Twitch is expanding its Partner program to include Affiliate streamers.
The live-streaming company wrote in its official blog post on Wednesday that the Partner Plus Program will allow both Partners and Affiliates to earn higher revenue shares for subscriptions starting May 1. Affiliates will be allowed to qualify for the program starting February 1.
Affiliate streamers will qualify for the Partner Plus Program if they reach 300 Plus points for the 70/30 net revenue share level on paid and gift subscriptions, which it reduced from the 350 Plus points Twitch set when it launched the program last summer. They'll also qualify for the 60/40 net revenue share level if they maintain 100 Plus points for three months straight.
Twitch said that Affiliates becoming a part of the Partner Plus Program is such that, just as Warner Bros. Discovery changed the HBO Max name to Max, it will change the name of its own program to just the Plus Program. That name change will also go into effect in May.
Affiliate streamers in the Partner Plus Program will also benefit from not having to deal with the $100k cap on the 70/30 net revenue share level, which Twitch just removed. The company said the removal of the $100k cap resulted from streamers complaining about earnings restrictions it imposed on them, and their revenues reverting to the 50% standard rate from 70% after making $100k annually, provided they met the criteria to do so.
Reaching Affiliate status can be difficult for some streamers starting their careers on Twitch. But with their inclusion into the Partner Plus Program, they won't have any trouble earning as much as Partner counterparts, if not more so.
Cristina Alexander is a freelance writer for IGN. To paraphrase Calvin Harris, she wears her love for Sonic the Hedgehog on her sleeve like a big deal. Follow her on Twitter @SonicPrincess15.
