My New Zealand accent translation for those of you that are new around here 🤭 Friyee = Free Moniyee = Money Ipidemic = Epidemnic What other ones did I miss? 🤪
This method is absolutely working. Thank you so much! I started my channel on January 16, 2023 and have over 9K views and 43 subs. What I don't understand is how some videos I spend HOURS making with a ton of effort...and they get a few views, then I will put something simple together in 20 mins and it gets over 2k views! I have a professional Audio background (mixing live sound for concerts) but I thought this would be a fun side venture. I give a ton of respect to those of you trying to do this without a background in audio. Editing audio in a recoding program can be difficult for sure if you have never done it!! Thank you Sarah!
Hi Sarah! I wanted to give an update from my comment 8 months ago. I am happy to report that I now have 319 subscribers! Yes, growth is slow and it takes a lot of persistence to create a successful sound effects channel. I just learned last night that TH-cam changed its policy and now only requires 500 subscribers and 3000 hours to get monetized and I am super excited. It gave me an extra jolt of energy to keep pushing on. Thank you for the idea and all the information that you packed into this video. 😊
I hope you know that you are a genius, and that your videos are the textbook on e-commerce that we never had. Thank you so much for making your content, being so honest and just winning so well! Inspired!
This method hardly works on TH-cam anymore for adsense. These channels that are monetized on the platform were started years ago. If you start a channel like this now, you'll get views but when trying to apply for adsense you'll get denied. Because of the reused and repetitive content policy TH-cam has in place now. The platform is prioritizing channels that are more unique, videos with voiceover, fresh content, etc.
The majority of youtube channels make most of their money from things other than adsense. The truth is, even if you remove adsense, the money you can make from things like affiliate marketing, selling your own audio packs etc more than makes it worth it.
This here is an example of a channel that does both. It has monetization turned on, AND it sells the audio files: www.youtube.com/@SoundEffectDatabase/featured They've been going for 2 years. They got monetized with their first month: socialblade.com/youtube/c/soundeffectdatabase
If you did want to sell sound clips, but didn't want to have to set up your own website, listing them on Etsy would be a good idea. You would then make some organic sales through internal Etsy search engine too. But selling them on your own website means you don't have any Etsy fees. So that's probably the most profitable way but it definitely requires more work to set up!
So many ‘side hustle’ opinions and ideas, it’s enough to make your head spin. In your opinion, what is the most ‘beginner friendly’ where I could learn new skills and perhaps even start to make some money.
I was seeking a diff route on you tubing. You are absolutely amazing with positive vibes and willingness to help others build their own platform!!!! Thank you darling have a great day ;-)
Yup 100% agree with many comments on this video as people like her just use such titles as click bait for views but in reality it's way to hard. I tried a few channel ideas but never worked.
Dear Sarah, I heard from a TH-cam income specialist that these channel might not be monetized, because they do not add any value, and TH-cam might show ads on them but won't monetize them recently because they are just compilation and don't create any value, unless they content any voice over (not robot sound) or a react.
I LOVE THIS! Thank you! Update, while watching this to the end, I had to keep rewinding because my creative brain was going all over the place with ideas using platforms and gear I already have 🤣 I’ll probably watch this a few times 😂 I’ll be following you to your other resources!
My account gets locked every time I post public domain I created several accounts and changed information and it was closed each time I alter art using photoshop to avoid copyright
Wow! Just when I think there is nothing more for you to teach me, you pull another game changer out of the bag. Referrals to other websites, I hadn’t thought of 😳
This doesn't work. This is sooo 2012. I used to have such a channel without no copyright strikes and clean content. TH-cam demonetised it for "no original or no valuable content" or some reason long those lines. Working on original content is the only thing I would suggest to anyone looking to have an income stream on TH-cam. Also, the verified checkmark doesn't ensure that your channel will be accepted for monetisation. That's one of the main reasons why a lot of such channels are abandoned by the owners. There are literally 100s of channels like this and TH-cam demonetised most of them. In all kindness, I would say this is very bad advice and will be a waste of time for anyone who want to begin a channel like this.
Sound clip videos can & are monetized. There is nothing about the videos themselves that mean they're not eligible. Here are some that have monetization turned on: www.youtube.com/@nBeatsofficial/ www.youtube.com/@SoundEffectDatabase I learned through people in the comments that there is a monetization-turned-on checker which is very handy. So I'll use that for any future videos! It turns out that a requirement for monetization I didn't realize, is you need to meet the activity threshold, which these channels do not, which is a shame because you can just schedule a bunch of Community Posts in-advance to go out passively, to meet the threshold of staying active, but even big TH-camrs don't realize that: support.google.com/youtube/answer/72851 There is nothing about the niche of sound effects that means they can't be monetized. People just aren't because: * They aren't meeting the new requirement of being active enough. * They have copyrighted material on their channels - which as I've shown, and these other channels I've linked to show, is unnecessary. You didn't have to get copyrighted strikes. There are lots of ways as this video shows, to create legal sound clips!
@@WholesaleTed I ran a channel with fight compilations before but the ad rate was abysmal I assume it was due to unrelated ads. But I took a look at one of channels you posted and it had an ad for a vacuum I imagine the cpm would also suck.
@@WholesaleTed thanks for the rather detailed reply. A lot of clips I had were mostly recorded by me and others where a mix of purely copyright free sounds. It was making money. But, from my personal experience, TH-cam clearly stated that my channel is being demonetised because it has "content of low value or not original". My channel was quite active and I was recording and uploading consistently. I think there is a great chance only a very few of these kind of channels get monetised. Most of them don't. Again this is my 2 cents or my anecdote. When someone comes to me for TH-cam advice I always ask them to create original content for all the hardwork not to easily go waste.
If YT didn't like your Sound Clips, why not pivot into more valuable content like I discuss in this video? Take my Bird video for example. Yes, it shows off different Bird sounds. But it also shows the contrast of what different birds sound like. A parent for example could show it to their child to explain how different birds sound. That is one of the many reasons why I think creating montage videos is a much better idea than uploading sound clips as-is. Although many channels do this & get monetized. Like this channel I discussed before: www.youtube.com/@SoundEffectDatabase
You made the amount I have left owing on my student loan in a month.... The thing that has predicted me to pay off in the next ten years.. But I've finished Wholesale Ted course and I'm trying my hardest!
Your informative content on TH-cam is always at the top of my search results, and it has been incredibly helpful. Thank you for creating such valuable content, and for making it easy for people like me to find the information we need.
This video is awesome. I actually started doing this two days ago on a new channel due to a different video. Two videos with 0 views so far. So Good luck to those who try it. Though I may experiment with different keywords in future I think that is where I am going wrong. Davinci resolve has a good free version for video editing if anyone is looking for open source video editing software.
@@jedgeorge3485 I watched the video the other night, sat down and made 3 in under 2 minutes each. #1 is 36 views for bone cracking, #2 is 19 views for toilet flushing and #3 is 4 views for a door closing. I was shocked and pleasantly surprised. Obviously, this is not going to make me a millionaire in a month, but hopefully over time it will make something. I have added 1 sound upload to my daily upload routine and it is helping raise my watched hours needed. I think the next one I do with be a vacuum cleaner sound 😄
Some niches (like mine) have an usually high CPM! I explain why in this video: th-cam.com/video/gNuEKzzryhc/w-d-xo.html if you look at my highest CPM video, a Shopify tutorial video, it has 2 companies constantly trying to compete for the ad space (Squarespace & Wix) which is driving up my CPMs because they keep outbidding each other to try to win it.
