Hey, this is Dustin from Streamlabs.
Today, we’re going to show you how to use
the Sub Goal overlay to help monetize your
stream and show your community how their support
is helping your stream.
The Sub Goal overlay is like the Donation
Goal overlay, but for paid subscriptions,
rather than donations.
Another note, but subscriptions in this case
refer to Twitch and Mixer subscriptions, which
are a way for streamers to monetize and provide
perks like emotes.
These are different than YouTube subscriptions,
which are more like Followers on Twitch and
Mixer.
If you’re a YouTube streamer, be sure to
follow along with the Member Goal section,
as this is more similar to Twitch and Mixer
subscriptions.
The Sub Goal overlay is especially popular
for streamers that want to track their progress
on how many subscriber supporters they have.
To set up a Sub Goal overlay, make sure you’ve
downloaded Streamlabs OBS or are logged into
Streamlabs.com.
Once you’re in your Dashboard, on the left
sidebar navigation, look under the Widgets
section and then under Goals to find the Sub
Goal section.
This has two sections: Manage Goal and Settings.
Under the Manage Goal tab, you’ll find the
most important aspects of the Sub Goal overlay.
For Title, you can name it what you’d like,
but we’ll just say “Monthly Sub Goal”
for this field
For Goal Amount, this is where you’ll set
the exact amount you want to set for your
goal.
Let’s say we want 100 subs for this month,
so we can put 100 into this field.
On Starting Amount, you can set an amount
of subs you may already have for the month,
and then any new subs will be added to this
number.
Since we don’t have any subs for this month,
we’ll keep it at 0.
End After is when we would like this sub goal
to end.
For this example, we’ll have it run to the
end of February, so we’ll put in 02/28/2019.
For Goal Type, this is something that’s
specifically for Twitch streamers, as each
subscriber to your channel counts for a certain
number of points.
1 point for Tier 1 subs, 2 points for Tier
2 subs, and 6 points for Tier 3 subs.
We’ll just keep it on Subscriber Goal for
now.
Now that everything is set, we can click on
Start Sub Goal.
Additionally, we have the Settings tab.
All of these settings are purely for the look
of the Sub Goal overlay, so feel free to play
around with some of the different options
available.
If you or someone you know has knowledge of
HTML, CSS, and Javascript, you can Enable
Custom HTML/CSS with the radio buttons, but
we’ll keep this Disabled for now.
Now that everything is all set, we can go
to the top and click on the Copy button to
copy the Sub Goal overlay url.
From here, if you’re using Streamlabs OBS,
you can go to the top left and click on the
Editor tab, then by the Sources section, you
can click the + sign to add a new source.
For Streamlabs OBS users, you can click on
Sub Goal, then click Add New Source.
Name it what you’d like, then click Add
New Source again, then click Done.
Alternatively, if you still have the Sub Goal
overlay url copied, you can add a new Browser
Source and paste in the url.
Once your Sub Goal overlay is added to your
Scene, you can place it wherever you’d like.
Now your Sub Goal overlay is all set.
When viewers subscribe to your channel, the
new subs will be added to your Sub Goal overlay.
Be sure to download Streamlabs OBS by visiting
Streamlabs.com and hop into our Discord server
at Discord.gg/stream for live community support.
Check out the links in the description below.
