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Guide on How to Make Money On YouTube Shorts

YouTube has given every creator a source of earning. Read below how you can earn money from YouTube Shorts.

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00:09 What Exactly are YouTube Shorts?

For those who do not know about YouTube Shorts, it is an emerging feature identical to TikTok that allows its creators to upload upright videos within a specific time limit. Since creators have to portray a unique and creative outlook most of the time, the YouTube Shorts feature gives access to various beauty and creativity enhancements features, i.e., colorful texts, creative images/stickers, and infinite music editions. However, can YouTube Shorts make money for you?

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00:41 Everything You Need to Know about YouTube Shorts Fund

YouTube Shorts Fund is an extension of the YouTube Shorts Monetization scheme that distributed a $100M fund among creators over the timespan of 2021 – 2022. YouTube informed about the fund on their official website, simplifying that you are eligible for the fund if the delivered content is creative, unique, and engaging.

Moreover, the official source elaborated that the fund will be distributed among the creators who have the most engaged audience on a monthly basis. You’ll also be asked to provide feedback on YouTube to enhance and improve the outcomes of the product, i.e., Shorts. The fund is not only limited to those in the YouTube Partner Program, but anyone who follows YouTube Community Guidelines and creates original content is eligible.

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01:02 What Makes You Eligible for YouTube Shorts Fund?

As discussed earlier, you have to follow YouTube’s strict set of rules to be eligible for YouTube Shorts Creator Fund. YouTube takes its policies very seriously, and your content is evaluated based on those. The creator must upload a minimum of 1 YouTube Short, considering all the rules and regulations.

While maintaining your content, your YouTube channel must not have violated any YouTube Community Guidelines, Copywrite Rules, and Monetization Policies in the prior content. The channel uploading videos, including other creators' watermarks, third-party social media content, or unedited or non-original movies, will not pass for eligibility.

Along with that, the age of the creator must be 13 or above. Your channel must have more than 1000 organic subscribers and 4000 public watch hours in the last 12 months. Creators must belong to countries/regions mentioned by YouTube to be eligible.

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01:40 How to Apply for YouTube Shorts Fund?

Many people inquire over the fact that how to make money on YouTube Shorts? One of the most interesting things about the YouTube Shorts Creator Fund is that you cannot apply for it directly; in fact, you cannot apply for it at all. To enroll yourself in the fund program, YouTube itself will send you a joining link based on your performance, and only then you could join.

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01:51 How to Claim Bonus Payment from YouTube Shorts Fund?

If YouTube has selected you for its Shorts Fund, you'll have to go through two simple steps to claim your reward. The first step includes accepting the terms and conditions. The second step includes linking an active AdSense account to claim the payment. If a creator doesn't have an AdSense account, they can create one directly from YouTube during the process.

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Once you receive your payment, it will be saved in your AdSense account. You must not confuse the fact that the payment is based on monthly performance. If you receive it once, it doesn’t mean you'll be eligible for it every time.

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02:27 Diverse Ways to Generate Revenues from YouTube

YouTube is a diverse platform that provides countless ways of earning revenues other than just YouTube Shorts. Creators have built their live businesses on YouTube by creating engaging and unique content. Some ways of generating or earning revenues from YouTube are YouTube Ads, Merchandise Ads, Channel Memberships, and Video Advertisements.

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02:46 Revenue by Advertisements

YouTube provides its creators with the opportunity to advertise Ads on their videos. The brand that advertises its Ad then shares a small amount of the revenue generated from the Ad streaming with the creator.

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03:03 Channel Membership

If you’re a creator who creates unique and engaging content, you can set your channel for paid membership, and the members can get additional perks in return.

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03:12 Merch Shelf

Through this option, you can sell personal or other branded products to your viewers or potential customers for financial gains.

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03:19 Influencer

This term isn’t unknown to anyone. If you are an influencer, you are someone who wants to or can change someone’s life. If your words can magically influence others, you can become an influencer of beauty, health, fitness, or career and bring a difference. You can motivate others to improve themselves, and while doing so, you can associate with organizations as well. YouTube indirectly provides you with a platform and monetary source.

Brands, Businesses, and Organizations will hire you for their brand or product promotion. In contrast, you’ll get paid for your services.

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03:36 Super Chat and Super Stickers

When you have a certain influence over people, whether because of your looks or your good work, they'll go to any limit just to be noticed by their ideals. It may sound unreal, but it is true. Through YouTube’s Super Chat, you can charge your viewer for highlighting their comments on your video.

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03:43 YouTube Premium

Suppose you own an informative or engaging channel that benefits people, and your audience is fairly regular. Keeping this in mind, you can charge people for watching premium or better versions of a video or sometimes an extension of a video. Your subscribers will have to buy a YouTube Premium membership to stream your video, which will give you financial benefits.

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Summary

Now you have read that you can make money with YouTube Shorts. The financial benefits from YouTube keep the creators motivated and challenge them to be more competitive. There isn’t one but countless ways of making money with YouTube Shorts, each one more creative than the other.

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