Regarding Fair Use: Fair use is fine, but COMMERCIAL use is entirely different. If your YT is monetized, it would be considered commercial use, not fair use.
Love watching our vids, you are so entertaining as well as helpful. And you make it look so easy, but I guess when you know what to do it is easy, so, Im taking my computer on holiday this weekend and I am going to implement some of your ideas. Thanks.
None of the sound FX channels mentioned in this video are monetized. Which would make me worry TH-cam doesn't like them. They also don't even upload videos anymore. If they're making so much money why would they abandon the channel. Maybe it would work out I don't know, but if somebody tries this I'd be interested in knowing how it went for you.
Sound clip videos can & are monetized. There is nothing about the videos themselves that mean they're not eligible. Here are some that have monetization turned on: www.youtube.com/@nBeatsofficial/ www.youtube.com/@SoundEffectDatabase I learned through people in the comments that there is a monetization-turned-on checker which is very handy. So I'll use that for any future videos! It turns out that a requirement for monetization I didn't realize, is you need to meet the activity threshold, which these channels do not, which is a shame because you can just schedule a bunch of Community Posts in-advance to go out passively, to meet the threshold of staying active, but even big TH-camrs don't realize that: support.google.com/youtube/answer/72851 There is nothing about the niche of sound effects that means they can't be monetized. People just aren't because: * They aren't meeting the new requirement of being active enough. * They have copyrighted material on their channels - which as I've shown, and these other channels I've linked to show, is unnecessary 🙏
It's extremely hard if not impossible to get one of these channels monetized now. This is stated by TH-cam, under "Monetization Policies": Content that violates this guideline Taking someone else’s content, making minimal changes, and calling it your own original work would be a violation of this guideline. This policy applies even if you have permission from the original creator. Reused content is separate from TH-cam’s Copyright enforcement, which means it’s not based on copyright, permission, or fair use. Don't spend time and energy on a channel with so much risk and so little chance of being monetized! Focus on original (e.g. a hobby) content instead!
🙏 Just to clarify Sound Clip videos & channels can be monetized & are earning money from TH-cam Adsense: * www.youtube.com/@MAXINPASSION/videos - this is a good one to note, as some people have been saying "maybe only historic channels can be monetized" - no, this Sound Clip channel has only started uploading videos within the past year and it become eligible only within the past 6ish months. * www.youtube.com/@SoundEffectDatabase * www.youtube.com/@SunvilleSounds * www.youtube.com/@ScenicScenes * www.youtube.com/@Fireplace4K 🙏 This confusion may be because I was wrong in this video that these channels are monetized. They aren't - and I apologize 🙏 and that mistake is because I didn't realize that: a) Having copyrighted material on your channel can hold your entire channel back from being monetized (which e.g. Gaming Sound FX has with the gaming sound effects) b) That a recent change to monetization means you now need to be posting to your channel every 6 months. To clarify, that includes Community Posts, which are just text posts you can set & forget in-advance to go out automatically. But as Dayhan RV doesn't even do that, they're no longer eligible for monetization: support.google.com/youtube/answer/72851?hl=en Again, I apologize for that confusion 🙏 prior to making this video, I did not know there were browser extensions that showed whether a channel was monetized or not. Now that I know that, I will definitely use it in the future! But again: there is nothing about Sound Clips that make them ineligible for monetization which is why the other channels I mentioned are monetized. If you adhere to the rules, you can monetize Sound Clip videos, as shown by how most channels are monetized. I would also like to clarify that in this video, I suggested that the montage route is a lot better, and people seem to be instead suggesting that I instead said that uploading sound clip videos individually was better, when in reality, I did a big tutorial video showing how to turn sound clips into new montage style videos at 9:33 Another example of a montage sound clip channel is this here: th-cam.com/video/1Dylx9JBBZg/w-d-xo.html It uses sounds/video clips that they didn't take themselves but have the right to use, and combines it to create a new montage style video. By doing this, it transforms the sound clips into a very different video, despite still being a sound clip video. If people are worried that their videos would be viewed as low effort/deriviative, then I would suggest they consider my tutorial at 9:33 and instead create montage videos that fill a gap in the market 🙏 I would also like to clarify that I also did not suggest that adsense is the only way to earn money. Despite Gaming SFX not being eligible for monetization with the copyrighted content on the channel, the channel continues to earn money because of the alternative monetization source I discussed in 10:45 - the channel is earning money through affiliate programs for Sound Clip subscription services, like I discussed at 10:45 🙏 And so - even if it were accurate (which again, to clarify, it is not) that Sound Clips cannot be monetized by adsense, they can still be monetized, thanks to the alternative form of monetization this video 🙏
Hi Sara, please could you explain why these channels are doing so well? I’m struggling to understand why someone would watch a video mashup of sound effects?
I discovered this niche because I myself was looking for these videos. There's lots of reasons people watch these videos. * They use them as part of games/pranks/quizzes etc. * They use them as references. * They use them for their pets as pets often enjoy these sorts of noises. * They use them as part of research. * And for better or for worse, people use these to download them and then take the sound clips from the videos which, as this video discussed, is controversially legally, but people do indeed do it.
Thank you! I literally had someone today comment on a video saying they had to stop watching it because they couldn't stand the way I pronounced words, lol. So comments like this are genuinely very sweet and appreciated 🙏
@@WholesaleTed I mean, that is just rude to say that to you! I find the accent endearing and is easy for me to understand. You're welcome, your content is appreciated and is pushing me to try harder with my amazon merch business. I still have so much to learn, it can be overwhelming. haha
SoundEffectsFactory - no monetization on the channel , Gaming Sound FX - no monetization , Dayhan RV - no monetization. Here's the real reason these channels don't work - NO MONETIZATION. You can make the same channels, but TH-cam will not pay you anything.
🙏 Just to clarify Sound Clip videos & channels can be monetized & are earning money from TH-cam Adsense: * www.youtube.com/@MAXINPASSION/videos - this is a good one to note, as some people have been saying "maybe only historic channels can be monetized" - no, this Sound Clip channel has only started uploading videos within the past year and it become eligible only within the past 6ish months. * www.youtube.com/@SoundEffectDatabase * www.youtube.com/@SunvilleSounds * www.youtube.com/@ScenicScenes * www.youtube.com/@Fireplace4K 🙏 This confusion may be because I was wrong in this video that these channels are monetized. They aren't - and I apologize 🙏 and that mistake is because I didn't realize that: a) Having copyrighted material on your channel can hold your entire channel back from being monetized (which e.g. Gaming Sound FX has with the gaming sound effects) b) That a recent change to monetization means you now need to be posting to your channel every 6 months. To clarify, that includes Community Posts, which are just text posts you can set & forget in-advance to go out automatically. But as Dayhan RV doesn't even do that, they're no longer eligible for monetization: support.google.com/youtube/answer/72851?hl=en Again, I apologize for that confusion 🙏 prior to making this video, I did not know there were browser extensions that showed whether a channel was monetized or not. Now that I know that, I will definitely use it in the future! But again: there is nothing about Sound Clips that make them ineligible for monetization which is why the other channels I mentioned are monetized. If you adhere to the rules, you can monetize Sound Clip videos, as shown by how most channels are monetized. I would also like to clarify that in this video, I suggested that the montage route is a lot better, and people seem to be instead suggesting that I instead said that uploading sound clip videos individually was better, when in reality, I did a big tutorial video showing how to turn sound clips into new montage style videos at 9:33 Another example of a montage sound clip channel is this here: th-cam.com/video/1Dylx9JBBZg/w-d-xo.html It uses sounds/video clips that they didn't take themselves but have the right to use, and combines it to create a new montage style video. By doing this, it transforms the sound clips into a very different video, despite still being a sound clip video. If people are worried that their videos would be viewed as low effort/deriviative, then I would suggest they consider my tutorial at 9:33 and instead create montage videos that fill a gap in the market 🙏 I would also like to clarify that I also did not suggest that adsense is the only way to earn money. Despite Gaming SFX not being eligible for monetization with the copyrighted content on the channel, the channel continues to earn money because of the alternative monetization source I discussed in 10:45 - the channel is earning money through affiliate programs for Sound Clip subscription services, like I discussed at 10:45 🙏 And so - even if it were accurate (which again, to clarify, it is not) that Sound Clips cannot be monetized by adsense, they can still be monetized, thanks to the alternative form of monetization this video 🙏
@@WholesaleTed Thank you for your detailed response. We must keep in mind that TH-cam is constantly tightening the criteria for monetizing content, which stimulates us to create better videos.
