I would be incredibly grateful for your advice...

Like Dutchie said, the only thing you need 100 subs for is the custom url. And even then there’s a way around that by linking an associated site.

A custom url would be youtube.com/pixelandbracket as opposed to youtube.com/UCE285IsniG168.

As far as creating a card for a video on your old channel:

1. Create a promo video on your old channel directing people to your new one.

2. Make this promo your old channel’s main video (channel trailer)

3. Put a link to that video and your new channel in your 20k video.

4. Also create a card on your 20k video that points to the promo video. Cards are little links that pop up in the upper right of a video. You can make them under the “Edit” settings of that video.
 
Dutchie in England said:
They changed that ;) you can use custom thumbnails from the beginning. It's the custom URL that you need a 100 subs for ;)

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OMG you are right! Well this is embarrassing LOL I'm having a lack of sleep or something.... I have no idea how I managed to mix this up... oops! So it seems I can use custom thumbnails right away so long as I simply verify my channel? Is that the only requirement? Just making sure I didn't miss anything else.... thanks! :)[DOUBLEPOST=1506778078,1506777706][/DOUBLEPOST]
Pixel & Bracket said:
Like Dutchie said, the only thing you need 100 subs for is the custom url. And even then there’s a way around that by linking an associated site.

A custom url would be youtube.com/pixelandbracket as opposed to youtube.com/UCE285IsniG168.

As far as creating a card for a video on your old channel:

1. Create a promo video on your old channel directing people to your new one.

2. Make this promo your old channel’s main video (channel trailer)

3. Put a link to that video and your new channel in your 20k video.

4. Also create a card on your 20k video that points to the promo video. Cards are little links that pop up in the upper right of a video. You can make them under the “Edit” settings of that video.
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Great! Thanks so much for your in depth reply and instructions. I will DEFINITELY follow them. I really appreciate all the help :) I must be having lack of sleep to have mixed up the custom URL thing with the custom thumbnail thing... oops! I am soooo happy I can use custom thumbnails on a brand new channel so long as that channel is verified... I HOPE that's the only requirement....

... so in conclusion... now I am still confused as to whether it is better idea to use OLD channel and convert it or simply start brand new channel. OMG... I'm hopeless... I cannot seem to be able to make a firm decision on that one :( I don't know... but to me it seems if one of my videos on old channel pretty recently (7 months ago) got 22,000 views... and now it's almost at 23,000 views!! That is something I should not throw away???

... so that video is STILL getting lots of views!! :D
 
If you have a video with over 20k views, I’d just convert the old channel - mainly because you’re already over the 10,000-view threshold to monetize. One less hurdle to jump through.
 
Highfalutin' Low Carb said:
If you have a video with over 20k views, I’d just convert the old channel - mainly because you’re already over the 10,000-view threshold to monetize. One less hurdle to jump through.
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I was hoping to hold of monetizing my videos until and IF I ever have at least 20,000+ subs... because if I monetize my videos then I'm going to start having ads displayed on my videos before is plays, correct? I feel as though I would grow faster without having any such ads in the beginning... and the amount of money that I would earn from monetizing right now is not worth the trade off of potentially slowing my growth down...


Someone contacted me on youtube 5 months ago about this video that is getting 23,000 views... they said the below... I have no idea what I am doing or what is legit or not... so I don't know if I should post this in separate thread but I would be very grateful to hear any advice on the below message I received from them after I just replied to them recently:



Thanks for your response. We will be more than happy to work with you.


Here is our offer:


We offer you a Video management & revenue share License which gives you 90% from YouTube earnings + 60% from off-YouTube earnings.


Here's a link to the contract: (I removed the link since I know it's not allowed on this forum)



We will monetize your video on YouTube as well as find, claim and manage all copies of your video, which will bring you extra revenue. We will also feature your video on our YouTube channels and our partner YouTube channels for additional traffic promotion.


