network for short videos recently launched its direct section called “TikTok Live” and will now launch a feature that will benefit content creators who stream on its platform on May 26 : paid subscriptions.
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These “LIVE subscription” as TikTok has called them, will arrive in a beta version to a few content creators. These will try this method for the first time to monetize their streams and obtain predictable monthly income . As can be seen in the videos posted on his official account ( @tiktoklive_creator ), the subscriptions will be very similar to those offered by Twitch.
This is how paying users will have access to a private chat, personalized emojis (emotes) and badges that will identify them as subscribers . On the other hand, it is important to mention that in order to offer subscriptions, the TikTok user must have at least 1,000 followers and be over 18 years of age.
At the moment, TikTok has not revealed the official price of the subscription . However, the TechCrunch medium has revealed that the rates will be very similar to those of Twitch, with prices starting at 4.99 dollars or euros per month .
And you… Do you think that soon TikTok will become the new favorite platform for streamers?
