What? Youtube pays you for popular videos?

[bull]

So a couple years ago I was at the Mopar Nationals in Woodburn, Oregon and filmed a '69 doing a burnout before a drag race. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azreppEbnGo There's nothing very magical about it and IMO there's hundreds of much better Charger burnout videos on youtube. Whatever. So fast forward to today I get an email from youtube that says:

"Your video 1969 Charger burnout has become popular on YouTube, and you're eligible to apply for the YouTube Partnership Program, which allows you to make money from playbacks of your video.

Once you're approved, making money from your video is easy. Here's how it works: First sign into your YouTube account. Then, complete the steps outlined here: (Deleted by me). Once you're finished, we'll start placing ads next to your video and pay you a share of the revenue as long as you meet the program requirements.

We look forward to adding your video to the YouTube Partnership Program. Thanks and good luck!

The YouTube Team"

Have any of you ever heard of this or applied for this partnership program?

[Troy]

http://www.youtube.com/partners
Never tried it myself (I only have 2 videos on YouTube).

Here's a little about how much you get paid:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080212152845AAfCH8p

Here's a Blog post with some information about getting started (and some of the pitfalls0:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2353844,00.asp

Troy

[bull]

Thanks for the info. Hmmm. Insteresting read, especially that last one.

[oldrock]

My boys have a youtube account that they have had for several years to post vids of their band. THey have vids of originals as well as cover songs and their site has about 300,000 views. They were approached about adds once but I ignored it since I don't want to get into any problem with the cover songs they do. My understanding was it could be a problem if anyone plays cover songs and makes money from it without having written permission from the original artist.

When in doubt, I'd say pass on the adds unless you are sure everything you have up would be squeaky clean and not end up getting you into problems down the road.

[rav440]

dont get your hopes up . i had the burnout vid of my rr on there for a few years it got upto around 100K views on there and i recived the same message , so i applied for the youtube partner account adsence a month or so latter i got an Email stating that the video did not suit their likeing . it was offencive or violant or some friggn BS to that effect . so i deleted the video all togather . F them .

[Old Moparz]

Don't let Ponch know or he'll try to start some kind of weird porn for profit stuff.

[PocketThunder]

Don't let Ponch know or he'll try to start some kind of weird porn for profit stuff.

Is there a difference between pr0n and wierd porn?

[Old Moparz]

Don't let Ponch know or he'll try to start some kind of weird porn for profit stuff.

Is there a difference between pr0n and wierd porn?

There sure is. Think about comparing something as simple as being just one step up from a Victoria's Secret catalog....


.... & then for Ponch, just add a nun with a bullwhip in one hand & a bottle of tequila in the other, a goat with a garden hose tied to the horns, & picture it in the bus station mens room with that senator from Idaho taking the pics.

[Brock Samson]

oh yeah, i got that one.. 

[John_Kunkel]

I got the same offer for one on my videos on YouTube, I hate having to click off those obnoxious ads on other's videos so I'm damn sure not gonna inflict it on those who watch mine...especially for the pocket change involved.

[Brock Lee]

I have one up in an unrelated field. 2 million hits in the past 6 months and I have earned about $35 when all is said and done.

[JoeyGowdy]

Their invite to Revenue Sharing pays less than the Partnership Program.

$2900 was my Dec 2010 check from Google for being a YouTube partner.

I've explained the difference between the two already, so for future reference:

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,73135.msg824455.html#msg824455

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,71989.msg808398.html#msg808398

http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/meet-the-youtube-stars-making-100000-plus-per-year-535349.html

[JoeyGowdy]

Howdy y'all, so yeah - having Google Adsense and being a Youtube Partner does indeed pay out nicely each month: