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Paid Chat 101: get paid to talk, in seven short lessons
Paid Chat 101 is a free, plain-language course for anyone who wants to earn from one-to-one conversations — creators, tutors, coaches, experts and influencers. Seven lessons take you from “what is paid chat?” to your first paid calls and your first payout. Each lesson ends with key takeaways and one small task you can do today. The examples use hello.fan, the paid chat platform made by the team that publishes this site.
7 lessons46 min in totalFree, no sign-up
101Paid Chat 101Outcomes
What you'll be able to do
- 1Explain what paid chat is and decide whether it fits you
- 2Choose a niche and write an offer people understand at a glance
- 3Set video, voice and chat prices that make a first call an easy yes
- 4Put your link where your audience already spends time
- 5Bring in your first ten callers without being pushy
- 6Run calls people come back for, inside boundaries you set
- 7Understand billing, your share, the 14-day hold and payouts
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The 7 lessons
- 01What is paid chat? How it works and who it's forLesson 1 of Paid Chat 101: what paid chat is, what a paid call looks like from both sides, who it suits, who it doesn't, and what you need to start.6 min read
- 02Find your niche and your offerLesson 2 of Paid Chat 101: find why people would call you, turn it into a clear offer, and pick the format — instant calls, bookings or weekly sessions.6 min read
- 03Price your minutes: video, voice and chatLesson 3 of Paid Chat 101: how per-minute billing works, why video ≥ voice ≥ chat, example price ladders in credits and dollars, and when to change your prices.7 min read
- 04Your link and where to put itLesson 4 of Paid Chat 101: your hello.fan/yourname link, the best places to put it, what to write next to it, and how to see whether it brings visits.6 min read
- 05Your first 10 callers: where they come fromLesson 5 of Paid Chat 101: who your first ten callers usually are, how to invite them without being pushy, and how to turn a first call into a regular.7 min read
- 06Running a great paid call (and keeping your boundaries)Lesson 6 of Paid Chat 101: set up, open, run and close a paid call people come back for — and the boundaries and safety tools that keep it comfortable.7 min read
- 07Money basics: billing, your share, payouts and the 14-day holdLesson 7 of Paid Chat 101: how fans pay, how calls are billed, what you keep, the 14-day hold, payouts through Stripe from $100 and the referral bonus.7 min read
Get paid to talk — starting today
Create your hello.fan page in a minute, put the link in your bio and take your first paid call tonight.