Monetizing fans on TikTok

I was researching how people earn money on TikTok. Mostly it's brand deals or selling merch. I couldn't find any direct way of monetizing fans.

I asked few influencers about how do they monetize their fans directly, answer was that they don't do that. So I took some time to find out how they can monetize their fans directly:
- Cameo - creating personalizing videos
- Patreon - donation platform
- OnlyFans - ok mostly for adults, but still can be used for premium content

There could be other ways like: DM with influencer and pay for it, request some stunt from influencer and pay for it and so on. I was reading about how TIkTok influencers go live and ask their fans to send them virtual gifts. Those gifts need to be bought by fans and then later on influencers can convert gifts to money. Basically influencers are exploiting their fans.

What do you think, what are the best ways for TikTok influencers (those are mostly kids) to monetize their fans.

One clever idea I've seen a fair share of Tiktok accounts do is pretend to be a "Discount savings tiktok" which finds codes to purchase the cheapest items requested by fans. In reality, it seems they are linking affiliate discount links and codes. I've also seen a handful of Tiktok accounts do finance / crypto gambling promotions with affilaite links, which seems to be working very well given the strong presence of crypto on social media right now.

Cameo is actually pretty is good, but you wont get any orders unless people actually know who you are. You may have all the followers in the world, but if not recognized its pointless .

Ads which pay per view is what most companies do.

UnknownJones said:

Cameo is actually pretty is good, but you wont get any orders unless people actually know who you are. You may have all the followers in the world, but if not recognized its pointless .

Ads which pay per view is what most companies do.

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Agree, Cameo does a good job for those personalized videos