How to make money: answers in 30 seconds
Short, straight answers about earning, uploading and upgrading.
Getting started
How do I make money with Media Platform?
Upload a video or a file, or shorten a link, and share it anywhere. Every real view, download and click earns you money, up to $53 per 10,000 in the top country tier. When you are ready, request a payout by bank transfer, PayPal or crypto.
Is Media Platform free?
Yes. Every account gets 100 GB of storage and earns from day one. No credit card needed.
What can I share?
Videos (streamed in adaptive HLS), any file as a direct download, and short links. All three earn money.
What do PPD and PPV mean?
PPD means pay per download: you earn when a real visitor finishes downloading your file. PPV means pay per view: you earn when a real visitor watches your video or reaches your short link. Both pay by the visitor’s country and your ad strength.
Is adult content allowed?
Yes. We accept legal adult (18+) videos, files and links, and they earn at the same rates as everything else. Everyone shown must be a consenting adult and you must have the rights to share it. Anything illegal, non-consensual or involving minors is removed and reported, and the account is closed. The full rules are in our Terms. Advertising differs by product: video streaming shows a mix of mainstream and adult advertisers, while direct download and link shortener show mainstream advertisers only.
Can I share a whole folder?
Yes, in all three products. Turn on sharing for a folder and you get one public link. Viewers see a channel-style page with every video, file or link in it, and you can stop sharing at any time. Every item still opens on its own page, so views, downloads and clicks keep earning. Short links can also have an optional name that shows on the page.
Can I use all three products together?
Yes. One account, one storage quota, one dashboard and one balance. You can even lock a video or download behind a short link and earn both rates — see Combo below.
Are unused files deleted?
Yes. To keep storage for active creators, a video or file with fewer than 10 views in 30 days is deleted automatically. Every new upload gets its first full 30 days, and the dashboard warns you before a file is removed.
Earnings & payouts
How much money can I make?
Up to $53 per 10,000 counted views, downloads or clicks. The rate depends on your visitor’s country and your ad strength.
What is Combo?
Combo lets you lock a video or a download — one file or a whole folder — behind a short link. The visitor unlocks your short link, then watches the video or gets the file, so you earn twice on the same visit: the link-click rate plus the view or download rate. In the top country tier that’s $53 + $33 = $86 per 10,000. The two amounts are always earned and paid separately, exactly like any other view, download or click.
What counts as a paid event?
A real visitor, with one rule per product. Video streaming (PPV): the viewer watches at least 1 minute (or the whole video, if it is shorter). Direct download (PPD): the visitor finishes the wait and the clicks, and the file finishes downloading. Cancelled or failed downloads don’t count. Link shortener (PPV): the visitor finishes the wait and the clicks, then continues to your link. Bots, Tor and VPN traffic never count.
What does a visitor do before a link or download opens?
Short links and downloads are locked at first. The visitor waits and makes a few screen clicks, and only then is the link revealed or the download started. The lock depends on your ad strength, so more ads means a longer lock: Full ads: 1 minute and 7 clicks. Half: 30 seconds and 5 clicks. Low: 20 seconds and 2 clicks. Refreshing the page or opening an ad does not restart it. Video streaming has no steps, only ads.
What is ad strength?
Ad strength is how many ads your visitors see: Full, Half or Low. Fewer ads are gentler on visitors, but they pay less and the wait on links and downloads is shorter. Free accounts run at Full. Premium accounts can choose the strength for each product. Video streaming has ads only, with no waiting or clicking steps, and mixes mainstream and adult advertisers. Direct download and link shortener show mainstream advertisers only.
How many times can the same visitor count?
One IP address can earn you up to 3 paid visits every 24 hours, across all products, and each video, file or link counts once per IP every 24 hours. Visits past that limit still work, but they aren’t paid.
How often is my balance updated?
About once a minute. You can watch it grow in your dashboard.
How do I get paid?
Request a payout from your dashboard and choose bank transfer, PayPal or crypto.
Uploads & storage
What is the largest file I can upload?
1 GB on Free, 5 GB on Premium, 10 GB on plans above 5 TB, and 50 GB on plans above 10 TB.
Which upload methods can I use?
Browser upload and remote URL on every plan. Torrent, magnet and API uploads on Premium. FTP, MEGA, Zoom and cloud drive imports are coming soon.
What video quality do viewers get?
Free videos are encoded in one quality. Premium videos get the full ladder from 360p to 1080p, so playback adapts to each viewer’s connection.
Do short links use storage?
Barely. Each short link counts as 1 KB.
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