How he makes over $3,000 a week online playing.

12 years ago

Wow, neat!

I know of folks who make money writing gaming guides, but this idea is quite different and I can see how it would be most profitable indeed.

Thanks for sharing!

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x3xsolxdierx3x

12 years ago

Originally Posted by barbling

Wow, neat!

I know of folks who make money writing gaming guides, but this idea is quite different and I can see how it would be most profitable indeed.

Thanks for sharing!

This guy could EASILY double or triple his weekly earnings, simply by creating his own product....

Near the adverts, he could also link to a 15-30 eBook he personally wrote with all his "tips" and "secrets"....

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12 years ago

Originally Posted by x3xsolxdierx3x

This guy could EASILY double or triple his weekly earnings, simply by creating his own product....

Near the adverts, he could also link to a 15-30 eBook he personally wrote with all his "tips" and "secrets"....

I don't really think this niche works that way.
All the good players have guides which you can read for free.
I Don't think they could charge money for it because there aren't any 'secrets', its mainly about having a fast reaction speed and other stuff which you can't learn of a guide.

If a pro player were to create an e-book, some of his stream viewers would buy it. Then the viewers would feel scammed because the product is crap (it has to be, since there aren't any secrets).
The streamer would have made some fast bucks but in the long run he would only lose his money because he is left behind with alot less viewers.

Nathan.

his online audience would decrease which greatly harms his income

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travlinguy

12 years ago

Yep. And this proves the core concept of business in a nutshell.

I once attended a book marketing seminar hosted by Mark Victor Hansen, co-author of the outrageously successful Chicken Soup For The Soul books. Mark was talking about where success in business comes from. He said the #1 thing was this: Provide Massive Value.

That's exactly what your friend is doing. Nice.

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jpsilver

12 years ago

This looks interesting and a great way to monetise something that's initially free and has a big market.

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CarlsTips

12 years ago

I forgot to mention that he makes this money without people having to click on ads.. The ads just automatically play and he makes money every time he plays them.

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rooze

12 years ago

That's pretty cool, thanks for sharing. Though I must say that this post really makes me feel my age, I have almost no idea what you're talking about

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LetsGoViral

12 years ago

The sad fact is that you don't have to be great at a game to have viewers.. There is an ex-porn star who streams games.... (there is a feature where you can show yourself in the bottom right when streaming the game)... She gets tons of viewers.... People chat with her while she plays.

In the black market they call this "ewhoring".

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CarlsTips 12 years ago

She doesn't stream naked... lol
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LilBlackDress

12 years ago

Originally Posted by CarlsTips

I thought some of you might appreciate a different approach to making money online.

I have a friend who plays an online game called League of Legends.

He is very good at the game and is ranked very high.

This is a free game, has been around for only 2 years, and has become very competitive.

Hundreds of thousands of people have started to play (mainly because it's free and an awesome game)

This friend started streaming his games on a site called Own3d.... While streaming the game he gives tips on how to play, has conversations with other friends who play (on skype), and is able to put up advertisements through own3d.

Once he started making money he created a website so people can easily watch him stream....Then allowed other people to put their streams on his site.

His site generates thousands of dollars a month just from visitors... Plus he makes over $3,000 a week from streaming on own3d.

I know a lot of people who stream on justintv and other sites and make a lot of money from sponsorship and advertisements.

There are hundreds of different games that people stream and make money from (as long of course as you have viewers)....

The sad fact is that you don't have to be great at a game to have viewers.. There is an ex-porn star who streams games.... (there is a feature where you can show yourself in the bottom right when streaming the game)... She gets tons of viewers.... People chat with her while she plays.

Anyway.. there are thousands of streamers around the world making money by just playing games. That is their job.

I hope this thread inspired somebody.

Wow..wonder how long it would take me to learn how to play League of Legends (a game I have never heard of) and get as good as your friend.
On second thought, maybe I can hire people on Fiverr to play it for me

Anyway this is a creative idea. Thanks for the share!

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Michael Ten

12 years ago

Who here will pay me to watch me play Ultima Online? PM me! Lolololol.

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LetsGoViral 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Michael55555

Who here will pay me to watch me play Ultima Online? PM me! Lolololol.

Ultima Online...you have good taste, man.
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onSubie 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Michael55555

Who here will pay me to watch me play Ultima Online? PM me! Lolololol.

As the OP said own3d and Justintv will pay you to stream your games. Just sign up and set the dispaly to your screen and play away.

