How do you divide up collab earnings?

Jenny Lynne

Jenny Lynne

"To live would be an awfully big adventure"
Hello!

I know I'm not even near the point of earning money. But if I do a collab and it earns, how is the money usually divided between the people that participated? And how long after it earns do you need to track that for all the people? It would be hard to track for the months down the road, with all of your other videos that may also have people in it, unless there is a way for the system to divide up the money for you into each person's account.

So say, I invite a few friends to be in a challenge video, I shoot it, pay for all of the supplies, and do all the editing and advertising. All they have to do is be in it. And then it explodes and I make a bit of money. How do you usually compensate the friends?

Or, if you do a collab trade (post a video on each person's channel) and one video gets a few hundred views while the other gets 5 million views. How do people usually work that out?


Thank you!
-Jenny
 
To be honest, I don't think you would split up the money, I think you would keep it all. The best way to deal with this is for both of you to create a video for each of your channels. That way you both get a video and money. That's honestly the only way I can see that working.
 
Alrod360 said:
To be honest, I don't think you would split up the money, I think you would keep it all. The best way to deal with this is for both of you to create a video for each of your channels. That way you both get a video and money. That's honestly the only way I can see that working.
Click to expand...
That's what I figured, but it seems unfair if the person that collabed with you is the reason it took off. For example: lukeisnotsexy's spicy tampon video with Emma Blackery went viral particularly because of her being shown in the thumbnail.
 
Jenny Lynne said:
That's what I figured, but it seems unfair if the person that collabed with you is the reason it took off. For example: lukeisnotsexy's spicy tampon video with Emma Blackery went viral particularly because of her being shown in the thumbnail.
Click to expand...
I think when the time comes you and the person you are collaborating with can discuss how it's going to work out.
 
Alrod360 said:
I think when the time comes you and the person you are collaborating with can discuss how it's going to work out.
Click to expand...
Alrighty. I think that was what I meant to get across in my question. I'm sure there are no rules, and everyone probably does things differently, but I would like to know what other people do. So that I can get an idea of what seems fair.
 
This is a very interesting post! I am glad that you posted this.

well if you were the one to buy or use all of the equipment to shoot the video and edit it then you should be the one to receive the most of the earnings. I'd say you should receive 2/3 of the earnings and maybe give your friends a shout out?

Also, I'd say that if one persons channel blows up (Or video) then I really don't think that the earnings SHOULD (But the could be) be split, still i think that a special shout out would work fine.

I hope this advise helps, but if not then read someone else post :D
 
Hah. Thank you. Shout outs sound great, I had forgotten about the advertisement that they get for being in the popular video. I guess if the friend is a Youtuber, then that advertisement in itself would be great payment. But what do you do if it's not a Youtuber friend? I have only just started meeting people in the YT community, and so most of the people I would be doing videos with don't have channels.
 
It really would be rude to not give them anything, because they would be special guests or so.

Consider telling them this before making any videos if you feel it will help! if their cool then they would understand, like I wouldn't care.
 
For just a video appearance, if you're going to pay out money, pay out a set amount instead if a percentage. It usually works better that way. Also make sure to get releases signed before you shoot. You may not be friends down the line and it's better to have written permission so nothing happens to your video. If you are set on sharing percentages, there will be an option coming up where you can do that via YouTube. Some networks already have a system in place.

If you create a video for each channel, each channel should be responsible for the video that lives on their channel. The video's success is usually tied into the audience of that particular channel and not that of the other participants so they shouldn't share in any of the profits.
 
Wreckless Eating said:
For just a video appearance, if you're going to pay out money, pay out a set amount instead if a percentage. It usually works better that way. Also make sure to get releases signed before you shoot. You may not be friends down the line and it's better to have written permission so nothing happens to your video. If you are set on sharing percentages, there will be an option coming up where you can do that via YouTube. Some networks already have a system in place.

If you create a video for each channel, each channel should be responsible for the video that lives on their channel. The video's success is usually tied into the audience of that particular channel and not that of the other participants so they shouldn't share in any of the profits.
Click to expand...

This is pretty in depth, but it is mostly correct :D
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top