TikTok has announced that it will begin allowing popular accounts to charge subscriptions for livestreams.

For the time being, TikTok's months.
subscription service will only be offered to creators by invitation, but it will be spread globally in the following 

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1. Creators will be able to switch to a subscriber-only conversation mode.

2. Digital badges will be one of the subscriber benefits

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3. Creators must be 18 years old to access LIVE Subscription.

On Monday, TikTok announced that some of its most popular users will be able to charge subscriptions for live feeds.

As social media companies battle for online personalities who attract audiences, rivals such as Instagram and Facebook have implemented similar money-making capabilities.

In a blog post, TikTok noted, "LIVE Subscription is an outgrowth of our efforts to offer diversified creator revenue alternatives that suit a range of creator demands."

TikTok said the subscription function will be offered to creators by invitation only for the time being, but will be expanded globally in the following months. The price was not disclosed by the corporation.

Creators will be able to enter a subscriber-only conversation mode, which will "enhance an even more personal relationship between artist and viewer," according to the business.

Creators must be at least 18 years old to use the LIVE Subscription feature, and consumers must be at least the same age to subscribe, according to TikTok.

According to video clips posted by TikTok producers invited to participate, subscriber rewards will include digital badges and, in some cases, the opportunity to change camera angles during broadcast sessions.

TikTok announced an ad revenue-sharing scheme with the social media platform's most popular creators earlier this month, edging closer to a model employed by its competitors.

The short-video format app has grown in popularity in recent years, with over a billion active users worldwide, but it has been chastised for not allowing content creators to successfully monetize their work.

Companies can post their advertising next to user content in specified categories under the TikTok Pulse initiative, which will launch in the United States next month, and creators will get a piece.

In a statement, the company, a subsidiary of Chinese tech firm ByteDance, stated, "We will begin investigating our first advertising income split programme with creators, public personalities, and media publishers."

YouTube, Instagram, and Snapchat, among other big video-focused social networks, have already introduced revenue-sharing schemes.