Best Way To Fulfill Viewer Requests

Idec Sdawkminn

Idec Sdawkminn

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I was wondering what people thought the best way to deal with requests was, and if my current way is ideal.

I get a lot of requests, partially because I ask for them. I take existing songs and apply edits to the audio and video to turn them into what I envision they would be like if they were created in an alternate, horror, Addams Family-like universe. A lot of people want to see how certain songs or TV show intros would look and sound like. And I like not having to come up with video ideas. Doing requests is one of my attractions to keeping viewers engaged and coming back.

With all the requests I get, I've made a list of them. I put this list online, both so the requester could see proof of acknowledgement, and can also see how many requests are in line before theirs. The first page has the videos I've completed, uploaded, and scheduled to be published. It shows the date, video title, and the original requester. The second page shows my pending requests and it has formulas to automatically figure out how many days they can expect to wait until that video goes live.

I started publishing videos daily, 7 days a week, because the list of requests got so far out otherwise, that new requests would have to wait quite a while before seeing theirs. The problem is, even having them go up daily, the requests at the bottom of the list are looking at a 600-day wait time. I skip some requests that I don't want to do for one reason or another, but I do the vast majority of them. Some people are pretty cool with the wait time and are just happy to have me agree to do their request. Others are a little disheartened to learn they are looking at 2 years. While I don't owe anyone anything, it still seems like there could maybe be a better way if any new request is having to wait that long.

I've thought about being more strict on what requests I do, but most of them are good and the ones that I don't like as much are usually requested by regulars or really nice, polite people. I don't want to do more than 1 video a day. Maybe I could wait until I have more than 1 request for the same video before putting it on my list. I do have an option for people to pay me at least $5 to have their request moved to the front of the line and I have a link to a PayPal quick-payment thing, as well as a way to pay using Google Wallet. So far 2 people have used it. To me, having this option offsets the long wait time and make it all a moot point, but is that accurate?

What does everyone think? Here is the link to my list (you can see both pages by clicking at the bottom): bit.ly/2mZV9iu
 
Do requests garner you the views that make them worth the effort you have to put in them ? Would any of those in the waiting list seem like sure fire viral or repeat viewer residual from googlers searching for the topic ? As far as using a $5 this goes in front of the line bit, that is worth about what 1,500 views maybe?

Also what are the chances that what you are demonstrating will trigger an ad that is related to it and will get clicked ? The holy grail of youtube money generation.



Edit: Just saw your video count, ya man you are killing it in the views departments . I would find the ones that are most likely to generate your views and reshuffle your priority list of what comes first.
 
I'd integrate a voting option. Furthermore I wouldn't show a waiting time above 30 days. Apart from that I think you are doing a good and clever job.
 
@silverwolfer thanks for the advice. By the way, where in Oregon?

XXLRay said:
I'd integrate a voting option. Furthermore I wouldn't show a waiting time above 30 days. Apart from that I think you are doing a good and clever job.
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Hmm, a voting option like on the list? Most people who request things don't read anything else on my channel and wouldn't follow any kind of instructions I don't think. Also, I specifically put the wait time on there to give incentive to the paid option. I just wish I could get to the free ones sooner, but I don't think there is a way besides being more strict on what I do.
 
An update on this: I decided to give more weight to requests that had more people requesting it, and while I was implementing that, I realized this was exactly what @XXLRay was talking about. So I've added a column on my Pending Requests list that is titled "Number of People Requested" and it is ordered highest to lowest. Whenever someone requests one that is already on there, I increase the number by 1 and move it to the bottom of the others with that same number. Most of them were only requested by 1 person, with a fair amount requested by 2, but I have some that have 5, 6, or 8 people requesting them, with the top two being 14 and 15, both songs from the same show. I'm definitely liking this approach better.
 
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