AdSense for Video invite from YouTube?

Invitation to earn revenue from your YouTube video...

[JCKline]

Today I received a legit email from YouTube inviting me to monotize my videos with AdSense.
The channel is free online art lessons. It's less than 12 days old and here are the stats as of today:

There are 5 videos (adding three a week)
Channel Views: 231
Total Upload Views: 56

Obviously new.

This is a separate login from my adsense login, so I was first asked to create a new account, or add the email from an exsisting AdSense account, which I did. Next I had to enter the last 5 digits of my phone # and my zip, then read and accept the TOS. Then I get a confirmation that I cab monotize my videos within 48 hours. I then logged into AdSense and there was a message saying I needed to allow YouTube access to my account, which I did.

My question is why would they "invite me" when the traffic is so low?

[littlegiant]

Do you have any other Youtube channels with videos that got invited into the IVP program or any other partnered channels?

[matrix_jan]

Are you the director? Do you own/created those videos?

[JCKline]

Do you have any other Youtube channels with videos that got invited into the IVP program or any other partnered channels?

No.

Are you the director? Do you own/created those videos?

Yes, and Yes.

[littlegiant]

Well that is a mystery. Maybe Youtube regards your niche as underrepresented so the view count threshold to get monetized is lower (?) Just a stab in the dark on that one.

At any rate, if I were you, I'd run with it. It's a great opportunity because once you get one video invited into the IVP program, it's like you've gained a level of trust with Youtube and many other videos you do will likely get invited as well. My wife and I started a channel and once one of our videos got invited into the IVP program, pretty much every one we uploaded afterwards also got invited. In fact, we are now surprised when a video we do doesn't get invited into revenue sharing.

[matrix_jan]

It seems like the invitation has been sent after a manual review of your channel... Probably because you uploaded original videos... My channel contains copyright-free videos, but YT allows me to monetize only one(after it got few thousand views)...

And btw did you apply for YT partner program? If no then was the invitation for only AdSense or for Partner program too?

[JCKline]

And btw did you apply for YT partner program? If no then was the invitation for only AdSense or for Partner program too?

Only for AdSense. I applied for the partnership program for my wife's channel that is free piano lessons, and it was denied with more views,etc....different YouTube account.

Thay have already approved it in 4 hours, even though they said within 48 hours. Than I had to click "monetize" for every video, check anything that applied to each video, such as "does it play music, is it gaming, etc. None applied, so I simply had to type what the video is about. They all sied "under review", then bam!..10 minutes later, ads are running on the channel, and all 5 videos.

[littlegiant]

What?! Wait a minute... I misunderstood your launch post. You got invited into the Partner program? I thought one of your videos got invited into the IVP program. Wow! Lucky you!

[littlegiant]

If no then was the invitation for only AdSense or for Partner program too

I didn't know there was a difference. I thought once you had the option to monetize all your videos, you were essentially in the Partner program.

(edit)

Okay never mind. I just read up about the new account-monetization program. I didn't know they had that.

[nomis5]

If you are talking about YouTube / Adsense rather than the partner program then you are lucky, wonder why?

I have 100+ unique videos on YouTube and the critical factor for ads via Adsense appears, in my case, to be around 80 views a day over five or six days. Any less than that and no invite, and the invites are for each video not account wise.

I only have a few that have ads on but the earnings are OK.

I'd like to see your videos and try top work out what's happening. Can you sticky me a couple of them on YouTube?

[netmeg]

I dunno, a couple of my clients got this email over the weekend too; all they have are a handful of videos with a few plays on them that we embed in their sites. They don't use AdSense at all. No real potential for revenue. I'd not get my hopes up.

[JCKline]

@nomis5, sticky sent. Stats have climbed a bit since the post. Thanks.

[nomis5]

Had a look and it seems you have five videos, and only five, on that channel. The title of each is exactly the same other than they are 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 in a series.

