How to Set Up Paid Questions for a Tarot or Astrology Audience

To set up a Paid Question for a tarot or astrology audience, pick one narrow, text-only prompt (a single card pull or one placement check), then set a price and a reply time in your Brillay dashboard — those are the only two settings. Write a short scope line so followers know exactly what to type before they pay. 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.

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. See Brillay pricing for the full breakdown. This is a setup guide, not an acquisition strategy — for where a first paying client typically comes from, see how to get your first paying tarot or astrology client online. If you are fielding these requests in Instagram DMs today, how to set up paid questions on Instagram covers routing that traffic to a priced listing instead. One bio link that carries every offer: followers pay you as guests by card, at prices you set, whatever format the request takes.

How do you set up a paid question step by step?

Setting up a paid tarot or astrology question takes five steps in the Brillay dashboard: open Customize Creator Page, open the Paid Questions block, write the Title and Description, set Price per question and Reply time, then save and view the live page. You write the Title and Description, then set the Price per question and Reply time (Brillay Paid Questions).

1. Open the block. In your Brillay dashboard, go to Customize Creator Page and open the Paid Questions block. Brillay applies no follower minimum and no application step before a creator can publish a paid question (Brillay how it works).
2. Write the Title and Description. These two text fields are what a stranger reads on your page. A worked example: Title — "One-card pull, one question." Description — "Type your question in one or two sentences. I pull one card and explain what it means for your situation."
3. Set Price per question. Brillay's Paid Questions feature page gives $5–$15 per reply as an example range and notes that detailed responses can have a higher price. A worked example for a one-card pull: $20, the bottom of the band the pricing section below suggests testing.
4. Set Reply time. The Reply time control is two dropdowns — an amount and a unit — offering 1 to 24 Hours or 1 to 5 Days, so the shortest selectable window is 1 hour and the longest is 5 days. A worked example: 2 Days (48 hours is chosen as 2 Days, not typed as 48 Hours).
5. Save, publish, and check. Press Save changes, confirm the block header shows ● Active rather than ○ Hidden, then use View on page ↗ to read the listing exactly as a stranger will.

Followers pay upfront as guests, no follower account needed, and you send one written reply within the window you set. You can decline a request if it falls outside your scope.

What can a follower actually send with a Paid Question?

A follower can send typed text only. With a Brillay Paid Question, a follower sends a written question and you reply privately. A request needing an image or a recording belongs in a different offer.

If most of your card pulls happen on TikTok, see how to set up paid questions on TikTok for pointing viewers from a video to that same listing. A link in your TikTok bio that works from your first follower: no threshold to clear, payouts open to creators in 41 countries, and the follower pays you directly for a question, a commission, a video, a tip or a goal.

Thirty percent of U.S. adults say they consult astrology (or a horoscope), tarot cards, or a fortune teller at least once a year, according to a Pew Research Center survey of 9,593 U.S. adults fielded October 21–27, 2024 (Pew Research Center, 30% of Americans Consult Astrology, Tarot Cards or Fortune Tellers).

Eleven percent of U.S. adults say they consult tarot cards at least annually, and 28% say they consult astrology or a horoscope at least once or twice a year, per Pew Research Center's fall 2024 survey of 9,593 U.S. adults (Pew Research Center). Those two audiences are different sizes, so write a tarot-specific Title and an astrology-specific Title rather than one generic "ask me anything" listing.

Anything that requires you to see an image (a physical spread the follower already pulled) or to hear something (the follower's own recorded question) does not fit a Paid Question and belongs in a custom request instead.

What fields do you configure for a Paid Question?

You configure four public fields for a Paid Question: Title, Description, Price per question, and Reply time.

Enter a price you are comfortable answering at volume, and choose a reply time you can consistently hit.

"The Psychic Services industry in the United States is highly fragmented with no companies holding a market share greater than 5%." — IBISWorld, Psychic Services in the US Industry Analysis (IBISWorld)

The U.S. psychic services market is worth $2.3 billion in 2026, according to IBISWorld's Psychic Services in the US industry report. IBISWorld counts 103,340 psychic services businesses in the United States as of 2025, up 2.1% from 2024 (IBISWorld, Psychic Services in the US — Number of Businesses). With no operator above a 5% share in that market, a new reader has no dominant incumbent's booking flow to match before taking a first paid question — a two-field listing is enough to start.

