The short version
avaTOK is an Indian creator marketplace built around two things: paid live streaming and paid 1:1 video sessions. A creator publishes a listing — a live event, a private session, a conversation, or a skill they can teach — and people browse the marketplace, book or join it, and pay for the creator’s time. The creator gets paid for it. It’s built in India, for India, and the brand is spelled avaTOK — lower-case ava, upper-case TOK.
Not to be confused with
A few unrelated products share the name. avaTOK at avatok.ai is not connected to avatok.tech (which makes industrial composite-core conductors and power equipment), and it isn’t the avatar or selfie-video app that also goes by AvaTok on some app stores. If you landed here looking for either of those, this isn’t it.
Two things you can do
Earn. Create a free listing and get paid to host live streams, run 1:1 video consultations, be a home friend, listen, or teach something you know. Listing is free — avaTOK only takes a platform fee once you actually get paid.
Book. Browse the marketplace, join a live event, or book a creator’s time in a slot they’ve opened on their calendar.
Who’s behind it
avaTOK was founded by three friends in India and is built and operated by that founding team, working out of Mumbai. It’s currently an unregistered business at the ideation and testing stage — no Indian company has been incorporated yet, and the site says so plainly rather than implying otherwise. Because the platform is still being tested, access is invite-only, features can change or be paused, and prices and token values shown are indicative during this period. Read more on the About page.
How a booking actually works
- A creator sets up a listing with a category, a description and a price in tokens (1 token = ₹1).
- A buyer finds it on the marketplace, and either joins a live event or books a private 1:1 slot.
- The session itself happens inside avaTOK, so nobody needs to swap phone numbers to get it done.
- After the session, the creator’s share clears into their avaTOK wallet; during testing, withdrawals are limited to invited users — see Withdrawing your earnings.
Getting started
New here? Create your account is the next step, and Web vs. the app explains what you can do in the browser versus what needs the avaTOK app.