Off-YouTube, we will distribute the video to many sites and channels including MSN, Yahoo!, AOL, XBox, Bell Media (which includes CTV and Discovery Canada), Shaw Media (which includes slice . ca and Global TV), Postmedia (which includes a number of Canadian news outlets including The National Post), MTV and The Telegraph.


You will retain the ownership of the video.

If you accept our offer all you need to do is register here: (link removed) Then upload your video clip by choosing the Video Management license and add your PayPal email address. When uploading, please make sure to add a detailed description to help enhance your video performance (Who, what, where, when, why, etc.), and my name "sneze" in the referrer box


On your Rumble account you will be able to watch daily stats of your YouTube video (earnings and views).


So if want to move forward all you need to do is to sign the contract, i'll do everything else.

Feel free to ask if you have any additional questions.

Regards,
 
Tropical365 said:
I was hoping to hold of monetizing my videos until and IF I ever have at least 20,000+ subs... because if I monetize my videos then I'm going to start having ads displayed on my videos before is plays, correct? I feel as though I would grow faster without having any such ads in the beginning... and the amount of money that I would earn from monetizing right now is not worth the trade off of potentially slowing my growth down...


Someone contacted me on youtube 5 months ago about this video that is getting 23,000 views... they said the below... I have no idea what I am doing or what is legit or not... so I don't know if I should post this in separate thread but I would be very grateful to hear any advice on the below message I received from them after I just replied to them recently:



Thanks for your response. We will be more than happy to work with you.


Here is our offer:


We offer you a Video management & revenue share License which gives you 90% from YouTube earnings + 60% from off-YouTube earnings.


Here's a link to the contract: (I removed the link since I know it's not allowed on this forum)



We will monetize your video on YouTube as well as find, claim and manage all copies of your video, which will bring you extra revenue. We will also feature your video on our YouTube channels and our partner YouTube channels for additional traffic promotion.


Off-YouTube, we will distribute the video to many sites and channels including MSN, Yahoo!, AOL, XBox, Bell Media (which includes CTV and Discovery Canada), Shaw Media (which includes slice . ca and Global TV), Postmedia (which includes a number of Canadian news outlets including The National Post), MTV and The Telegraph.


You will retain the ownership of the video.

If you accept our offer all you need to do is register here: (link removed) Then upload your video clip by choosing the Video Management license and add your PayPal email address. When uploading, please make sure to add a detailed description to help enhance your video performance (Who, what, where, when, why, etc.), and my name "sneze" in the referrer box


On your Rumble account you will be able to watch daily stats of your YouTube video (earnings and views).


So if want to move forward all you need to do is to sign the contract, i'll do everything else.

Feel free to ask if you have any additional questions.

Regards,
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Don't ever join anything where anyone manages your account. They can't do anything more than you can. The overwhelming majority of sentiment is negative toward MCM etc..

Also, nobody has the actual answer for you in regards to starting a new channel or posting on an old one. That's a decision you just need to make, and in my opinion you should just continue with the old channel but give it a facelift. You may lose some of those subs, but if anything it's a step ahead of starting a new channel.
 
Pixel & Bracket said:
Don't ever join anything where anyone manages your account. They can't do anything more than you can. The overwhelming majority of sentiment is negative toward MCM etc..

Also, nobody has the actual answer for you in regards to starting a new channel or posting on an old one. That's a decision you just need to make, and in my opinion you should just continue with the old channel but give it a facelift. You may lose some of those subs, but if anything it's a step ahead of starting a new channel.
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Thanks again for your advice. If I convert the OLD channel maybe I should post several of videos of the new content before I change the channel name? Only problem is that on social media sites I have already been "advertising" new channel name so this won't work. I also need to change my old channel into a business account if I decide to keep and use the old channel...[DOUBLEPOST=1506801703,1506790524][/DOUBLEPOST]
Pixel & Bracket said:
Don't ever join anything where anyone manages your account. They can't do anything more than you can. The overwhelming majority of sentiment is negative toward MCM etc..

