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Originally Posted by nico-t
Correct, sir. They've recently also added an 'in between' label, just to calm creators down which says "Not suitable for most advertisers". This means it does get ads but only from companies advertising on Youtube who checked the option "Show my ads on controversial / offensive videos". You can imagine almost no companies check that option, so in reality the video is still not making any money.
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Instead of using YouTube as the moneymaker, is it possible to use it as a free traffic source that you funnel into a target site of yours that allows you to control your users and monetization methods?
Example: maybe your YouTube channel is about gardening (highly controversial!) You use your gardening videos to push users to your primary website. From your primary website you give away additional quality free content so people keep coming to your website once they 1st land. You also create a mailing list in which you give away something special to all mailing list subscribers. Now you have your own website that you can monetize directly from, and more importantly, a mailing list (massive value) to monetize from even further.
What is $250 in lost YouTube advertising money anyway when you can sell direct niche products and services from your website and mailing list?
From my little channel, I see people come to my target website and click around, purchase, etc. Instead of looking at YouTube as the moneymaker, look at it as a traffic source.