For months now Youtube has hinted at sharing revenue with its users. Well, last month they unrolled it… for their most popular users only. It is a shame it isn’t for everyone, but maybe that is on Google’s plate for the future. Obviously the higher the traffic and popularity, the higher the revenue. But it seems strange to not offer it to everyone.

People have already started complaining.* (just do a search on Youtube for ‘revenue sharing’)

In the meantime there are two Youtube like video sites that do share some of the advertising revenue with the posters.

http://one.revver.com/

http://www.metacafe.com/

Revver seems to be more popular, but Metacafe is pure class. They have excellent training videos for learning about video editing. **

I’ve signed up for Revver and will report my findings. So far after 7 hours - not a single cent. Perhaps I’m just a little impatient…

Here is an example embed from Revver:

It seems to work pretty well! I will let you know the minute I make my first yen!
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* Here is an excellent blog on Youtube’s revenue sharing strategies.

** Also see Digital Juice TV for superb (and free) videos on video production.