I want to become a youtube partner, BUUUUUT......

Saharanturtle

Saharanturtle

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I have a question first. In one of Freddie Wong's videos he talked about how one of his most popular videos (where he rocks out to guitar hero) kept him from becoming a partner for years because it had copy righted material on it, music on guitar hero, and even after he became a partner that one video of his is the only one that he can't put ads on and make money from because of the copy righted songs he has on there

So I was thinking, if I got permission from lesser known artists and used thier music on my channel would I have no problem becoming a partner if I gained a large enough following seeing as how I got permission to use the music?
 
As long as you have the rights to everything in your videos you should be fine.
It won't guarantee that you'll be a partner - but it won't stop you as far as I know.
 
Just think of something original, interesting, and humorous and you'll get partnership in no time. Youtube loves to give partnership to original ideas.
 
As a YouTube partner be prepared to show proof of all your rights... for example I purchase royalty-free music for my videos. YouTube will want the location information of where I bought the music, they want to see the license agreement and finally they want to see your invoice. Even though I had a video series with the same music, I had to submit the same information for each video. Sometimes they challenge you on the same music they okayed earlier! What I'm saying is make sure you have in writing (in digital form for uploading) all the rights from the "lesser" artists and have a prepared license agreement. Good luck!
 
That's interesting ANewman - I'm also a YouTube partner, and as far as I know they've never asked us for proof of anything
(unless my business partner took care of that and I'm not aware, which is possible).
We have 123 episodes of a series up there and, even though we obviously have all the releases on file, they've never asked for any of it.

I wonder what trips that sort of inquiry on their end.
 
So out of curiosity, how much are you guys actually making from youtube? And how does it work, by the amount of views per video? or overall views, etc?

Sorry, off topic I know. Just curious
 
I have "revenue shared video's", I'm assuming that's the same thing as being a You Tube Partner. Huge waste of time. The way it works on my videos is, there is a banner ad placed on the bottom of the video in the first ten seconds. If someone clicks through that ad, I get money. However, in over 1000 views, only 2 have clicked through.
I think I'm up to around 56 cents now....woohoo..and that's on four video's.

Not sure if there is another "level". I never intended to profit from my video's anyways-so it was nice to be "invited", I guess. ???
 
wow,this is a joke hahaa most ads discourage me from watching video and i never coming back so its very bad way to attract true attention.
 
bwwd said:
wow,this is a joke hahaa most ads discourage me from watching video and i never coming back so its very bad way to attract true attention.
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All video's on You Tube have the same 10 second pop-up ad. Even if you're not a partner. it's at the very bottom of the screen and you can always just wait 10 seconds or click the little box and make it go away. At least this way, if you see the ad, and you actually click on it(which in my experience-nobody does), then you get paid.

I'm not talking about those full page 15 seconds, you have to wait, before you even watch the video, ad's. That just pisses me off. And, I don't know what You Tube pays the user to do that-haven't gotten that far in the "hierarchy".

But, lets face it; You Tube allows you to host your video, on their site, for FREE!!! You can always host it on Vimeo(less ad's), or host it on your own server(no ad's), the choice is yours.
I'll take the free, and the ad's anytime.
 
ANewman said:
As a YouTube partner be prepared to show proof of all your rights... for example I purchase royalty-free music for my videos. YouTube will want the location information of where I bought the music, they want to see the license agreement and finally they want to see your invoice. Even though I had a video series with the same music, I had to submit the same information for each video. Sometimes they challenge you on the same music they okayed earlier! What I'm saying is make sure you have in writing (in digital form for uploading) all the rights from the "lesser" artists and have a prepared license agreement. Good luck!
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What do you mean have prepared a licence agreement? If I email the artist and ask them to use thier music in my video and they email back saying its okay that's not enough? I'm kinda confused
 
Saharanturtle said:
What do you mean have prepared a licence agreement? If I email the artist and ask them to use thier music in my video and they email back saying its okay that's not enough? I'm kinda confused
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Usually the Artist does not hold the rights to their music. Those rights are sold to the distributor when the songs are published. Like BMG, Sony, etc....those are usually the ones that hold the rights to most of today popular songs. Your chances of getting permission to use one of their songs in your video is near zero. Royalty music is a different deal. You can purchase the rights to use that music in your video, and with the purchase of the music, will be an invoice, and also a license agreement that spells out the use of the music.

