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Instagram Preparing to Launch Subscriptions to Let Users Pay for 'Exclusive Content' From Creators
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Just like all tech companies like Google, $pple etc.. Music, Maps, ear buds, Head phones, watches, VR, Computers, Glasses, applications, OS, Appstore, monitors, peripherals, cables, TV shows, Movies. Im sure I missed something. Oh yeah Cars.
I am going to paywall my comments. So if you would like to see the rest you n...[read more for $5/month]
How about a subscription that removes ALL advertising and a "solid gold take it to the bank cast iron gurantee" of zero tracking?
Good luck with that.
Instagram is preparing to launch in-app subscriptions, allowing users to pay for exclusive content from their favorite creators as the platform looks to move away from conventional ads for monetization, recent App Store listings have suggested.
In May of this year, Instagram head Adam Mosseri said in an interview with The Information that the platform was exploring the idea of subscriptions, explaining there are "different ways to facilitate a financial relationship between a fan and a creator." "Being able to subscribe to some differentiated or unique or exclusive content actually feels more additive as a fan than seeing an ad," he added.
Now, Instagram seems to be preparing to put its ambitions into action. As reported by TechCrunch, Instagram's App Store listing has recently gained new in-app subscriptions, as first spotted by Sensor Tower. The new in-app purchases are listed as "Instagram Subscriptions" for $0.99 and $4.99. Previously, Instagram had only listed Instagram Badge as an in-app purchase.
In practice, the new subscription would let users pay their favorite creators for exclusive content not seen by non-paying users. According to screenshots shared by reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi, a subscription will include a "Member Badge," which gifts subscribers a "special badge" next to their username, and "Exclusive content."
Subscriptions are just one of the multiple features Instagram has in the pipeline to expand monetization opportunities for creators on the platform. As also revealed by Paluzzi, Instagram is working on "Exclusive Stories," which, as the name suggests, will offer paying followers access to exclusive stories.
Article Link: Instagram Preparing to Launch Subscriptions to Let Users Pay for 'Exclusive Content' From Creators
I post frequently on Instagram and there is no content that I would pay to see or charge for.
With no sarcasm intended, you are literally one in a million.
I barely use it right now. Guess that will become never if an advertisement for the pay service ever shows up.
This is smart. Spotify lets paying members hear exclusive podcast episodes. OnlyFans lets models' paying subscribers see exclusive photos and videos. Paid Newsletters are more numerous than they've ever been. It makes sense that superfans can pay for more on any medium. If you don't like personalized ads everywhere, then paying content creators directly for more content seems like a very natural alternative.
One more example of this move to pay content creators directly (vs. ads) at the top of this page, actually.
Quite the opposite. As a non-paying user, your primary attraction to them now is for possible conversion to paying user, and only secondarily as a contributing factor to the “celebrity X has Y non-paying followers” numbers. Expect different trash, trying to nudge you towards subscribing to every possible “creator”.
"Content creators" are usually girls selling nudes. This is just the logical step to cash in on it.
This one ^^^ I highly recommend (and it turns out that option has been here for a long time, just not well, uh, advertised). $25/yr to support MacRumors, where they get 100% of it (well, probably 97%) rather than them getting some smaller fraction of that from ad impressions, plus, no ad JavaScript spinning up my CPU and fans, was totally worth it, and my only regret is having waited so long to subscribe.
I’m fine with paying content creators directly, if the content is something I particulary want. And I’m not a fan of ads.
Deep. I didn’t think I would read something like that in a techies forum.
I think you’re the exception as opposed to the norm, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing if you can be heard above all the attention seeking noise, keep doing what you’re doing!
So the in-app purchase is charged to my iTunes account credit card correct? Or is it a semi-sneaky way for Facebook/IG to grab your credit card details….and track you more?
I was recently offered 20% off my 1st in-app purchase of any item from IG, no way!
I was recently offered 20% off my 1st in-app purchase of any item from IG, no way!