Thanks for the tips you give us in every video❤Making TH-cam shorts is really easy and enjoyable for me. I also decided to start posting videos on my channel, of course about TH-cam shorts.✌🥰
Haha great minds think alike. I did actually ask my video editor to put the sad violin music there but he forgot, and then I forgot to ask him to add it in again before uploading this video 💀
Hello Sarah really thanks for your videos but there are some of steps you go fast i cant see how you went over there please show us how you go to other step, I dont know and dont see social blade bank!
Hi from south Africa, it's super expensive for us here. Does the epidemic channel have a trual period. If tried so many things but always a huge amount to join. Tks for video.
Thank you so much Ms. Sara :) May I ask if you always create a new TH-cam channel on every niche/ content you present? Example this animal sound, or other contents. I really want to start YT channel of my own because I get so inspired by youtubers like you who are so willing to share their time and knowledge :)
Thank you I am glad my videos could help you 🙏 for Sound Clip channels, you don't have to niche down if you don't want to - the sound clip subniche is the niche itself if that makes sense!
@@WholesaleTed New Viewer here. (sorry to piggyback but I wasn't able to start my own thread for some reason) I have a question. Is it better to do research into what is currently trending in terms of sound clips? In order to increase viewership and being eligible for monetization? Or do you just do what speaks to you as an individual? I love listening to the rain sound clips at night and for background during the day, I love the jazz so I wanted to do that but I don't know how profitable it would be. I was diagnosed this summer with an illness (long story) and of course, I need to bring in money but I also want to have fun as well. My fear is that I'll just be all over the place & my channel will have no rhyme or reason. Are short videos better than long? Is it quality over quantity? I made a 43 second video. I enjoyed it but lets be real... we're all after the money. I'm trying to stay sane, positive and focused here. Would love passive income. Desperately need it now.
Hi Sarah, So I am running this type of channel. TH-cam was promoting my videos, and I was getting lots of views for abut a two month period, then out of nowhere TH-cam stopped promoting my videos! I have found that other people have had the same happen to their channels.. Now I am trinkling with very little views, so just thought to bring this up, as something that is happening to TH-cam channels.. I was told through a source moments ago that the algorithm giveth and the algorithm taketh away, thus no more youtube promotions of my videos..I guess my conversions rates were under what they consider to promote? Not understanding this as my most popular on the LifeTime views on my most popular video are at 25.5k views..129.0 watch time hours.. and 139+ subscribers, that it brought in. It was published August 13, 2022 :(... Just a heads up concerning the channel verification... I am verified via on the backend, but since I don't have at least 100K subscribers, TH-cam does not show that checkmark on my account.. Thank you for all of the videos you post, such an encouragement!
From what info I learned recently from another seasoned and monetized TH-camr, was that it was the watch hours that really mattered, because it is the number of watch hours that they use as a selling point to potential advertisers. They say it's not too difficult to get a thousand subscribers compared to getting a meaningful number of watch hours. So 129 watch hours on a video with over 25k views in a certain time frame, seems like a low ratio of actual watch hours and would not be enough to attract advertisers to want to pay to advertise on that video. I think to be even eligible to be monetized, that you need a minimum of 4,000 watch hours.
there's a new lav mic system that's great for TH-camrs and bloggers and I'd love to show it to you. I have no idea how to reach you directly, but I'm told you try to answer TH-cam comments. I've learned a lot from you and really appreciate you. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with all of us. And yes, I do have an affiliate account with the lav mic company, but I only got it because I was telling everyone how great it was and figured I may as well get paid for it.
If you are starting out using this method, TH-cam will reject your monetization application for reused contents. This method worked before but TH-cam has been very strict lately with new creators.
TH-cam does not apply a double standard to new creators vs. old creators. Sound Clip channels like www.youtube.com/@MAXINPASSION/videos have been monetized within the past 6 months. But let's say for argument sake they were applying a double standard: this video still provided an excellent way to monetize Sound Clip videos that does not need adsense at 10:45. No one is talking about that, they are only discussing adsense. I am not sure if people watched the video fully through! I'm also not sure if people watched the video fully through because in this video, I do not recommend just uploading Sound Clips as-is, and yet a lot of TH-cam comments are implying I did, making me wonder if people did not watch the video after the first half of it. Instead, I suggested that the montage route is a lot better, and people seem to be instead suggesting that I instead said that uploading sound clip videos individually was better, when in reality, I did a big tutorial video showing how to turn sound clips into new montage style videos at 9:33 Another example of a montage sound clip channel is this here: th-cam.com/video/1Dylx9JBBZg/w-d-xo.html It uses sounds/video clips that they didn't take themselves but have the right to use, and combines it to create a new montage style video. By doing this, it transforms the sound clips into a very different video, despite still being a sound clip video. If people are worried that their videos would be viewed as low effort/derivative, then I would suggest they consider my tutorial at 9:33 and instead create montage videos that fill a gap in the market and to safeguard themselves for monetization 🙏
Ads are run on all channels, including channels that are not monetized. Being monetized only influences whether YT gets 100% of the money from the ads, or if they have to split them with you. Most of the time on YT, videos won't have ads playing before them. The exception is if your channel is in an extremely high-demand niche like mine is. You'll always get ads playing before my videos since my niches are in high demand from advertisers, which drives up my CPM: th-cam.com/video/gNuEKzzryhc/w-d-xo.html
She is really beautiful and intelligent. If you are her husband take good care of her, otherwise there will be a long queue of wannabes to the young lady. :)
No - the length doesn't matter. What matters is whether someone watched it in the TH-cam Shorts player app (which requires the video be rendered in mobile screen dimensions) or the standard TH-cam app. If it's the standard TH-cam app, ads play like normal on it.
