Positive
Only logged in members can reply and interact with the post.
Join SimilarWorlds for FREE »

💰 Profit from Your SimilarWorlds Content 💸

Hello all!
We've had plans for a very long time, to [b]make SimilarWorlds into a platform where users can actually EARN from their shared content[/b].

[i][u]Our general idea is to:[/u][/i]

[big]Allow our users to [u]Earn 90%-100% of All Ad Revenue[/u] that is generated by their own content.[/big]

This includes the user's:
• [b]Posts[/b]
• [b]Profile[/b]
• [b]Photos & Albums[/b]
• other unique user generated content pages, that we may add in the future.

[i](The remaining ~10% does NOT go to us, as will be explained below.)[/i]


[sep]


Initiatives of this nature aren't typically the easiest to pull off (involving mass distributed payments, timely billing cycles, contracts with payment processors, the legal work, etc...).

However, this is something we've always had a strong interest in doing, and we would like to work towards planning and developing this idea over the coming months.

With the world becoming increasingly more technologized and automated,
with the inevitable expansion of Artificial Intelligence around the horizon... 🤖

we believe that tech-based companies like ourselves, should play a part in long-term wealth distribution.


Even if we only will be playing a very small part in contributing to a more fair and balanced global financial ecosystem, we believe it may be the right direction for SimilarWorlds to move towards. 🌞


[sep]

[quote]Allow our users to [u]Earn 90%-100% of All Ad Revenue[/u] that is generated by their own content.[/quote]

[i]Some Notes:[/i]

[big]Revenue Share 💵[/big]
1) Ideally we would like to pay users as much as we can manage to, for revenue generated by their own content.
Only when we reach the further stages of this plan, would we be able to confirm what the Pay-Share rate would be.

There's still many things to account for and calculate;
- Cost of 3rd-party services/processors
- Legal / Cross-border agreements
- Transaction and Tax Costs
- Margin of Error / Invalid Ad Clicks/Impressions
...etc

We can at least assure you that we will be working towards providing users with as large a share of generated ad earnings as we can reasonably offer.
Our aim is to be able to pay users 90%-100% Revenue Share. 🏆

[u]Note[/u]: "Own Content" (pages) refer to the actual Page/URL of your content (post, profile, albums, etc.)
This does not include "Directories" where previews of your content may appear (home feed, group pages, etc.)

[sep]

[big]Restricted Content ⛔[/big]
2) Certain Types of Content are Not Ad-Monetizable, such as:
[b]- Adult
- Nudity
- Fetish
- Sensitive[/b]

Contrary to what we've seen many user's claim, we SW Admins do Not prefer to have, nor do we profit from, such content types existing on SimilarWorlds.

We have retained categorized allowance for these types of content, based on user's feedback,
whom overwhelmingly voted that we should continue to allow users to post Nudity and other Adult content types, as long as it is properly labeled as such.

[sep]

[big]Earning from Referrals (~10%) 📊[/big]
A major part of this initiative that we would like to strongly consider, is to allow users to also profit by inviting users to use SimilarWorlds.

[quote][i](The remaining ~10% does NOT go to us, as will be explained below.)[/i]
[/quote]

As mentioned, we would like to give as much as feasibly possible, back to users in the form of revenue generated from content they have posted to SW.

At the same time, we do not want our site to become a "Spammy Network", nor do we want to encourage any type of "Pyramid Scheme / Multi-Level Marketing" revenue generation.

So this particular idea is something we still need to work out,
however in general, we are considering offering a split of user-content generated revenue, in the following manner:

[big]Content Poster: 90%
Referring User (Inviter): 10%
SimilarWorlds: 0%[/big]
[i](Total Revenue after transaction fees)[/i]


We aren't yet sure whether Referral Earnings should continue at the same rate indefinitely...

or, whether we should Taper-Off referral earnings each year, in order to keep a more balanced platform that doesn't unfairly favor only the earliest adopters.


[b]We also like the idea of contributing some portion of this remaining revenue share to 🎗 Charities Internationally.[/b] 💝
(If we do taper-off referral earnings, we may give the total remaining to charity.)


[sep]


This post is intended just to bring this idea forward to you, our users,
and to allow us to listen to any feedback and ideas you may have with regards to this particular plan.

