Elon Musk mentioned on Tuesday Twitter would possibly cost a “slight” price for industrial and authorities customers, a part of the billionaire entrepreneur’s push to develop income which has lagged behind bigger rivals like Meta’s Fb.
“Twitter will at all times be free for informal customers, however perhaps a slight price for industrial/authorities customers,” Musk mentioned in a tweet. “Some income is best than none!” he wrote in one other tweet.
Twitter declined to remark when contacted by Reuters.
Final week, Reuters reported that Musk advised banks he would develop new methods to monetise tweets and crack down on government pay to slash prices on the social media platform firm.
Musk additionally advised the banks he deliberate to develop options to develop enterprise income, together with new methods to earn money out of tweets that comprise essential data or go viral, sources advised Reuters.
On the annual Met Gala in New York on Monday, Musk mentioned the attain of Twitter was at present solely “area of interest,” and he would need a a lot greater proportion of the nation to be on it.
Musk, additionally the chief government officer of prime electrical car maker Tesla, has been suggesting a raft of modifications to Twitter since final month.
In tweets which had been subsequently deleted, Musk advised modifications to Twitter Blue premium subscription service, together with slashing its value, banning promoting and giving an choice to pay within the cryptocurrency dogecoin.
After inking the deal to purchase Twitter for $44 billion (€41 billion) final week, Musk mentioned he needed to boost the platform with new options, make the algorithms open supply to extend belief, defeat spam bots, and authenticate all people.
