The Cons of Joining Fullscreen

I thought everything about fullscreen was great, until I was about to sign up they put me in vlog union, which doesnt seem to be doing well, and they will take 30% of my money if I do..

With all due respect, when you grow your channel to have more subscribers, views and videos, you will be able to negotiate better terms.
 
not to many cons at all, but i do agree with what alot of people are saying, they dont really promote their smaller partners, big tubers get alot of promotion, but the smaller sub count you kind sitting at the bottom of the pile, but idk they give you alot of great tools and different ways to make money and promote yourself, but i see it like this, right now, you are at least on a Network, like being on TV, you made it, you may be on at 4am, but at least you on right lol, but if you do sign up, WELCOME TO THE FAMILY
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I thought everything about fullscreen was great, until I was about to sign up they put me in vlog union, which doesnt seem to be doing well, and they will take 30% of my money if I do..

VlogUnion is just a sub-network which allows you the opportunity for collaboration, cross-promotion and the ability to be easily promoted through the sub-network. However, you're still a Fullscreen partner with all of the benefits of a regular Fullscreen partner. VlogUnion is actually just an added benefit, in a way. :)
 
I was definitely afraid of the split that I was gonna be paying since I was making peanuts to begin with. I guess its better that I did it while my channel was reallly small so I don't ever miss the income. I sometimes have to really reach to come up with gorilla campaigns that are somewhat relevant to my channel but I am proud of my little commercials. My biggest issue is that I am eager as a beaver and always sending my vids or posting them where they are supposed to be seen by FS and added to hubs etc or promoted and I haven't been featured yet even when I busted my a$$ but I guess every dog has its day. I also noticed that the dashboard doesnt update earnings in a timely manner but my Partner manager and the guys over at Gorilla are awesome and always respond so thats nice. I have grown quite a bit since joining but it isn't due to FS promoting me at all. I mean NOT AT ALL. Lol. I got lucky and got my exercise pic posted on a really popular persons Facebook page. I got a couple more shout outs plus I have over 11,000 facebook fans of my own (Oh how I wish that was youtube so I could make money but oh well). For beauty videos I think I'm ahead of the game. Stylehaul wanted to give me a 50/50 cut. They must have thought I was smoking crack to offer me that like it was a deal. Lol.
 
So I guess my real question here is- have you had any issues with Fullscreen? Has it been resolved, and what would you do differently (if that even applies to your situation). If you have anything else to add, I would appreciate it :]

I joined Fullscreen when it still was only like a few Months old and you could probably count everyone of the Team on two Hands down when even I first hadn`t planned to join any Networks at that time and had turned down till then every offer I had got. Now since my contract is running soon out I`m more then ever convinced that I will extend it when the time will come.

Yes it`s true that Fullscreen won`t do your work. You still will have to be active and work hard on your own content to grow but over the last couple of Years Fullscreen offered me a stable Background if it comes to the hole YouTube/Adsense/... Part so I could focus on my Content while other Networks had during those Years more then once to fight with an Community that wanted to burn down everything and everyone if it comes down to with whom they are Partnered.

Knowing whom I can contact if things get nasty or if I have a Question/strange Request did made it easy for me to simple don`t have to care about anything else then my Content and with that in my mind things really past faster then I could have imagine it. Over the last couple of Months new Features where added to the Network and even I don`t use most of those simple because I don`t fell that they fit to me I can clearly see that others do use those on a regular base and are thankful for those.

I think in the longer run the relationship between Fullscreen and me worked out because...

a.) I told them first to leave me alone because I did know very well at that time how worse things were going on at Machinima and other Networks and didn`t wanted to be treated in a similar way as some other Networks are handling their smaller Channels by that time and sadly some still are doing it nowadays in a similar way.

b.) They didn`t give up and convinced me in the longer run that they are indeed are trying to change a few things how Networks are behaving.

c.) My expectations where absolutely modest when I joined them and probably therefor I never had felt like other Networks could offer me at any moment more.

c.) There has been only one incident since Fullscreen was funded where things totally got ****** up and Fullscreen didn`t tried to hide it but went public with it and it got fixed in less then a few Days.

Taking a look back now I`m more or less sure that I did decide the right way back then and I don`t know how things might have worked out if I had rejected Fullscreen a second Time.

With all due respect, when you grow your channel to have more subscribers, views and videos, you will be able to negotiate better terms.
I can second that.
cuz I can say what I want? :) plus they just are- for me :)
Of course you can say what you want since this is the Internet but aren`t we above that Troll Level here and are trying on the Forum to provide a Platform for everyone so that each one of us can speak Free without being afraid of any reprisals?

Mentioning why Network X is better then Network Y is a Win for everyone on the Forum:

Network X because you did spoke for them and delivered an reason that would speak for it and probably might even make others to join them too if someone would think in a similar Way as you do and for Network Y because they would know where they could improve hopefully.

Instead...
 
I can second that.

Of course you can say what you want since this is the Internet but aren`t we above that Troll Level here and are trying on the Forum to provide a Platform for everyone so that each one of us can speak Free without being afraid of any reprisals?

Mentioning why Network X is better then Network Y is a Win for everyone on the Forum:

Network X because you did spoke for them and delivered an reason that would speak for it and probably might even make others to join them too if someone would think in a similar Way as you do and for Network Y because they would know where they could improve hopefully.

Instead...

awesome post above.thanky you! thats the stuff we need! im searching for a network too. its hard to say which one is best or which one would match better to me.
more than ever if you get commentaries like (cuz I can say what I want? :) plus they just are- for me :))

i heard great things about fullscreen and less negativ things, or things wthat dosnt matter. (the only thing for my decition is i want a german support, thats the only con for me agains fullscreen)
 
awesome post above.thanky you! thats the stuff we need! im searching for a network too. its hard to say which one is best or which one would match better to me.
more than ever if you get commentaries like (cuz I can say what I want? :) plus they just are- for me :))

i heard great things about fullscreen and less negativ things, or things wthat dosnt matter. (the only thing for my decition is i want a german support, thats the only con for me agains fullscreen)

I`m currently unsure if Machinima has still an own Support Team in Germany but if Fullscreen told you that they currently don`t offer any German Support you should work hard on your YouTube Channel and it`s Content and then try to apply at IDG_Germany ( www(.)idg(.)de ).

If I hadn`t joined Fullscreen they would be the second Option on my List of Networks that I would join.

Besides that: (A few Facts about IDG_Germany)

Don´t let you scare off by some of the German YouTube Channel in that Network. Most of those are just footboard of Gronkh and wouldn`t have so many Subscribers if he he hadn`t featured those Channels on his own Channel or the Network ;)

PS:

Und jene die das Gegenteil behaupten sollen einfach mal sehen wann jene YouTube Channels erstellt wurden und ab wann es einen Sprung in deren Abonnement Anzahl gab :p
 
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