Monetization Features
- Private Shows - Paid one-on-one sessions, billed per-minute
- VIP Mode - Viewers get a VIP status badge for public chat, billed per-hour
- Tips - Viewers can tip you during streams
- Subscriptions - Promote your fan club directly from your live chat, with one-click conversions.
Private Shows
When you are live, customers have the option to start a 1-on-1 show with you. You set the price and are free to end any show at any time, of course. Private shows are billed on a per-minute / whole minute basis. When a show starts they pay for the first minute, after 1 minute they pay again, and so on. The charges are automatically deducted from the customer’s prepaid wallet balance. If a customer has insufficient funds for the next minute, the show ends automatically. Private shows can’t be disabled for live streams.VIP Mode
VIP Mode allows viewers in your public chat a clear, casual, lower-stakes way to participate in your stream. They simply pay your VIP rate (a fixed amount per hour), get a VIP badge and different colored text in the chat to stand out, and everyone is happy. Not everyone can, or wants to, do private shows. Not everyone enjoys the vibe of intermittent tipping. VIP Mode provides an option for the long tail of viewers who are happy to hang out and contribute to take part.Tips
These work as you would expect. Viewers have a tip button next to the chat input that they can press and send between $1-20 as a tip at a time. Tips show up in your chat in bright color, with a brief animation. The viewer hears a “cha-ching” cash register sound when they send a tip. Tips also work in private shows, while VIP mode is enabled, all the time.Best Practices
- Use a good quality camera, with good lighting, and stable high-speed internet.
- Follow all Broadcast Guidelines and use common sense.
- Ask people to do private shows, tip, and go VIP.
- Feel free to promote your subscriptions while live.
- Use the safety and moderation tools, ban anyone who makes you feel bad.
- Make it fun.
Broadcasting Guidelines
Identity and authenticity- Only the verified account holder may appear on stream. No guests, no stand-ins, no third parties.
- Your face must be visible and recognizable. Fully masked or obscured-face streams are not permitted.
- Do not misrepresent your identity, location, or the nature of your content.
- No empty streams. If you need to step away, use the break feature or end the stream.
- Maintain a reasonably stable video and audio feed. Persistent technical issues that degrade the viewer experience should be resolved before going live.
- No animals, including pets, on stream.
- Do not stream while intoxicated to the point of impairment.
- Do not stream while driving or operating any vehicle or machinery.
- All content must comply with our Community Guidelines.
- No sharing of off-platform contact information (personal phone numbers, external messaging apps, email, etc.) in an attempt to move paid interactions off Ultra.
- No solicitation of payments outside the platform.
- Sexually explicit content is permitted in private shows only — not in public streams visible to non-paying viewers.
- Use the moderation tools available to you. Ban viewers who violate guidelines or make you uncomfortable — you are not obligated to engage with anyone.
- Do not encourage or participate in harassment of other creators or viewers.
- Do not make threats.
- Do not share any users personal information.