My current video rig consists of an iPad Pro, rode shotgun mic, iogtapher case with wide angle lens, a battery pack and LED light,

Yesterday I broke the $1'mark. I'm made $1.07 inn1 day.

Oh I also broke 30k,views

Oh I also broke 30k,views

I've only posted videos of my dives. I posted mostly to share with friends and family, but I was surprised that I got hundreds of views.   

The money really comes from sources outside of youtube.  Things such as sponsors, partnering, or affiliations.  One simple example would be an Amazon associate relationship.  Links to your products that you place in the description, which can be purchased on Amazon.  In addition, if the buyer purchases anything else on Amazon if they come through your portal link, also earns you money.

My original youtube channel that I shut down about 3 years ago had maybe 150+ videos with about 60K+ subscribers and a few million views.  I think it would monetize around $250 per month, but again, as an example, the real money would be linking all the gear, accessories, etc, seen in the videos to an associate link like Amazon.  Then, of course, you can review items in video's and also link them.  If you get big enough you can start looking at sponsorships, etc.  In turn, all of this could lead to other business opportunities.  As an example, I would get a lot of inquiry on my business side of things about events, product R&D, T&E, consulting, not to mention a lot of people wanting to send me a lot of good stuff but mostly crap to review and want a video out of it.  But I avoided this.

All in all, get a good base and look outside of simple monetization.

A quick note, I just watched one video on a cooker.  You link the product on Amazon.  Look at becoming an associate, get your own personalized link and make income off sales.

I was reading about a 6-7 yo kid who was making something like $10-11 Mil on you reviews. Not sure about truth or facts of the matter, but dammit, i’m in the wrong line of work!

It’s probably not all that easy. I went to college with a bunch of people that ended up working for Nintendo as game testers. While it sounds like a lot of fun, they say that they described what actually went on wasn’t as fun as I thought it was.

The money really comes from sources outside of youtube.  Things such as sponsors, partnering, or affiliations.  One simple example would be an Amazon associate relationship.  Links to your products that you place in the description, which can be purchased on Amazon.  In addition, if the buyer purchases anything else on Amazon if they come through your portal link, also earns you money.

My original youtube channel that I shut down about 3 years ago had maybe 150+ videos with about 60K+ subscribers and a few million views.  I think it would monetize around $250 per month, but again, as an example, the real money would be linking all the gear, accessories, etc, seen in the videos to an associate link like Amazon.  Then, of course, you can review items in video's and also link them.  If you get big enough you can start looking at sponsorships, etc.  In turn, all of this could lead to other business opportunities.  As an example, I would get a lot of inquiry on my business side of things about events, product R&D, T&E, consulting, not to mention a lot of people wanting to send me a lot of good stuff but mostly crap to review and want a video out of it.  But I avoided this.

All in all, get a good base and look outside of simple monetization.

The money has changed a lot over the last couple of years Heres a website that shows a rough estimate on earnings, A channel getting 10K views a day with a CPM of $4 ($4 per 1k views) would make around 1k a month, I have some videos that have a CPM of $11+ and others as low as $3

My most watched video has a CPM of $4.13

The CPM changes on an advertiser based bidding system based on keywords, For example one of my video at one point had a $30+ CPM because of key words, but now has a $3.40 CPM because the same key words are not as popular with advertisers.

That money sure has changed.  I think we used to calculate $1K per million views.  Most people were making much more outside of the monetization monies.  The licensing, sponsorships and association types of monies were making quite a bit more.  I was never really into the money side of it. 

The last 2 years prior to me shutting the channel down had some serious growth and at that rate of growth, I sometimes wonder where the channel would be today.  No regrets as it was too difficult keeping up with all the social media related stuff and a channel of only that size.  I can see why it could become a full-time job for some people as it sometimes felt like it for me.

Just got my payment (added to balance) for November.  $15.58

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^^^^Future youtube sensation.  We can say we knew him before he was famous.

If one or any of your animals commits suicide, please dont post

^^^^Future youtube sensation.  We can say we knew him before he was famous.

You mean when we was just infamous?

You mean when we was just infamous?

more like a fanatic 

So YouTube is changing the way they allow monitization

On January 16, 2018, we announced new eligibility requirements for the YouTube Partner Program. Once a channel reaches 4,000 watch hours in the previous 12 months and 1,000 subscribers it will be reviewed to join the program. Get more details on the YouTube Creator Blog.

Previously all you needed was 10k views. Now the requirements are much higher. 1k subscribers (im at 450) and 4k hours watched (im at 2700) I was getting $25-$30 a month, now im not sure what happens, Im not sure if this applies to old accounts or only to new people trying to reach the limit.

I guess i will find at next month when it goes active.

just seen this in my e-mail

Under the new eligibility requirements announced today, your YouTube channel, Aloha Quails, is no longer eligible for monetization because it doesn’t meet the new threshold of 4,000 hours of watchtime within the past 12 months and 1,000 subscribers. As a result, your channel will lose access to all monetization tools and features associated with the YouTube Partner Program on February 20, 2018 unless you surpass this threshold in the next 30 days. Accordingly, this email serves as 30 days notice that your YouTube Partner Program terms are terminated.

so looks like i lose all my income. I would need to more then double my number of subs in 1 month (its taken me 4 months to get where i am) and i would need to increase my viewership time by 15% this month to make the 4k hours