It can be lucrative if you can get beta copies of upcoming games. Few people are streaming Diablo 3 right now and a lot of gamers want to see what it looks like.

Record your sessions and put good ones on YouTube with a link to your site that promotes your streaming. Game videos get crazy views on YouTube.

It is a good way to build a rep you can use to write and sell a guide.

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ZenCookie

12 years ago

I just wish that I would have had the same idea when WoW came to be. I would have serious problems spending all the cash.

This just proves that if you have the brains, anything is possible.

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Shawn Darlin

12 years ago

I know a highschool friend of mine who does the exact same but with World of Warcraft. He's one of the most renowned WoW players online.

He banks a cool $30,000/month just by playing and streaming the "tournaments."

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MikeTucker

12 years ago

What!? There is money in the video gaming industry!? Surely not!

(It's only a multi-billion-dollar business! Stop telling everyone!)

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Flyinghigh

12 years ago

Wow, wish I knew how to do this. I'm not Techie enough, though. But the money sounds great!

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MikeTucker 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Flyinghigh

Wow, wish I knew how to do this. I'm not Techie enough, though. But the money sounds great!

I believe a while back there was a Warrior promoting an affiliate program for a MMORPG (massive mutliplayer online role playing game)

I didn't really pay much attention, but unless I'm wrong you didn't even have to know how to play... You could just go into gaming chat rooms and talk to people and tell them to check out the new game, and it would link them to someone who was playing.

I don't know what ever happened to it, but I remember wishing I wasn't already so busy.
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aeri

12 years ago

I should get my boyfriend to do this

He plays it almost on a daily basis since the summer, and I should have known you could make money doing something like that

I shall have to pass the idea to him.

Thanks for sharing

Very helpful idea!

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ezmystic

12 years ago

Will anyone pay to watch me watching films? hahahahaha sad I know but that made me laugh so hard I almost fell out my chair!!
Happy New Year to those who are celebrating

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richjr72

12 years ago

I have done this. I use to stream gaming footage on twitchtv, which is part of justintv. I haven't done this in a while, been too busy with other things. I will be doing it again, soon.

Gamers love to watch other gameplay. I find myself on their for hours just watching people play their game. Gives you a chance to preview games and learn techinques.

The gaming market is huge and there are so many possibilities.

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Victoralexon

12 years ago

TwitchTV is great as well. I often view Starcraft 2 streams on www.teamliquid.net if anyone is interested.

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HairyPoppins

12 years ago

It will never cease to amaze me on how many cool different ways there are to make money online. The internet is such an amazing place and such an overlooked money maker by the average person. That's just too cool. Thanks for sharing.

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Randall Magwood

12 years ago

Just reminds me of the 101+ ways to make money online. I would've never thought of this one. Reminds me of the girl who made $1,000,000 with her Myspace account a few years ago.

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ahlexis

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Randall Magwood

Just reminds me of the 101+ ways to make money online. I would've never thought of this one. Reminds me of the girl who made $1,000,000 with her Myspace account a few years ago.

You thought of MySpace, I thought of Second Life. There was a girl who had bought up several islands and was developing and subdividing the virtual real estate. Her Second Life real estate was worth over $1,000,000 in USD, not Lindens (the currency on Second Life, I think), had she decided to cash out at the time I'd read about it. People would trade USD and other real world currencies in order to "live in" a certain Second Life location, and they had to pay rent. These people were buying their way converting real money into Second Life money in order to pay the rent.

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mainsource

12 years ago

Great tip, thanks for sharing! Have a great 2012!

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Zack Sprague

12 years ago

I think I might try this cause I love playing LoL

add me on skype: flatbro94 if you want to join me.

I do have a own3d.tv stream working also

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Banned 12 years ago

That seems perfect for me! I AM GOOD at video games but i dont have the equipment

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Shane Hon 12 years ago

How perfect can this be? He gets to do what he really enjoys and gets paid well for it too! Really impressive how he saw the potential at the beginning and tool action to build that site.

Thanks for sharing this, it is really an eye opener
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  Thanks for sharing, iam always looking for new ways to monetise my online activities!
  
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theysawgold

12 years ago

Thanks for sharing CarlsTips! Any chance of getting more specifics on the method since you really peaked my interest?

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lcp36

12 years ago

Sounds great...

