Quora closes the English version of its partner program
Quora is closing the English version of its Affiliate Program on September 1, the company announced on its website. The Partner Program will remain active in other languages including German, Japanese, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Hindi, Swedish, Dutch, Marathi, Bengali, Tamil, Indonesian, Danish, Finnish and Norwegian.
The Partners Program, launched four years ago, is an invitation-based initiative that works by paying users for asking questions on the platform. The money paid to partners is based on the traffic generated by their questions. The program was basically touted as a way for Quora to grow its platform while helping users generate revenue for their contributions.
Quora indicates that only the English version of the program is closed because the other language versions of Quora are newer and smaller and still need help to grow, unlike the English version.
"The program did what it was supposed to do in the English version of Quora, which was to get more good written answers to questions that we know people are looking for but haven't yet been asked on Quora , and so it was time to close it," Quora communications manager William Gunn said in a post. "The other language versions of Quora are newer and smaller, so there's more room to promote growth by stimulating the question posed to balance the supply and demand of the knowledge "market."
The company considers the English version of the program a success, noting that partners authored tens of millions of questions that helped writers find questions to answer and helped readers find the answers they were looking for .
Quora says partners will continue to accrue program revenue through September 30 on all questions posed before September 1 of this year. After September 30, earnings will no longer accrue on your program content. The company says that if you haven't linked a payment account yet, you have until December 1 to make sure you receive all of your earnings.
"Your efforts over the past four years have truly made a difference to Quora and we love hearing about the difference the program has made in your lives," the company said in an email to partners. “We are proud of the work we have been able to do together and now it is time to move on. We appreciate all of your contributions to the Quora Partner Program and look forward to continuing to share and grow the world's knowledge with you. »
It should be noted that since its launch in 2018, the Associates Program has been criticized by some users who said that the income from the program was below normal, even though their publications had achieved notable popularity.
>Quora notes that it offers other ways for users to generate revenue on the platform, including its Quora+ offering, where subscribers pay a monthly fee of $5 or an annual fee of $50 to access content that any creator chooses to put behind a paywall. Rather than paying certain creators, subscribers pay Quora. Each subscriber's payment is then distributed to creators "in proportion to the amount each subscriber consumes their content, with more of a subscriber's contribution going to the writers and spaces the subscriber follows," the company notes. /p>
Another option is for creators to write paid posts to Spaces, which are like user-created posts on Quora. Quora takes 5% of the subscription fee, which the creator can choose at their discretion.
Quora is closing the English version of its Affiliate Program on September 1, the company announced on its website. The Partner Program will remain active in other languages including German, Japanese, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Hindi, Swedish, Dutch, Marathi, Bengali, Tamil, Indonesian, Danish, Finnish and Norwegian.
The Partners Program, launched four years ago, is an invitation-based initiative that works by paying users for asking questions on the platform. The money paid to partners is based on the traffic generated by their questions. The program was basically touted as a way for Quora to grow its platform while helping users generate revenue for their contributions.
Quora indicates that only the English version of the program is closed because the other language versions of Quora are newer and smaller and still need help to grow, unlike the English version.
"The program did what it was supposed to do in the English version of Quora, which was to get more good written answers to questions that we know people are looking for but haven't yet been asked on Quora , and so it was time to close it," Quora communications manager William Gunn said in a post. "The other language versions of Quora are newer and smaller, so there's more room to promote growth by stimulating the question posed to balance the supply and demand of the knowledge "market."
The company considers the English version of the program a success, noting that partners authored tens of millions of questions that helped writers find questions to answer and helped readers find the answers they were looking for .
Quora says partners will continue to accrue program revenue through September 30 on all questions posed before September 1 of this year. After September 30, earnings will no longer accrue on your program content. The company says that if you haven't linked a payment account yet, you have until December 1 to make sure you receive all of your earnings.
"Your efforts over the past four years have truly made a difference to Quora and we love hearing about the difference the program has made in your lives," the company said in an email to partners. “We are proud of the work we have been able to do together and now it is time to move on. We appreciate all of your contributions to the Quora Partner Program and look forward to continuing to share and grow the world's knowledge with you. »
It should be noted that since its launch in 2018, the Associates Program has been criticized by some users who said that the income from the program was below normal, even though their publications had achieved notable popularity.
>Quora notes that it offers other ways for users to generate revenue on the platform, including its Quora+ offering, where subscribers pay a monthly fee of $5 or an annual fee of $50 to access content that any creator chooses to put behind a paywall. Rather than paying certain creators, subscribers pay Quora. Each subscriber's payment is then distributed to creators "in proportion to the amount each subscriber consumes their content, with more of a subscriber's contribution going to the writers and spaces the subscriber follows," the company notes. /p>
Another option is for creators to write paid posts to Spaces, which are like user-created posts on Quora. Quora takes 5% of the subscription fee, which the creator can choose at their discretion.
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