Within my Twitch career there are a few occasions which I remember very well. These include, having more than me and the bots talking in chat, receiving confirmation of my Twitch Affiliation and my first ever donation! I do believe that you can actually see my reaction to the latter on Youtube. A viewer once asked me, what do I do with all the donations and subscribers contributions? Well in order to assure you that I am not using it to build an army of androids to fulfill world domination (hideous laugh!) I thought I would write a waffle to describe where the money goes…
The first thing I have to say in this waffle, that I am so grateful to everyone who supports the stream. I really value everyone whether you turn up and lurk or chat, whether you follow or host, or whether you subscribe or donate. Since I have gained affiliate status, my channel has been able to receive subscribers and donations in the form of either ‘bits’ or money. You can often see my bit target for each month at the top of the stream and in January, I managed to reach 75% of my target of 100 bits by the end of the month! A great success in my eyes! This is accompanied by people who have been so kind to donate money to the stream. But where does all this money go? Well if you are interested then do read on…
As the most observant of you might have seen, I’m not the most youngest streamer on Twitch – although I am guessing that I am not actually the eldest. I do have a full time job at the moment, but I am getting to that time in life when I am actually thinking about retirement and preparing to start to enjoy life! As retirement looms, I know that some of my current ventures, e.g. my radio station, will have to stop due to the reduction in income, although I feel that I will be able to stream more often due to the increase amount of ‘free’ time I will have. Work really does clash with my dream of being a full time streamer! One thing I am interested in is whether I could actually make some sort of income from my stream. I know I am not going to be a huge streamer but a small income would be nice over and above it being self financing. I might not retire for some years, although I think I need to build things up before then to see whether it is viable so, although this is not precisely where the donations go, it is why I have opportunity to donate, whether bits or money, open.
I’m never one to sit back and expect loads amount of donations to flood into my virtual excel spreadsheet for nothing. I am prepared to work hard and actually deserve your subscription and donations by being as regular as I can and producing my unique content. I don’t expect hand me outs, so never feel you ‘have to’ donate or even subscribe. I’m not the best or the most handsome streamer but (remembering my new year resolution) I hope that some viewers enjoy my ‘uniqueness’ and it is that which encourages you to come back again and again and, for that, I am eternally grateful.
I hope this gives you some insight into where the money goes. If you have any questions or comments then please add them in box below. So, until next time, remember to be who you are and say what you feel because the people who mind don’t matter and the people who matter don’t mind. Have fun and I’ll catch you all later and, until then, consider yourself waffled!
