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Is it possible to make a living off of Chess.com other than being staff??

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OnyxOrca

no.

Blogging isn't in any way monetizable besides BOTM which is one TB for one month and it's not much anyway (also it seems like only Americans can cash in the prize as proven by the struggles of one TB, who had to settle for diamond membership). At best you can stream your chess games, but that's arguably more about living off of Twitch than cc. What made you think to ask this?

Cheese

idk ive always wondered lol

Martin_Stahl
Cheese wrote:

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There are affiliates but it's unlikely to provide much unless you are really connected.

https://www.chess.com/article/view/affiliate-program-for-partners-of-chesscom

jankogajdoskoLEM

Indeee it is, i had students of my unorthodox chess style too not much you earn bu enought for some bread and butter and maybe even apples and banas ouu yeaa

OnyxOrca

ah, there's lessons as well, so ig yes. In general, you have to be very good at something to succeed at it on cc. TT, coaching and blogging need a lot of skill to earn anything at all, let alone enough to live off of (you could probably manage coaching with less skill, but you need some amount at least).

michaelpatricia41

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