What is Niume?
Niume is a writing site. It's also referred to as a collaborative blogging platform. You can create an account on Niume (it's free to sign up) and then write about pretty much anything you want (with a few limitations).You can also use the site to read other people's articles. You can comment, hype (that's what they call liking posts there) and even bookmark these articles. You can also get the chance to be part of a community.
You can interact and talk to people from all over the world. Niume even has a chat or messaging feature, which you can use to have private conversations with fellow Niume users/members.
Aside from all that, the site also gives you an opportunity to earn a little money. All-in-all, it's a pretty fun and nice site.
What's the problem then?
Well, quite a few things, actually, but let's not get into that now. The focus of this post is about something I regret not knowing about and thus not being able to do before joining Niume.Niume affiliate program
The short answer is that Niume has an affiliate program. Basically, if you get someone to sign up to the site using your affiliate link, then you'll earn a bit of money.What makes Niume's affiliate program different?
The answer to that is this (from the profile info page on my Niume account):"With Niume's referral programme you will receive $1 for every user you bring to the platform who creates at least one post. Any user you bring will also receive $1 straight after creating their first post."
Niume's affiliate program benefits both parties- the current Niume member and the person who joins the site thanks to said current member. In short, it's a win-win.
I really wish I'd known about this before creating an account on Niume. It would have been really nice to get $1 right after posting my first article on the site.
$1 may not be much at all (it really isn't), but, when you compare it to the cents you'll get from posting your first article, it's definitely a welcome addition to your Niume earnings especially since it brings you closer to reaching the minimum payout (well, obviously not that close since the minimum payout is $10).
I'd say most people could definitely use that $1. Why? Because it's really not that easy to increase your earnings on Niume unless you happen to get lucky and your posts get super popular.
The thing is- there are already a lot of people on Niume. That means thousands of articles have already been posted there.
Plus, it's not that easy to search for posts on there (more on that in another article). That all boils down to the fact that it's kind of easy to get lost there especially if you're new.
There's also the fact that you'd need a lot of posts to see a significant increase in earnings on Niume (again, if you manage to get lucky, then the number of posts you have doesn't matter as much, but, well, unfortunately, we can't all be lucky, can we?).
Being new, that's not exactly easy. It doesn't help that something weird is going on in that site and it's
How earning on Niume works?
Another thing to consider is how you earn money on Niume. According to the site (emphasis mine):"On Niume you generate revenue based on the amount of views on your posts... Niume currently pays a $1 RPM for the views on your posts... RPM is an acronym which stands for Revenues Per Mille, and corresponds to the amount paid for every thousand views on a page. In other words, every time your post makes 1,000 views you will make $1."
You need at least $10 before you can cash out on Niume. To get $1, you need 1,000 views. So, you'll need a total of 10,000 views if you ever want to reach payout on this site.
If you're lucky, you're probably well on your way to getting 10k views on your posts. If not, well, who knows when you'll even get to $1, right? I mean, I'm new to the site and only have a few posts up and I've yet to get $1 (at the time of writing this).
Honestly, it can be quite discouraging, even more so when I saw that I could have gotten $1 if only I'd joined using an affiliate link. Sigh.
So, my advice is if you're interested in joining Niume, be sure to do so using an affiliate link. For example, here's mine. Of course, it doesn't have to be mine. Just go with whichever link you want to use.
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- Image is by FirmBee (Public Domain) from Pixabay