When you are offered a "partnership" for a particular video, there are some check boxes where they ask you if you have the rights to all material in your video. There is also an "explanation" box below that. Just check yes to the ones that apply(all of them), and give them a brief description of what your video is about. That is all I have ever been asked.
But, for me, the whole thing is a waste of time....as nobody ever clicks on the ad's.
As far as the criteria on how You Tube picks someone for partnership.......good luck with that, I have no clue. And, there does not appear to be any pattern.

Like I said, there are some that can make money on You Tube...but that number is very small. And, you can't ask You Tube to be a revenue partner-they ask you.
 
i knew that no one clicked the ads but I didn't know that it was partners make that little money :/


how much do you guys think freddie wong makes? I mean in a million views he probably gets what, 1000 ad clicks (990 of them probably being accidental)?
 
Saharanturtle said:
i knew that no one clicked the ads but I didn't know that it was partners make that little money :/


how much do you guys think freddie wong makes? I mean in a million views he probably gets what, 1000 ad clicks (990 of them probably being accidental)?
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You'd have to ask him directly.
I know that in over 1000 clicks, Ive received zero clicks on the ad's.....zero!!!
Oh, and the average amount for a click through is between 38 to 56 cents. So, good luck with that.
 
jwmemmer said:
That's not true.
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Yep, you're right, I just check my non-revenue video's, and there is no banner ad at the bottom at all. My bad-just wasn't paying attention.

Still, I'd like to know what the different "levels" are to revenue sharing. It's clear to me that some have 15 to 30 second complete ad's that before their video even starts. What do they get paid for that?
 
Top subscribed youtubers have claimed to make 50-100K/year. Buy they probably get way more money per view than the rest of the youtube world. Others claim that they make even more if their in the TOP echelon of youtube stardom.

But that's conjecture.

A former business partner and I were youtube partners. We had one video with about 100k hits and about 500 comments and it made us about $80. AFAIK We got money for comments, likes, and views. We didn't have any ads. And it worked in such a way that the faster we got them, the more money we got.
 
When you're a YouTube partner you can choose what kind of ads your videos have - 30 second prerolls, overlays, etc.
As far as I know there are not different 'levels' - some people just choose different types of ads than others.
 
Luis Caffesse said:
When you're a YouTube partner you can choose what kind of ads your videos have - 30 second prerolls, overlays, etc.
As far as I know there are not different 'levels' - some people just choose different types of ads than others.
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I let them chose the ad's based on the users geographical location and the cookies present-targeted advertising.

I think there are some other "programs" that mere mortals like me aren't aware of. I was just flattered that they asked in the first place-didn't see that coming. I'm not really a "video guy" per se. And, I don't ever see myself making any money on You Tube. I have to many other things going on, that never make it to You Tube.

But, it's nice to know that some of the top guys are making some decent money. That's cool.

Edit; where do you change the settings for the ad's-looking now, if I find it I'll re-edit.
Yea, I can't find it. It's in my google ad-sense somewhere, but I don't want to mess with it. it says I'm a 68% ad-revenue partner. So there are different levels, apparently. You can also chose in your You Tube settings to disable all ad's on your owned content. Which wouldn't make sense......
Oh, and I'm up to 6 clicks.....whooohooo!!!!! That a whole $1.23!!!!

The way I look at it is this;I didn't ask-they asked me. it cost me nothing, and i could care less if a 10 second ad runs on my video, and neither should my viewers. Besides, I've already been paid for my video's when I made them(and yes, I have consent from the parties I produced them for, to use them as I wish-as their intent was to publish on You Tube in the first place-so I shot, edited, and uploaded the video on my sight, and they embed from that).
 
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I posted a video (Which is a secret and must remain anonymous due to a show it will be used for) but In 2 weeks it made 300.00 from being a Youtube Affiliate through Adsense. It got 50,000 views in 3 days and Youtube approached me about the affiliate program. After that, I would sometimes make 1 dollar a day or 60 dollars a day. It has leveled out now an is barely moving up. So my play has gotten me 300.00 for 2 hours of work. It is a silent video.
 
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