How to enroll in the Medium Partner Program
There are five criteria you need to meet to join
The Medium Partner Program is how we pay writers for their stories. When you publish a story on Medium, you can choose to put it behind the paywall like this:
When you paywall a story, only a paying Medium Member can read it. When a paying Medium Member reads your story, you earn some money for that story.
If you’re interested in applying, there are five criteria that you’ll have to meet.
Prefer watching? Here’s a three-minute video about joining the Medium Partner Program:
5 criteria for joining the Medium Partner Program
First of all, you have to be a Medium Member yourself. As a Medium Member, you get to read unlimited stories, both paywalled and not paywalled, all across Medium. It also means that you get to paywall your stories.
Second, you need to have published a story in the last six months.
Third, you have to be located in an eligible country. Last year, we expanded the number of countries we can support, so if you’re worried that your country might not be allowed, I encourage you to double-check.
Here’s the blog post where we talk about the expansion:
And here’s the full list of countries that we support in the Medium Partner Program.
Fourth, you have to be over the age of 18.
And fifth, you have to agree to the Medium Partner Program Terms & Conditions.
How to enroll in the Medium Partner Program
Head on over to https://medium.com/partner-program. From there, select Apply Now.
You’ll select your country, hit next, and you’ll run into this onboarding wizard that takes you through those five criteria I mentioned above.
Once you’ve completed those steps, you’re officially enrolled in the Medium Partner Program and can earn money for your writing on Medium.
You will have to create and connect your Stripe account to get your payouts, and you’ll also need to submit some tax documentation. Here are two support articles that walk you through those areas:
And of course, if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to raise a support ticket with the support team, who will help you get on your feet.
Now that you’re enrolled, you’ll be able to access your Medium Partner Program dashboard and see exactly how much money you’re earning from your stories.
If you have any questions, let me know in the responses below!