How do you write a prompt that sets clear boundaries?

Write the listing so a stranger knows the exact scope before paying: one card, one placement, or one short question — never an open invitation to ask anything. A narrow prompt lets the follower picture the deliverable at checkout and is far easier to answer inside the reply window you published, which is the only public promise the offer makes.

Examples that work well as a single Paid Question:

• "One card, one question — what does this mean for your situation right now?"
• "Quick placement check — is a transit or retrograde actually relevant to this?"
• "One-line yes/no pull with a short explanation of the card."

Pew Research Center's fall 2024 survey found that most people who use these practices are after entertainment rather than a life-altering verdict:

"Most who use astrology (or a horoscope), tarot cards or a fortune teller say they do so just for fun rather than for insights about life." — Pew Research Center, 30% of Americans Consult Astrology, Tarot Cards or Fortune Tellers, May 21, 2025

Just 1% of U.S. adults say they rely "a lot" on what they learn from astrology, tarot cards, or fortune tellers when making major life decisions, with another 5% relying on it "a little," per Pew Research Center's survey of 9,593 U.S. adults conducted October 21–27, 2024 (Pew Research Center). Because so few buyers treat a reading as decision-grade advice, a Description promising one card and one short explanation matches demand better than one promising life guidance.

Avoid open-ended wording like "ask me anything about your chart," because open-ended wording invites requests that cannot fit into one text reply and makes the Reply time you set harder to hold.

What should an astrology follower type instead of sending a chart image?

Ask for the specific details you need up front in the Description, so the first message a stranger sends is already usable.

A workable Description reads: "Type your birth date, time (if known), and city — I'll answer one specific placement or transit question based on that."

Forty-three percent of U.S. women ages 18 to 49 say they believe in astrology, compared with 27% of U.S. adults overall and 18% of U.S. men, per Pew Research Center's fall 2024 survey of 9,593 U.S. adults (Pew Research Center). Writing the Description in plain language for a believing, non-specialist reader — rather than in chart jargon — matches that buyer profile.

Forty-six percent of U.S. women ages 18 to 49 say they consult astrology or a horoscope at least once a year, against 28% of U.S. adults overall, according to Pew Research Center's October 2024 survey. An astrology listing therefore deserves its own Title and its own birth-data instructions rather than being folded into a tarot listing.

If a follower may not know their exact birth time, say so in the Description rather than discovering it mid-thread — for example, noting that time-dependent placement questions may need to be rephrased as a general sign-level question. Setting that expectation up front avoids a back-and-forth that eats into the reply window. A full natal chart breakdown is a different scope entirely and belongs in Custom Work rather than Paid Questions.

How much should a single paid question cost?

Price a single question below a full reading, because both the scope and the time are smaller. Brillay's Paid Questions feature page gives $5–$15 for a reply as an example range and notes that detailed responses can have a higher price. For a one-card or one-placement question, test a price around $20–$35, then adjust it for the time and detail your written answer requires.

That $20–$35 band is this article's own recommendation, not a market benchmark, a survey finding, or an earnings claim; the only externally sourced pricing figure on this page is Brillay's own $5–$15 example range. The right number inside that band depends on how long a genuine answer takes you.

Six percent of U.S. adults report consulting astrology, tarot cards, or fortune tellers at least weekly, and 14% do so at least monthly, per Pew Research Center's fall 2024 survey of 9,593 U.S. adults (Pew Research Center). Repeat demand is therefore far thinner than the 30% annual figure suggests, so price a one-off answer at a level worth writing for rather than pricing low on the assumption of a returning subscriber.

Nearly a quarter of Americans ages 18 to 29 consult tarot cards at least annually, compared with 6% of Americans ages 50 to 64 and 3% of those 65 and older, per Pew Research Center's fall 2024 survey. A tarot listing priced for a young, casual buyer is the realistic starting case, which argues for the low end of the band on your first listing.