Now I have no great insight into YouTube other than I have 100+ videos there which are embedded in various of my website pages. Like you, all my videos are original content. I only get invited for ads when the page views reach a certain level and the majority of yours have not reached that level.

So, my guess is that YouTube is being clever (ha! no comments) and linking all five of your videos together and treating them as one for statistical purposes. Possibly it's because of the similarity in the titles, and of course the similarity and linear nature of the content.

If that is the case it's certainly an interesting proposition. I know you have only five videos and the page views are low, so income will likely be minimal. But the number of your videos could clearly be expanded (if you had the time) to 50 or 100 and then income might not be quite so insignificant.

To elicit more information from others, your videos are educational in nature. Maybe YouTube is testing out the value of educational videos and encouraging publishers to do more of them?

I like the style of the videos!

[JCKline]

Thanks nomis5. I plan to continue adding about 3 a week. Thanks.

[Visit Thailand]

Wow! I am jealous. Popular totally unique videos and AdSenses ads show on all my videos but it is not MY AdSense. I guess it is Google's/YouTube's AdSense.

Has anyone outside the US or UK been invited to join?

Anyway good luck to you and make the most of the opportunity.

[gmb21]

AdSenses ads show on all my videos but it is not MY AdSense

That's strange -- I thought ads could ONLY appear on videos that are part of the partner program.

[JCKline]

Well views, etc., are climbing, yet not 1 click. I get the impression it's as bad as AdSense for content has been lately. :(

[matrix_jan]

I thought ads could ONLY appear on videos that are part of the partner program.

If your uploaded video is copyrighted, then the owner can run ads on those video...

[Visit Thailand]

I thought ads could ONLY appear on videos that are part of the partner program.

Me too. But they are there on all my ads, and they are extremely targetted, I am sure someone is making a LOT of money from them. I have asked ASA how to get into the programme numerous times but he keeps saying apply, but when you click apply it send you to the home page.

If your uploaded video is copyrighted, then the owner can run ads on those video...

Not so. I am the owner, creater and everything of every video in my YouTube account, but the ads showing are not mine.

Has anyone not in the US (or UK) been allowed or invited to join the partner programme?

Anyway, good for you JCKline. Make the most of it, because I am sure people with ads on videos make a fair bit of cash, as they are so targetted.

[JCKline]

I just got another invite for a channel I created in 2008, and there are only 2 videos uploaded, the last was 3 years ago! Perplexed.

[nomis5]

A couple of days ago I got an account wide invite to monetise my YouTube videos. No idea what the criteria are, not a clue.

[alika]

I got an invite into my 2 youtube accounts -- one has the same login as the Adsense account.

The same login with Adsense got the invite first. But those are just personal videos that I made - highest pageviews is only 2,000+ (and it's been there for 2 years) and the several months old videos only has 125+ pageviews. Basically not viral or high pageviews by any stretch

My other account also got the invite. This account shows tutorials I created for the business - 5,000+ pageviews is the highest I have and it's been up for a year.

All of them account wide, not video-specific. I have a video with only 20 pageviews and it already has ads showing

[gmb21]

Can anyone tell me -- do you get any control regarding where the ads are placed (e.g. can you choose to have ads beside the video but not overlaid)?

Also, do our current AdSense filters apply to YouTube ads?

Thanks.

[JCKline]

@gmb21, the answers are NO and NO.

[gmb21]

Thanks for the info, @JCKline. :)

[Sgt_Kickaxe]

Another possibility, you've been profiled as a webmaster and one of your websites suggests you're the sort they want on board? I'm not so sure we, as webmasters, aren't impacting the success of our own sites by treating each site individually instead of a single portfolio.

[tonyolm]

I received an invite a week ago.. Followed the instructions and got approval. I picked my videos to monetize and it took a couple days but ads are being displayed...

I think it's cool to have my own channel... how I have to make excellent content.

[JCKline]

I filled out the info for the second channel invite a week ago, and nothing yet.

[tonyolm]

I got the email and 48 hours later ads were displayed for the most part.

I don't know what triggered the invite.