Let’s Talk About The Medium Partner Programme

BishBoshReal
2 min readJan 16, 2022
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I while back now I hit the 100 follower mark, which in turn meant I was able to start making money from articles, like these, through the Medium Partner programme. I was super excited to start making money from all of my articles, however since I achieved my 100 followers I have achieved a grand total of 20¢, which is around 15 great British pence, hardly enough to buy a lollipop. So, is the Medium Partner Programme really all it’s cracked up to be, well let’s see.

First of all, let’s get the facts straight before you start complaining that you haven’t made any money at all, even if you have 100 followers, you do actually need to apply for the programme and meter your story of course.

Second, I need to say that I am by no means a very successful writer and well, am probably not the very best example. So, let’s get into the story then shall we?

When I became a part of the Medium Partner Programme I was so excited, only to be hugely disappointed. I know that it does take quite a bit of articles to gain a good enough income, however I have seen other writers struggle with exact same issues. Comment down below to tell me your thoughts.

Another thing is that no one really knows how medium decides to pay who what, we know that all of the money is derived from paying members like myself yet we are…

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BishBoshReal

I post about tech space, business and the environment.