By Bolu Abiodun

The takeaways:

X (formerly Twitter) users in Nigeria have posted their earnings as Blue subscribers on the platform.
These earnings are part of the ads revenue-sharing programme Elon Musk shared in February 2023.
Twitter Blue has been trending in Nigeria with over 500,000 posts.

Abazz is not the only X user who has shared their payout from X.

Harrison also shared the caption, "Thank you, Elon," when he shared a screenshot of a ₦430,960 alert of someone who had gotten a payout.


Elon Musk announced the ads revenue-sharing programme in February 2023 in a bid to get more people to subscribe to Blue, formerly Twitter Blue

By July 2023, Twitter Blue subscribers in the US had started sharing payouts they got from the ads revenue-sharing programme. One user received $24,000 in payouts.

As expected, Twitter Blue is currently trending in Nigeria, with over 500,000 posts as of press time.

Techpoint Africa caught up with Abazz, and he shared how Nigerians can make money from the X ads revenue-sharing programme.

The ads revenue-sharing programme was announced in February 2023 as a way for Blue subscribers or verified organisations to share revenue X makes from ads placed in replies to their posts.

This means that if you're a Blue subscriber or verified organisation, you will make money on the impressions gotten from other Blue subscribers who see ads in the replies to your post.

How to become eligible to make money from X

The first step to making money from X or becoming eligible for the ad revenue sharing programme is to become a Blue subscriber for $8 or ₦6,000 monthly.

You must also have more than 500 followers and at least 15 million organic impressions on your cumulative posts within the last 3 months.

Once you're eligible for X's ad revenue-sharing programme, you must create a Stripe account to receive your payment. Abazz mentioned that X works with Stripe, so creating an account is easy.

How to rack up impressions

According to Abazz, he racked up a total of 58 million impressions in July which translated to his ₦220,345 payout.

Build a strong following

Abazz has 68,500 followers on X, a feat that took him a year and six months to achieve. He said it took posting consistently and engaging in other people's posts to get that level of following.

https://techpoint.africa/2023/08/08/influencer-shares-how-he-made-%E2%82%A6220k-from-x-formerly-twitter/

So those of you who spend countless hours trolling or opening pointless threads here on Nairaland, head over to X and use that energy to earn money for yourself. I personally am making money there .

Instead of abusing each others tribes , religion, family etc

Go and use that energy or make money on X . You know yourselves, you invest hours daily on Nairaland. heli...us, Manna......z , ilor..y Leo....g , Templar........

Use your time well

I am making food money on X too, so you all should stop hanging on threads here looking for where to abuse Peter Obi or tinubu or Igbos or yourba or Hausa . Giving tree traffic and content when no one is paying you ...

Go and use that data and time to earn money for yourselves

Online is where the money is now!

CooldipoMPS:
Online is where the money is now!

Very true. It's a gold mine of you know what you are doing. This is why I just laugh when I see grown men like Freestuffzng wasting hours upon hours trolling online at his age. Gaining nothing but wasting time and data thinking he is influencing on Nairaland 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Surprisingly, this update is hiding from many

Please how do I sign up on stripe Express?