KICK plans to introduce a KICK Currency, which would enable users to earn money while watching their preferred streamers, according to Adin Ross.
Ross has hinted that they will also allow viewers to make money while watching their preferred streams. Streamers will have the discretion to hand out KICK Currency to their audience which they can cash out.
“They want to come out with the KICK Currecny that I told you guys about,” said Ross.
“Basically, viewers can get paid to watch you. They’re coming out with some cool s*it. It’s kind of like Bits that you can cash out. I mean, not every person will get paid to watch, but, for example, I can give people KICK and they can cash out.”
As Kick is aiming for profitability, this strategy is something that is unheard of. While this might help streamers retain viewers, it will be interesting to see whether this takes off as well as if Kick can successfully deal with the challenges that this can bring.
As things stand, Ross has only hinted at the idea and it might be quite a while before we find Kick actually implementing it on a large scale.
