What numbers do you guys think I should have to join a network?
When I joined Maker 3 years ago, I had just under 300 subscribers, if that number is any help as a guideline.
To all of the people who are sitting here saying "Don't join if the contract term is over a year", and all the other people who say Maker is a "bad" MCN: Maker Studios was acquired by the Walt Disney Company in late 2013. For someone considering joining a network this means several things.
One: The network is extremely stable financially. Disney has taken over the payment of partners; and if you are a member who is paid by cheque, the cheques you receive for your cut are issued by The Disney Company.
Two: The network will not just declare insolubility and disappear one day unless Disney divests itself of the MCN portion of Maker Studios (you are aware of course, that the multichannel network section is only a
piece of the totality of Maker, right?).
Three: This is not a statement of fact; but there is the possibility that if dissatisfied with Maker Operations, one might be able to escalate a complaint to the parent company, though to some this would be seen as bad practice.
I'd definitely join again over something like Freedom or one of the younger and mostly untried networks, even though the initial contract is two years. I've entered upon my 4th year, and only as this contract nears its close will I begin to consider whether or not to renew. If I don't renew, I will fly free rather than join another.
For YTTalk mods: The preceeding has
not been an attempt to recruit; only to explain how in spite of the bad press Maker has received, it isn't the "Dark Horse" people seem to think it is!
