Epic Games | Support A Creator Program 2019
While many gamers have talked about this future opportunity I’ve yet to see anyone say they have applied or anything else. It’s just been a post for them to get out and then they move onto other content. So this week I thought I would get the process started. While I don’t quite meet what they are looking for I noticed an opportunity to tell them why I should be accepted into the program. I might get an instant reject, it might take weeks, or they might never reply back but I’ll let you know if they do in a future post.
To find the program its self was rather easy you go over to their website Epic Games and at the bottom of the page is a link to apply for Support-A-Creator
From there they give you an idea what they are looking for at a bare minimum of 1,000 followers on “major site”. I suspect their real requirements are much higher but I thought why not. I only have 8 followers on twitter so I’m not the most optimistic that will be my in. I do have 1430 followers on Steemit and so that is where my focus is. It was not an option but did not expect it to be either in the dropdown.
I gave them my twitter link and after some basic information, they gave me a confirmation code to put on my twitter. I also posted that on my Index post along with leaving it as a comment. Linking the two together since my Steem account is older than my twitter account.
The next process was to email them back and “let them know” I’ve put the code on my twitter. Since now I get to email them and control the conversion if they read any of it I thought now was my time.
I noticed right from the start along with the 1k followers on a major site they also stated community builders along with content creators that they are looking for. Luckily I am both!
As such I wrote the email in three different sections
- The information they request
- A short breakdown of gaming content I create and having 1430 followers on Steemit
- My efforts as a community builder from networking with other communities to our short overview of plagiarizing checking content and verifying the authenticity of ownership.
Affiliate Payment
While reading the documents they had I came across there payment and payment cycle information
- The standard rate itself is 5% for games that quality (1).
- They pay to PayPal or a bank account (1).
- They payout monthly after 30 days of purchase along with some other conditions (1).
That great news and rather standard from how other sites handle it.
Final Thoughts
I fully expect to be rejected for not having 1k followers on Twitter. I felt I more than have put the effort in on Steemit and the content I’ve created here to give it a try. While I don’t expect to sell a lot of games or even have people from this platform use my code or affiliate links if I get approved. I do get traffic off-site and have even had people join our discord just wanting to say hi to myself or another content creator since they had issues signing up to do so on the platform.
Overall I found the process so far to be rather simple and straight forward. They seem to have streamlined it rather well. I so far have gotten back an auto-reply that they have received my email. I don’t expect much for a while since it is already middle of the week and they did state it could take a few weeks. I can only imagine how many people are applying to this program.
I might have put some real effort into building up my social following on Twitter. Something I should put more effort long ago but never think of a reason as to why. For me to get a real following there that is going take some time. Will have to see how it goes.
Information
Screenshots were taken and content written by @Enjar. Screenshots are from the Epic Games Website.
It's an interesting affiliate, but you have to be a player of Fortnight to benefit from this affiliate.
It's a shame your followers on Steemit don't count for them. Followers on Steemit should be just as valid as Twitter followers. I can understand if they value YouTube subs more, because a tweet or post can get quickly buried in the miliad of content, but Steemit is more valid a platform with more interaction than many other platforms out there.
That is only one portion of it from my understanding. They are going have a 5% on games as well. They are expected to add in a number of games this year.
There was an entire section on just fortnight and vbucks. So for sure they are wanting to expand that out as well.
Cool. Worth considering, but I don't play those types of games, so it wouldn't be relevant to my content. I'd need Bioware or EA to have an affiliate and I'm not sure they do. Perhaps through Origin.
Great post Enjar,
im a long time Gamer and Streamer , i love actions like this one, and im going forward to do something like that for our STEEM WORLD !!!
Hi @enjar, i really hope you get it, not only would it be good for you confidence as it would solidify the influence you have built up but it would also be good for STEEM.
I so want to encourage you to consider having your own domain and using steempress to intergrate it with steem, there is also another option with steem and your own domain but i cant remember what its called, something like engrave, will look it up later and cone back to you.
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@Paulag, was rejected with a rather generic reply that suggested I go review the eligibility requirements. So, me having 1400 followers on Steem is not what they were looking for. If that would have been on twitter who knows. No idea if this was just auto reject for not having there 1k minimum followers on twitter or if a human reviewed it.
There program has only been running for a couple of months. On top of that there store has around 10 games and I only have one of them.
While it would have been neat to get on the ground floor before they ramp up and get other content creator from this platform to sign up as well. It is what it is.
I think I can reapply if I suddenly find myself with that many followers. The place where I had to fill out a short form to get my code to post onto my “channels” is still listed with their email to contact them when I am ready.
Never a fan of these rather generic and cold reply back company use. Hard to gleam to much out of it. I understand why they do it. I just wish I had more useable information from this encounter. Have no idea if my email was even read past the information that was needed or if my steemit blog was even looked into. My blog at least from my understanding does comply with the values they are looking for.
I know there a platform on Steem looking to do a referral for selling games via Steam-- one day. My issue with that is they don't post your content on the blockchain (at least on your blog) they just post a link on your blog to where you posted it on there platform. You also still need people to have a Steemit account, know of that platform, and be willing to spend to buy that game using your referral link. I also don't think I'll make back any benefactor cuts on those posts with a 5% referral.
Thank you for the kind words of encouragement. Have a wonderful day/night.
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