How to Make Money on Medium

If You Are Not in the Partner Program

Photo by Jason Leung on Unsplash

This post was inspired by Flavio Musa de Freitas Guimarães’ story about wondering how to make money on Medium when he doesn’t yet qualify for the Partner Program.

At this age, what to do?

If you don’t yet qualify for Medium’s Partner Program, don’t despair. There are still plenty of ways to monetize your blog!

Ko-fi

Many writers on Medium use Ko-fi, even writers already in the Partner Program, including Shannon Ashley, who has over 50K followers, and one of my favorite writers on The Riff, Kevin Alexander.

Ko-fi is a platform designed for creators to accept donations, aka tips, from their fans. It took me about ten minutes to set up my account and connect it to Paypal and Stripe.

WriterKat’s Tip Jar

• Speaking of Paypal and Stripe. You can also create a donation button connected to those accounts.

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