Make money doing live streams

 Here are some of the ways to gain profit by live streaming video games.

1. Getting donations or tips from fans.Most live streaming platforms let your viewers send you donations or tips. Check out the platform you stream to and see if they have this option
2. Tips and regular payments via third-party platforms - Streamlabs, Patreon GoFundMe, Kickstarter are examples of such platforms.
3. Regular viewer payments on the streaming platform. YouTube has a channel membership program, Twitch has a paid subscription plan, Mixer has a Partner Payments program with subscriptions and Facebook is working on having a subscription program
4. Revenue from ads - YouTube, Facebook and Twitch offer live streamers to run ads and make money. YouTube offers pre-roll and mid-roll ads, as well as display and overlay ads. Facebook Live offers mid-roll ads if you meet the viewership number criteria. Twitch offers in-stream ads, as well as display and native ad opportunities.

You have lots of opportunities for earning money through live streaming gaming content. But before thinking of making profit, think of bringing value to your viewers. After all, they are going to be the source of your income.      

To make money with view time:

• have a YouTube channel
• Reach 10k subbscribers
• Reach 4K hours of watch time on your channel

Then YouTube will pay you (I think) $2 for 1000 views

To make money with affiliate marketing:

This is actually easier and eventually leads you to the first method….

• in your videos, talk about games, equipments, gadgets,….. you are using.
• Recommend the gadgets that you like
• Sign up as an affiliate with amazon or any other company
• Put in the description of your videos your affiliate links where people can buy those gadgets
• When they buy, you make a lot of commission

You have to rank you videos on YouTube which is easy but you have to know how to do it. Make attractive titles and thumbnails. Be sure to put the right tags. To earn money from streaming video games, you can simply monetize your platform by integrategrating different payment models, such as:

• Subscription-based
• Advertising-based
• Coupons & Vouchers
• Transactional-based

Thinking what will you do and how will you do? Because launching a channel and integrating different payment modes will not only cost you money but also time. to know how going live with your online game streaming channel can be smoother than you have ever imagined.