How do I get paid to podcast? Monetize your episodes

Firstory's built-in, direct monetization feature is currently only available in certain Asian regions.

However, many of our users earn income through their podcast through the following methods:

Open Up a Monetization Account or System

Getting listeners to become Patreon supporters.

• • Patreon is a 3rd-party platform that allows your listeners to support you for a small monthly fee, Usually, fans pay a subscription amount in exchange for exclusive content.
    
  • Example: XXX's Patreon page.
    

Getting listeners to support through donation.

• • Sites like Buy me a Coffee and Ko-Fi are more 3rd party platforms that allow listeners to send you their tips
    
  • Example: XXX's Buy Me a Coffee Page
    
    Create a member-only feed or podcast membership.
    
  • Some 3rd party platforms that help you open a member-only feed or private subscription-based membership include:
    
  • • Patreon
      
    • Glow.FM
      
    • Pod.fan
      
    • Podia
      
    • MemberSpace
      
    • Memberful
      
  • This method is perfect if you don't want to insert ads into your podcast.
    
  • If you're getting a lot of audience-requested type of content, you can also use this to monetize your podcast content
    
    Getting advertisers.
    
  • Some of our users have companies sponsor their podcasts.
    

Set Up Your Donation/ Monetization URL

If you've opened up a Patreon, Ko-Fi, Buy Me a Coffee, Paypal, membership, or other donation account, you can easily add in your donation URL into your show notes, podcast website, and universal FLink.

On Firstory Studio, go to your Promotion > Settings menu and Add an external link. Name the link button and paste your donation URL. Make sure to click save!

Tips:

• Under Promotion, go to the FLink menu and tick the Show external links checkbox. This will put your donation URL into your Firstory FLink and streamline your podcast promotion process.
  

• The "Show donation links" you see in the image below is for the built-in Firstory monetization system available in select regions.
  

• You can paste your donation URL into your show notes when uploading a new episode. Put this into your description template if you'd like it automatically added every time.
  
• Your donation URL and other external links will automatically be added onto your podcast website.
  

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Updated on: 19/07/2022