Dear Hitbox Partner,
you might have seen it already, today we announced the all new expanded Hitbox Partner Program, which allows each and every broadcaster to monetize their content. The most important tidbit upfront:
We are not replacing the existing partner program you are a part of, but as the name suggests, merely expanding upon what we already have in place.
This means you will continue to be able to enjoy the added benefits of your exclusive partnership with us, which include not only the monetization options we’re opening up for all broadcasters from now on, but of course additional exclusive goodies like transcoding options, video upload and a direct line of communication with our community and support team, as well as your individual revenue share terms.
One of the changes we are introducing with the new partnership model is a lowered threshold for payouts, something you can choose to opt-in to as well. This of course means more regular payments, but those also come with slightly higher transaction fees, the reason we decided to make this an opt-in for you. If you would like to opt-in, please contact your Community Manager.
Another major change is that every single broadcaster, no matter what partnership model they are using, can get access to their very own subscriber button, of course coming with their own subscriber badge and subscriber emotes as well as additional features throughout the site, like subscriber only chat or subscriber only giveaways and polls.
Due to this change, we will adapt the team/network partnership model to reflect this, meaning that we will say goodbye to the shared subscriber button we have been using for most of the team/network partnerships so far and replace it with a dedicated subscriber button for each and every member of a partnered team.
This will not change anything about how revenues are shared and distributed within teams, but means that everyone will get the chance to submit their own sub emotes and badges. This change will be introduced gradually, to make your transition as smooth as possible. Starting with a patch we will roll out soon after GamesCom is over. Of course our community team will be happy to help team leaders with all questions you may have.
While we are trying everything to make the transition to the new system as smoothly as possible for everyone, some data for existing partners has to be migrated first, to be displayed properly within the new Revenues tab. Please bear with us in the meantime, even though the numbers in that specific tab might not be displayed correctly right after the update, you will have access to the all new revenue stats very soon.
We have been working on this expanded hitbox partner program for a while now and are very happy to finally be able to release it to the general public.
We hope you enjoy the exclusive benefits to your existing partnership with us and keep on living it up, right here on Hitbox!
We love having you with us,
your Hitbox Team