You can get paid for gaming coaching by pricing two requests already in your DMs: use a Paid Question for a written “why am I stuck at this rank?” ask, and a custom request for a VOD review that requires attached footage. Both can run through one Brillay page without scheduled calls. Paid Questions let a follower pay upfront to ask one private question, and you send one written reply on your own time — no live call or scheduling.
What are those free gaming-coaching DMs costing you?
Free gaming-coaching DMs cost you your own weekly question count multiplied by your own minutes per reply. Multiply questions per week by minutes per answer, divide by 60, then multiply by 4.3 weeks for a monthly total in hours. The worked example below uses 10 questions and 5 minutes only to demonstrate the formula.
The table is a calculator you fill in with your own two numbers, not a statistic about gaming creators generally:
| Workload input | Worked example (substitute your own numbers) |
|---|---|
| Coaching questions per week | 10 |
| Time per answer | 5 minutes |
| Unpaid coaching time per week (questions × minutes ÷ 60) | 50 minutes |
| Unpaid coaching time per month (× 4.3 weeks) | 3.6 hours |
The key reframe is that this time is already coaching. The missing element is a clear offer and price. If even a third of those ten weekly questions became paid replies, you would be monetizing some of the work you already do rather than adding an entirely new content format.
Live calls carry a second constraint: each session needs a mutually available slot and real-time attention that cannot be shared with another player. Zoom limits almost all meetings hosted by Basic (free) users to 40 minutes, including a call with one host and one participant (Zoom Support, "Understanding time limits for Zoom Meetings"). A written reply is instead completed on your own time between recording, editing, and streaming.
How much should you charge for a paid gaming question?
Price a paid gaming question by scope rather than by the hour: a narrow one-problem answer starts lower, and a diagnosis that needs explanation and personalization starts higher. You set any price you want on a Paid Question, and Brillay charges an 8% platform fee when a follower pays for work and 5% on tips and goals.
A Brillay Paid Question is one written client question and one written answer, with zero live calls required (Paid Questions). If you must watch gameplay, use a custom request instead.
How these ranges were derived. They are Brillay editorial examples, not platform averages, marketplace sales data, or promised earnings; no public dataset reports per-question gaming-coaching prices, so none is cited here. The method is a target hourly rate divided into the answer: a 5-minute written reply at a $60/hour target is roughly $5, a 15-minute reply is roughly $15, and the ranges below add a margin for the 8% Brillay platform fee on a Paid Question and the separately deducted processing fee. Substitute your own hourly target and your own answer length.
- “Why do I keep losing 1v1s at this exact rank?” — around $8–$18
- “Is my sensitivity actually the problem, or is it my positioning?” — around $6–$15
- “What’s the fastest way to climb from [rank] to [rank] in my role?” — around $8–$18
- “Am I making a mechanical mistake or a decision-making mistake in this fight?” — around $8–$18
- “What should my practice routine actually look like to improve?” — around $6–$12
- “Is this loadout actually good, or am I just copying a pro for no reason?” — around $5–$12
A player asking one of these questions may not need an hour of live coaching. They want the specific obstacle they described addressed without booking a session or paying for time they do not need. Paid direct messages vs. coaching calls explains when a written reply may fit better than a scheduled session.
Which offer fits the request: a Paid Question or custom request?
Use a Paid Question when the client can describe the problem in words. Use a custom request when you need to watch a clip or VOD, inspect supporting files, or produce a defined deliverable.
The prices below are illustrative starting points set by the creator, not platform averages, observed sales data, or income promises. You set a custom request delivery window of up to five days, the platform's hard maximum.
| The request | Offer to use | What the client sends | Illustrative price | Delivery time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A written “why am I stuck?” ask with no footage needed | Paid Question | Text only | $5–$18 | Asynchronous reply |
| Anything requiring you to watch a clip or full VOD | custom request | Text plus a file attachment | $20–$40 | A window you set, up to five days |
| A rank-up plan or settings audit from a description | custom request | Text, plus files if useful | $10–$45 | A window you set |
Where should you offer an actual VOD review?
Sell VOD reviews as a custom request, the Brillay offer type that lets clients attach files with the request. The client attaches the match recording when ordering, you set the price and delivery time, and you deliver text plus files and/or a link with no live call or scheduling.
A Brillay custom request delivery is a written note plus up to 5 files of any allowed type — including video, audio, images, PDF, Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, with video or audio up to 20 minutes — and/or a private link for anything larger. A creator selects the custom request delivery time, anywhere from 1–24 hours up to the platform maximum of five days. That combination makes Custom Work the right home for "review my last ranked loss."
