At TDS, we see value in every article we publish and recognize that authors share their work with us for a big selection of reasons — some want to spread their knowledge and help other learners, others aim to grow their public profile and advance of their profession, and a few have a look at writing as an extra income stream. In lots of cases, it’s a mix of the entire above.
Historically, there was no direct monetization involved in contributing to TDS (unless authors selected to affix the partner program at our former hosting platform). As we establish TDS as an independent, self-sustaining publication, we’ve decided to alter course, because it was necessary for us to reward the articles that help us reach our business goals in proportion to their impact.
How it really works
The TDS Creator Payment Program is structured around a 30-day window. Articles are eligible for payment based on the variety of readers who engage with them in the primary 30 days after publication.
Authors are paid based on three earning tiers:
- 25,000+ Views: The article will earn $0.1 per view inside 30 days of publication: a minimum of $2,500, and as much as $7,500, which is the cap for earnings per article.
- 10,000-24,999 Views: The article will earn $0.05 per view inside 30 days of publication: a minimum of $500, and as much as $1,249.
- 5,000-9,999 Views: The article will earn $0.025 per view inside 30 days of publication: a minimum of $125, and as much as $249.
A couple of small print to take into accout:
- Views are counted provided that a reader stays on the page for not less than 30 seconds, ensuring that the payouts reflect real engagement, not clicks.
- Articles with fewer than 5,000 views in 30 days is not going to qualify for payment.
- During these 30 days, articles must remain exclusive to Towards Data Science. After that, authors are free to republish or remove their articles.
Who can participate?
This program is obtainable to each current TDS contributor, and to any recent creator who becomes eligible once an article reaches the primary earning tier.
Participation in this system is subject to approval to make sure authentic traffic. We reserve the suitable to pause or decline participation if we detect unusual spikes or fraudulent activity. Moreover, payments are only available to authors who live in countries supported by Stripe.
Authors can submit as much as 4 articles per 30 days for paid participation.
Why we’re doing this
We built this program to create a transparent and sustainable system that pays contributors for the effort and time required to write down great articles that attract a large audience of knowledge science and machine learning professionals. By tracking real engagement, we be certain that the very best work gets recognized and rewarded while keeping the system easy and transparent.
We’re excited to supply this chance and look ahead to supporting our contributors who keep Towards Data Science the leading destination in the information science community.
How one can contribute work?
We’re working swiftly to roll out an creator portal that may streamline article pitches and feedback.
Within the meantime, please send your upcoming article on to our team using this way.
In case you’re having a difficulty with our online form, please tell us via email ([email protected]) so we will enable you complete the method. Please don’t email us an article that you could have already sent via our form.
