In 2022 when Elon Musk took over Twitter (now X), he announced that Twitter monetization would be one of the top priority changes to make.

Did you know there are several ways to earn money from your tweets?

For example Twitter Amplify, Ads Revenue Sharing, Tips, Subscriptions, Sponsored tweets, and Affiliate marketing, among others.

Whatever program you choose for Twitter monetization, you must be 18 years or older, reside in a country where the program exists, and have an active Twitter account.

We will discuss these and more Twitter monetization requirements in this article.

Types of Twitter monetization

There are several programs for earning money on Twitter including;

1. Twitter Amplify

This is divided into two; Amplify Pre-Roll and Amplify Sponsorships. 

The Twitter Amplify feature is for publishers to earn money through their video tweets by adding ads to them.

With Amplify Pre-Roll, you attach selected tags to your post, and ads based on those topics will show up with your video tweet.

 While with Amplify Sponsorships, you partner with particular brands whose ads you want to display on your videos.

2. Ads Revenue Sharing

This is the recent expansion to the Twitter monetization feature introduced in February 2023, but it fully went into effect in July 2023.

Here, Twitter shares the money it is earning from the ads showing on the platform with Creators who are sharing these ads in the replies to their posts.

3. Tips and Tipping

In this program, if people like your content, or want to help you raise funds, they can go to your profile and send you either money or cryptocurrency.

Payments are made through a third-party platform you choose like Venmo, GoFundMe, Cash App, and Patreon.

You will have a Tips icon that shows your visitors that you are eligible for Tips and Tipping. You can learn more about Twitter Tips and Tipping here.

4. Sponsored tweets

This is when influencers; Twitter users with a very large following, earn money by posting messages promoting a particular brand’s goods and services. 

You basically advertise for particular brands, like a brand ambassador.

Influencers and brands are usually connected through influencer marketing platforms for example NeoReach, IZEA, and Upfluence.

5. Affiliate marketing

With affiliate marketing you sign up with external marketing networks, post a tweet endorsing a particular product, and get paid a commission from the sales made by users clicking on the link in your tweet.

6. Subscriptions

Also known as Super Follows, this is when a content creator shares some specific content with paying viewers/subscribers. 

You can set up a monthly subscription fee that your followers who are interested in the exclusive content can pay to view it.

7. Ticketed Spaces

Twitter spaces were introduced in 2020 and they are live online audio meetings, discussions, or events organized by creators. 

In Ticketed Spaces you earn money by putting a joining fee to your Twitter space and then Twitter will pay you a portion of the money collected from selling tickets.

8. Twitter Spaces Spark Program

Introduced in 2021, this is a beta Twitter monetization program that runs in intervals of 3 months. 

Here, Twitter pays creators who have hosted interesting spaces and asks them to host their spaces twice each week for three months for a fee of 2500 dollars per month and more benefits.

Know more about the Twitter Spaces Spark Program here.

9. Promoting your business

This is not a direct way to make money through Twitter, but if you have a business it can work for you.

You can tweet about your products and include links that people can click on to purchase your product.

Eligibility Requirements for Twitter monetization

The following are the general requirements for an account to qualify for any Twitter monetization criteria;

• The account holder must be 18 years and above.  
  
  
• Have a Twitter account that has been active for at least 3 months. 
  
  
• Be based in a country or region in which the preferred Twitter monetization program is available.

• Must create and verify Stripe account which is the Twitter payment processor to receive payouts.
  
  
• The Twitter account should have a complete profile inclusive of an account name, a bio, a profile picture, and a header image.
  
  
• Must have a verified email address.  
  
  
• Must be a secured account with two-factor authentication. This is a way of logging in with both a password and code or security key. 
  
  
• Must not be a designated state-affiliated media account; an account that is attached to any government.

• Must be in good standing with Twitter, that is;
  •  Not have been suspended before for violation of any Twitter policies like Ads policy.
  • Must not have repeatedly violated the Twitter rules.
    
