Small update - BIG news!

Hey there! It's @ddrfr33k with a small huge update. Yes, that's a thing. No, you're not crazy. Yes, we are crazy. What? Little voices in my head? You know about them too? Wow! That's awesome! Oh wait...we're not here to talk about that! Let's dig in. But first, some news!

That's only halfway correct. You're just not reading this post in my voice. But yes, we do have news. By the end of this week, you can subscribe to your favorite streamers.

This is something we have wanted to implement for a while. And now it's finally arriving! Streamers, your viewers will be able to subscribe to your channel and help support you. Anyone who has a Vimm account can receive subscriptions. You don't need to be at a specific tier, it's available to everyone. Even Bronze streamers. But that's not all!

Vimm will only take 10% of the subscription revenue. No, that is not a typo. You keep more of your sub here on Vimm than you do on Twitch. Why are we able to do this? Because you can't cash out. Not yet, at least. That's coming soon. We're using the funds we receive to build out Vimm's infrastructure, reinvesting in our growth. As we have slush money to work with, we will start opening up options to get paid.

Also, you might even want to keep those gems your viewers are paying you for a wee bit. You might want to use them for something else. Like purchasing Premium Memberships to help support Vimm. Or some of the other uses currently in development. Yes, that is a thinly veiled hint for something big coming down the line.

All subscriptions will be purchased and paid in Gems. You can currently purchase Gems with Hive. For viewers that do not have Hive Wallets, Paypal integration for purchasing Gems will be available within the week. I'll be doing some testing with @chiren to make sure everything works as planned, but that will be ready to go very, very soon.

It's going to be a little rough around the edges while we flesh it out, so please bear with us while we're under construction. Initially, subscriptions will cost 5 gems, with 4.5 paid to the streamer as referenced above. As we progress, we intend to add:

• Custom Subscription Tiers
• A widget on the dashboard so you can see how many people are subscribed
• Sub mode for chat
• Subscriber only streams
• Some other features that we're still working on but cannot talk about just yet

So yeah! This is a big deal. It's a feature that we know people want, it's one we've wanted to implement, and now we've got a way to do it. We want to support our streamers and give them a way to grow, and this is the way to do it! But that's all I've got for today. We're hard at work on a handful of projects, and we can't wait to show you what we're working on! 2021 is the year Vimm takes off, are you ready? LET'S GOOOOOO!