Whether or not it’s the newest additions to the Nitro subscription service, or the brand new username format, there’s been a lot taking place over on Discord. Now the platform is getting much more options with the addition of latest strategies of monetization for ‘Server Subscription’ subscribers.
‘Server Subscriptions’ are a month-to-month subscription for servers that helps assist the creators and communities who run them by providing distinctive perks and advantages beneath a paywall. To assist carry extra worth to the service, which was launched by Discord in December of final yr, a collection of latest options and advantages are being added to the service, which plan to go stay over the following few months.
The primary new characteristic to the Server Subscription service is the Media Channels Beta. Media Channels are a media centered channel sort which can enable customers to share subscription-only content material, resembling “unique memes and wallpapers.”
Much like websites like Patreon, this implies is that the content material on a Media Channel shall be locked from members of your group and channel behind a paywall, until they’re subscribed. Discord can be offering server house owners the possibility to set new subscription tiers, the place the perks provided for every tier could be outlined and set by the consumer creating them.
One-off digital merchandise may also be out there to promote by creators to assist with monetization, resembling recipe e-books, gaming guides and digital wallpapers, as “downloadables.”
The choice of buying a premium function bundled alongside any downloadable may also be out there, or group members can select to buy them individually.
Lastly, Discord can be testing the roll-out of a Server Store, a one-stop on-line store the place server house owners and creators can promote their subscriptions, downloadables, and premium roles.
Whereas these new options shall be helpful to content material creators and creatives who already use Discord to spice up and develop their on-line communities, it does make me fear about what they are going to imply sooner or later for individuals who use Discord primarily as a free, gaming social media platform.
