What After Getting Twitch Affiliate Approved

Did you get approved for a twitch affiliate and looking for a thing to do after it? Then you are on the correct page, let's move down, and we will guide you.

After you become an affiliate, you may begin earning money on Twitch! Unfortunately, the task continues.

Subscriptions, bits, and contributions will not come to you alone: you must provide your viewer's incentives to support you and your channel.

You may ask what you need to do as a streamer after becoming a Twitch Affiliate.

Let's look at a few things you should do to improve your channel's earning potential.

If you still need to hit the Affiliate milestone, prepare some of the items on our list so that you're ready to monetize the minute you can.

Remember that all broadcasters, regardless of Affiliate or Partner status, may earn money via Streamlabs merch and tip sites, which are free to use!

Things to Do Once You Get Approved

Becoming a Twitch Affiliate is one of the first steps toward converting your streaming pastime into a profitable profession.

While you may still earn money on Twitch without reaching this milestone, Affiliate status unlocks extra revenue opportunities.

Take some time today to customize your channel using the steps we will go over below to confirm you're getting the most out of your Twitch Affiliate status.

1. Encourage Bit Donations

Twitch's virtual currency is called bits. Viewers pay for bits, which they then use to activate specific stream reactions.

Also, they can count those bits in terms of dollars by simply converting that twitch bits into dollars.

The problem is that viewers are only willing to toss their hard-earned bits your way if you have any exciting reactions prepared.

Twitch offers a few primary responses that you can customize, but Extensions are where bits genuinely shine.

With so many options on the Extensions tab, it's easy to become overwhelmed.

Depending on your broadcasting style, there's something for everyone, from audience engagement tools to plugins that interact with certain games.

We wrote about Stream Avatars, one of our favorite extensions, and how to download and install extensions.

You'll like the Leaderboard and Bits addons from Streamlabs, which incentivize bit donations.

Configure your streams with a couple of extensions to promote bits—you'll be pleased you did.

2. Upload Sub Badges

Depending on how long a viewer has been subscribed to your channel, subscriber badges will show next to their usernames in chat.

Sub badges often begin basic and get fancier the longer a person has been subscribed (they develop like Pokemon!).

A sub badge for someone who has just been a month will appear considerably different from one for someone who has been a year.

Of course, non-subscribers do not receive a badge; thus, the goal is to brand your badges to persuade visitors to subscribe properly!

Sub badges can be obtained in the same manner as emotes can: by DIY, purchasing, or commissioning.

The pancake badges are available as a set on Etsy and do an excellent job demonstrating how the badge becomes "cooler" the longer a viewer is subscribed.

Choose a sub-badge theme that fits your channel identity, with varying variations the longer someone subscribes, and you'll be on the correct stack to success.

3. Upload Emotes

Offering a range of unique, high-quality emotes is one of the finest methods to encourage people to subscribe to your channel.

Subscribers may be utilized in discussions throughout Twitch and, if done correctly, can attract new viewers to your channel.

It's fairly unusual for individuals to subscribe to broadcasters only for access to their unique emotes!

If a viewer is considering subscribing to your channel, but you don't have any emotes accessible, it might be a significant turnoff.

There are various methods for obtaining emotes for your channel.

The easiest and most cost-effective way is to use Streamlabs Logo Maker to create your own emotes for free.

You may hire an artist or buy pre-made emotes from sites like Etsy.

More information on emote criteria and submission methods may be found in our post on adding follower emotes.

Twitch predicts that streamers using emotes receive at least three times the number of subs; thus, prioritize emotes when creating your channel.

3. Configure Your Ads

When you sign up as a Twitch Affiliate, you agree that advertising is required: you cannot opt out of the program.

Too many broadcasters need to optimize their adverts, which harms not only the viewer but also the streamer's income and average view count: don't allow this to happen to you!

While no one appreciates waiting through advertising, you can do rare things to make the experience as pleasant for your viewers as possible.

Furthermore, because you can't fully control the schedule of automated advertising, they may run at inconvenient times.

Imagine an ad in the middle of an exciting moment in your stream—talk about annoying.

This is why Twitch encourages Affiliates and Partners to run adverts manually.

It will help if you read a guide about running advertising to ensure you're correctly informed.

Suppose you offer your viewers plenty of warning when an ad is coming, schedule them as "water breaks" or transitions between streaming activities, and tease them with what's coming up after the commercial.

In that case, you may urge as many people to remain around as possible.

5. Configure Your Channel Points

Channel points are a great way to make your broadcasts more engaging and encourage people to stay in the conversation.

Channel points accrue as a viewer watches and chats, so preparing some attractive prizes is vital.

While the streamer does not profit financially, an active and dynamic discussion is worth its weight in gold.

We have an excellent post on channel point ideas if you need some ideas.

While streamers frequently use many old standbys, channel points are a perfect way to brand your shows aggressively.

A streamer often has 5 to 10 channel point actions; however, Twitch permits up to 50.

Plan your actions accordingly—low-point rewards should have simple (if not automated) actions.

High channel point awards (1000 and higher) should be reserved for important events, such as allowing the viewer to pick which channel you raid or gaining an invite to your channel's Discord server.

Final Thoughts

In addition to financial assistance, using the Affiliate features will make your streams more engaging and exciting for your viewers, which is what live streaming is all about!