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Streambus already offers a higher revenue model than Youtube. A Youtuber with a million subscribers that can convert 1% of their audience to paid subscribers a

by flaque 5y ago

Streambus already offers a higher revenue model than Youtube. A Youtuber with a million subscribers that can convert 1% of their audience to paid subscribers at $5 a month makes $540k a year on Streambus. And they'd do it on their own domain name, with the full ability to leave at any time without losing their subscriptions or audience. They don't need to leave Youtube, or turn off their existing monetization models either. Meanwhile, their audience can use an app they already have on their phone, and don't have to watch ads from a middleman.

_drimzy 5y ago
That's an insane price ($5 a month). HBO subscription costs $14.99 a month. Expecting indi artists to get that level of revenue is insane.
- zeta0134 5y ago
  I currently pay this price for several of the Patreons I support, I'm not sure what makes this any different. I'd certainly rather throw money at a small handful of good content creators; quality over quantity, and my time is limited anyway.
- larsiusprime 5y ago
  And yet people do it already just for a bunch of emails on substack. It’s worth it for somebody, that’s all that matters.
- reilly3000 5y ago
  Not to pile on, but people give small monthly sums to all kinds of individuals and organizations for any number of reasons. It’s a huge factor for small and large publishers and creators alike. In many cases it’s outpacing ad revenue entirely. It’s great because it allows more freedom and incentivize quality.
- egypturnash 5y ago
  You only need a few; I have a Patreon for my comics and so far I've gathered about eighty people willing to pay $1-5 per page, times 6-8 pages most months. Which covers most of my rent and expenses; doing private commissions fills in the gaps. They mostly have IT jobs and like the stuff I'm putting out for free enough to support it, fifty bucks a month is a drop in the bucket compared to what they're paying for rent in SF or Seattle or whatever. And I am absolutely nobody, I have all of like 1700 followers on Twitter, and am pretty much absent from other corporate social platforms.
  - flaque 5y ago
    i like your art style, digging the cools vs warms for character distinction
    - egypturnash 5y ago
      Thanks <3
tigertigertiger 5y ago
Except for the fact that YouTube already has a membership model for creators on top of their ads model, so you can be a paid subscriber (which includes other benefits) on YouTube too to support your favorite creators.
plumeria 5y ago
How would this compare to Patreon? Which seems to be used already by many Youtubers.
- larsiusprime 5y ago
  From what I can tell, Patreon allows you to export customer contact info, but you can't take the financial relationship with you. They're not subscribing to you, they're subscribing to Patreon. If you want to leave for another service you have to awkwardly email everyone and ask them unsub and then resub somewhere else, which will probably not work. Streambus seems more similar to substack/supercast -- you as the content creator own the stripe account, and streambus only makes money so long as you feel the service is providing a good value to you, otherwise you can leave any time.

by flaque 5y ago

_drimzy 5y ago

That's an insane price ($5 a month). HBO subscription costs $14.99 a month. Expecting indi artists to get that level of revenue is insane.

zeta0134 5y ago
I currently pay this price for several of the Patreons I support, I'm not sure what makes this any different. I'd certainly rather throw money at a small handful of good content creators; quality over quantity, and my time is limited anyway.
larsiusprime 5y ago
And yet people do it already just for a bunch of emails on substack. It’s worth it for somebody, that’s all that matters.
reilly3000 5y ago
Not to pile on, but people give small monthly sums to all kinds of individuals and organizations for any number of reasons. It’s a huge factor for small and large publishers and creators alike. In many cases it’s outpacing ad revenue entirely. It’s great because it allows more freedom and incentivize quality.
egypturnash 5y ago
You only need a few; I have a Patreon for my comics and so far I've gathered about eighty people willing to pay $1-5 per page, times 6-8 pages most months. Which covers most of my rent and expenses; doing private commissions fills in the gaps. They mostly have IT jobs and like the stuff I'm putting out for free enough to support it, fifty bucks a month is a drop in the bucket compared to what they're paying for rent in SF or Seattle or whatever. And I am absolutely nobody, I have all of like 1700 followers on Twitter, and am pretty much absent from other corporate social platforms.
- flaque 5y ago
  i like your art style, digging the cools vs warms for character distinction
  - egypturnash 5y ago
    Thanks <3

tigertigertiger 5y ago

Except for the fact that YouTube already has a membership model for creators on top of their ads model, so you can be a paid subscriber (which includes other benefits) on YouTube too to support your favorite creators.

plumeria 5y ago

How would this compare to Patreon? Which seems to be used already by many Youtubers.

larsiusprime 5y ago
From what I can tell, Patreon allows you to export customer contact info, but you can't take the financial relationship with you. They're not subscribing to you, they're subscribing to Patreon. If you want to leave for another service you have to awkwardly email everyone and ask them unsub and then resub somewhere else, which will probably not work. Streambus seems more similar to substack/supercast -- you as the content creator own the stripe account, and streambus only makes money so long as you feel the service is providing a good value to you, otherwise you can leave any time.