2$ CPM vs revenue share!

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Hi there, I've been on a flat 2$ CPM contract with Machinima for 3 years, and they want me to switch to a revenue share or they will release, first they said 70% now they got to 80% but still, I think I will make less money with a revenue share compared to my current flat share.
My channel: RemusNeo
This is February for example: I had 660K views, 2.16$CPM and estimated earnings of 350$, but I made more than twice that amounth...So what can I do? They said we must switch, probably I have to be released and go for a 90/10 with Curse instead of 80/20 with Machinima, but will I really make that much less? 90% of the estimated earnings?:| I had 660K views in February, but the CPM for that month was low though.
In their first email they said I can switch to a 70/30% and then they increased it to 75 and now 80, but in the first email they told me if I don't take the 70 I can stay on the current contract, but after "analysing the performance and revenue" they say that is no longer an option.
I mostly make @1.2-1.5$ for every 1000 total views(including the non monetized) with the flat cpm contract.
Why is the CPM so low now? My lifetime CPM is 4.23$ but now it got lower in 2015...
Will I make more money with the new contract in time?
Is there a way to stay on my current contract? They said we must switch this month.
What can I do to make it higher so that if I switch the contract I won't earn less than what I do now, because most people told me a revenue share contract is better than a flat one.

Thank you!

From your stats i assume your february RPM would be around 0.5$ (for your TOTAL impressions per 1000 views)

It is pointless and a bit misleading to talk about CPM as it doesnt says much at all - you can have etc.

One person can have 100$ CPM but only 2% of monetised views and his RPM (the amount he actually earns per 1000 total views) is around 2$
Another person can have 5$ CPM but 50% monetised views, and his RPM is around 2.5$

Means the second person with 5$ CPM would be earning more for the equal amount of TOTAL views, than the first person with 100$ CPM, because second person has much more % of monetised views.

As about your RPM (0.5$) - it could be slightly higher (mine RPM is 1$) but its global decrese this year and now its only around half as it was last year at same time of the year.
Its hard to suggest something.... of course, for the freedom of mind, having no lock-in contract is good, but im not sure if you would be earning more with other network...

 

[Harley Pring]

a $2 CPM either way is miserably because even if all views were monetized the most you'd earn is $1.10..

 

[mohamed ashiq]

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[Entityofsin]

If the relationship you have with Machinima is pretty good and you think strengthening that relationship is possible and worth the investment, then go for it. There might be a way for you to leverage your channel to get more out of the network. It really depends on the services they provide and the value proposition you see in those services. Machinima is an old dog of a network but Revenue Shares are pretty much the normal now days for MCN contracts.

As for your channel, I took a quick look at it. 19.2k subscribers. You could possibly monetize your subscribers through a possible Patreon campaign. Your content does cost something to make so it's a way for them to be able to give back to you for all the efforts you've made in creating that content. Find ways that you can monetize your following, pursue brand deals, sponsorships, and leverage to get those things. The more diverse your income is from your content the better you're off. The more control you'll feel like you have. Also, those MCN contracts are 100% negotiable.

 

[Partnership hero]

Guys, MCN cannot affect on CPM (in 99% cases). If you change your MCN, will it improve your CPM? - No, because CPM is primarily based on AdSense/Adwords ads served by Google. MCN's augment those ads by providing addition ad sales (very seldom!). So if your CPM is bad with a network, it would be bad with just AdSense as well. I'm totally agree with one of the previous post: improve your content, not CPM.