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Discussion on: How do you introduce web monetization to new people?

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Erica Hargreave

I often suggest they start by Web Monetizing their own work, by signing up on Coil as a Creator - coil.com/creator. This way they can try it out themselves first, at no cost to them, and then suggest that if they are enjoying it and see the value in it, that they give back and support the community by purchasing a membership themselves.

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Xander Jake de los Santos

That's interesting!

But I think that's easier to do with more technical creators who can manage their own website/blog/etc. My target community are artists, so I assume they don't know what a meta tag is. I think it's best if I could abstract most of the technical details from them and let them have a more visual experience.

The best solution for my community would be to let them explore webmonetization by seeing what it does. Unfortunately, coil doesn't have a free trial... It would be hard for people to blindly trust Coil with their card info and invest $5 to something they don't know.

Of course we could give them a blog post. But reading takes effort xD
Is there a good webmonetization simulation that doesn't need a coil subscription to try?

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Erica Hargreave

Oh, interesting, I hadn't thought about managing a website as technical for an artist, rather as a necessity in this day and age in the creative arts.

This is why we need @gfam to be active again, as it would have allowed artists to experiment with this via a Coil Creator account, without having to host their own website with. Having said that though, an artist can also use Cinnamon to experiment with a Coil Creator account in this way. Mind you, videos are alway a bigger time investment.

In case it is useful to your community, Artist Rescue has a series of training modules in Web Monetization for artists: artistrescue.org/training-modules/

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Xander Jake de los Santos

niceee those training modules could be a good start!

thankss

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Erica Hargreave

You are most welcome. I am starting to compile Web Monetization Tutorials here: storytogo.ca/web-monetization-stan... Artist Rescue's modules are currently the most applicable tutorial there for your community. I am also building a Web Monetization Course which would be good for those that wish a deeper dive. Currently the first Unit is done. It can be found here: storytogo.ca/classroom/course/web-...