New Delhi: YouTube is a popular video-streaming platform through which content creators can earn enough money to be sustainable on their own. The scope here is limitless for content creators with ideas turning into income.
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If you think that there is only one option to earn money on YouTube then you are absolutely wrong. YouTube gives your fans many options to earn money from traditional ads to selling merchandise to subscriptions. 7 ways to earn money are explained in depth below.
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To qualify for YPP, you must be in good standing with YouTube, have 4,000 valid public watches and at least 1,000 subscribers in the past 12 months. You must comply with all YouTube monetization policies, live in a country/region where the YouTube Partner Program is available, and have a linked AdSense account.
Let us talk in detail about those 7 ways to earn money:
1. Ad Revenue and YouTube Premium
Earn ad revenue from display, overlay and video ads that run on your channel. With YouTube Premium, you can earn a portion of what a member charges when they view your content.
2. Super Chat & Super Stickers
Give your fans another way to connect with you during live streams and premieres. Super Chat and Super Stickers are fun, bright messages and stickers that fans can buy to show their support and help them stand out.
3. YouTube Shopping
Sell your products like merchandise directly to your fans. Simply connect your shop and you can have your products displayed on a shelf beneath your videos and live streams. Plus, you’ll unlock the ‘Shop’ tab on your channel – your very own shopfront on YouTube.
4. Channel Subscription
Channel subscriptions are a great way to give your biggest fans special benefits like custom loyalty badges, emoji, and members-only content when they join your channel as a paid, monthly member. The best part? You choose what rewards to pay and how much to charge for each membership level.
5. Youtube Brand Connect
Connect with brands who want to be partners for branded content campaigns. BrandConnect uses Google technology to understand your audience, match you with great brands and help you achieve results with full-service campaign management. We show you your options, you decide which brands you work with.
6. YouTube Short Fund
YouTube Shorts Fund is a new program giving creators access to $100M in 2021 and 2022. If you are a creator shooting and sharing shorts, you are eligible to participate and earn money on your videos.
7. Super Thanks
Super Thanks provides another source of revenue while providing a fun way to show gratitude to fans for your content. With Super Thanks, viewers can buy a funny, ‘clapping’ animation that’s shown to them just over your channel’s videos. Buyers will also get a distinctive, colorful comment in the comment section of the video, so you can easily connect with your biggest supporters.