What is Bigo and How Can I Make Money On It?

You’ve seen TikTok, your teenage relatives are obsessed with Twitch, but what is this new app, Bigo?

Bigo is a Singapore-based streaming entertaining app, where users stream for hours a day from their smartphones. They can stream any talent they wish to showcase — comedy, singing, DJing, or even just talking. Viewers can pay their favorite streamers in the form of gifts which are then converted to in-app currency.

The currency system of Bigo is purposefully nebulous — users spend their real dollars, or other local currency, to…