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YouTube Opinion What's Hardest Thing for A Small Youtube Channel?

Damon

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Well, I don't think you have to make things fancier or spend more time or money. It's just a matter of placing your products for sale on Ebay or Etsy.
 
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Damon said:
Well, I don't think you have to make things fancier or spend more time or money. It's just a matter of placing your products for sale on Ebay or Etsy.
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Ah it depends on my location, i'm from Vietnam and Ebay or Amazon doesn't support my country .
Etsy i don't know it , just heard the name
 
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i don't understand like child actor on screen, but maybe they have a special law for these situations. But Coppa For Youtube is no mercy, my channel will be classified for kids even it's not my intension from the beginning
 
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Sure, but when your channel grows, you need invest more time, pay more ads.v..v.v
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The amount of time invested would grow if that time is available and if I have enough fun to invest it in this and not something else. When it comes to ads I don't believe that's the direction to go for my type of channel, since my main content is guides/tutorials most people just watch my video to get the information they where after and then leave, they don't stick around and visit my channel daily. I actually tried it out two years ago and didn't get much out of it.
 
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The hardest thing for me is seeing YouTubers who only see themselves as YouTubers instead of entrepreneurs.
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I would say that it depents on your goals. If you are just doing YouTube for fun, it's your hobby then you are not a entrepreneur. But if your YouTube channel is a part of you business or you have a long time goal to live of YouTube money then you clearly need to start thinking like an entrepreneur and work your *** off building your business. Myself I'm somewhere in between. It's my hobby, something I do because I enjoy it, if I make any money it's just a bonus. But I have always had some sort of entrepreneur mind, even when I was young I found ways to make money out of my hobbies and since I'm a pretty competitive person I'm not happy if my video is number 20 in a search, I want to be number one so if I'm not number one I start studdying what I can change to improve my rank etc.
 
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Ater said:
I would say that it depents on your goals. If you are just doing YouTube for fun, it's your hobby then you are not a entrepreneur. But if your YouTube channel is a part of you business or you have a long time goal to live of YouTube money then you clearly need to start thinking like an entrepreneur and work your *** off building your business. Myself I'm somewhere in between. It's my hobby, something I do because I enjoy it, if I make any money it's just a bonus. But I have always had some sort of entrepreneur mind, even when I was young I found ways to make money out of my hobbies and since I'm a pretty competitive person I'm not happy if my video is number 20 in a search, I want to be number one so if I'm not number one I start studdying what I can change to improve my rank etc.
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I think it's possible to do both. YouTube started as my hobby and now is my career and goes into my future of film-making. I think there are bonuses to both, and love how civil this conversation is going. Thank you everyone :)
 
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As said above, it is sometimes soul destroying when you see your subs have gone down. I am making videos with the goal of being able to convert it into a full time income in the future. I have learnt that you must be happy with what you are doing just as a hobby, as getting the required 1000 subs and 4000 hours is only a guarantee that your channel will be reviewed, not necessarily be approved for monetisation.
If my channel doesn't get accepted, I will be disappointed, but will still strive to produce good content as it could lead to to bigger and better things if the right people recognise your talent.
 
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Ater said:
The amount of time invested would grow if that time is available and if I have enough fun to invest it in this and not something else. When it comes to ads I don't believe that's the direction to go for my type of channel, since my main content is guides/tutorials most people just watch my video to get the information they where after and then leave, they don't stick around and visit my channel daily. I actually tried it out two years ago and didn't get much out of it.
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Mine is tutorial too, these kind of channel doesn't get much attention
 
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Retro Reels said:
As said above, it is sometimes soul destroying when you see your subs have gone down. I am making videos with the goal of being able to convert it into a full time income in the future. I have learnt that you must be happy with what you are doing just as a hobby, as getting the required 1000 subs and 4000 hours is only a guarantee that your channel will be reviewed, not necessarily be approved for monetisation.
If my channel doesn't get accepted, I will be disappointed, but will still strive to produce good content as it could lead to to bigger and better things if the right people recognise your talent.
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Keep doing yours!
Good Luck !
If you try , you will see the result!
 
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1000 subcribes. hahah i cannot imagine that i could achieve !
Right now, i still don't understand why? hahah ( Not paying money for ads)
Even 1 new subscriber is a gold for me.
If you have only 1 Hit, your channel will be Superman ^^!!!!!!! My channel is boring for kids, hahah but too childish for adults :))
 
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If you are not famous people like me and just start a new YT channel and not english speaking, then:

1-100 subs was painfull and sorrow ...
100-1000 subs was crazy long journey
I can tell! but after 1K...your channel will be moving faster...

I uploaded two video each month since begining (2018 January) and needed 16 months to reach 1K subs, and waiting the next 6 months to be monetized by YT. Now I have 6K subs and it is growing. I just received my adsense pin last week.

Keep uploading and share a great valueable content, SEO and always keep the community guidelines on your channel and one day you'll be there!

I also have my other YT channel (when first time subscribed to gmail and YT). It became my fun and traveling channel. It is now reviewed by YT after I reached 1K subs on 2019 September.
 
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takaliuang said:
If you are not famous people like me and just start a new YT channel and not english speaking, then:

1-100 subs was painfull and sorrow ...
100-1000 subs was crazy long journey
I can tell! but after 1K...your channel will be moving faster...

I uploaded two video each month since begining (2018 January) and needed 16 months to reach 1K subs, and waiting the next 6 months to be monetized by YT. Now I have 6K subs and it is growing. I just received my adsense pin last week.

Keep uploading and share a great valueable content, SEO and always keep the community guidelines on your channel and one day you'll be there!

I also have my other YT channel (when first time subscribed to gmail and YT). It became my fun and traveling channel. It is now reviewed by YT after I reached 1K subs on 2019 September.
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Just Amazing but it's sometime very frustrated!
 
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