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Step by Step to Monetize Your Stories on Quora

Starting on Quora

By Casimiro Filipe Published 3 years ago 5 min read
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Quora has just made publicly available its partner program that allows any content creator to generate income through the content published on the platform. I signed up for the platform and at the same time for the partner program on August 12, so I’ll go through my step by step steps I took in setting up my Quora account for the partner program and monetizing stories on Quora Spaces.

In particular, I still see some difficulties for beginners who want to start blogging on Quora, to understand immediately, requires a lot of browsing and reading to understand how some features work inside. However, Quora has internal traffic gasoline incorporated into Google SEO.

It is kind of surprising for some users new to the platform to find themselves with high traffic that you would not get on a personal blog or when starting to write in places like Medium, Vocal, or News Break.

First Steps on Quora

The first impression is exactly what the platform is all about, you will start by creating an account, and you will get the interface of the platform that looks like a social network. But there’s no need to be embarrassed that the place is quite fruitful.

After creating your account, you are ready to start setting it up. You should click on your image (which in this case will not have an image yet) if you feel like setting up your profile first and then go into the monetization settings. As you can see in the images below when you click on your icon, you have the monetization option, click on the option and you will see the monetization information to configure.

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In my case, in the images my face appears with the values reset to $0.00, this is because my monetization settings are already configured. You can then configure, the steps are very simple, the approval is on the spot, you do not need to send tax documents at the time. But there is a question about the partner program. Currently, the partner program is only available in the English version of Quora for users residing in the countries as detailed in the image below.

Countries supported by the Quora partner program.

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“So that means I can’t participate because my country is not on the list.”

You can participate in the program without any problems, the only thing you need to do is to put the English language and choose one of the countries on the list. I am from Angola and I joined the program with the Portugal address without using a VPN.

How to Monetize the posts?

There are two ways to monetize the posts.

1 — Through questions that need answers, which are monetized automatically as long as you are subscribed to the partner program.

The questions that are the most famous Quora posts are monetized automatically, they do not need to be configured; if you are in the partner program, then whenever you make a question post, your question will be monetized.

2 — Through Quora Spaces

What on Medium we call publications and on Vocal we call communities, on Quora are called Spaces and each creator can create their own space to start posting stories.

Stories on Quora can only be posted through Spaces, and you can invite editors just like on Medium publications, writers who can evaluate the stories submitted before publishing them. Within Quora, Spaces is where you have the options to monetize the stories (behind the paywall) or keep them free just like on Medium. See the image below.

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After that, all the stories behind the Quora Paywall can only be read by paid members who are part of Quora+ which is still in development and will soon arrive with subscription prices ranging from $5 a month to $50 a year just like Medium again.

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How will the earnings be calculated?

At first, the minimum withdrawal amount will be $10 as Medium intends to implement and the method of receipt is also Stripe, the same processor that Medium and Vocal use. Already The earnings are proportional to how many paying Quora+ members to read or interact with your paid content. In addition, you will earn a referral bonus for each paying subscriber who signs up for Quora + by clicking on one of your paid access answers. Look at this beauty. I find this feature enviable.

So far, are you interested in getting started on Quora? I think it’s timely because while we wait for the program to go live through subscriptions, so we start building the audiences.

How to Build a Quora Space?

To build a Quora space just go to your profile, and in the right sidebar where it says Spaces, click on the + button and you can start your publication and monetize it in the settings. The configuration is very basic, just follow the steps that the platform itself already shows in the configuration.

How to Make blog posts on Quora Space?

To post your stories on Quora Space, open the space and click on the menu posts and the bar where is written a post in the space with the name of your space, click on it and you can start writing your text normally and then prepare to monetize the story when you publish it. And then you have done everything and can continue your journey as a creator.

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You can read more details about the partner program in the FAQ here.

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About the Creator

Casimiro Filipe

Startup Entrepreneur, Investor, Content Writer, YouTube Business Influencer and Podcaster.

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  • Irineu Zeferino about a year ago

    Good, i liked

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