If you are spending so much time writing your articles and helping people solve problems, then what's wrong with getting paid for it?
Nothing right!
So today I'll show you how to make money with your content if you are on either one of these websites:
- Hashnode
- Dev.to
- Hackernoon
We will be using Coil to get paid, which is an amazing system, you buy a subscription and every hour you spend on one specific content page you'll get $0,36.
As you can imagine it won't make you rich, but this is all early days.
To give you an overview, these are my earning till this day:
How does it work
So to understand how this all works, there are two main systems.
If you're in the game to earn money, all you need is an Uphold account.
If you're also in it to give back to awesome writers, you can get a subscription at Coil and start paying other writers for the articles you read.
Once you've set up your Uphold account and created your default payment method, you'll be able to visit the "Add Funds" button on top and click "From Interledger Payment Pointer".
You will need the link that it shows and starts with:
$ilp.uphold.com/
Getting paid on Hashnode
If you're on Hashnode you can easily add your payment pointer to your profile by visiting your dashboard.
Next click on "Integrations", at the bottom you will see:
Web Monetization Payment Pointer.
Paste your uphold link here.
Getting paid on dev.to
Next, up dev.to just as easily allows payouts.
We can go to our settings > Misc > Web Monetization.
There we can add our payment pointer link.
Getting paid on Hackernoon
Hackernoon is another blogging platform, and it too can allow payments through uphold.
Once you are logged in on Hackernoon you'll be able to go to Rewards and add your payment link here.
There you go, three platforms where we can add our uphold payment link!
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Latest comments (51)
As of 2025, this article needs an update as Interledge is discontinued in Uphold. FAQ says... "Coil has decided to sunset its service on March 15th, 2023. Accordingly, Uphold will be disabling Interledger Payment Pointers and all other associated Interledger features on that date.
Uphold is proud to have been a close partner of Coil these past few years and looks forward to seeing the world of Web Monetization live on through the Interledger Foundation."
I miss this feature in dev...
May I use Payoneer account instead of uphold?
Just a heads up this is no longer relevant,
support.uphold.com/hc/en-us/articl...
I am trying to make an account on uphold but I am not able to as I live in India and my country is not listed under place of residence. Any other way I can get my dev.to monetized?
Coil is out of business, this article needs an update.
Hi @dailydevtips1 my country(INDIA) is not in uphold list. Is there any other option. Please help....
Have you find anything?
No
same question!
Not sure about country support if i'm honest.
Perhaps best to reach out to their support system.
wait it seems uphold has changed its UI, how to find it in the new uphold view.
In the new UI, you'll have to add a fund, and then click the three dots on that fund type to open the payment pointer.
I'll try and update the article soon.
I see it now,, thanks a lot :)
@dailydevtips1 can you help me I have create coil as well as uphold account and also add payment pointer but in dev no Misc Option is visible to me please help bro
Hi! It's now under "Extensions" -> Web monetization
Hope that helps! 🎉
I added my payment pointer in it now what to do
Thanks in advance
That should be all that is needed! 🎉
So How would dev pay money to my coil account 🤔
and when,
Like I get 10,000 + views/post
That will be through your payment pointer, but really dependant on people with Coil visiting your articles.
It's not really view related.
What do you means by Coil visiting articles
So how it works is that you get paid for everyone who uses the coil subscription that visits your site for x amount of time.
It basically means that you only get paid from users who visit and have the coil subscription to pay out writers.
Ohh
That not too good🙄
That's interesting. I did follow the above steps and linked, may I know when I receive the money? I have been checking on uphold account but no pennies so far.
Uphold is no big money maker, and a lot of people have stepped away from using it as paying customers so don't expect too much from that one now.
Is there any other way?
Hmm ads are you're best bet or writing guest blog post?