Storychat User Guide

4. Monetization & Visibility

We've gathered the questions we get asked most often about whether you can earn money with your characters, and how to get them in front of more people. Read through it at your own pace and it'll click in no time!

Yes, you can! It works through the Referral feature.

Here's how it works:

  1. Hit the Share button on a character's profile to generate a share link.

  2. Even people who aren't logged in can open this link, so you can show your character to newcomers without any friction.

  3. When someone signs up and pays through your referral link, you receive 30% of what they pay for a full year (12 months).

Try it like this

Post your share link wherever your character would fit in — social media, Discord, your blog, and so on. People who love your character will sign up naturally, and that turns into referral earnings for you.

You can find the full details — referral rates, family referral, and more — in a separate guide. → [Related: Referral Program]

Here's the gist, plain and simple.

  • The person who earns the referral revenue = the person who shared the link

When a new user signs up and pays through a link you shared, the referral revenue goes to you, the one who shared it. It doesn't have to be a character you made yourself.

  • The person who made the character = an indirect benefit

The more your character gets shared around, the more exposure and fans it gains. The direct referral revenue goes to whoever shared the link, but the creator clearly benefits too, since the character becomes more widely known.

In one line: the revenue goes to "whoever shared it," while the creator gains the indirect benefit of "exposure and popularity." And of course, if you share your own character yourself, you get both at once!

For the full details → [Related: Referral Program]

Q3. To get more exposure — is a Story better, or individual Chats?

We recommend grouping them into a Story!

A Story gets priority exposure in the Feed and Explore. It stands out far more than individual Chats scattered around on their own.

So if you have Chats that relate to one another, gathering them into a single Story rather than leaving them apart works better for exposure.

Give this a try

Organize connected Chats — like "the same world," "continuing episodes," or "different scenes of the same character" — into a single Story. It makes the flow easier to follow for readers, and it also gets surfaced better by the algorithm.

Not sure where to start?

Exposure ultimately starts with "a great character + a well-organized Story." Most of a character's appeal comes from the Description, so build your character on a solid foundation first → then bundle related Chats into a Story. → [Related: Creating a Character (Quick Creation)] · [Related: Advanced Creation]

Reach out anytime via the chat at the bottom right of the channel. We'll be glad to help you out quickly!