When you think of the term "creator," it is usually associated with someone who produces original content for social media platforms like TikTok, YouTube, or Instagram. But Poe, Quora's AI chatbot platform, is now paying bot creators for their efforts, including those who generate "quick bots" on Poe itself, as well as server bots created by developers that integrate their bots with Poe AI.
The program, which was launched at the end of 2023 is among the first of its kind to monetarily reward the efforts of those creating artificial intelligence robots.
At launch, bot creators have two ways to generate income. With the first, if a bot leads a user to subscribe to Poe, the company will share a portion of the revenue with the bot's creator immediately. Another method is for bot creators to set a per-message rate, which Quora will pay for each message. The latter option will open soon, the company says.
«Today we launch creator monetization for Poe! This program allows any bot creator on Poe to generate income. “This is a big step forward for the platform and is the first program of its kind, so we are very excited to see what it allows everyone to create.”
– Adam D'Angelo (@adamdangelo) 25th October 2023
Quora first introduced its Poe chatbot app to the general public in February, allowing users to ask questions and get answers from a variety of AI chatbots, including those from ChatGPT maker OpenAI and other companies like Google-backed Anthropic. In addition to being a way for consumers to experiment with new technologies of Artificial Intelligence in one place, the company said Poe's content would ultimately help it evolve its question-and-answer site Quora. That is, as long as Poe's content meets a high enough quality standard, it will be distributed on Quora, where it could reach the web's 400 million monthly visitors.
Meanwhile, Poe has been gaining ground amid the growing AI chatbot market.
According to data from market intelligence provider Apptopia, Poe's mobile app garnered 253.530 downloads in its first month to the public. Since October (until the 24th), it has seen over 18,4 million installs. Additionally, the app has grown to nearly 1,22 million monthly active users. However, Apptopia estimates that Poe is only generating less than a quarter of a million dollars in in-app purchase revenue per month right now. That said, many Poe users may be interacting with the chatbot platform over the web and subscribing to its $19,99/month or $199,99/year subscription, so this is just one part of the complete numbers of Poe.
Currently, the Poe Creator Monetization Program It is only open to US users and pays up to $20 per user who subscribes to Poe thanks to the creator's bots. There are several ways to calculate this metric: if the creator brings a user to Poe for the first time and they eventually subscribe; if a bot returns a user to Poe, who eventually subscribes; if a bot's paywall is visible just before the user subscribes; or soon, if users send messages to your bot at a price set by the developer. More expensive bots will be limited in terms of users messaging them and some bots will be subscriber-only, says Quora.
Every time a person subscribes to Poe, the company will set aside $10 for a monthly subscription or $20 for an annual subscription. That amount is then divided between “any creator who successfully monetizes activations and successfully converts barriers or paywalls for that subscription,” the documents for the company developer.. Stripe is the gateway to process payments.
Quora believes this program will allow a new class of smaller companies or AI research groups to create bots that reach the public, even if they don't have the resources to create an AI chatbot application themselves. But it's also a way for Poe to basically pay to add new subscribers to his chatbot app, through something akin to an affiliate program. That could help you better compete against a host of AI chatbot apps, many of which are already making more money on mobile than ChatGPT.
"We expect all types of robots to perform well in areas such as tutoring, cognition, therapy, entertainment, assistants, analysis, storytelling, role-playing, and generating images, videos, music, and other media," the Quora CEO wrote. , Adam D'Angelo. “Since this is the beginning of a new market, there are many opportunities to provide a valuable service to the world and make money at the same time,” he added.