How these prices were derived. They are editorial examples, not disclosed platform-wide sales data, and they do not predict what a particular audience will pay. Each range is the estimated hands-on review time multiplied by a target hourly rate, plus a margin for the 8% Brillay platform fee on paid work (tips and goals carry 5%) and the separately deducted processing fee: a 30-minute VOD review at a $60/hour target lands near $30, which is why the range below sits at roughly $20–$40.
- VOD Review — The client submits a match recording; you return a timestamped written, voice, or video breakdown of the key mistakes — roughly $20–$40, 48–72h
- Rank-Up Roadmap — A personalized written plan for climbing from the client’s current rank to a target rank — roughly $25–$45, 72h
- Settings & Sensitivity Audit — The client sends current settings; you return recommended changes and your reasoning — roughly $10–$20, 24–48h
- Build/Loadout Optimization — A custom build or loadout recommendation based on the player’s playstyle and rank — roughly $8–$15, 24h
- Aim Training Plan — A personalized practice routine based on the player’s stated weaknesses — roughly $15–$25, 48h
- Draft/Comp Review — For team games, a written breakdown of draft picks and possible changes — roughly $15–$30, 48h
You set your own rate and delivery time. You can also decline a request that falls outside the offer you described, such as footage from a game you do not play. How to write a Custom Work offer explains how to define the deliverable clearly before a client pays.
Do you need a follower threshold to charge for gaming coaching?
No. There is no follower minimum and nothing to apply for before a creator can charge for a question or a VOD review on Brillay. The ad and subscription programs on the big gaming platforms do gate earnings behind audience thresholds, which is the practical difference.
Twitch's own Affiliate Program FAQ lists four requirements to join: "Reach 25 Followers; Stream for 4 Hours; Stream on 4 Different Days; Reach an Average of 3 Viewers" (Twitch Help, "Twitch Affiliate Program FAQ"). A panel link works before Affiliate and off-stream: viewers pay as guests for a request or one-time support whenever they see it.
The expanded YouTube Partner Program requires 500 subscribers plus 3 valid public uploads in the last 90 days, together with either 3,000 valid public watch hours in the last 12 months or 3 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days (YouTube Help, "Overview of the expanded YouTube Partner Program"). On Brillay nothing stands between those same viewers and a paid request: a written answer, a custom video, a commission, a tip or a contribution toward a named goal.
Twitch also withholds earnings until a creator's balance passes $50 and pays on a Net-15 schedule, issuing payouts starting the 15th of the month after the revenue was earned (Twitch Help, "Payout Details FAQ"). Brillay instead pays out through Stripe once the creator connects a Stripe account, and Stripe documents that manual payouts typically arrive within 2 business days. Each paid request and each one-time contribution is its own finished transaction, with nothing to publish on a schedule and no subscription for either side to maintain.
How does Brillay compare to a coaching marketplace or a live call?
Metafy's free Core plan charges 12% plus $1.79 per transaction for scheduled 1:1 sessions, Fiverr takes a 20% commission on seller earnings, and a self-booked Zoom or Discord call carries no platform fee but leaves invoicing and scheduling to you. Brillay carries every offer on one link you already own, with nothing to moderate and no community to keep warm.
| Where you sell coaching | Platform fee | Format | Scheduling |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brillay | 8% when a follower pays for work and 5% on tips and goals, no monthly fee, with payment-processing fees deducted separately from creator earnings | Paid Question (written question in, written reply out) or Custom Work (files in, text plus files and/or a link out) | Asynchronous — no shared time slot needed |
| Metafy Core (coaching marketplace, free to join) | 12% + $1.79 per transaction, capped so the total never exceeds 30% of earnings (Metafy Help Center, "How to Start Selling on Metafy") | Live 1:1 session, guides, and events | Real-time — Metafy tells coaches to sync a Google Calendar and set weekly availability before accepting bookings |
| Metafy Pro | $99 per month, or $69 per month billed annually (Metafy Help Center) | Same session, guide, and event formats as Core | Real-time for 1:1 sessions |
| Fiverr gig (game-coaching category) | Freelancers receive 80% of the client's cleared payment — a 20% commission — after a 14-day clearing period (Fiverr Help Center, "How Fiverr works for freelancers"); the client also pays a 5.5% service fee plus $3.00 on orders under $100 (Fiverr Help Center, "How Fiverr works for clients") | Fixed-scope gig order | Asynchronous, but the buyer finds you through Fiverr search |
| Discord DM or a booked Zoom call, invoiced yourself | No platform fee at all, so processing is the whole cost: PayPal's US standard card rate is 2.99% + $0.49 per transaction (PayPal Business Pricing) | Live call | Real-time — requires a mutually free slot |
Read the fee column as platform commission only, except in the self-invoiced row where no platform commission exists. On Brillay, the 8% platform fee on paid work and the payment-processing fee are deducted separately, so creator earnings equal the client payment minus the platform fee minus the processing fee; Stripe's standard US processing rate is 2.9% + 30¢ per successful transaction (Stripe Pricing). Metafy processes payments through its provider Whop and Fiverr processes payments in-platform, so neither publishes a separate creator-side processing rate.
