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Can Your Older Stories Earn Money?
Yes, they can
Do you make money from your older stories? Do you even notice if they do? For a long time I felt that if my older posts did sometimes get attention, the money wouldn’t amount to much.
I was wrong. For the past month I have been tracking this and have been surprised at what I’ve learned. My older posts earn much more than I thought they would.
I think the reason I dismissed them is that individually they don’t earn much — a penny, four pennies, even at a dollar, I thought “So what?”
But when there are a hundred small amounts, they start to add up.
Let’s look at the big picture first. From May 1st, 2021 through May 28th, 40% of my earnings came from stories older than thirty days. I did not expect that.
One of the stories older than 30 days is a previously boosted story. That was responsible for 8.6% of earnings by itself. Even if you ignore that, approximately 31% was from stories over 30 days old.
On the other hand, a non-boosted story from just a week ago also claims 8.6% of total earnings. If that hadn’t contributed so much, the older stories would represent a higher percentage.