Awesome video, Sarah! You always share golden nuggets. There is a never-ending amount of clips out there. The clips you mentioned and there are rain clips, wave clips, crackling fire clips, wind clips. (mind blown!!!). This is sort of like those rain videos I see that are like 12 hours, but this is much shorter. What is the ideal length for the videos? Could Canva be used to create these types of videos or do we need an editor like you mentioned? Thanks!
youtube wont monetize for rain videos or anything taken from pixabay pexels,its all lies,it gets flagged as reused material,so dont waste your time,with all the scammers saying upload this and reupload that,tried it for 6 months and turned down 4 times in a row
Thank you! I don't really know how long they "should" be - I'd say think about what type of way you want to put your spin on it (e.g. by turning them into a comparison video like I did with the birds sounds) and then see what the average length for those clips are on TH-cam, and aim for that.
Hey, I subscribed you already. 😀 thanks for this information , I have been watching your videos from sometime, and just started to design tshirts, just wanna ask can I put same item in diffrent website ?? Even if i have diffrent usernames for store at diffrent websites , any problem I will have if I will put ?
Sort of underhanded isn't it? That clip of sneaky music was done by Kevin Macleod (it even says so in the video), and he has his own website that explicitly states that resale of the clips is forbidden. So if that channel is not owned by him (looks like it's not) then I don't understand how it's legal for someone to earn money of compositions from someone else even if it is under CC license. The stipulation is that Kevin must be credited, is that disclosed on the TH-cam channel?
Just wondering - how many sites offering basic sound clips can the market support? How many 'westies barking' / 'car failing to start' clips do people need to choose from? No snark - just curious.
Unfortunately overnight success is rare. People often get captivated when they say make this much money from doing this on TH-cam. But it does take time and effort. Unfortunately success is not overnight.
But I did not suggest it was overnight? Please time stamp where I suggested, or implied, that success was overnight. In fact, I even pointed out that being monetized with adsense will take time which is why I have provided an alternative form of monetization at 10:45 for new channels that are still building their TH-cam business. I do not think implying or stating that I suggest business success is overnight is a fair representation of this channel. I have made many videos stating the exact opposite: th-cam.com/video/L4R9Om57zag/w-d-xo.html 🙏
Hello Ted, do you know if this concept applies to video footage as well? Say you download some clips from places like Envato or Storyblocks, and then change the footage and weave the pieces together with other footage to create your own clips.....I'm thinking that would be on the "up & up" as well.. What do you think?
I think that's what this monetized channel is doing: th-cam.com/video/1Dylx9JBBZg/w-d-xo.html Find a way to give it a good marketing spin. Rather than advertise it as just random videos, give it a "purpose" in the title. E.g. let's say you included different stock clips of USA & the UK. You could name your title "USA vs. UK" - now you have a valid reason to use the clips. You are contrasting the two countries. You are taking something the pre-exists but are transforming it into a new purpose. That's what I did with the bird sounds: I contrasted how different they all sound. Be creative!
Hi Sarah, thanks for the video! I have an crucial question though: whether you monetize it by using ads (which has an important bottleneck of 1k subs / 4k hours plus the debate in the comments whether it can be indeed monetized or not) or by using affiliate links in the description you need traffic to your video. So, how one gets traffic? I would guess that we can only rely on YT ranking system, but if that is the case, how is the best way to rank such videos with the potentially high competition to be faced (as I expect to be due to low barrier to enter)?
I would think tiktok is a good starter. Tiktok is usually where people go to get traffic to their TH-cam channel. So, although it seems easy enough, you'll have to put some time into it at the beginning.
Hi Chris, thanks but I am not convinced at all. For starters, that is to substitute one problem (how to get traffic on YT) for another (how to get traffic on TT). Second, YT has enough traffic on its own, so in theory it is not necessary to have to go to TT for a stream of traffic (in any case, I would prefer to stick to TT and develop an income there). So far, although Sarah's suggestion seems like a nice and easy to develop idea, I do not see its feasibility so far because of the traffic issue.
From my perspective, I find this suspicion strange/confusing, but I do understand that for many people that haven't started TH-cam channels before, it does seem strange. Most people assume there is some "magic" to TH-cam traffic. But it's honestly as simple as uploading great videos. You upload good videos that fill a need/niche & YT will just put your videos in front of the right people. No external marketing required. As someone who has done this many times, from scratch, I understand that this probably seems too good to be true, but it's not. 🙏
@@WholesaleTed That's a pretty cool and encouraging answer. I recently started my first print on demand t-shirt company and I'm getting all the little details of it sorted out to make sure it's all as automated as it needs to be but it looks good. And I'm interested in this concept as well. I enormously appreciate your videos. I'm a single dad. I've got two kids youngest of which is autistic and I've painted homes for 16 years and it doesn't cover the bills enough. And I'm way more creative than that. And my soul is dying for a path like the one you're describing with your videos. So again, thank you for real from the bottom of my heart for your content and you're awesome energy.
Very inspirational video, Thanks,. I created my account in epidemic sound but I do not find the way to create this affiliate program you mention in the video. Any advice
My New Zealand accent translation for those of you that are new around here 🤭
Friyee = Free
Moniyee = Money
Ipidemic = Epidemnic
What other ones did I miss? 🤪
Love that accent 😋
Meethud = Method 😂
Stip = Step
Bitter - Better
I love your accent 😊❤️🇵🇭
This method is absolutely working. Thank you so much! I started my channel on January 16, 2023 and have over 9K views and 43 subs. What I don't understand is how some videos I spend HOURS making with a ton of effort...and they get a few views, then I will put something simple together in 20 mins and it gets over 2k views!
I have a professional Audio background (mixing live sound for concerts) but I thought this would be a fun side venture. I give a ton of respect to those of you trying to do this without a background in audio. Editing audio in a recoding program can be difficult for sure if you have never done it!! Thank you Sarah!
Hi Sarah! I wanted to give an update from my comment 8 months ago. I am happy to report that I now have 319 subscribers! Yes, growth is slow and it takes a lot of persistence to create a successful sound effects channel. I just learned last night that TH-cam changed its policy and now only requires 500 subscribers and 3000 hours to get monetized and I am super excited. It gave me an extra jolt of energy to keep pushing on. Thank you for the idea and all the information that you packed into this video. 😊
@justice49830 I still am working on the hours required but it is consistently growing each day
as someone who has been making music for 15 years now, this video just blew my brain .... 🤯
Seems like a niche you have a lot of skills in, to start something yourself!
@@WholesaleTed so much to do so little time 😵💫
This is AWESOME! I want to start right away! Thank you 🙏🏼
I hope you know that you are a genius, and that your videos are the textbook on e-commerce that we never had. Thank you so much for making your content, being so honest and just winning so well! Inspired!
Are u making money doing these things?
@@thepaddedcell8140 😆😆😆🤣🤣😂😂
This method hardly works on TH-cam anymore for adsense. These channels that are monetized on the platform were started years ago. If you start a channel like this now, you'll get views but when trying to apply for adsense you'll get denied. Because of the reused and repetitive content policy TH-cam has in place now. The platform is prioritizing channels that are more unique, videos with voiceover, fresh content, etc.
The majority of youtube channels make most of their money from things other than adsense. The truth is, even if you remove adsense, the money you can make from things like affiliate marketing, selling your own audio packs etc more than makes it worth it.
@@WholesaleTed Selling audio packs is something i hadn't thought of before. Thanks!
This here is an example of a channel that does both. It has monetization turned on, AND it sells the audio files: www.youtube.com/@SoundEffectDatabase/featured
They've been going for 2 years. They got monetized with their first month:
socialblade.com/youtube/c/soundeffectdatabase
@@WholesaleTed wow thanks. I looked into their channel and they definitely put some work into it. They even have their own website. Thanks!
