What is Quora? And How You Can Earn Money by Using Quora?

Quora — a complete guide — to earn money.

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What is Quora? How does it work? How can you make money by using Quora? How to sign up for Quora? How to use Quora? What are the terms and conditions of Quora for earning money, etc.? All these queries are answered in this article.

1. What Is Quora?

The way this article starts with questions and ends with answers, Quora works in the same way.

• You ask a question, and someone answers it. Or you answer someone’s question.

Quora: Qu=Question | Or=Or | A=Answer

Unlike other writing platforms, Quora is a simple question-and-answer platform where you can ask questions as well as answer the questions of others. These questions are answered by people who are experts on a particular topic. Similarly, if you are an expert on a particular question, you can answer that question.

Let’s say I asked a question: What is Quora? Someone's experience in this topic will answer it.

2. How To Sign Up on Quora?

You can sign up for Quora by using your Gmail and Facebook accounts. When you search for Quora in the Google Search Engine, you will see Quora’s official website, usually at the top of the list. After you have clicked on the website, you will see the Sign In and Sign Up options. If you are already a Quora user, you can simply sign in, and if you are not, you can sign up by using your Gmail or Facebook.

3. Set Your Profile/Add Credentials:

After the successful sign-up, you will see your Quora profile. It is very important to set your credentials to tell people that you are an authentic, expert, and eligible person to use Quora. Credentials include:

3.1. Name:

Add your official name or business name. It’s up to you how you want to set your profile. If you want to set it as blogging with a particular blog name, you can add it. For example, I set my profile with my official name. I don’t use a blog name for the profile. I suggest you set a profile with your name because you will have another option for a blog. I will explain it in this article in the coming section.

3.2. Work details:

Add your work experience. It is again up to you how you want to set it. If you are multi-professional, you can add all your professions, or you can add one which is the most relevant to your niche.

3.3. Education:

Add your education or diplomas. In the education section, you can add your skill as well. Because it will help people to find you based on your expertise.

3.4. Add location:

You can add your home location, your workplace location, or simply add your country only.

Adding credentials is optional. You can add your details, or you can skip it. I will suggest you add your credentials because it will make your profile attractive to people. And it will help you to grow your audience.

Author’s Quora Profile

4. What is Quora space?

A Quora space is the main source of earnings. You can say it is a blog. The thing you should know is that the profile is different, and space is a different thing. For example, we have accounts and publications on Medium side by side. In the same way, a Quora profile and a Space are different things. It is a must to create a space to monetise your account for earnings. You have to add space credentials separately.

Quora Space Created Only to Explain You

4.1. Monetisation:

On the right side of your profile, you will see a monetisation option — click on it, create space and enable all earning programmes. It is as simple as I write here.

Screenshot by Author from Quora

4.2. Earning sources:

Based on views and engagement on your content, you may get ads on your post/content. These ads are the primary source to earn money from Quora. Quora doesn’t pay you from its own pockets. So be very clear about the earning sources.

The main earning sources on Quora are as follows:

• Ads: As I explained before. You may get ads on your post based on traffic.
• Subscription: Subscription is another way to earn money on Quora. You will see the subscription option during the process of monetisation, as described in the previous section. You can set a subscription fee for your space. People who subscribe to you will pay a particular fee for the subscription to get full access to your space content.
• By advertising your website: The third way to earn on Quora is to advertise your blog or website. Quora is an enormous source to send traffic to your website or blogs. If you have your website, you can share your article’s links on Quora to engage more traffic on your website. For example, you can share your Medium article link on Quora as well.

5. Is it difficult to get views on Quora?

Based on my experience, it is not difficult to get views on Quora. You will start getting views soon after you have posted a question or answer. However, it is somewhat difficult to get views in a Quora Space. I got 41k views on my first post on Quora.

Note: I’m not working on it now.

My first Question on Quora

6. How many views are required to get ads on the post?

There is no exact answer to this question. It varies from person to person. Some people earn after getting 6k views — some people earn after getting 1m views. The exact structure of views and earnings is not known. However, you can get an idea from the experience of people who work on Quora. For this purpose, you can check the answers of the people under the question ‘‘How Much Can One Earn On Quora Per Month?’’ You will see a variety in their answer. Not all people earn the same amount of money. On average, it is 500$ to 1000$ per month.

7. Final Thought:

Quora is the finest platform to earn money online. However, there is a competition on Quora as well. But if you are consistent in your work, you can achieve your goal in a small time. Not much effort is required, but consistency is.

It is easy to build your blog or portfolio on Quora as compared to other platforms. If you cannot spend much time on Quora, only give an hour or half an hour daily. Patience, hard work, and consistency are must required in every profession, skill, goal, or passion.

Nothing happens in a day or a night. If you are getting an opportunity to achieve your goal, investing a small amount of time in it is not a big deal. I hope this article is helpful to you. If you have any questions, you can ask in the comments section.

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