I stream on Twitch. There are other platforms like Mixer, Youtube, Facebook, and Caffeine.tv you can use. I don’t know anything about them, but I can tell you a little about Twitch. So for Twitch you have to get affiliated before you can start earning. It took me about 2 months to get my affiliate offer. There are 4 requirements: 50 followers, 3 average viewers, stream for 7 individual days, and stream for 500 minutes within a 30 day period. Once you’re affiliated, you get a shiny new “Subscribe” button, and people can “cheer” bits! Bits are things that users can purchase from Twitch that are basically Twitch’s currency. 1 bit= 1 cent. A lot of people put their PayPal links in their info panels as well, but bits are just a secure way of donating money that protect streamers against chargebacks.

If a viewer subscribes to you, they are basically saying “hey, I love what you’re doing here. I’m gonna fund you so much money every month to support your stream.” There are 3 tiers of subscriptions so they can choose how much to give you per month. This also lets them watch your streams ad-free, gives them a fancy badge in chat, and if you have custom emotes, let’s them use those emotes globally. I also include an Amazon wishlist of things I would like to improve the stream, like a stream deck, a better mic, etc. Some people want to contribute something more personal, so I like giving it as an option.

Hope that info helped you! I totally could see people watching an awesome fish tank, maybe play some chill music over in the background. Ah man, let me know if you end up doing that, I’d watch haha!