If you did want to sell sound clips, but didn't want to have to set up your own website, listing them on Etsy would be a good idea. You would then make some organic sales through internal Etsy search engine too. But selling them on your own website means you don't have any Etsy fees. So that's probably the most profitable way but it definitely requires more work to set up!
She said the different bark sounds in different breeds will become important soon? TY great information, Subscribed
Wow, great Job and the Parrots were very beautiful.
TH-cam channel set up and ready, thanks for the valuable tips!
So many ‘side hustle’ opinions and ideas, it’s enough to make your head spin. In your opinion, what is the most ‘beginner friendly’ where I could learn new skills and perhaps even start to make some money.
And if you just boost the clips on Famester after you upload them, you will be unstoppable!
I love your videos. They are outstanding. Thank you for all your work.
I was seeking a diff route on you tubing. You are absolutely amazing with positive vibes and willingness to help others build their own platform!!!! Thank you darling have a great day ;-)
Great video. you've reminded me of what someone once said ❤ Being rich is having money; being wealthy is having time
I love the out of the box ideas. That's what you get when you put a Kiwi in the mix
Very useful for me because I am a sound designer. Thank you so much!
I watched your dropshipping videos when you had less than 15k subs. I am glad I found you again.
Yup 100% agree with many comments on this video as people like her just use such titles as click bait for views but in reality it's way to hard. I tried a few channel ideas but never worked.
Dear Sarah, I heard from a TH-cam income specialist that these channel might not be monetized, because they do not add any value, and TH-cam might show ads on them but won't monetize them recently because they are just compilation and don't create any value, unless they content any voice over (not robot sound) or a react.
I LOVE THIS! Thank you!
Update, while watching this to the end, I had to keep rewinding because my creative brain was going all over the place with ideas using platforms and gear I already have 🤣 I’ll probably watch this a few times 😂 I’ll be following you to your other resources!
The video Idea is unbelievable.. I really loved it. Keep Rocking 👏
My account gets locked every time I post public domain
I created several accounts and changed information and it was closed each time
I alter art using photoshop to avoid copyright
Your information on new idea's to make money is absolutely amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!
Wow! Just when I think there is nothing more for you to teach me, you pull another game changer out of the bag. Referrals to other websites, I hadn’t thought of 😳
This doesn't work. This is sooo 2012. I used to have such a channel without no copyright strikes and clean content. TH-cam demonetised it for "no original or no valuable content" or some reason long those lines. Working on original content is the only thing I would suggest to anyone looking to have an income stream on TH-cam. Also, the verified checkmark doesn't ensure that your channel will be accepted for monetisation. That's one of the main reasons why a lot of such channels are abandoned by the owners. There are literally 100s of channels like this and TH-cam demonetised most of them. In all kindness, I would say this is very bad advice and will be a waste of time for anyone who want to begin a channel like this.
Sound clip videos can & are monetized. There is nothing about the videos themselves that mean they're not eligible. Here are some that have monetization turned on:
www.youtube.com/@nBeatsofficial/
www.youtube.com/@SoundEffectDatabase
I learned through people in the comments that there is a monetization-turned-on checker which is very handy. So I'll use that for any future videos!
It turns out that a requirement for monetization I didn't realize, is you need to meet the activity threshold, which these channels do not, which is a shame because you can just schedule a bunch of Community Posts in-advance to go out passively, to meet the threshold of staying active, but even big TH-camrs don't realize that: support.google.com/youtube/answer/72851
There is nothing about the niche of sound effects that means they can't be monetized. People just aren't because:
* They aren't meeting the new requirement of being active enough.
* They have copyrighted material on their channels - which as I've shown, and these other channels I've linked to show, is unnecessary.
You didn't have to get copyrighted strikes. There are lots of ways as this video shows, to create legal sound clips!
@@WholesaleTed I ran a channel with fight compilations before but the ad rate was abysmal I assume it was due to unrelated ads.
But I took a look at one of channels you posted and it had an ad for a vacuum I imagine the cpm would also suck.
@@WholesaleTed thanks for the rather detailed reply. A lot of clips I had were mostly recorded by me and others where a mix of purely copyright free sounds. It was making money. But, from my personal experience, TH-cam clearly stated that my channel is being demonetised because it has "content of low value or not original". My channel was quite active and I was recording and uploading consistently. I think there is a great chance only a very few of these kind of channels get monetised. Most of them don't. Again this is my 2 cents or my anecdote. When someone comes to me for TH-cam advice I always ask them to create original content for all the hardwork not to easily go waste.
If YT didn't like your Sound Clips, why not pivot into more valuable content like I discuss in this video? Take my Bird video for example. Yes, it shows off different Bird sounds. But it also shows the contrast of what different birds sound like. A parent for example could show it to their child to explain how different birds sound. That is one of the many reasons why I think creating montage videos is a much better idea than uploading sound clips as-is. Although many channels do this & get monetized. Like this channel I discussed before: www.youtube.com/@SoundEffectDatabase
@@gowthamant4005 tqvm dear for ur honest opinion....it really helps us a lot
Thanks for the full video tutorial. Your content rocks!
Nice one! Maybe the best idea on this channel for a while, and literally all the ideas on this channel are good ones.
Really great video! love your "sound listening face" haha 😄
awesome video thank you wholesale Ted
THANKS FOR INFORMING, THIS IS THE GOOD NEWS
You made the amount I have left owing on my student loan in a month.... The thing that has predicted me to pay off in the next ten years.. But I've finished Wholesale Ted course and I'm trying my hardest!
Great video Sarah! Please produce more of this useful content. It’s inspirational.
You always have very detailed and comprehensive videos, kudos!!
Your informative content on TH-cam is always at the top of my search results, and it has been incredibly helpful. Thank you for creating such valuable content, and for making it easy for people like me to find the information we need.
This video is awesome. I actually started doing this two days ago on a new channel due to a different video. Two videos with 0 views so far. So Good luck to those who try it. Though I may experiment with different keywords in future I think that is where I am going wrong. Davinci resolve has a good free version for video editing if anyone is looking for open source video editing software.
Would be interesting to see if people would watch and click on ads in the wait to hear a vacuum cleaner sound. I wouldn't.
lol.. simply because it doesnt work and her vidéo is total bullshit. U will make probably 1000 usd in 100 years
@@jedgeorge3485 I watched the video the other night, sat down and made 3 in under 2 minutes each. #1 is 36 views for bone cracking, #2 is 19 views for toilet flushing and #3 is 4 views for a door closing. I was shocked and pleasantly surprised. Obviously, this is not going to make me a millionaire in a month, but hopefully over time it will make something. I have added 1 sound upload to my daily upload routine and it is helping raise my watched hours needed. I think the next one I do with be a vacuum cleaner sound 😄
same here :)
I checked your youtube earnings... impressive
Some niches (like mine) have an usually high CPM! I explain why in this video: th-cam.com/video/gNuEKzzryhc/w-d-xo.html if you look at my highest CPM video, a Shopify tutorial video, it has 2 companies constantly trying to compete for the ad space (Squarespace & Wix) which is driving up my CPMs because they keep outbidding each other to try to win it.
@@WholesaleTed I wonder why I don't have views and subscribers... I do everything right. description, time, quality, hashtags...
Sure, selling dreams is a big bussiness!
Regarding Fair Use: Fair use is fine, but COMMERCIAL use is entirely different. If your YT is monetized, it would be considered commercial use, not fair use.
