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Anyone on here have a channel on YouTube that makes them money? Anyone care to admit such a thing? :)

 

As a car guy and father, ive been very interested in "fanboy"-style exotic car vids, as well as these children videos my son would watch all day if I let him.

 

http://kotaku.com/on-youtube-millions-watch-shows-for-children-made-enti-1788282618

 

While my personal opinion is both categories of video genres are tits-on-a-bull worthless, I understand the premise of eyeballs for ads and Amazon-links so an individual can make money...but it's tough to gauge how much people make off of these videos...

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I have a Youtube Music Channel (Surprise Surprise) with like 700+ followers. Tried to Monetize my account but almost everything was Copyrighted, so no monies.

 

Pretty sure you have to get 10+ Million views to make anything worthwhile. Although I think Brian got paid like $100 for his Camaro video.

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In all honesty, many Youtubers don't make much money off their videos... or at least as much as you might think. Subscribers, comments, and views are a huge factor in if you make any money at all.

 

You have to enable whats called "YouTube Ad Sense" on your account which puts the advertisements at the beginning of their videos. The numbers are rough and I have little to go off, but the last official report I saw was that ~100,000 views nets you $500.

 

Another option is adding "Affiliate" links in your videos to products or services. If people buy that product or service then you net a percentage of that profit.

 

Donations or flat fees are also given to a lot of people if they use a product in their videos or maybe wear a certain shirt. This is also known as a sponsorship.

 

The final way I know of is to join a network on youtube or broadcasting company to pay for and sponsor your videos. One of the largest groups on Youtube is known as the "Polaris" group which is primarily made up of gamers such as PewDiePie who grosses 12 million a year playing games, screaming like a little girl, and occasionally crossdressing in Harlem Shake videos.

 

In the end... Making lots of money of Youtube is next to impossible anymore unless you are an old man with a Hydraulic Press who crushes things. This guy made it to one million subscribers faster then anyone in the history of Youtube.

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I thought youtube went away from View-based motorization and went to a system based on Views, Likes and Subscribers?

 

Please remember to like, fav, subscribe, drop a comment, unsubscribe, comment, fav, like, fav, subscribe, drop a comment, unsubscribe, comment, fav, like, fav, subscribe, drop a comment, unsubscribe, comment, fav.

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Bob, can you share roughly how much the range is to have a more popular YouTuber open a TacPack on their channel?

 

My daughter watches people opening up "blind bags", which are like baseball cards in that they are a foil pack you cannot see through...she cannot get enough toy-opening vids. Sounds like a TacPack "opening vid" would be a great way to gain exposure.

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I've watched a few "opening vids" on YouTube to see if I would be interested in purchasing a subscription to the monthly service. I looked and didn't see any for Petrolbox, I was going to recommend that Farkas get someone to do that. Probs this cool af fella in front of his Viper or something of the likes.
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Since I took this new gig I haven't been able to put much time in my automotive channel, but my cooking channel will be getting attention soon.

 

Show pretty much broke down the whole deal on a high level. The channel thing is a scam IMO and Google takes most of your ad money.

 

We talked about working with certain racing channels to funnel content but haven't worked on that plan yet. I know with our reach that we could make people money...

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I have always thought that there is a missed opportunity with our current cars and coffee on Youtube. We see so many interesting cars come by each week with equally interesting people and their stories. I have always wanted to conduct similar interviews that Clay used to do with people from time to time, but this time do things a little different.

 

Interview the owner with decent quality audio/microphone and then ask them to drive their car over to the side lot about 50 feet away to film some "Car Porn" shots, maybe do some driving along side of them in the parking lot while filming, and top it off with some sexy drone footage. All the while in the background you can hear the audio with the occasional shot back to Clay and the Owner. My only moral problem with this would be to monetize or to not monetize this content. On one hand, I feel like we could do something different and new while at the same time tell people's stories. On the other hand, I never want to make CC&C a profit type thing... Not that I think the idea will make crazy money... I just feel like it detracts from what (I personally) think the group is all about... i'm torn, but it could be a cool idea =/

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I'll admit, one of my guilty pleasures on YouTube is Haggard Garage. Bunch of kids just doing stupid car shit. The other side of that coin that intrigues me is how much money they must make off it. If that $ per view math adds up, they have roughly 78 million views at the moment. Probably also why each individual had their own spinoff channel ect.. Coupled with all the free shit people send and the swag they sell, I am pretty sure they just make a living off it. Easier done for a bunch of kids though.
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I have always thought that there is a missed opportunity with our current cars and coffee on Youtube. We see so many interesting cars come by each week with equally interesting people and their stories. I have always wanted to conduct similar interviews that Clay used to do with people from time to time, but this time do things a little different.

 

Interview the owner with decent quality audio/microphone and then ask them to drive their car over to the side lot about 50 feet away to film some "Car Porn" shots, maybe do some driving along side of them in the parking lot while filming, and top it off with some sexy drone footage. All the while in the background you can hear the audio with the occasional shot back to Clay and the Owner. My only moral problem with this would be to monetize or to not monetize this content. On one hand, I feel like we could do something different and new while at the same time tell people's stories. On the other hand, I never want to make CC&C a profit type thing... Not that I think the idea will make crazy money... I just feel like it detracts from what (I personally) think the group is all about... i'm torn, but it could be a cool idea =/

 

It's a public event and other people have already done it. Heck, I've put a couple videos out from C&C on my channel and got big hits. I also learned a lot from doing it.

