YouTube video hosting offers content authors ample opportunities to promote and monetize their creativity. This can be done by connecting to the affiliate program.
However, in order to generate income, the channel must meet certain parameters.
How to get involved
The YouTube affiliate program provides members with additional features, such as placing ad units in their videos. They are the ones who bring money to content makers. To join the PP you must:
- The content complies with the rules of the site;
- accommodation in the territory where the program operates;
- Lack of warnings about violations of Community Principles;
- total viewing time for the last 365 days — over 4000 hours;
- number of subscribers — more than 1 thousand;
- the channel is linked to your Adsense account.
Why do you need a large number of views and subscribers
After recent updates to the monetization rules, the regulation added the line “4000 minutes watch time.” This means that over the past 52 weeks, the number of hours of views should be 4 thousand hours. Previously, this condition was not required.
The advertiser pays the blogger, not Youtube. Hosting acts only as an intermediary. Therefore, he needs to look closely at the channel and the material he publishes to make sure the video is suitable for ad insertion.
In addition, you need an audience that will watch the ad. A large number of views indicates that the content is interesting to users and is able to attract viewers.
So why then 1000 subscribers? The thing is that some channels are tricked. They order services thanks to which the video can be seen by viewers of another channel, instead of advertising at the beginning of the video. Such views are also counted in the general piggy bank. It is enough just 30 seconds not to switch the roller. There were cases when provocative content got into trends, with which the advertiser would definitely not want to be associated.
How to increase indicators
There are many methods to increase the number of views and subscribers. Both legal and not so. It is worth noting in the slightest — the promotion of views and the purchase of subscribers does not bring anything good. All indicators obtained not honestly will be rolled back by the platform.
Better to spend your energy and try to improve your channel statistics with quality content.
To do this, you can explore thematic forums where people share their experiences. Youtube Creators has a lot of valuable information to help a beginner. As well as training videos of specialists.
