"Super Follows": Twitter introduces paid subscriptions
The short message service Twitter has introduced a paid subscription model. Celebrity users have been able to offer exclusive content for a fee since Wednesday, according to the online service.
The function is available to influencers, musicians, journalists and sports experts, for example. Subscriptions are expected to cost between three and ten dollars per month.
Twitter is initially offering the new "Super Follows" function in the USA and Canada. The offer is to be extended to other countries in the coming weeks. The U.S. company will initially collect three percent of subscription revenues as a fee. Above a threshold of 50,000 dollars, the share increases to 20 percent.
The short message service is currently looking for new ways to tap into new sources of revenue without running additional advertising. In Canada and Australia, the U.S. company introduced the "Twitter Blue" service in June, which offers users additional functions in return for payment. (SDA)