Brillay's own fee is the platform fee described above; what follows here is Stripe's separate card-processing cost, which varies by market and card type. Card processing is separate: Stripe lists 2.9% + 30¢ per successful card charge for United States online payments, plus 1.5% for international cards and a further 1% when currency conversion is required (Stripe pricing).

For a deeper pricing framework beyond the initial setup, see how much to charge for a tarot reading or how much to charge for an astrology reading.

What if a request needs more than a text answer?

Custom Work lets followers attach files at checkout, and you deliver a written note plus files at the price and delivery time set for each service.

A delivery through Brillay Custom Work includes a written note plus up to 5 files — video, audio, images, PDF, Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, with video and audio up to 20 minutes — and can include a private link for anything larger. That 5-file ceiling is the practical dividing line: a single typed answer stays a Paid Question, while a multi-part chart reading with a recording belongs in a service.

How do you pick a reply time you can actually hit?

Choose a reply time from a real schedule, not an aspirational one, because followers see the reply window you set. Brillay's Reply time control offers 1 to 24 Hours or 1 to 5 Days as dropdown choices, so 48 hours is selected as 2 Days rather than typed as a free number.

Start conservative: if you can typically answer within a day, choose 2 Days instead of promising a same-day reply you cannot sustain during a busy week. A window you consistently meet builds more trust than a fast one you occasionally miss.

Twenty percent of U.S. adults say they consult astrology, tarot cards, or a fortune teller mostly "just for fun," while 10% do so mostly because they believe the practices give helpful insights, per Pew Research Center's fall 2024 survey of 9,593 U.S. adults (Pew Research Center). A buyer in it for fun rarely walks away over a next-day reply, so a 1–2 day setting is a safer first choice than a same-day promise.

Twenty-nine percent of LGBT U.S. adults say they consult fortune tellers, tarot cards, or horoscopes to obtain helpful insights — the highest share of any demographic subgroup Pew Research Center analysed in its fall 2024 survey, against 10% of U.S. adults overall (Pew Research Center). Part of your audience genuinely wants a considered answer, so budget real writing time per reply when you pick the Reply time value.

Once your price, reply time, and prompt wording are set, there is no calendar to sync and no DM back-and-forth before payment. If you are still building out the rest of your page, the tarot reader and astrologer setup guides cover the full offer mix beyond a single Paid Question.

Frequently asked questions

How much should I charge for one written answer? What should I do when people keep asking for free readings in my DMs? How can I keep the scope to one card or placement? How long can I take to answer? What happens if a question is outside my scope? The sections above cover those. The questions below are the ones that come up right before you press Save — certification, what a follower can attach, reply times, how this guide differs from the acquisition guide, and what Brillay charges to publish the listing.

Do I need a certification to set up paid tarot or astrology questions?

No. Brillay has no follower minimum and nothing to apply for; creators can publish Paid Questions with no certification, credential upload, or approval. Local advertising, consumer-protection, and professional-service rules still vary by jurisdiction, so describe your background and methods accurately and check local requirements if you are unsure.

Can I let followers attach a photo of their spread or a voice question?

No. For a request that needs a photo, an audio recording, or a longer deliverable, Custom Work accepts attached files from the follower at checkout.

Can I set how many follow-up messages are included?

No. A Paid Question is one written question in and one written reply out; Title, Description, Price per question and Reply time are the whole listing, and there is nothing else to configure.

What reply times can I choose?

The Reply time control is two dropdowns — an amount and a unit — offering 1 to 24 Hours or 1 to 5 Days, so the shortest selectable window is 1 hour and the longest is 5 days.

How is this different from the general acquisition guide for tarot and astrology creators?

For the broader question of where a first paying client typically comes from (comments, repeat DM senders, small communities), see how to get your first paying tarot or astrology client online.

What does Brillay charge to set this up?

Nothing — publishing the listing costs nothing. Brillay only takes its cut on orders that actually get paid, at the rate set out in the pricing breakdown linked above; Stripe's card-processing cost is a separate line — 2.9% + 30¢ per successful U.S. card charge, with an extra 1.5% for international cards and a further 1% when currency conversion is required.

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