Also, nobody has the actual answer for you in regards to starting a new channel or posting on an old one. That's a decision you just need to make, and in my opinion you should just continue with the old channel but give it a facelift. You may lose some of those subs, but if anything it's a step ahead of starting a new channel.
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I just converted my OLD channel into a business account (still have same name as I haven't chnaged channel name yet) and I just posted video on my OLD youtube channel and quickly mentioned my plans to revamp the channel etc. Should I put my "viral" video that is getting 23,000 views onto my youtube homepage as a trailer for new visitors?? I see that I have option on what video is displayed on my homepage for new visitors and then which videos I want to have displayed for existing subscribers.

I have a lot to learn... I just HOPE by me converting my OLD channel is the right thing to do. I haven't converted it yet... I'm still unsure :) :([DOUBLEPOST=1506801981][/DOUBLEPOST]I think this forum has a bug. I just tried to post that I just changed my OLD channel into a brand aconnt and the forum says ERROR... it won't allow me to edit my prior post... I accidentally said BUSINESS account instead of BRAND account... this forum won't allow me to edit my prior post =([DOUBLEPOST=1506802667][/DOUBLEPOST]I just uploaded a video to my OLD channel one hour ago and it got 14 views and one comment. I'm wondering how bad that is? I HOE I'm making correct decision by keeping my OLD channel...[DOUBLEPOST=1506804719][/DOUBLEPOST]My old channel has a C+ rank on social blade... not sure if that means matter or not...[DOUBLEPOST=1506809218][/DOUBLEPOST]Sorry to post so many times in a row but Social Blade says the below regarding my old channel. It doesn't appear that social blade is accurate at all because by what that says below social blade thinks I have 12,071 views in the past 30 days? This is not possible! I didn't get 12,071 views in the past 30 days. Am I dumb or is that not what it's saying?


C+

TOTAL GRADE

6,175,939th

Subscriber Rank

7,018,732nd

Video View Rank

1,537,592nd

Social Blade Rank

12,071 3.0%
Views for the Last 30 Days

85 40.0%
Subscribers for the Last 30 Days

None

Network / CLAIMED BY

$3 - $48

Estimated Monthly Earnings

$36 - $579

Estimated Yearly Earnings[DOUBLEPOST=1506809546][/DOUBLEPOST]EDIT: i just logged into my youtube channel and the Analytics says I got 11,829 views in the past 30 days. Wow! OMG Isn't that a lot?? It says the watch time in minutes totals 10,354 for the past 30 days... is that good or bad? It says average view duration is only 52 seconds... ah oh... that doesn't sound good??
 
I think I might be starting to regret not starting a fresh new channel from scratch rather than converting my OLD channel... I'm barely getting any views at all on new videos I upload... so to be honest I might have been better off starting with a fresh new channel from scratch??

The fact that ONE of my old videos I posted 7 months ago is getting about 300-400 views a day is not doing me ANY good to be honest... as nobody is viewing the new videos I upload! :(

I have 166 videos on my OLD channel and 99% of those video barely got ANY views... didn't that affect my channel ranking??? Maybe by me converting my OLD channel I made things a lot more difficult for myself??? Because what if my OLD channel had a BAD rank... how can I find out what rank my channel has? Thanks for any help... I'm feeling a bit dicouraged because I see other youtubers who started their channel exactly 12 months ago and they are doing the EXACT same content as me (literaly the same niche and everything) yet they have well over 100K subs![DOUBLEPOST=1507242632,1507241109][/DOUBLEPOST]Should I DELETE all of the old videos on my old channel that barely got any views?? they are just random videos of my bird I posted last year... unimportant videos... maybe the fact that all of those videos barely got any views and the fact that those videos still exist is hurting my channel? I don't know... but I'm seriously thinking I might have been better of starting new channel from scratch! =([DOUBLEPOST=1507249082][/DOUBLEPOST]I just made video on oatmeal cookie recipe with my crazy pet birds and when I type "oatmeal cookies into youtube my video shows up on the first page... is that good? Does that mean anything? My video shows up as the 7th video on the 1st page... yet video barely getting any views. I have no idea what I'm doing.
 
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