Using something for commercial purposes, does not exclude it from being considered Fair Use: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use
Thank you so much for the information. Great content as always. I had been watching your videos
Love watching our vids, you are so entertaining as well as helpful. And you make it look so easy, but I guess when you know what to do it is easy, so, Im taking my computer on holiday this weekend and I am going to implement some of your ideas. Thanks.
None of the sound FX channels mentioned in this video are monetized. Which would make me worry TH-cam doesn't like them. They also don't even upload videos anymore. If they're making so much money why would they abandon the channel. Maybe it would work out I don't know, but if somebody tries this I'd be interested in knowing how it went for you.
Sound clip videos can & are monetized. There is nothing about the videos themselves that mean they're not eligible. Here are some that have monetization turned on:
www.youtube.com/@nBeatsofficial/
www.youtube.com/@SoundEffectDatabase
I learned through people in the comments that there is a monetization-turned-on checker which is very handy. So I'll use that for any future videos!
It turns out that a requirement for monetization I didn't realize, is you need to meet the activity threshold, which these channels do not, which is a shame because you can just schedule a bunch of Community Posts in-advance to go out passively, to meet the threshold of staying active, but even big TH-camrs don't realize that: support.google.com/youtube/answer/72851
There is nothing about the niche of sound effects that means they can't be monetized. People just aren't because:
* They aren't meeting the new requirement of being active enough.
* They have copyrighted material on their channels - which as I've shown, and these other channels I've linked to show, is unnecessary 🙏
You make some excellent points. I really appreciate your content.
It's extremely hard if not impossible to get one of these channels monetized now. This is stated by TH-cam, under "Monetization Policies":
Content that violates this guideline
Taking someone else’s content, making minimal changes, and calling it your own original work would be a violation of this guideline. This policy applies even if you have permission from the original creator. Reused content is separate from TH-cam’s Copyright enforcement, which means it’s not based on copyright, permission, or fair use.
Don't spend time and energy on a channel with so much risk and so little chance of being monetized! Focus on original (e.g. a hobby) content instead!
🙏 Just to clarify Sound Clip videos & channels can be monetized & are earning money from TH-cam Adsense:
* www.youtube.com/@MAXINPASSION/videos - this is a good one to note, as some people have been saying "maybe only historic channels can be monetized" - no, this Sound Clip channel has only started uploading videos within the past year and it become eligible only within the past 6ish months.
* www.youtube.com/@SoundEffectDatabase
* www.youtube.com/@SunvilleSounds
* www.youtube.com/@ScenicScenes
* www.youtube.com/@Fireplace4K
🙏 This confusion may be because I was wrong in this video that these channels are monetized. They aren't - and I apologize 🙏 and that mistake is because I didn't realize that:
a) Having copyrighted material on your channel can hold your entire channel back from being monetized (which e.g. Gaming Sound FX has with the gaming sound effects)
b) That a recent change to monetization means you now need to be posting to your channel every 6 months. To clarify, that includes Community Posts, which are just text posts you can set & forget in-advance to go out automatically. But as Dayhan RV doesn't even do that, they're no longer eligible for monetization: support.google.com/youtube/answer/72851?hl=en
Again, I apologize for that confusion 🙏 prior to making this video, I did not know there were browser extensions that showed whether a channel was monetized or not. Now that I know that, I will definitely use it in the future!
But again: there is nothing about Sound Clips that make them ineligible for monetization which is why the other channels I mentioned are monetized. If you adhere to the rules, you can monetize Sound Clip videos, as shown by how most channels are monetized.
I would also like to clarify that in this video, I suggested that the montage route is a lot better, and people seem to be instead suggesting that I instead said that uploading sound clip videos individually was better, when in reality, I did a big tutorial video showing how to turn sound clips into new montage style videos at 9:33
Another example of a montage sound clip channel is this here: th-cam.com/video/1Dylx9JBBZg/w-d-xo.html
It uses sounds/video clips that they didn't take themselves but have the right to use, and combines it to create a new montage style video.
By doing this, it transforms the sound clips into a very different video, despite still being a sound clip video.
If people are worried that their videos would be viewed as low effort/deriviative, then I would suggest they consider my tutorial at 9:33 and instead create montage videos that fill a gap in the market 🙏
I would also like to clarify that I also did not suggest that adsense is the only way to earn money.
Despite Gaming SFX not being eligible for monetization with the copyrighted content on the channel, the channel continues to earn money because of the alternative monetization source I discussed in 10:45 - the channel is earning money through affiliate programs for Sound Clip subscription services, like I discussed at 10:45 🙏
And so - even if it were accurate (which again, to clarify, it is not) that Sound Clips cannot be monetized by adsense, they can still be monetized, thanks to the alternative form of monetization this video 🙏
Hi Sara, please could you explain why these channels are doing so well? I’m struggling to understand why someone would watch a video mashup of sound effects?
I discovered this niche because I myself was looking for these videos. There's lots of reasons people watch these videos.
* They use them as part of games/pranks/quizzes etc.
* They use them as references.
* They use them for their pets as pets often enjoy these sorts of noises.
* They use them as part of research.
* And for better or for worse, people use these to download them and then take the sound clips from the videos which, as this video discussed, is controversially legally, but people do indeed do it.
You must be making a good return on all these videos you put out ...promising the earth.
Thank you very much for these videos!!
Thank you for the free training. Love the accent.
Hey Sarah, you're awesome! Yay! 😁 Also, I have never had a problem understanding your accent.
Thank you! I literally had someone today comment on a video saying they had to stop watching it because they couldn't stand the way I pronounced words, lol. So comments like this are genuinely very sweet and appreciated 🙏
@@WholesaleTed I mean, that is just rude to say that to you! I find the accent endearing and is easy for me to understand. You're welcome, your content is appreciated and is pushing me to try harder with my amazon merch business. I still have so much to learn, it can be overwhelming. haha
It's not possible that a video with a barking dog can be to short.
SoundEffectsFactory - no monetization on the channel , Gaming Sound FX - no monetization , Dayhan RV - no monetization. Here's the real reason these channels don't work - NO MONETIZATION. You can make the same channels, but TH-cam will not pay you anything.
🙏 Just to clarify Sound Clip videos & channels can be monetized & are earning money from TH-cam Adsense:
* www.youtube.com/@MAXINPASSION/videos - this is a good one to note, as some people have been saying "maybe only historic channels can be monetized" - no, this Sound Clip channel has only started uploading videos within the past year and it become eligible only within the past 6ish months.
* www.youtube.com/@SoundEffectDatabase
* www.youtube.com/@SunvilleSounds
* www.youtube.com/@ScenicScenes
* www.youtube.com/@Fireplace4K
🙏 This confusion may be because I was wrong in this video that these channels are monetized. They aren't - and I apologize 🙏 and that mistake is because I didn't realize that:
a) Having copyrighted material on your channel can hold your entire channel back from being monetized (which e.g. Gaming Sound FX has with the gaming sound effects)
b) That a recent change to monetization means you now need to be posting to your channel every 6 months. To clarify, that includes Community Posts, which are just text posts you can set & forget in-advance to go out automatically. But as Dayhan RV doesn't even do that, they're no longer eligible for monetization: support.google.com/youtube/answer/72851?hl=en
Again, I apologize for that confusion 🙏 prior to making this video, I did not know there were browser extensions that showed whether a channel was monetized or not. Now that I know that, I will definitely use it in the future!
