@fiatdemise xmrchat wtf bruh?

How do you propose XMRChat sustain itself?

Allow people to buy premium pages. Feature them on the homepage, no ads. Even let fans buy that for people. That and allow instant swaps to buy your traffic like the rest of us. A Spanish speaking YouTube history channel is completely out of touch and blind to the opportunities, sorry but you need to hear this: marketing fail.

Alright, will think about the premium pages idea excluding the ad.

By "allow instant swaps to buy your traffic", are you suggesting I received offers from instant swaps to show their ad, and I refused them? I would have loved to feature one of those, or a wallet, or something more related to monero. But the Spanish history channel was the only one that reached out. So yeah, it was unexpected, but there are some Spanish creators on XMRChat, and for the rest it's pretty innocuous.

If anyone would like better ads on XMRChat, feel free to pass on our info. The current ad expires in December.
https://xmrchat.com/ads/create

@FiatDemise integration with IRC me thinks

@FiatDemise
i mean for example right now, to be front page it seems to be based on the donations but someone can just donate to themselves to improve their ranking over there: https://xmrchat.com/creator

i like the idea from monerica about premium pages, like surely there are ways without bloating the content creator pages themselves

Centralization leads to this, no matter how noble the initial intentions were. The question is should we see XMRChat as a business or as an utilitarian platform.

@FiatDemise I think you should have a dedicated page in XMRChat that shows donations to XMRChat and monthly/yearly costs of operating it as a goal instead of putting ads in creator pages. And maybe you can add an option to send 2% to XMRChat in creator tipping pages so those who want to support XMRChat can do it there, since they are already sending Monero it won't be an extra step for them.

Not to shill my own project, and I know it is not easy to start using it, but as a simple P2P alternative:
https://monerodm.org/ | https://github.com/MoneroDM/monerodm_tip

MoneroDM is a very simple protocol that can derive the onion address from given Monero address, so you can send a message to a Monero address without any changes to Monero itself. Current tooling around it lets you send a transaction proof with a message, and streamers can display donation messages on OBS. This can be a self-custodial alternative for those interested.

@FiatDemise Instant swaps are hungry for traffic. Monerica doesn't even have the ability to serve them all. Cake Wallet would maybe buy your traffic, but they have become weird and don't even respond to emails or DMs. Not a fan of them anymore. And let's be clear, their whole business model revolves around instant swap commission, just go to the source.

You need to be more transparent with your pricing. Why would anyone contact you if they don't know what it will cost or for how long? Don't leave things in the dark. Only accept XMR. Advertisers just want to see prices and buy. This forum is good at that and has adapted. Also, do not rotate banners. You want someone to say: "I sponsor XYZ site" and then go there and see their ad every time.

Generally, advertisers should find you but in this case, just contact all the big names on Monerica: CCE Cash, xmr2cex, SageSwap, GhostSwap, Trocador, Bitania. They are making money and like most businesses that make money, they want to make more.

But if your mission is empowering creators then ditch the generic stale homepage and FAQ and focus on the people who want an audience. Right now, it's just a sea of random accounts someone has to scroll through. Why not let the fans pay you to get their favorite creators front and center?