Zealous

Here's the thing about what gets me excited about the potential for Zealous: It's not dependent on the big platforms but it also plays well with them. I've seen @gregarious use Zealous while he's moderating a Clubhouse room, opening up new lines of questioning from the audience without queuing them up on stage. Plus, Zealous lets you own your fan data, so you won't have to worry about Facebook, Google, Amazon or other platforms harvesting information from them -- you can walk with it whenever you want. If you want to go live with your fans on your own terms and find ways to build a community outside of the big platforms, Zealous is worth looking at. Also, fun fact: Greg is the founder of the $AMA creator coin. Imagine the potential of using such currency in a Zealous environment where you can host engaging chats with your hardcore fans...everything you want from Twitch but you don't have to be a gamer.

After two years of exploring how we could be helpful to the creator economy, we are excited to finally announce Zealous. Zealous is a live community platform. It’s designed to let creators build more engaging relationships with their audience and true fans. It’s also a way for fans to support the creators they love interacting with the most. You can sign up right now at https://zealous.space What’s Zealous? Zealous is a web-based platform for creators to build their own audience on. Zealous focuses on real-time, live connections between creators and their fans. If you’re into analogies, we’re Twitch for Non-Gamers, SFW OnlyFans, or Cameo for Creators. Zealous gives every creator a base to build their audience on: - Live Home Page — this is our version of a “Link in Bio” tool, just way better. It’s designed around the basic idea that creators go live more and more and need to make sure their audience doesn’t miss a beat - Live Rooms — these are our spaces for creators and fans to interact. They can work independently like Zoom or as a companion to existing live experiences. We make it easy and possible for any fan to appear on stage with their favorite creator. Fans can also give feedback through chat and reactions in realtime. - Live Audience — this is our lightweight CRM and loyalty program. It helps creators keep track of and communicate with their loyal followers and fans. - Live Revenue — this is how creators monetize. We believe live content is far more valuable than static posts and our revenue tools give creators an easy way to build a sustainable revenue stream without ever having to pitch or sell to their audience. Who is Zealous For? Zealous works for almost any creator, but we think there are a few ideal kinds of creators: - Creators already selling something premium to fans and need to offer something extra (ex. Patreon creators, OnlyFans creators, course creators) - Creators who already go live on another platform and aren’t currently monetizing (ex. IG Live Creators, TikTok Live Creators, Snapchat Live Creators) - Creators who have been considering going live but don’t feel like Twitch or OnlyFans is the right place for them - Creators who produce serialized content where fans want to dive deeper (ex. Podcasters, Newsletter Authors) Why is it called Zealous? We believe in the power of passion and, more importantly, giving passionate people a place of their own. The internet is filled with lots of places to chat and connect with others, but only recently with the arrival of live streaming, stories, and, now, social audio are people taking that to the next level. We believe every creator has a passionate community of true fans hoping to engage in a whole new way. Zealous lets them make the space for that to happen. How It’s Going We started building this iteration of Zealous in January 2021. It’s been a rapid succession of designs, developments, and tests with creators from all walks of life. We’ve taken into account their feedback and blended that with what we think will be an amazing opportunity for our business, creator businesses, and, most importantly, the fans. We’re grateful for the clarity, overwhelmed with the mountain of things still to be done, but excited for the journey ahead. What’s Next? We want to leave some surprises for the future, but we can definitely say we’ll be maturing all of the feature areas we currently have created. We’ll be adding more real-time tools asap (everyone wanted these) and monetization tools shortly afterward (most were happy to wait for these). Zealous works on every modern browser (no downloads ever), but we know how important a great mobile experience is, so we’ll likely have one in the future. Zealous is currently free to use, but we do hope to make money sometime in the future, as well. Have more questions? Come say hi and chat with us, we're doing a live Q&A at https://community.zealous.space/... Team Zealous, Greg + Petr

@gregarious is one of the sharpest entrepreneurs I've worked with. I can't wait to try this out.

This is a fantastic tool! I'm a community builder and have been using it in beta for a little while. It's great for driving engagement with an audience. I look forward to doing a live AMA soon!

I was introduced to Zealous 3 days ago and was immediately hooked. It allows people to really connect with real humans and cultivate a community.

@gregarious has been on the inside of seeing how to engage and monetize fans via social media. So excited to see this platform become a reality!

This feels like the culmination of an entire career distilled into a beautiful product. Congrats @gregarious!