But again: there is nothing about Sound Clips that make them ineligible for monetization which is why the other channels I mentioned are monetized. If you adhere to the rules, you can monetize Sound Clip videos, as shown by how most channels are monetized.
I would also like to clarify that in this video, I suggested that the montage route is a lot better, and people seem to be instead suggesting that I instead said that uploading sound clip videos individually was better, when in reality, I did a big tutorial video showing how to turn sound clips into new montage style videos at 9:33
Another example of a montage sound clip channel is this here: th-cam.com/video/1Dylx9JBBZg/w-d-xo.html
It uses sounds/video clips that they didn't take themselves but have the right to use, and combines it to create a new montage style video.
By doing this, it transforms the sound clips into a very different video, despite still being a sound clip video.
If people are worried that their videos would be viewed as low effort/deriviative, then I would suggest they consider my tutorial at 9:33 and instead create montage videos that fill a gap in the market 🙏
I would also like to clarify that I also did not suggest that adsense is the only way to earn money.
Despite Gaming SFX not being eligible for monetization with the copyrighted content on the channel, the channel continues to earn money because of the alternative monetization source I discussed in 10:45 - the channel is earning money through affiliate programs for Sound Clip subscription services, like I discussed at 10:45 🙏
And so - even if it were accurate (which again, to clarify, it is not) that Sound Clips cannot be monetized by adsense, they can still be monetized, thanks to the alternative form of monetization this video 🙏
@@WholesaleTed Thank you for your detailed response. We must keep in mind that TH-cam is constantly tightening the criteria for monetizing content, which stimulates us to create better videos.
One of the best things in world is watching a White girl smiling listening to Birds chirping ❤😂
Consistency is the key ❤
Opps! I accidentally replied with the wrong account @alteredsoundeffects is my sound effects channel :)
This video was so helpful,thankyou for the inspiration!💗
I'm so impressed you're earning almost NZ $40k per month from ad revenue. A lot of New Zealanders only earn $40k per year working full-time.
Always appreciate you!
Thanks for the tips you give us in every video❤Making TH-cam shorts is really easy and enjoyable for me. I also decided to start posting videos on my channel, of course about TH-cam shorts.✌🥰
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hi, Sarah, your video contents are really good and helpful to me, and thanks for making such an informative video
When you said the dayhan cat channel lost its check ✅️ you should have inserted the sad violin 🎻 byte 🤣 C'mon, love, you're slipping.
Haha great minds think alike. I did actually ask my video editor to put the sad violin music there but he forgot, and then I forgot to ask him to add it in again before uploading this video 💀
@@WholesaleTed 🤣🤦♂️🤷♂️
**Sad violin music plays**
@@WholesaleTed I went back and replayed 🤣 You got me. We'll just play it in our minds, you and I.
Well here we go. Love the tutorials and great content. Hopefully we get a good social blade score in a few months. :)
Great information ❤
Thank You., keep on and break it down in such amazing way😍🤩😍
Hello from Gatlinburg Tennessee Great Smoky mountains national park.usa.
Hello Sarah really thanks for your videos but there are some of steps you go fast i cant see how you went over there please show us how you go to other step, I dont know and dont see social blade bank!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Im new on the platform and im trying to grow my channel. Im going to apply your tips.
Hi from south Africa, it's super expensive for us here. Does the epidemic channel have a trual period. If tried so many things but always a huge amount to join. Tks for video.
Thank you so much for sharing Have a nice day ♥️♥️🙏🙏
great content, keep up the good work.
thank you for this info. you´re our oracle for youtube strats to make money!!!!!!
Thank you so much Ms. Sara :)
May I ask if you always create a new TH-cam channel on every niche/ content you present? Example this animal sound, or other contents.
I really want to start YT channel of my own because I get so inspired by youtubers like you who are so willing to share their time and knowledge :)
Thank you I am glad my videos could help you 🙏 for Sound Clip channels, you don't have to niche down if you don't want to - the sound clip subniche is the niche itself if that makes sense!
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@@WholesaleTed New Viewer here. (sorry to piggyback but I wasn't able to start my own thread for some reason) I have a question. Is it better to do research into what is currently trending in terms of sound clips? In order to increase viewership and being eligible for monetization? Or do you just do what speaks to you as an individual? I love listening to the rain sound clips at night and for background during the day, I love the jazz so I wanted to do that but I don't know how profitable it would be. I was diagnosed this summer with an illness (long story) and of course, I need to bring in money but I also want to have fun as well. My fear is that I'll just be all over the place & my channel will have no rhyme or reason. Are short videos better than long? Is it quality over quantity? I made a 43 second video. I enjoyed it but lets be real... we're all after the money. I'm trying to stay sane, positive and focused here. Would love passive income. Desperately need it now.
nice to meet you
Hi Sarah, So I am running this type of channel. TH-cam was promoting my videos, and I was getting lots of views for abut a two month period, then out of nowhere TH-cam stopped promoting my videos! I have found that other people have had the same happen to their channels.. Now I am trinkling with very little views, so just thought to bring this up, as something that is happening to TH-cam channels.. I was told through a source moments ago that the algorithm giveth and the algorithm taketh away, thus no more youtube promotions of my videos..I guess my conversions rates were under what they consider to promote? Not understanding this as my most popular on the LifeTime views on my most popular video are at 25.5k views..129.0 watch time hours.. and 139+ subscribers, that it brought in. It was published August 13, 2022 :(... Just a heads up concerning the channel verification... I am verified via on the backend, but since I don't have at least 100K subscribers, TH-cam does not show that checkmark on my account.. Thank you for all of the videos you post, such an encouragement!
From what info I learned recently from another seasoned and monetized TH-camr, was that it was the watch hours that really mattered, because it is the number of watch hours that they use as a selling point to potential advertisers.
They say it's not too difficult to get a thousand subscribers compared to getting a meaningful number of watch hours.
So 129 watch hours on a video with over 25k views in a certain time frame, seems like a low ratio of actual watch hours and would not be enough to attract advertisers to want to pay to advertise on that video.
I think to be even eligible to be monetized, that you need a minimum of 4,000 watch hours.
there's a new lav mic system that's great for TH-camrs and bloggers and I'd love to show it to you.
I have no idea how to reach you directly, but I'm told you try to answer TH-cam comments.
I've learned a lot from you and really appreciate you. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with all of us.
And yes, I do have an affiliate account with the lav mic company, but I only got it because I was telling everyone how great it was and figured I may as well get paid for it.
If you are starting out using this method, TH-cam will reject your monetization application for reused contents. This method worked before but TH-cam has been very strict lately with new creators.
TH-cam does not apply a double standard to new creators vs. old creators. Sound Clip channels like www.youtube.com/@MAXINPASSION/videos have been monetized within the past 6 months. But let's say for argument sake they were applying a double standard: this video still provided an excellent way to monetize Sound Clip videos that does not need adsense at 10:45. No one is talking about that, they are only discussing adsense. I am not sure if people watched the video fully through!
I'm also not sure if people watched the video fully through because in this video, I do not recommend just uploading Sound Clips as-is, and yet a lot of TH-cam comments are implying I did, making me wonder if people did not watch the video after the first half of it.
