Generate Revenue on Ning

You’ve seen our plans. What are your plans? Try these easy ways to make money — or simply cover your costs.

Open your own storefront with CafePress

You add the App. They make the stuff. You get 10%.

  • Effortlessly sell merchandise branded with your logo and other fun designs from your Ning Network
  • A great way for your members to show their support — and wear it proudly

After setting up their CafePress Shop, Duke City Fix sold more than 40 items in less than three weeks. Read their story

Collect Donations

Raise money from your members for your cause, for your campaign, or to cover the cost of your Ning Network. Funds are deposited directly into your PayPal account.

Suggest a donation amount and start collecting. It’s that easy.

+ Install App

Open a free ChipIn account, set a goal, and watch this widget go.

+ Get Widget

Pay-to-Play Games

Harness the power of fun with hundreds of social games for your members.

Earn 10% of all revenue from premium game purchases.

+ Install App

Run Your Own Advertising

If you haven’t started running your own ads, it’s one of the easiest ways to generate real revenue on Ning.

  • 1.
    Sell sponsorshipsIs your Ning Network “Sponsored By” a business or organization? One $20 sponsorship ad could pay for a Ning Mini subscription for a whole year.
  • 2.
    Do it yourselfFeeling entrepreneurial? You’ll get the best results by selling your own ad space. It takes a little legwork, but the payoff will be worth it.
  • 3.
    Run Google adsGoogle’s revolutionary text-based ads reach nearly everyone on the Internet. They supply the AdSense code; you insert it into a Text Box. Copy, paste, earn.
  • 4.
    Explore other ad networksAdditional ad networks have grown up alongside Google to offer more diversity in the kinds of ads they offer Yahoo Publisher, OpenX, and AdBrite all work well with Ning Networks.
MyModernMet has been able to secure deals with top-tier ad networks and achieve CPMs as high as $12-15 by generating traffic to their high quality content. Read about their approach
By asking members to give as little as 20 cents each, Outsider Writers earned enough in 10 days to cover a yearly Ning Plus subscription. How they did it