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> For Park, online eating is not just a niche hobby but a significant source of income — she makes up to ₩10 million ($9,300) a month from her broadcasts alone.
by guynamedloren 13y ago
> For Park, online eating is not just a niche hobby but a significant source of income — she makes up to ₩10 million ($9,300) a month from her broadcasts alone.
> Afreeca TV, the publicly-listed social networking site that hosts her channel, allows users to buy and send virtual "star balloons" which can be monetized after the site takes a 30-40% commission.
30-40% seems like a massive commission. She's losing out on about $5,000 a month, or $60k a year. That's significant. Live streaming and virtual payments are commonplace at this point, so I imagine there are many options out there. Her fans will follow her wherever she goes.
- robbiep 13y agoLike apple's (or amazons, or any number of other companies) 30% share of revenue from AppStore sales? They're even better than most salesman commissions I have seen which typically have a base salary until a sales target then offer up to 50-80% of any sales above that
- guynamedloren 13y agoA little different. Not very many ways to get an iPhone app onto and iPhone and get paid for it. Streaming video is anyone's game. iPhone apps are Apple's game.
- Joona 13y agoYou have to realize that she wouldn't be able to broadcast without Afreeca. Bandwidth is pretty expensive, although I'm not 100% sure if Afreeca works on P2P. Twitch.TV (English alternative) takes a 50% cut from subscriptions for example.
- notastartup 13y agowhat's the tech behind Twitch.tv? how do you build a service like that