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Paid online events expand to more countries and markets

Facebook’s feature for hosting paid online events expands to 24 additional countries. An expansion of the subscription feature is also underway.

Stacey McLachlan March 22, 2021

To accommodate the shift of so many in-person events to virtual due to the pandemic, Facebook introduced a paid online event feature back in August. Reportedly, the tool was a smash hit, allowing content creators to earn revenue through cooking classes, live podcast recordings, make-up tutorials and more.

Now, the feature is expanding to 24 additional countries: Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Malaysia, Morocco, New Zealand, Peru, Portugal, South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, the Philippines, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.

In addition to opening up paid online events to a bigger global audience in the coming weeks, Facebook also plans to unlock its fan subscription feature to 10 more markets.

Learn more about Facebook’s paid online event feature here and its fan subscription feature here.

By Stacey McLachlan

Stacey McLachlan is an award-winning writer and editor from Vancouver with more than a decade of experience working for print and digital publications.

She is editor-at-large for Western Living and Vancouver Magazine, author of the National Magazine Award-nominated 'City Informer' column, and a regular contributor to Dwell. Her previous work covers a wide range of topics, from SEO-focused thought-leadership to profiles of mushroom foragers, but her specialties include design, people, social media strategy, and humor.

You can usually find her at the beach, or cleaning sand out of her bag.