Why would a video not be eligible for monetization?

[KiddieToysReview]

Why would you even entertain the idea of monetizing your videos when you get absolutely no views? Ads on videos people barely want to watch in the first place is a good way to turn them off forever, especially when your combined total revenue with 32 videos is likely under 5 dollars

I thought about this question when we started.
Why monetize our channel when the videos are for kids, and we only got 5 views per video for the first 20 videos anyways?

And my reasoning was - YouTube is a business, not a charity. They want to make money. They will promote those channels that earn them revenue.

They have no vested interest whatsoever to promote videos and channels that don't bring in revenue and result in costs (bandwidth, storage, support).

As an oligopoly, YouTube do not have the thinking of "Let's support all these up and coming non-monetized creators out of the goodness of our heart".

That's why you monetize from the word go. To show them you want to make them money, so they promote you and make you money.

This doesn't even begin to take into the account the argument of why should we as creators not earn income for our time, skills, resources, etc.

 

[wasabiroots]

I was looking at my video manager, and I noticed that one of my more recent vlogs said it was not eligible for monetization. I have no idea why especially since when I originally uploaded it I had it monetized, and it has made money. Does anyone have any idea why this might be?

It could be because of this:

I have 2 videos that keeps getting its monetization turned off and on constantly and it gets reviewed again and again. One is about surviving a nuclear attack and fallout. The other video is about kid murderers. So, I'm in the gray area when it comes to violence and sensitive events I guess.

If you're lucky they're gonna enable it back after it gets reviewed again. Maybe your video has something to do with the last point?

You can appeal the non monetization decision, which I did, and it was quickly monetised.

If I might ask, how do you appeal?

 

[Xynudu]

When the video is listed in video manager, the usual $ icon on the far right will be replaced with another symbol (I forget which).

Click on that, and it tells you the status, and gives an option to appeal.

However, if you appeal, you had best explain your case in the video description, otherwise it may be rejected again.

 

[ItsBecky]

I had a video with the word b***h in the title, to get it remonetised i had to censor it out haha

 

[Crown]

I was looking at my video manager, and I noticed that one of my more recent vlogs said it was not eligible for monetization. I have no idea why especially since when I originally uploaded it I had it monetized, and it has made money. Does anyone have any idea why this might be?

I've moved your thread to the monetization forum.

Please try to put your threads in the correct sub-forum. Thanks.

 

[Hunhura]

I've had a similar problem xD

Like it's been said above, your video is probably too... IDK how to say it... feeling-provoking, I'd say xD

If you post a draw-my-life video where you tell about some really difficult times in your life, a video that can make people cry, then this video won't be eligible.

Or if you mention suicide, alcohol, drugs and so on.

But IDK how it's automated

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[Sunsbookishgamesx]

thats so strange!