 

With our push for video content I'm guessing I'll be doing it more next year for work.

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I've watched a few "opening vids" on YouTube to see if I would be interested in purchasing a subscription to the monthly service. I looked and didn't see any for Petrolbox, I was going to recommend that Farkas get someone to do that. Probs this cool af fella in front of his Viper or something of the likes.

 

We are on it, November is our first box so hopefully we have a few posted in a few weeks. We have a few YouTubers with 10K-50K subscribers currently. Some of the higher subscriber accounts have been hard to get in touch with. Also have a few IG accounts with 10-40K followers and high engagement.

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Bob, can you share roughly how much the range is to have a more popular YouTuber open a TacPack on their channel?

 

My daughter watches people opening up "blind bags", which are like baseball cards in that they are a foil pack you cannot see through...she cannot get enough toy-opening vids. Sounds like a TacPack "opening vid" would be a great way to gain exposure.

 

Average unboxing is "free box-300"

 

Free box is for people with 5000-20000 subscribers

 

100 bucks is for people with 20000-100000 subscribers

 

300 bucks is for people with 175K subscribers

 

FPSRussia charges 80K USD to do a youtube vid

 

Dan Bilzerian charges 75-100K depending on what he does for you.

 

I also pay 3 bucks per code used so one guy makes about 250 bucks a month because he sells 80-85 boxes for me a month.

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I have always thought that there is a missed opportunity with our current cars and coffee on Youtube. We see so many interesting cars come by each week with equally interesting people and their stories. I have always wanted to conduct similar interviews that Clay used to do with people from time to time, but this time do things a little different.

 

Interview the owner with decent quality audio/microphone and then ask them to drive their car over to the side lot about 50 feet away to film some "Car Porn" shots, maybe do some driving along side of them in the parking lot while filming, and top it off with some sexy drone footage. All the while in the background you can hear the audio with the occasional shot back to Clay and the Owner. My only moral problem with this would be to monetize or to not monetize this content. On one hand, I feel like we could do something different and new while at the same time tell people's stories. On the other hand, I never want to make CC&C a profit type thing... Not that I think the idea will make crazy money... I just feel like it detracts from what (I personally) think the group is all about... i'm torn, but it could be a cool idea =/

 

I agree with you on this.

 

As far as the moral problem it's only "profit" if you put it in your pocket. If you use the money to do other things for the event and reinvest in the event then moral crisis averted. I used to do this with the NYCvinmoto group motorcycle shows I used to put on and we used to use the money to have people come in and give out swag, hire entertainers, or have raffles. As long as it directly benefits the group as a whole then it's no problem.

 

Not that there is anything wrong with making money off the event through your youtube channel or via other social media promotion.

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We are on it, November is our first box so hopefully we have a few posted in a few weeks. We have a few YouTubers with 10K-50K subscribers currently. Some of the higher subscriber accounts have been hard to get in touch with. Also have a few IG accounts with 10-40K followers and high engagement.

 

Glad it's on your radar.

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Average unboxing is "free box-300"

 

Free box is for people with 5000-20000 subscribers

 

100 bucks is for people with 20000-100000 subscribers

 

300 bucks is for people with 175K subscribers

 

FPSRussia charges 80K USD to do a youtube vid

 

Dan Bilzerian charges 75-100K depending on what he does for you.

 

I also pay 3 bucks per code used so one guy makes about 250 bucks a month because he sells 80-85 boxes for me a month.

 

AdamLZ wanted 5K with 1.2 Million subscribers

 

He's really the only big name YouTuber that responded to us.

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Average unboxing is "free box-300"

 

Free box is for people with 5000-20000 subscribers

 

100 bucks is for people with 20000-100000 subscribers

 

300 bucks is for people with 175K subscribers

 

FPSRussia charges 80K USD to do a youtube vid

 

Dan Bilzerian charges 75-100K depending on what he does for you.

 

I also pay 3 bucks per code used so one guy makes about 250 bucks a month because he sells 80-85 boxes for me a month.

 

damn. And I'd be happy just to get a free box.

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Great info, Bob. Thank you!

 

Mike, I'm certainly down for more interviews, as I still have some of the stuff (cheap lavallier mics, Kevan's tripod :)) from the few vids I did. Also, I still have some names of guys that wanted to do interviews. I need someone to reliably work with me on the videography...

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I have always thought that there is a missed opportunity with our current cars and coffee on Youtube. We see so many interesting cars come by each week with equally interesting people and their stories. I have always wanted to conduct similar interviews that Clay used to do with people from time to time, but this time do things a little different.

 

Interview the owner with decent quality audio/microphone and then ask them to drive their car over to the side lot about 50 feet away to film some "Car Porn" shots, maybe do some driving along side of them in the parking lot while filming, and top it off with some sexy drone footage. All the while in the background you can hear the audio with the occasional shot back to Clay and the Owner. My only moral problem with this would be to monetize or to not monetize this content. On one hand, I feel like we could do something different and new while at the same time tell people's stories. On the other hand, I never want to make CC&C a profit type thing... Not that I think the idea will make crazy money... I just feel like it detracts from what (I personally) think the group is all about... i'm torn, but it could be a cool idea =/

 

Came here to post this as well. Would be a great opportunity for clay and the columbus car scene. Even without monetizing it would still bring more attention to the real columbus cars and coffee

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