A written question or a VOD review needs no live call or scheduling, unlike a marketplace booking or a DM-arranged call.
How can gaming creators use Personalized Videos, tips, goals, and brand inquiries?
Gaming creators can run four more Brillay offers alongside coaching: Personalized Videos for a client's ranked push or tournament run, Goals for gear, Tips for one-time appreciation, and Brand Collaboration Inquiries for brand pitches. Each is a distinct offer type on the same page, priced and toggled independently of your coaching offers.
Personalized Videos is its own toggle rather than an extra tier: you name the option, set the price, and set how long you take, and you can rename or re-price it later without touching your coaching offers.
Gaming coaches can also set specific, equipment-related goals, such as a capture card, stream PC upgrade, coaching microphone, or tournament entry costs. A Goal lets supporters contribute cash toward the creator’s stated goal, with nothing to ship to the client.
Tips let a supporter send a one-time amount to show appreciation, with nothing to deliver or reply in return, such as after a clutch clip or rank-up post. When a peripherals brand or game publisher wants to propose a sponsorship, Brand Collaboration Inquiries collects that pitch in a separate brand inbox from player coaching requests.
What changes when you turn paid coaching on?
The subject of the coaching does not change: clients still ask about the same ranks, settings, clips, and recurring mistakes. What changes is the container — a quick written question becomes a Paid Question, and a footage-based request becomes a custom request with a defined deliverable, price, and delivery time window.
None of it has to be argued in a DM first: the price, what you need from the player, and how long you take are on the listing before anyone orders, so a VOD review lands already defined and already paid.
A Brillay creator must connect a Stripe account before any payout can be sent to their bank. For the full model behind all six offer types, see what paid follower interaction means.
Unlike a general coaching marketplace, Brillay is your own page to place in your bio, where clients submit a question or service request as guests instead of searching a marketplace for your listing.
When is Brillay the wrong tool for a gaming coach?
Brillay fits coaching delivered as a written answer or defined deliverable on your own time rather than as a scheduled live session. It has no built-in scheduling, no screen-share or voice-call room, no marketplace search that sends new students to you, and no recurring subscription tier — it is one link you promote yourself, with asynchronous offers behind it.
If you want students to book an hour on your calendar, a marketplace built for that is the better home: Metafy instructs coaches to sync a Google Calendar and set weekly availability before accepting lesson bookings, and charges 12% + $1.79 per transaction on its free Core plan.
If you want discovery rather than a link you promote, Fiverr's game-coaching category puts your gig in front of search traffic, at the cost of a 20% commission — freelancers receive 80% of the client's cleared payment, after a 14-day clearing period.
If you want recurring monthly income from an audience rather than per-request payments, channel subscriptions are the closer model, and Twitch gates those behind Affiliate status plus a $50 minimum payout balance on a Net-15 schedule.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to be a pro player or certified coach to charge for VOD reviews on Brillay?
No. There is nothing to apply for on Brillay and no minimum follower count to start charging, unlike Twitch's Affiliate Program, whose stated requirements are 25 followers, 4 hours streamed, streams on 4 different days, and an average of 3 viewers. You should still describe your experience accurately and offer only the games and review types you are equipped to assess.
Can a client attach a match clip to a Paid Question?
No. A Brillay Paid Question is one typed client question and one written creator reply, with zero live calls required. If you need to watch footage, create a custom request: clients can attach files with the request, and you can deliver a written note plus up to 5 files.
Can I promise that a client will rank up after paying for coaching?
No. Describe the deliverable you control—such as a VOD review, settings audit, or written training plan—rather than guaranteeing a competitive result you cannot control. State what the client will receive, the response format, and the delivery time clearly.
What does Brillay take from a paid question or service?
No monthly fee, you only pay a small platform fee when you get paid. 8% platform fee when a follower pays for work, 5% platform fee on tips and goals. Card processing is separate. That processing cost is Stripe's standard US rate of 2.9% + 30¢ per successful transaction, and payouts reach your bank account after you connect Stripe.
How fast do I have to deliver a paid VOD review?
You choose the delivery time, up to the platform ceiling: a Brillay custom request delivery window can be up to five days. Set a window you can hit around your streaming and editing schedule, and decline any request that falls outside the offer you described.
Ready to put a price on the coaching you're already giving away? Create your free Brillay page, turn on Paid Questions for the quick fixes, and add a VOD Review custom request once you know which clips your audience actually wants reviewed.
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