In just under a week, content creators will be able to monetize their YouTube Shorts as the February 1 date approaches for the inclusion of the short-form videos to the platform’s partnerships program (YPP) which allows creators to earn from Adsense.
The incoming changes are part of a broader update to YouTube’s Partner Program (YPP), which will require everyone who’s currently part of it to sign new agreement terms, whether or not they’re looking to make money from Shorts.
The major change to YouTube’s Partner Program will allow creators to earn money from ads that are viewed between videos in the Shorts Feed and makes good on a September promise by the platform.
In the previous format which was established in 2021, creators have been able to make some money for a while from features like Super Chats and shopping integrations, as well as a creator fund that the company had set up.
Although the new revenue-sharing model is set to replace the YouTube Shorts Fund, the company says it expects the creators to earn more from the new Shorts revenue-sharing model.
The announcement comes as YouTube revises its requirements to join the partnership program.
One of the previous requirements stated that you had to garner 4,000 public watch hours on your content within the past 12 months.
That stipulation was adjusted in October 2022, with the viewership of shorts counted toward that number.
As of January 2023, however, that’s no longer the case, according to the YouTube Partner Program overview & eligibility support page. – Instead, that part of the eligibility requirement has been tweaked; you now have to get the 4,000 hours on non-shorts content or get 10 million views on your public Shorts within the past 90 days. (Either way, you also have to have at least 1,000 subscribers to be eligible.) The verge reports.
As per the updated terms, creators need to accept specific monetization modules.
The first module is called the “Watch Page Monetization Module” which allows creators to earn money from ads served on their long-form videos and YouTube Premium.
The next module is called the “Shorts Monetization Module”, this lets creators earn money from ads that play between Shorts in the Shorts Feed and YouTube Premium.
The final module- “Commerce Product Addendum” is geared toward Channel Memberships and Super chats.
YouTube recommends that creators accept all of the modules to unlock their full earning potential on the platform.
