How to Earn Money Using Brave Browser
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Brave, a chrome-based browser with an ad-free browsing experience, now pays users to watch ads. That's right - the ad-blocking browser is now running ads, but with caution as we are used to.
Although Brave uses the same technology and looks like Google Chrome, Brave does not share problematic data tracking with his distant relative. Brave has been removed from all data collection processes and is actively blocking activity tracking that many ads and websites use to collect user data. Brave's new ad model maintains this level of user privacy, but also seeks to "fix the web and its funding model."
Ads are annoying and data tracking is alarming, but most of the websites we visit on a daily basis generate advertising revenue, and blocking these ads makes them difficult. A bold solution? Pay to watch ads and share money with your favorite sites.
BAT is not currently available in local currency conversion, but Brave will add this option in the near future. In the meantime, BAT technology can be used to purchase gift certificates and vouchers from online stores, hotels and restaurants.
All ad information is stored locally and is never shared with advertisers or the domains you visit (though you can share the revenue you generate with the websites you visit frequently).
Best of all, Brave still offers you ad-free browsing; Instead of showing Braven ads on webpages, they appear instead as desktop notifications (a feature currently only available on Brave desktop versions, but designed in the future for iOS and Android).
The Brave Rewards tab shows you the BAT currency you earned and other information. You can also change different settings related to the advertising experience. Here is an explanation of the most important options:
Although Brave uses the same technology and looks like Google Chrome, Brave does not share problematic data tracking with his distant relative. Brave has been removed from all data collection processes and is actively blocking activity tracking that many ads and websites use to collect user data. Brave's new ad model maintains this level of user privacy, but also seeks to "fix the web and its funding model."
Ads are annoying and data tracking is alarming, but most of the websites we visit on a daily basis generate advertising revenue, and blocking these ads makes them difficult. A bold solution? Pay to watch ads and share money with your favorite sites.
How the Brave Rewards ad template works
Brave creates ad lists and uses machine learning to tailor your advertising experience based on what ads you view and interact with. This avoids mediation between advertisers and users. The template is fully opt-in, which means that these ads will be disabled by default. The ads you watch are converted to Brave Cryptocurrency, the Basic Attention Tokens (BATs) that are paid to your Brave Wallet each month. Users get 70% of the revenue they cut, and the bold and the advertiser share the rest.BAT is not currently available in local currency conversion, but Brave will add this option in the near future. In the meantime, BAT technology can be used to purchase gift certificates and vouchers from online stores, hotels and restaurants.
All ad information is stored locally and is never shared with advertisers or the domains you visit (though you can share the revenue you generate with the websites you visit frequently).
Best of all, Brave still offers you ad-free browsing; Instead of showing Braven ads on webpages, they appear instead as desktop notifications (a feature currently only available on Brave desktop versions, but designed in the future for iOS and Android).
How to enable and customize Brave Rewards
- Download and install the latest version of Brave.
- Open a new Brave browser window.
- You can enable Brave Awards the first time you launch your browser. On the Home screen, click the installation cards. The last card contains an explanation of the ad template and participation settings.
- You can also enable, disable, and customize Brave Rewards in your browser settings. You can find these by clicking the menu icon in the upper right corner of your browser and then clicking the Brave Rewards tab in the Settings menu. Alternatively, you can type "bold: // options /" into the URL bar to go directly to the menu.
The Brave Rewards tab shows you the BAT currency you earned and other information. You can also change different settings related to the advertising experience. Here is an explanation of the most important options:
- Enable Brave Rewards: This will enable and disable all Brave Rewards settings, including creatives, BAT creation, and auto-insertion.
- Enable ads: Enable or disable notifications. If you don't have it, you will not earn the best available technology from your ads. There are other ways to earn the best available technology, including the free offers Brave often offers or adding to your wallet from your own bank account.
- Ads Preferences: This option allows users to set the number of ads you see per hour from 1 to 5 (default is two). More ads viewed means BAT produces more.
- Automatic participation: These settings allow users to share the BAT ad revenue they generate on their site visits - the idea being to pay them directly instead of participating in their ad template. You can set an amount in your wallet to be given to the websites you are browsing. There is a submenu where you can determine how long a site can be and how many visits it takes before your site receives your response.
