<p>Audio-chat app Clubhouse said on Monday it will launch a monetization feature for its creators on the platform and that it will not receive any payment from it.</p>.<p>Starting Monday, all users will be able to send payments through the platform, Clubhouse said. The feature to receive payments will initially be available only to a small test group, and later rolled out to other customers.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/technology/clubhouse-a-sandbox-for-talking-influencers-963720.html" target="_blank">Clubhouse a sandbox for talking 'influencers'</a></strong></p>.<p>Users can send payment to Clubhouse creators who have the feature enabled, by tapping a 'Send Money' option. The audio-based social network company said a small card processing fee will be charged by its payment processing partner, Stripe.</p>.<p>The San Francisco-based company, whose app lets people gather in audio chatrooms to discuss different topics, requires newcomers to be invited by existing users before they can join.</p>.<p>The app saw its global user numbers soar after Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk and Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev held a surprise discussion on the platform.</p>.<p>In the year since it started, Clubhouse has faced criticism over reports of misogyny, anti-Semitism and Covid-19 misinformation on the platform despite rules against racism, hate speech, abuse and false information.</p>
<p>Audio-chat app Clubhouse said on Monday it will launch a monetization feature for its creators on the platform and that it will not receive any payment from it.</p>.<p>Starting Monday, all users will be able to send payments through the platform, Clubhouse said. The feature to receive payments will initially be available only to a small test group, and later rolled out to other customers.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/technology/clubhouse-a-sandbox-for-talking-influencers-963720.html" target="_blank">Clubhouse a sandbox for talking 'influencers'</a></strong></p>.<p>Users can send payment to Clubhouse creators who have the feature enabled, by tapping a 'Send Money' option. The audio-based social network company said a small card processing fee will be charged by its payment processing partner, Stripe.</p>.<p>The San Francisco-based company, whose app lets people gather in audio chatrooms to discuss different topics, requires newcomers to be invited by existing users before they can join.</p>.<p>The app saw its global user numbers soar after Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk and Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev held a surprise discussion on the platform.</p>.<p>In the year since it started, Clubhouse has faced criticism over reports of misogyny, anti-Semitism and Covid-19 misinformation on the platform despite rules against racism, hate speech, abuse and false information.</p>