Lifestyle social commerce platform Trell has seen another wave of employee exodus as it struggles to pay creators in the country. At least 100 more employees have left the video commerce platform as several creators and influencers wait for their dues to be cleared. The Instagram community page of Trell was full of complaints from the creators who requested the company to clear their pending payments. One such affected creator wrote, "How about you clear the pending payments of your creators." Others said Trell is clearing dues of popular creators with large fan following while ignoring small influencers. A query sent to Trell went unanswered. The platform recently asked more than 300 employees to go as it had to do "some right-sizing within the firm". In April, Trell was probed by a forensic team from EY India over financial irregularities amid allegations that its founders siphoned off money. The audit firm's review last month alleged … [Read more...] about trell: Trell lost 100 more employees as the creators demanded delayed payment
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Snap introduces paid subscription service Snapchat Plus: How it works
Earlier this week, rumours of Snapchat working on bringing a subscription service were doing the rounds of the internet. Now, the social media app has finally introduced the paid subscription plan called “Snapchat Plus.” Snapchat is the third social media app after Twitter and Telegram to bring a subscription service for its users. Like the other two, Snapchat Plus also offers extra perks to subscribers than normal users for a monthly fee. First, Snapchat Plus users will get some exclusive features and be able to test out new features before anyone else. However, they would not be getting rid of ads anytime soon. The Snapchat Plus is priced at $3.99 per month (~Rs 314.94 per month). What is Snapchat Plus? In an official blog post, the company said, “Today we’re launching Snap chat+, a collection of exclusive, experimental, and pre-release features available in Snapchat for $3.99/month. This subscription will allow us to deliver new Snapchat features … [Read more...] about Snap introduces paid subscription service Snapchat Plus: How it works