Fortnite “Support-a-Creator” Program Pays Out 5% (Maybe)

28 JUNE 2022 - Hypocrisy, thy name is Sweeney. You know how Epic CEO Tim Sweeney has been put out, let’s say, over having to pay Apple a 30% or 15% commission for sales made through the App Store and having to use Apple’s in-app payment solution? Guess how much Epic’s “Support a Creator” program pays out!

Apple Insider explains what that is, saying:

Epic operates a Support-A-Creator program, which hands participants a Creator Code that players can enter into the game. Purchases made while a code is active on an account gives a small credit to the owner of that code.

Very small. Ridiculously small. 5%. According to the report:

The Support-A-Creator program is open to anyone with over 1,000 followers on a social media program, are aged 13 years or older, can accept the agreement, can abide by Creator Content Guidelines, and can take payment from the company's designated payments platform.

In exchange for agreeing to the terms, creators stand to earn a very low amount in return. In effect, creators can expect to earn $5 per $100 of in-game purchases by supporters using that creator's code.

Furthermore, creators have to earn at least $100 in a 12-month period to be eligible for a payment. If that $100 barrier isn't reached, "any attributed purchases and/or redemptions made by followers during that 12-month period will reset to zero.”

This bleepin’ guy.