How do you make money streaming?
The usual answers, subscriptions, donations, and platform payouts, all depend on the platform paying you. The one you own is your screen: your stream is on-screen ad space you can sell directly to brands, priced by you and paid on what actually delivered. That's the income stream Publsh runs.
The income you don't control, and the one you do
Subs and donations rise and fall with your audience's goodwill, and platform ad revenue is set by the platform. Selling your own on-screen placements is different: you set the rate, you choose the brand, and the money comes from a business that wants your specific audience, not from a payout formula you can't see.
Your stream is sellable space
A corner logo, a lower third, a banner strip: each is a placement a brand will pay to appear in while you stream. You set an hourly rate for each one, justified by the live audience you actually reach rather than a follower count you can't cash.
Paid for what ran, and you keep almost all of it
You're paid for the time your ad is on screen while you're live, at your hourly rate, with on-screen time measured on both platforms and audience figures platform-reported on both Kick and Twitch, and the money is yours the moment a flight settles, ready to pay out to your bank whenever you want. Publsh takes a flat 12.5%, or 8% as a founding creator, with no agency cut and no monthly fee. What you price is close to what you keep.
You don't have to be big to start
A niche or local brand wants your exact audience, not the largest one. A public page at your handle makes you findable and priceable at any size, so being mid-size stops being the reason you're passed over. Publsh runs on Kick and Twitch.
Sell the screen you already own.
Frequently asked
How do you make money streaming?
Beyond subscriptions and donations, you can sell your own on-screen ad placements directly to brands. On Publsh you set an hourly rate per placement, get your earnings the moment a flight settles, ready to pay out to your bank whenever you want, and keep 87.5–92% after a flat platform fee (8% for founding creators).