YouTube is the largest video hosting service in the world. Some video bloggers use it to earn tens of thousands of rubles a month. However, the opportunity to receive money for watching videos appears only after connecting to an affiliate program.
For unknown reasons, the YouTube service prohibits automatically making a profit from video channels designed for a Russian audience. Previously, there were no such restrictions and everyone could earn even on home materials. However, a couple of years ago, Google (the owner of YouTube) changed its policy regarding the CIS countries.
The easiest way to become an affiliate is to change the country of your channel. To do this, select the "Creative Studio" item, then go to the "Settings" menu, click on "Advanced" and there, using the list, select another country. It is best to use the US as there are restrictions in some other countries as well.
Does it turn out that you are cheating YouTube? In no case. The rules strictly state that the user can choose any country for his channel, regardless of the place of residence and the language of the materials. Moreover, it is not yet known a single case when an account was blocked for this reason, which means this action is within the framework of the rules.
Connecting to the official affiliate program
If you do not want to change the country of your channel, you can connect to the official affiliate program in another way. To do this, you need to have at least 5 videos on your channel, and the amount of weekly impressions was more than 10,000. Despite the fact that the conditions are quite loyal, not every user will be able to achieve them.
After your channel begins to comply with the rules, you need to select the "Monetization" item in the channel settings and agree to the terms. Be sure to read the contract before ticking the box. There are many controversial points. For example, you cannot use other people's music and stills from movies protected by copyright.
Affiliate networks
There are also networks that have contracted with YouTube and can advertise on their partners' videos. Often, the conditions for joining are much stricter than in the official affiliate program, but the profit is higher. You can find specific indicators on the sites of partner networks.
Most often, views and the number of materials do not matter. You can join most affiliate networks if you know how to make high-quality video and can interest the audience in something. However, there are also opposite examples (but there are fewer of them). The most popular domestic networks are vlog.pro (ThisIsHorosho, Five5top, etc.) and CarambaTV (+100500, KutStupid, BadComedian, etc.).
