If you’re a netizen and you spend huge amounts of time camping on X and IG, you likely have seen the drama around streaming farms among music fans accusing one fandom or the other of using bots to rack up streaming numbers.
But what exactly is a streaming farm? Simply put, it’s a shady operation where bots, fake accounts, and other sneaky tactics are used to inflate music streaming numbers artificially. We’re talking millions of fake streams, raking in thousands of dollars in royalties. Welcome to the wild, wild west of surviving DSP.
If you’re looking to get into it, we have seven sure-fire steps below:
Buy a plot of land in Ikorodu
To set up a streaming farm, the first thing you need is space to set up a shop and store your devices. So, if you have free land, now is the time to build a structure on it. If you don’t have that, consider buying or leasing one at Ikorodu.
Buy many Buy-1-Get 5-free SIM cards in traffic
You need many SIM cards for your multiple phones to stream songs and share a hotspot with the laptops. Suggesting an efficient internet provider in Nigeria is hard, but go with what works for you.
Pay a trip to Alaba
The most essential tools you need for your streaming farm hustle are phones and laptops because they stream your clients’ songs. Get many for cheap at Alaba International. They can never be too many.
Buy unlimited data plans
I’m sorry, but ₦600 for 2.5 gigabytes of data can’t sustain a streaming farm. You need unlimited data. Stick with the networks in Nigeria if you don’t have Starlink money.
Invest in good jazz
You need a strong connection to reroute the IP of your streaming devices to residential addresses outside the original location to rake up streams from other places. Even the most premium VPI can’t stand beside a very good jazz. Argue with your tech bros.
Employ your jobless friends
You need people to oversee the operations. Who else fits this, if not your less-busy discreet friends or relatives?
Refuse to trust NEPA
If you put all your hope in NEPA, you can’t have a booming streaming farm. Instead, invest in solar or be ready to splurge on fuel or diesel.
