Showing posts with label YouTube partners. Show all posts
Showing posts with label YouTube partners. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

What is the YouTube Partner program and how to participate and make money

The YouTube Partnership program is a unique way YouTube had provided that let's users earn money from videos they create and share on YouTube. Either by enabling Ads to be displayed with your videos or by making them available for viewers to rent. The preconditions are you need to have uploaded a videos to YouTube and acquired a following. This means you need to have sufficient eyeballs viewing your YouTube content. Once you have this you can apply to be a part of this program at www.YouTube.com/partners. Or check out the FAQs here http://www.youtube.com/t/partnerships_faq


What are the criteria for becoming a YouTube Partner.


1. You need to first express the desire to earn money from your videos.
2. You should regularly upload videos to YouTube and these videos should be popular either online or other ways such as DVDs. You need to have popular videos.
3. You need to be 18 and above or have a parent or legal guardian's consent to participate. 
4. There is no official threshold or numbers that you have to meet to qualify.


How to make money on YouTube and How much money can you make.


Once your accepted into the YouTube partner program you can choose to show ads on your videos or offer your videos for rent. If you choose to offer your videos for rent no ads will be shown on your videos and you can pick the price and duration of your video. If you choose to show ads with your videos, ads will be shown at the bottom of your video. I am sure we are all familiar with these ads seen at the bottom of YouTube videos. You and YouTube will share the revenue earned from these ads of rents. Some popular partners have made YouTube their career. 


Is the YouTube partner program available in my country? A list of the countries in which the YouTube partner program is available. 


Australia
Brazil
Canada
France
Germany
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Mexico
The Netherlands
Spain
UK
USA


Access the YouTube copyright school school link here to find out more about what you can and cannot use in your Videos. 


Please check out the official YouTube podcast about the partner program below




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