Snapchat is introducing a new Lens Creator Rewards program to give AR creators and developers the chance to earn money for top-performing Lenses, the company announced on Tuesday. Creators could be rewarded up to $7,200 per month if their creation is a top-performing Lens with high engagement in the United States, India and Mexico.
Although Snapchat is going to initially focus top-performing metrics in these three countries, any Lens creator from 40 eligible countries can receive rewards if their Lens performed well in United States, India and Mexico.
Snap’s director of AR Platform Partnerships and Ecosystem, Sophia Dominguez, told TechCrunch in an interview that the company wants to start small and receive feedback from its community before expanding the rewards program to additional markets.“We wanted to start with these three markets, but then also make sure that it was global by default, because our Snapchatter and lens creator ecosystem is pretty global,” Dominguez said. “So we wanted to start small and measure the feedback we get from our community on both sides, like what do Snapchatters think, are they seeing more interesting types of Lenses? Is this encouraging for Lens creators to create new sorts of Lenses? Is this inspiring? And, if it’s successful, then we’ll definitely roll it out further.”
Although Snapchat didn’t specify what the requirements are for the program, Dominguez says the company will look at various metrics, including views and specific Lens-specific metrics. Snap will also measure how long users are playing around with Lenses. Dominguez notes that more information regarding eligibility and requirements will be made public as the program rolls out.
Once creators receive a reward, they will get an email informing them that their Lens is qualified to receive a reward, along with notifications within their creator hub.
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