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I’m quite excited to announce that we partnered up with a couple of awesome Dota YouTubers in an innovative way that I believe will benefit them as well as the whole community.
Because
Youtube monetizes only with ads, and because most of us use Adblock, it’s
actually quite hard for most Dota YouTube channels to make a living out of
their content, even if it’s awesome and beneficial to the community. This
problem is especially big for channels who post high-effort content that
targets a niche audience - e.g. guides.
That’s why a lot of channels are trying to find alternative ways to monetize, like Patreon. The problem with this, however, is that a single content creator cannot provide enough value to justify a subscription for the average viewer.
That’s where we come in: unlike a single YouTuber, a network of high-quality creators together with a convenient platform can provide the necessary value!
Our partners post some of their content behind the paywall as they see fit. Most will use Dotahaven to post early-access content, which they will at a later date release publicly on their channel, and some will post exclusive content.
In return, we pay our partners 70% of the total subscription revenue. The revenue is distributed based on our engagement data: i.e. if you watch the content of two of our partners, 70% of your subscription money will get split among the two of them accordingly.
The leftover 30% will cover the expenses and continued improvement of the website.
We are still searching for other partners. In terms of types of content creators we are looking for, we are quite flexible. Right now we are mostly focused on educational content, but I think this concept is applicable to other kinds of high-effort content as well, like well-edited comedy videos, etc.
Of course, partnering up with bigger channels will be a big step forward for us. That said, I’m also interested in smaller content creators which have shown consistency and promise! My vision is to turn DOTAHAVEN into the stepping stone that content creators need to commit fully to mastering their craft and improving their content, which in turn will create value for our whole community in the long run!
If you know such a creator, tell them to get in touch with us!
Don’t forget that the awesome competitive scene we have looks the way it does nowadays mainly because Valve enabled the community to support the scene through the community prize pool contribution. I believe that content creators are just as valuable to our community as pro players, and because of this, I dream of creating the platform that does the same thing for them as the Battlepass system does for the pros!
If this seems interesting to you and you want to support our partners, consider subscribing! You can learn more about it here.
By subscribing, you are giving our partners the support they need to improve their content, grow their channels, and reach their full potential!
In return, your DOTAHAVEN.com subscription gives you exclusive or early access to the content of Datohleong as well as the content of all our other partners!
