Since Kick is a new streaming platform, many users have been wondering how they handle their payment structure.
More importantly, new streamers wonder when they will start getting paid hourly, in hopes that they do reach this milestone soon. This is because Kick does promise a certain amount per hour to its creators.
Kick monetization is a bit complicated. When you will start getting paid hourly, depends on various things and requirements you need to hit before you get there.
In this article, I’ll be explaining the details of when you get paid hourly, what you need to do when you reach these requirements, and how you can start getting paid hourly.
When Will Kick Start Paying Hourly?
Kick has come out and stated the requirements it takes to start being paid hourly in their creative incentive program.
Not many people have been happy about this as it was initially believed that all creators were going to be paid hourly regardless of how many subs they had or hours they streamed.
These are the requirements it kes to start being paid hourly on kick:
- You will be paid hourly once you hit 239 subs per month. These subs can either be gifted or direct. This is only the first requirement you need to hit.
- Your average Concurrent Viewers have to be 126 on average over the course of 30 days. Your subs or other random viewers would actually have to watch your content.
- 337 Unique chatters per month will be the third requirement. These are people who talk on chat.
- 89 stream hours per month. This means that you need to be putting in the hours even when you don’t feel like it.
Kick Streaming Hourly Pay
Kick hasn’t confirmed how much it will be paying its creators per hour but what I do know is that they split the way it pays users based on a few metrics.
Unfortunately, they will not be paying every creator hourly. Only a few qualify. Even though they promised hourly pay for everyone.
Depending on your audience and other things related to that, they will decide on a budget for your profile.
The first thing they base it on is the number of hours you stream. The more hours you stream, the more you will obviously be paid. The longer your streams, the higher your CPM. We will discuss this below.
Your Pay Rate Depends on Your CPM
If you don’t know what CPM means, it means cost per millie. Millie is a metric used to mean a thousand in Internet advertising terms.
This means the amount you are paid per thousand viewers. The higher your CPM, the higher you will be paid hourly.
There are a few things that will determine your CPM. One of them is the demographic of your viewers. If your viewers are really young then your CPM will be lower since younger people don’t tend to spend much.
If your average viewers are older then your CPM will be higher. The more US viewers you have, the higher your CPM. This is because US natives tend to spend more and will click on ads rather than third-world viewers.
The better your engagement, the more you will be paid hourly. If viewers watch longer and talk in the chat, they are more engaged and you’ll be paid more.
This is because they have a higher chance of clicking on ads if they are actively watching the content being live-streamed.
If they just briefly watch and leave then this will mean a lower hourly rate as your views aren’t profitable if they aren’t even watching your streams properly.
Kick $16 an Hour
This is just a rumor and has been confirmed to be fake. This was from a fake post that came from no credible source which many people fell for.
Unfortunately, Kick won’t be paying streamers $16 an hour. If this were true, Kick would go bankrupt within months.
This will be because everyone would start streaming and there would be no perceived return on investment on Kick’s side.
What you will be paid hourly will be dependent on a few metrics that are closely tied to your CPM. There aren’t any ballpark figures I can give you as of now but it definitely won’t be a hard set figure such as $16.
What is Kicks Revenue Split
Kick splits its revenue 95/5. This means that streamers will get 95% of what they make. While Kick will only be getting 5%. This is an incentive for many streamers as other streaming platforms take a lot more than this.
Let’s say you make $100 in a day. You will be able to keep $95.
This revenue split will probably increase the more Kick grows. What they are essentially doing right now is called predatory pricing.
They will make it as high as possible now to attract more monthly users.
Then when they have a bigger market share, this will increase it to a similar market share to other streaming platforms like Twitch to be able to compete.
Conclusion
Kick primarily operates on a revenue split model where creators earn a share of the revenue generated from their content. This split is 95/5.
The specifics of your hourly pay can vary and may depend on various factors, including your content type and audience engagement.
But to clear things up, Kick themselves haven’t stated that they’ll be paying $16 an hour. This was just a rumor.
While the concept of Kick paying creators hourly may be a point of curiosity, it’s essential to note that Kick’s payment structure typically revolves around hourly wages rather than revenue-sharing arrangements.
To gain a clear understanding of how Kick handles payments, revenue splits, and eligibility requirements, creators are advised to refer to Kick’s official support team if they are still confused.