Monetization question and problems (Nintendo Channel)

[Pepus]

Hello, I am relatively new to youtube (just started last month and have 500 suscribers). My channel is specialized on retro gaming (mostly nintendo games), but I am noticing some strange things. First of all, my winnings have stayed on US$ 2 for the last month. I have been getting more and more views, but this numer just decreases! I had won US$ 2.3, then it got reduced to US$ 2.17, and today i have just US$ 2...i was hoping to win some money with my channel, because it takes a lot of work, but I am feeling a little dismotivated by this.

I am aware of the Nintendo Creator Program, but I am not really sure how this works..first of all most of the games I play are not in the list they provided, so I am not really a candidate for the program. Does this mean I wont win any money with my videos? I am planning to upload some Zelda videos soon (those games are on the list). Will I recieve 0 revenue for those videos? How do I even know? What is the best option for me?

Please help me, I am really new on this world and there is no clear information on the Internet...any help will be appreciated.

 

[Lightsen]

When you say your 'winnings' what is it you are referring to? is this daily income? is this total income? RPM, CPR or any of that jazz?
I don't know much about Nintendo, but from what I hear they will pay for certain games, but very popular ones, like pokemon, smash bros, etc, they will give you zilch. So best to do some research first

 

[Tarmack]

Hello, I am relatively new to youtube (just started last month and have 500 suscribers). My channel is specialized on retro gaming (mostly nintendo games), but I am noticing some strange things. First of all, my winnings have stayed on US$ 2 for the last month. I have been getting more and more views, but this numer just decreases! I had won US$ 2.3, then it got reduced to US$ 2.17, and today i have just US$ 2...i was hoping to win some money with my channel, because it takes a lot of work, but I am feeling a little dismotivated by this.

I am aware of the Nintendo Creator Program, but I am not really sure how this works..first of all most of the games I play are not in the list they provided, so I am not really a candidate for the program. Does this mean I wont win any money with my videos? I am planning to upload some Zelda videos soon (those games are on the list). Will I recieve 0 revenue for those videos? How do I even know? What is the best option for me?

Please help me, I am really new on this world and there is no clear information on the Internet...any help will be appreciated.

YouTube Analytics default is a rolling 28 day time. As new days earnings arrive, old days earnings fall off. So if your earnings are fairly consistent, it may look like you're not earning anything despite that not being the case. Now, it's possible that you already know this, I'm just extrapolating from your question a common problem that people express.

Beyond that though, it takes a lot of views to make any real money on YouTube. You just started last month and already have 500 subscribers which is uncommonly high. To make reasonable money you need hundreds of thousands of views a month. To make a living at it, you need (barring cost of living being high in your area) multiple millions of views a month. This is not an easy industry to break into successfully.