Getting Started as a Creator
Quick tips on how you can get started in seconds on Lightster
Find a community to follow
Lightster has pre-built communities that gets you connecting with users in seconds. You can add additional criteria to filter results in the community's settings.
- Visit the Communities tab, and search for a community using a keyword
- Tap on each community in the list to follow them
- Tap on the Gear icon to view or update the community's criteria
Create your own community
Didn't find a community to follow? Lightster allows you to easily create your own community, with your own criteria that represents your target users.
- Tap on "Create new" in the communities tab and give it a name
- Select "Automatically add Lightsters to this list"
- Tap on the Gear icon and enter a criteria. You can search for an existing criteria based on keyboard such as "Location", "Job Title", or "Interests". You can also enter a screening question by typing the question, and tapping on "Add a new criteria". You can then enter the question and responses that you'd like to accept by tapping on the checkmark in front of each response.
View user profiles
Lightster allows you to view detailed information about each user, which includes their demographics, occupation, and their response to your screening questions, among others.
- Tap on a community to view its members
- Tap on each user to reveal a menu of ways to connect
- Tap on View Profile to view the user's detailed profile. If the user has a LinkedIn profile linked, a LinkedIn icon will show up, and you can tap on the option to view the user's profile on LinkedIn.
Connect with users
You are now setup for your first co-creation session! On Lightster, you only pay when you invite users to a session. Chatting with users is always free.
- In any community, tap on a user to reveal options
- Tap on each user to reveal a menu of ways to connect
- Tap on Invite to a session to invite the user to a session immediately
- Tap on Schedule a session to invite the user to a session in the future
- Tap on Chat to chat with the user
Automatic scheduling
Your sessions will take place on the Lightster app, or you can join on the web app. At the end of each call, you will be billed based on the time spent (our standard rate is $1.50 per minute, and is all-inclusive of rewards to the user and fees).
- In any community, tap on a user to reveal options
- Within 15 minutes of the start of a session, the Join button will appear on the session under the Schedule tab
- Tap on Join. The session will begin when both you and the user have joined the session, and the clock will start moving
- If you join on the Mobile app, you are able to record the session by tapping on Start Recording
- If you join on the web app, in addition to the ability to record, you are also able to share your screen (or ask the user to share their screen if they also join on the web app) by tapping on the Share Screen icon
Send a bulk message
If you're looking to send the same message to multiple users, you can use this feature to do so.
- Tap on a community that you're looking to engage with and tap on the "+" on the top right
- Tap on "Send a message"
- Select that users that you would like to send to, type the message, and hit "Send"
Join a session
Your sessions will take place on the Lightster app, or you can join on the web app. At the end of each call, you will be billed based on the time spent (our standard rate is $1.50 per minute, and is all-inclusive of rewards to the user and fees).
- In any community, tap on a user to reveal options
- Within 15 minutes of the start of a session, the Join button will appear on the session under the Schedule tab
- Tap on Join. The session will begin when both you and the user have joined the session, and the clock will start moving
- If you join on the Mobile app, you are able to record the session by tapping on Start Recording
- If you join on the web app, in addition to the ability to record, you are also able to share your screen (or ask the user to share their screen if they also join on the web app) by tapping on the Share Screen icon