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solado

12 years ago

Soundsa awesome - Games for Money, thats why i want out my day job to play games more

I did something like this to make money, but world of warcraft gold making videos on youtube, I started getting a few hundred views a day and monitized it with adsense on youtube, unfortunatly they pulled all my advertisements off and said i didnt have the copyright permissions to do so (Even though ToS of the game stated you could monitize content)... i guess a 3rd party website is ideal.

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JoeDRL

12 years ago

That's crazy, you can now earn money playing games.
Now every kids are going to say to their parents "HER I'm working mom!" lol

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23profit

12 years ago

That is some powerful stuff right on man! I will check it out happy new year
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goindeep 12 years ago

Very cool. Ive been exploring some streaming ideas for a while. Will look into it.
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tpw

12 years ago

I wonder if I could stream me beating my children and get enough of an audience to make money from sponsorships?

j/k

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Eduard Stinga 12 years ago

Originally Posted by tpw

I wonder if I could stream me beating my children and get enough of an audience to make money from sponsorships? j/k

You'd probably end up in jail (like Santa ), but it's worth a try, isn't it? j/k

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goindeep 12 years ago

Originally Posted by tpw

I wonder if I could stream me beating my children and get enough of an audience to make money from sponsorships? j/k

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Webpromotion

12 years ago

Thanks for the info.
This gives me so many ideas, so many ways to work this angle.

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giseo

12 years ago

How is he making money from his site? Ad buys?

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CarlsTips 12 years ago

Originally Posted by giseo

How is he making money from his site? Ad buys?

Corporate Sponsors... plus people pay a portion of their ads to be featured on his site....

Plus a few other things....

I'm in the process of writing a blog post about it...

I'll let you know when it's up
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zardon

12 years ago

What are the technical requirements, I've seen loads of streams from XBOX, but very few from PS3.

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StevenJones

12 years ago

Great, great innovative way of generating cash. However, one must have the expertise of a gamer and should still market his self as somekind of legend in a particular game. Playing big tournaments could earn you some money, but taking people by the hand and guide them through the game is another ball-game.

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MiFortuna

12 years ago

There is a lot of money to be made in the gaming niche. Not to long ago a bot was taken down by Blizzard and apparently the gold sellers now are making tons of money.

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Ronalda

12 years ago

I am hoping to build a real business online over the coming year and although this sounds like a really interesting idea, the thought of playing games all day just feels wrong! I guess my old-fashioned work ethic rebels and perhaps I need to loosen up a little!

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Ooze 12 years ago

Making money streaming League of Legends isn't as easy as it seems.
In order to make a solid income you would have to be a top 0.05% player orso.
Most of the streamers make only around 5$ hour by streaming (which are mainly pro players that go to tournaments).
Then there are around 10-15 popular people that constantly have about 5000-15000 people watching them, but they are exceptions.
If you want to make some real money with LoL you have to be very skilled, which means playing the game all day long for months.

Im currently a top 0.5% player trying to become better so i can make some money with it, but i wouldn't recommend you trying it since you have to be talented and practice atleast 5 hours per day.

However, if you enjoy the game, you should definitively try.

Nathan.

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akazzz

12 years ago

Your friend must be hotshotgg.

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Awesome. Thanks for sharing.
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Invert Planet

12 years ago

yea I don't get it... I'm watching the site now... no ads or anything... where does the $$ come from?

When I crushed Halo (a long time ago) all I got was a sweat shirt and a coffee mug.

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Andyhenry

12 years ago

Originally Posted by ollarbank

It's a niche I hadn't thought of trying.

I'm away to Twitter see if I can find some BIG players.

If I can hunt them out... I'll use my new system to follow their followers
and give them what they want.

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StevenJones 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Andyhenry

COME ON!!!! Can you not post on any thread without promoting your sig????? PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD STOP SPAMMING....

What he said!
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CarlsTips

12 years ago

Just like any other niche it takes hard work... I was only showing an example of what a friend does.

HotShotGG is ranked below180... He got popular when the game was early and he was ranked one.

That doesn't mean someone can't do the same thing with another up and coming game.

There are tons of games that are streamed. And a lot of people who make a lot of money streaming.

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12 years ago

This is pretty awesome!

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12 years ago

Battle Empire "You Play. We Pay." v3

I know people make money by playing counter strike source and world of warcraft, this league called battle empire pays out every time you win a competitive game, its pretty neat. I believe you have to pay a monthly fee to play but if your good at it you can make a lot..