To monetize gaming videos on YouTube, you need a partnership with a network like Machinima or TGN that holds game rights. You'll need around 200 subscribers and 2,000 monthly views to apply. Networks typically take 20 to 40 percent of revenue, and earnings under $100 a month aren't taxable, but anything more requires filing.
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What is going on, guys? As you can tell by the title, I'm gonna be talking about YouTube Gaming Partnerships— what it is, how to get it, and what it does. So first things first, I need to say this video is going to be all over the place. It's going to be kind of random at some times. I want to cover everything and anything about a gaming partnership, that way you do not have any questions. And you also might be wondering, you know, where do you get your information from? How do I know what you're saying is true? Well, I got partnered 4 months ago, and when I was trying to get partnered, I spent hours upon hours looking up information and applying to networks. And I'm gonna try to give you everything and anything you need to know about a gaming partnership in this video so you don't have to spend all those hours I spent looking it up on the internet, and so you don't have to be confused about stuff. So first things first, why do I need a partnership to make money off my videos? Well, You do not own Call of Duty, Battlefield, Minecraft, whatever you plan on uploading. So you need to get partnered with a network like Machinima, Yoush, TGN. They have lawyers that went to court and worked out deals with, uh, video games to get rights to upload it. And if you upload a video game and monetize it without being part of a gaming network, you could get in some serious trouble because you do not own that video game. You do not have the right to make money off of it. But a network like Machinima has lawyers and stuff that works out deals with the games and gets permission to upload it. So when you join Machinima, join the network, you get the permission to upload the video, put ads on it, and make money off of it. So that's one of the biggest reasons you need to join a network, is, you know, so you have the right to make money off your videos. So you might be wondering, how do I join a network? Pretty much you need at least 200 subscribers. If you don't have 200 subscribers, don't try to join a network, you won't find one. And you need at least 2,000 views a month. So let's say you have 200 subscribers, 2,000 views a month, and you want to join a network. Well, pretty much you just go around applying to networks and try to get in one. Now the things you want to look at when you're trying to join a network is revenue share, because pretty much they don't give you the right to make money off the game for free. So pretty— they're going to take a percentage of your income. Let's say you make $100 and you have a 30/70 revenue share. If you make $100 with 30/70 revenue share, that means you get $70 and your network gets $30 because you have to give them a percentage of your income because they give you the right to make money off the video game. So a lot of networks are going to ask for like 20 to 50%. Uh, 20% 80/20 revenue share is pretty good. If you get 80% of your income and the company gets 20%, that's a really good deal. I would sign with them. 70/30 is the highest revenue share I would go. I would not give my company more than 30% of my income. I have a lot of friends that have— they have a 60/40 revenue share, which means their company gets 40% of their YouTube income, which is crazy. If they make $100, $40 of it goes to their network, which that is just ridiculous. And anyways, Let's say you do, you know, go around applying, and one of the things you need to look for, like I said, is revenue share. And the next is your contract, the length of your contract. You don't want to sign a contract longer than a year because you might want to, you know, find a different network. You might end up hating the network you applied for and got into, so you don't want to be locked in more than a year so you can freely leave when you want to. My network has a 3-month trial period where I'm basically part of the network for 3 months and I can leave whenever I want to. And then after that 3 months is over, I'm automatically locked into a 1-year contract. And for my first 3 months, I didn't have any problems. I like my network, I like my revenue share, so I didn't leave it. And then after my 3-month trial period was over, I got locked into a 1-year contract, and that's pretty much that. So now you might be wondering, you know, how much money will I be making if I get a gaming partnership? Well, it mostly has to do with your contract. You can sign a contract and either get paid a flat rate, so every 1,000 monetized views you get $2, or you get paid based on what the advertisers pay, which is like pretty much it can go up and down if you get paid based on what the advertisers pay, and you can make $1 every 1,000 views and then the next 1,000 views make $7. It all depends on what the ad is. Let's say you get a flat rate. So let's say you make $2 every 1,000 monetized views. Every 1,000 times your ads are watched, you get $2. Well, you gotta keep this in mind. There is an extension called Adblocker. It has like 20 million downloads. Adblocker is for Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox. What Adblocker does is it blocks the ads. So on average, 30% of your viewers will have Adblocker and will not see see your ads. So if you get 1,000 views, you're not going to make $2. You're going to make like $1.50 because 30% of the people on average that watch that video will have ad blocker. And if someone watches your video with ad blocker, you do not get paid for them watching your video. And since we're on the topic of money, you know, taxes. Once you make X amount of money, you're going to have to start paying taxes on your video. But if you make under $100, it's considered a hobby. You do not have to worry about paying taxes. Even once you make $100, you're really not— $100 a month, not $100. Once you start making $100 a month, you're still not going to really have to pay taxes. But eventually, once you get big enough, it's not going to be considered a hobby and you will have to pay taxes on it. So keep that in mind. You might want to let your parents know once you start to get a little bit bigger. Once you're making like $200 a month, it's going to be required that you pay taxes on your income from your videos. And if you don't, you'll get a huge fine. So just keep that in mind. But if you're a small YouTuber, kind of like me when I make this video, and you're only making like $10 a month, you do not have to worry about paying taxes. Once you get 100 views— 100 views— $100 a month, that's when you actually have to start worrying about taxes. But if you're making under $100 a month, don't even worry about it. Don't let it bother you. And that's that. So I pretty much explained in this video so far how to get a partnership, what it does— it gives you clickable annotations, custom thumbnails, and it gives you the right to make money on your videos. And I explained how you're going to be making money and how adblocker affects what you're making. And that's pretty much that. That's, you know, pretty much everything you need to know about a gaming partnership. So if you have any other questions, just leave them in the comment section. I check the comments a lot, and there's a good chance I'll respond to you within a couple of hours. So yeah, hope that you enjoyed. Hope this helps you get a partnership, and yeah.