Please keep all comments/replies On-Topic, as should respectfully be the case on any user's post.


Kind regards,
[i]-The SW Team[/i]
This page is a permanent link to the reply below and its nested replies. See all post replies »
Andrew · Admin Pinned Comment
[i][u]To clarify:[/u][/i]

[b][u]Nothing[/u] about this site in general (privacy, where your posts appear, the layout, etc) will change with the introduction of this initiative.[/b]

SimilarWorlds [u]Already Profits[/u] from mostly all pages on this website (excluding Adult & Sensitive content pages).

SW already generates revenue from the Ads that appear in user's posts, profiles, etc.


Our idea here, is primarily to begin [u]Giving the Majority of this revenue to the owners[/u] of the particular content pages that the Ads were placed on.


SW already profits in other ways; from Ads placed on non-user generated pages, from VIP sales, etc...
As such, we can continue to earn and grow, while allowing users to also profit from their own content. 👍
K1llYourDumplings · 31-35, F
@Andrew [quote]Our idea here, is primarily to begin Giving the Majority of this revenue to the owners of the particular content pages that the Ads were placed on.[/quote]

So what happens with the posts that are still there but the accounts have been deleted? I mean, how is that fair? Shouldn't you make sure that all posts are deleted when someone leaves (instead of them having to do it before their account gets deleted) before you do this?
@Andrew I guess I am curious how SW generates revenue from my content.

Take a story I write. Like this one. https://similarworlds.com/random-subjects/thoughts/4482312-A-little-girl-stands-on-the-bed-of-a-dried-up-lake

There are ads on the side of the page. If I don’t hit them, I haven’t generated any revenue for anyone. So what profit could there be to share? I don’t hit any ads.
Bang5luts · M
That's truly is great news @Andrew!! Thank you.. 😊🥳
SW-User
@Andrew if you have VIP and have removed all ads does that mean in essence you have opted out from any potential revenue? Not sure I really understand how it works…also are you guys raking in so much money now that you can afford to just give it away? That’s impressive
@Andrew how we get paid
@CopperCicada, @SW-User Anyone clicking on ads will generate revenue, not just you. I think the idea is that if a page that wouldn't have existed without you generates money by visitors clicking ads on it, you deserve that income.
@NerdyPotato I have ethical problems with this. I have vowed to not ever make a profit from my writing.
@CopperCicada then you can just not redeem it. 🙂
@NerdyPotato That doesn’t seem right.
This message was deleted by its author.
@CopperCicada how so? Then you won't make any profit. SW still will, but they did anyway before offering to share.
@Andrew but how the user like me make money off it >???
This message was deleted by its author.
SatanBurger · 36-40, F
@Andrew I like the idea a lot personally.
@CopperCicada maybe you could opt for having any profit made from your posts go to one of the charities admin spoke of?
@OogieBoogie Sure.

My point is that I ethically can't be here if anything I say or create makes money for anyone.
@CopperCicada But it already makes money for those that run this site 🤷‍♀️
@OogieBoogie That's a little different than what content I generate being explicitly monetized.
@CopperCicada ok.
Then maybe they need an option for any money you generate going to being able to buy VIP , or opting out, or dontating to SW.

I understand that the concept of earning money from something that is 'purely inspired input' can seem crass and unethical.
But surely there can be something positive and good one could do with any money earnt?
Incomplet · 18-21
@Andrew
[c=004A59]Well, where will you send MY Monthly Royalty Check ?
[/c]
And after Reading this:
[quote][u]Giving the Majority of this revenue to the owners[/u] of the [b]particular content pages[/b] that the Ads were placed on.[/quote]

What will be the "[b]particular content pages[/b]" receiving the Most Revenue? Like, so that I can just Hang Out, Reply and Post Content 12 to 28 Hours a Day and Take In All This Free 🤑 MONEY 💰!!!

Thank You
@Andrew For some of us that wish to remain anonymous and would rather use that for a perk, what do you think about allowing a SW revenue sharing account that once it builds up enough money could be used to purchase time towards VIP for those of us not interested in a check? Just a thought.
@SW-User
You may not be seeing ads because of your VIP but others who view your content will see the ads on your page.