X (formerly Twitter) has released many features since its takeover by Elon Musk, and one of those is letting almost any user on the social media platform earn money thanks to the revenue generated from verified accounts. There are more ways to earn on X thought, and based on your followers number, you can make from a few bucks to thousands of dollars.
I’ve never thought that I would be writing a post on how to make money on X, but it seems that more and more people are currently doing it, and more will follow in the near future. Elon Musk hasn’t just released premium subscriptions, it started giving some of this money back to its users, but as always, there’s a little catch.
How to make money on X as a premium member with the Creator Revenue Sharing
To get paid from X you’ll first have to pay X, and that’s by getting an annual premium subscription – and the social media platform has two of them. You can either choose to subscribe to Premium or Premium+, both of which they’ll pay you equally enough. What you need to know is that you only get paid when other premium users interact with the content that you post on the platform, and from free users.
How much will you get paid? We don’t know, as the earning amount depends on various factors, including the number of verified followers and the level of engagement your content receives, whether that’s likes, comments, etc. Another thing that you need to know is that the minimum payout is $10, and payouts are processed every two weeks. Also, payments are only being made through Stripe, as it’s the main and default payment processor on X.
Unfortunately, there’s more. To be eligible to adjust your monetization settings you’ll have to have not only a premium account, but also minimum followers, organic impressions, and live in a supported country. Here’s everything that you’ll need to start making money on X:
| Minimum Requirements | Eligibility |
|---|---|
| Premium Subscription: | Have an active Premium or Verified Organization subscription. |
| Impressions: | Have at least 5M organic impressions within the last 3 months. |
| Followers: | Have at least 500 verified followers. |
| Location: | Be in a supported country. |
| Rules & Policy: | Be compliant with the X User Agreement. |
| Payments: | Create and connect your Stripe payout account. |
Currently, the Premium subscription on X costs €104.16 per year, while the Premium+ costs €271.56 per year. If you aren’t using the platform on a daily basis, getting a premium subscription is probably not in your plans, especially if you have a small number of verified followers.
If you want to make the most out of it, start creating and posting high-quality content, and interact with other verified users, and once you meet the minimum requirement criteria, you can get a premium subscription and start making money. But again, don’t focus on standard free users, as only premium users can help earn money on X, not the other way around.
Make money on X using the Creator Subscriptions
One of the most popular ways that content creators, media websites, influencers, and other types of companies and individuals make money and create a passive income nowadays includes premium subscriptions. Those are the ones where you exclusively publish content for subscribers who pay you every month. It’s very similar to how Patreon and OnlyFans work, and you premium X users can do the same.
Subscriptions are a way for people’s most engaged followers to help them earn money from X for their contributions on the platform. When someone has a Subscription offering, their followers can sign up to access bonus posts created especially for them. Subscribers receive badges on their replies to the person they’ve Subscribed to, letting them stand out in the conversation.
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When it comes to getting paid from your premium subscribers, X will give you up to 97% of the revenue that has been generated by the platform, after in-app purchase fees.
Once you reach $50,000 in lifetime earnings from X across all X monetization products, there’s this thing called “Revenue Breakdown“, and from that moment, the platform will pay you up to 80% of the revenue that you’ve earned. That may change in the future, so make sure you’ve read X’s Subscriptions Creator Terms.
How to make money on X using Affiliate Marketing
Making money by promoting affiliate products and services is getting harder and harder as time passes, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t make from a few bucks to thousands of dollars by only using X.
Actually, there are thousands of people who are constantly using the platform and posting multiple times per day to increase their followers and promote affiliate products and services. Some have even found ways to promote them through other people’s profiles by replying to their posts – especially when they ask specific questions.
Now, before you go and start posting affiliate links everywhere on X, there are a few rules that you’ll have to follow if you don’t want to get banned from the platform, starting with transparency, where you’ll have to disclose if a link is an affiliate. Misleading or deceptive links can also get you into trouble, and each affiliate product or service that you promote must comply with X’s rules and policies – so make sure you’ve read them all carefully.
There are many popular and legit affiliate platforms and programs that you can use on X without getting blocked, including Impact, AWIN, ShareASale, TravelPayouts, Booking.com, Rakuten Advertising, Surfshark VPN, NordVPN, just to name a few. Just make sure you are always disclosing that you’re posting affiliate links.
Send X users to your website, podcast, or YouTube channel
It doesn’t really matter how you choose to promote your content on X, as long as you have a huge amount of followers, you can do anything, so that should be your first and top priority. Whether you’re a blogger, content marketer, podcaster, or YouTuber, building an audience and constantly increasing your followers is crucial, and you can send them all to your main channel or website.
When it comes to podcasters and vloggers, you can share small parts of your videos and episodes on X, driving users to other platforms if they want to watch or listen to the whole thing. Bloggers simply share links, but they can also share pictures and add their links as a reply.
The thing that makes X (and always made Twitter) a great place is that even some of the most popular people in the world tend to share moments from their personal lives, behind-the-scenes content, and engage with their followers by replying to their tweets. It takes time and a lot of dedication, but if you manage to do it, you can build a strong community of followers who will always click on your links, buy what you recommend, and share your content with their own audience.
There are many ways to gain even more followers on X, including curating your own lists of accounts in your niche, making it easier for people to find and follow similar accounts, and using these lists you can engage even more with users to build more connections. As always, is important to track and analyze the performance of your posts and understand what resonates with your audience – and continuously refine your strategies based on analytics data.
X is transitioning into a “video-first platform,” and based on SocialMediaToday.com, “80% of user sessions include video consumption, and over 100 million people watch full-screen vertical videos daily”. That says a lot, especially for vloggers and podcasters who share their content across the platform.
The micro-blogging platform now has more features and options than ever before, and for any content creator, digital marketer, or company, is a crucial place where they can build a huge audience, promote almost anything, and make money online in a way that we’ve never seen on a social media platform before.