Instead, I suggested that the montage route is a lot better, and people seem to be instead suggesting that I instead said that uploading sound clip videos individually was better, when in reality, I did a big tutorial video showing how to turn sound clips into new montage style videos at 9:33
Another example of a montage sound clip channel is this here: th-cam.com/video/1Dylx9JBBZg/w-d-xo.html
It uses sounds/video clips that they didn't take themselves but have the right to use, and combines it to create a new montage style video.
By doing this, it transforms the sound clips into a very different video, despite still being a sound clip video.
If people are worried that their videos would be viewed as low effort/derivative, then I would suggest they consider my tutorial at 9:33 and instead create montage videos that fill a gap in the market and to safeguard themselves for monetization 🙏
That sound clip channel has no visible way of it making any money. Not even any side bar ads
Ads are run on all channels, including channels that are not monetized. Being monetized only influences whether YT gets 100% of the money from the ads, or if they have to split them with you. Most of the time on YT, videos won't have ads playing before them. The exception is if your channel is in an extremely high-demand niche like mine is. You'll always get ads playing before my videos since my niches are in high demand from advertisers, which drives up my CPM: th-cam.com/video/gNuEKzzryhc/w-d-xo.html
*Yeah, that's cool, guys*
Those channels are not monetized and do not earn from ads :)
Haven't watched one of her videos for a while. So darn chipper!
She is really beautiful and intelligent. If you are her husband take good care of her, otherwise there will be a long queue of wannabes to the young lady. :)
@user-ob2pb5jw3g ook, thank you
This is actually what I am thinking right now XD
I'm here like, wow she looks so lovely.
Doesn't the video have to be a certain length to get advertising money? I.E. shorts aren't compensated for the same as longer videos.
No - the length doesn't matter. What matters is whether someone watched it in the TH-cam Shorts player app (which requires the video be rendered in mobile screen dimensions) or the standard TH-cam app. If it's the standard TH-cam app, ads play like normal on it.
Best girl in TH-cam!❤
Thanks for this vid! I just started my sound effects channel, looking for ideas to help it grow.
I know the feeling with the accent, get the same thing HAHA
Awesome video, Sarah! You always share golden nuggets. There is a never-ending amount of clips out there. The clips you mentioned and there are rain clips, wave clips, crackling fire clips, wind clips. (mind blown!!!). This is sort of like those rain videos I see that are like 12 hours, but this is much shorter. What is the ideal length for the videos? Could Canva be used to create these types of videos or do we need an editor like you mentioned? Thanks!
youtube wont monetize for rain videos or anything taken from pixabay pexels,its all lies,it gets flagged as reused material,so dont waste your time,with all the scammers saying upload this and reupload that,tried it for 6 months and turned down 4 times in a row
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Thank you! I don't really know how long they "should" be - I'd say think about what type of way you want to put your spin on it (e.g. by turning them into a comparison video like I did with the birds sounds) and then see what the average length for those clips are on TH-cam, and aim for that.
@@WholesaleTed Thank you!
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I subscribed you already. 😀
thanks for this information ,
I have been watching your videos from sometime, and just started to design tshirts, just wanna ask can I put same item in diffrent website ?? Even if i have diffrent usernames for store at diffrent websites , any problem I will have if I will put ?
very informative, thanks
Sounds good I interested in making money online
Great video!
Thank you, its very informative..
Very interesting. THankyou.
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Sort of underhanded isn't it? That clip of sneaky music was done by Kevin Macleod (it even says so in the video), and he has his own website that explicitly states that resale of the clips is forbidden. So if that channel is not owned by him (looks like it's not) then I don't understand how it's legal for someone to earn money of compositions from someone else even if it is under CC license. The stipulation is that Kevin must be credited, is that disclosed on the TH-cam channel?
Just wondering - how many sites offering basic sound clips can the market support? How many 'westies barking' / 'car failing to start' clips do people need to choose from?
No snark - just curious.
Amazing video good job Brother
Unfortunately overnight success is rare. People often get captivated when they say make this much money from doing this on TH-cam. But it does take time and effort. Unfortunately success is not overnight.
But I did not suggest it was overnight? Please time stamp where I suggested, or implied, that success was overnight. In fact, I even pointed out that being monetized with adsense will take time which is why I have provided an alternative form of monetization at 10:45 for new channels that are still building their TH-cam business. I do not think implying or stating that I suggest business success is overnight is a fair representation of this channel. I have made many videos stating the exact opposite: th-cam.com/video/L4R9Om57zag/w-d-xo.html 🙏
Hello Ted, do you know if this concept applies to video footage as well? Say you download some clips from places like Envato or Storyblocks, and then change the footage and weave the pieces together with other footage to create your own clips.....I'm thinking that would be on the "up & up" as well.. What do you think?
I think that's what this monetized channel is doing: th-cam.com/video/1Dylx9JBBZg/w-d-xo.html
Find a way to give it a good marketing spin. Rather than advertise it as just random videos, give it a "purpose" in the title. E.g. let's say you included different stock clips of USA & the UK. You could name your title "USA vs. UK" - now you have a valid reason to use the clips. You are contrasting the two countries. You are taking something the pre-exists but are transforming it into a new purpose. That's what I did with the bird sounds: I contrasted how different they all sound. Be creative!
@@WholesaleTed Thanks for the feedback..... this is a great idea! Thanks again!
Great way to make passive income 😮
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Hi Sarah, thanks for the video! I have an crucial question though: whether you monetize it by using ads (which has an important bottleneck of 1k subs / 4k hours plus the debate in the comments whether it can be indeed monetized or not) or by using affiliate links in the description you need traffic to your video. So, how one gets traffic? I would guess that we can only rely on YT ranking system, but if that is the case, how is the best way to rank such videos with the potentially high competition to be faced (as I expect to be due to low barrier to enter)?
This is my question to. Its easy enough to make the video, but in order to make money from affiliates you need traffic and that's not easy.
I would think tiktok is a good starter. Tiktok is usually where people go to get traffic to their TH-cam channel. So, although it seems easy enough, you'll have to put some time into it at the beginning.
Hi Chris, thanks but I am not convinced at all. For starters, that is to substitute one problem (how to get traffic on YT) for another (how to get traffic on TT). Second, YT has enough traffic on its own, so in theory it is not necessary to have to go to TT for a stream of traffic (in any case, I would prefer to stick to TT and develop an income there).
So far, although Sarah's suggestion seems like a nice and easy to develop idea, I do not see its feasibility so far because of the traffic issue.
From my perspective, I find this suspicion strange/confusing, but I do understand that for many people that haven't started TH-cam channels before, it does seem strange. Most people assume there is some "magic" to TH-cam traffic. But it's honestly as simple as uploading great videos. You upload good videos that fill a need/niche & YT will just put your videos in front of the right people. No external marketing required. As someone who has done this many times, from scratch, I understand that this probably seems too good to be true, but it's not. 🙏
@@WholesaleTed That's a pretty cool and encouraging answer. I recently started my first print on demand t-shirt company and I'm getting all the little details of it sorted out to make sure it's all as automated as it needs to be but it looks good.
And I'm interested in this concept as well. I enormously appreciate your videos. I'm a single dad. I've got two kids youngest of which is autistic and I've painted homes for 16 years and it doesn't cover the bills enough. And I'm way more creative than that. And my soul is dying for a path like the one you're describing with your videos. So again, thank you for real from the bottom of my heart for your content and you're awesome energy.
You are amazing
Very inspirational video, Thanks,. I created my account in epidemic sound but I do not find the way to create this affiliate program you mention in the video. Any advice