    
• Compliance with Twitter rules including the safety, authenticity, and privacy rules eg;
  • No engagement with or endorsement of illegal, abusive, hateful, or could result in self-harm toward others.
  • No publishing or accessing of other users’ private information.
  • Observe the governing laws, rules, and regulations.
    
    
• Abide by conduct standards like no solicitation, fraud, spam, and tax evasion.
  
  
• Must abide by the content standards, and not monetize illegal content, violence and graphic material, natural disasters, adult content, and false claims.

Check out more on Twitter’s Creator Monetization Standards

More Twitter Monetization Requirements

In addition to the above requirements, depending on what category you choose, there are additional conditions for Twitter monetization eligibility criteria;

1. Twitter Amplify

• Be verified also known as a premium account or Twitter blue.
  
  
• Have a professional account; a Twitter professional is anyone who comes to Twitter to do business like Creators, publishers, businesses, nonprofits, and developers.
  
  
• Must work with Twitter Partner Managers like Brandwatch, Sprinklr, Sprout Social, and ListenFirst among others.

• Publish brand-safe content and adhere to Twitter’s Brand safety policy.
  
  
• Be an active Twitter video publisher.
  
  
• The majority of your published videos must be original and native to Twitter.
  
  
• Eligible video content must be of premium production quality.
  
• Accept the Amplify Publisher Program Terms & Conditions.

2. Ads Revenue sharing

• Must be a verified organization or a premium account; have a blue badge what is formerly known as Twitter blue or verified accounts

• Create a professional profile.

• The user must have a minimum of 5 million tweet impressions in the last three months.
• The user must maintain 500 active followers or more.
• Comply with Twitter’s Ads Revenue Sharing Policy.

3. Tips and Tipping

• One must not request tips in exchange for or to inspire content that is against the Twitter Rules. 
• One must pay taxes and any fees associated with tips received.
• Comply with Twitter’s General Tipping Policy.

4. Sponsored tweets and Affiliate marketing

• Have a professional account
• Must identify the tweets as sponsored by attaching a #sponsored tag.
• Must post tweets manually and not automated.
• Follow the Twitter Ads Policy.
• Must abide by Twitter’s Paid Partnership Policy

5. Subscriptions/Super follows

• Must have an active following of more than 500 users.
• Must have posted content within the last 30 days.
• Have a professional account; in other words, your profile should not feature the identity of another person, brand, or organization, nor use a fake identity that is intended to deceive others. 
• You are subscribed to Twitter Blue or Twitter Verified Organizations.
• You must only monetize content that is original and authentic, and that you have the rights to monetize. 
• You must adhere to Twitter’s Content monetization standards for all Subscription content. 
• You must comply with the Subscription creator terms like not being an employee of Twitter.
• Must follow Twitter’s Ads policies like you must not promote Subscriptions content through Twitter Ads.
• Must not monetize Subscription content through the Twitter Amplify Program.
• Observe Twitter’s Subscriptions Policy.

6. Ticketed spaces

• Must not be an employee of Twitter.
• The account should have at least 1,000 followers.
• Should have hosted at least three Spaces in the past 30 days.
• Must live in the United States.
• Abide by Twitter’s Ticketed Spaces creator terms.

7. Twitter Spaces Spark program

• Your account has 5,000 or more active followers.
• You are located in the US for Phase 1 of the Twitter Spaces Spark Program. 
• You commit to hosting a minimum of 2 Spaces per week that run a minimum of 30 minutes. 
• You must comply with the Twitter Spaces Spark Program creator terms. 
• If you advertise on Twitter, you must follow Twitter’s Ads policies.
• Adhere to Twitter Spaces Spark Policy

8. Promoting your business

• Have a professional account
• Create a Twitter Ads account 
• Abide by Twitter’s Ads policy

Tip: Most of the Twitter monetization programs have limited users and some are still in the beta stages.

Therefore even with all the requirements fulfilled, you may be put on a waiting list or may not even be accepted into the program.

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Conclusion

Anyone with a Twitter account can make money from their tweets, but I advise you to first grow your following, identify what monetization method works for you, and then fulfil the eligibility requirements above.