YouTube Opens Up Revenue-Sharing

It seems like just yesterday that YouTube made headlines by offering revenue-sharing to a 20-year-old content creator. Well, all of those of you who’ve waited to see what came to fruition shouldn’t waste time, as YouTube have just opened up offers for applications to content creators who want to be paid (and rightly so) for their content.

Given the size of YouTube and the sheer amount of fellow content creators out there, applying as soon as you can is a smart idea. They don’t mention any limits on a number of publishers, but the longer you take to apply, the longer it will take to be potentially approved. They also don’t make mention of revenue figures, but it’s sure to beat $0.

YouTube is expanding its program to share a cut of the AdSense advertising revenue associated with your videos on the site (even though most videos are watched elsewhere in embedded players that typically don’t carry ads). I guess Metacafe and Revver, which have been sharing their video ad revenues with their contributors for a while, had the right idea after all.

Source: TechCrunch