How does Discord make money?

Discord Nitro is an enhanced subscription-based platform experience that gives users the opportunity to:

• Choose their own tags

• Upload GIFs for their animated avatars

• Improve their live streams and video quality

• Access other perks

Discord charges users of Discord Nitro $9.99 per month for a monthly plan or $99 per year for an annual plan.

• Commissions from video games sold by developers on its platform

Discord enables video game developers to sell their games on the Discord server. To do this video game developers must pay a small fee that unlocks the option on their server. Discord then charges a 10% commission rate on any sale of a developer's video game.

• Discord merchandise

Discord has a merch store open to its users where they can purchase various discord-related products, such as apparel.

• Partnerships

Discord partners with a number of other businesses which also results in mutual profit generation.

• Investments

While this isn't a business model, Discord has had a number of different investors from venture capitalist firms, such as Greylock, Index, Benchmark, and others. The company has raised $279 million from venture capital funding.