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3 magic steps to create and monetize an app ✨

If you think about creating a source of passive income, or you would like to challenge yourself with creating an app from scratch, I have good and bad news for you. 👌

The good news is that it’s really simple, and the bad news is... that it’s really simple, so it won’t be that challenging.

But let’s get to the point. In LiveChat, we run a Developer Program that allows external developers to create custom extensions and integrations for our product. These apps can be later bought by LiveChat’s users (all 34k of them) in our Marketplace.

In our Program, we help you with the ideas for apps and support you with distribution among our users. (If you wonder what apps we currently are looking for, check out this site.) You can also consult the technical details with our staff while creating your application.

A couple of days before Christmas, Oliwia, our Technical Writer, created three short video tutorials which will help you get along with our Developer Console.

In these three videos, you will see her becoming a wizard 🧝‍♀️ and learn about the basic functionalities of our Developer Console. She will also explain to you how to submit an app through the dashboard and how to monetize it.

Check it out!

1. Introduction to the LiveChat Developer Console

2. Creating an App

3. Monetization

If you have any questions about the Developer Console or you would like to start building your own app, let me know in the comments! You can also check out our Developer Program site.

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Alina Dunec

Hi! In today's world, social media app plays a huge role. For this reason, several new social media apps appear every day.

The primary source of monetization for the social media application is advertising. Monetization of a social media app through in-app purchases is also possible. Although monetization of a social media app can also include freemium or subscriptions. User gets additional bonuses by purchasing the full version. And venture capital

If you want to know more how to monetize a social media app, you can read this article

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