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caption></figure><p id="8176">Every writer should take a moment to scroll through their list of published articles and make sure there is a star — if you want to make money. I have been writing on Medium for years and didn’t realize until recently that the star signaled the story is metered. Metered, for new writers, means eligible to earn money.</p><p id="6563">Don’t worry if the star is missing, there is an easy fix. Read and follow the simple step-by-step procedure to change an unmetered story to metered in this article, <a href="https://readmedium.com/do-this-now-know-if-a-story-is-metered-589a1df08bb6">https://readmedium.com/do-this-now-know-if-a-story-is-metered-589a1df08bb6</a></p><div id="bdae" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/do-this-now-know-if-a-story-is-metered-589a1df08bb6"> <div> <div> <h2>Do This NOW! Know if a Story is Metered</h2> <div><h3>The star tells you if you are making money — or not</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: u

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How Do I Know if My Story is Eligible to Earn Money on Medium?

The star tells you if you are making money

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See the highlighted star beside the word published? It is the signal that a story is metered. My first two articles in the picture are metered; therefore, I make money based on the number of member readers on Medium and their interactions.

The three articles with the red arrows are not metered, no star, so my articles may obtain the same amount of readers but will earn no money. Well, for me this is a no-brainer. I want to make money. So something must be done.

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Every writer should take a moment to scroll through their list of published articles and make sure there is a star — if you want to make money. I have been writing on Medium for years and didn’t realize until recently that the star signaled the story is metered. Metered, for new writers, means eligible to earn money.

Don’t worry if the star is missing, there is an easy fix. Read and follow the simple step-by-step procedure to change an unmetered story to metered in this article, https://readmedium.com/do-this-now-know-if-a-story-is-metered-589a1df08bb6

Follow Strategies for Writing, a new space for writers. A series of posts in a question — answer format support writers with inspiration and responses to those question you’ve always wondered about.

Posts require only 2–4 minutes to read so writers have time to write. Visit often!

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