I always see some people putting their YouTube channels for sale.
Is it a good idea and how does one know how much your channel is worth?
Is it a good idea and how does one know how much your channel is worth?
I always see some people putting their YouTube channels for sale.
Is it a good idea and how does one know how much your channel is worth?
So long story short, this is a complete and utter waste of time and money. Unless you simply want an empty channel with some vanity subscriber numbers and videos with 20 views (which looks really funny, let me tell you).
Yup... and don't think that there isn't a single person who won't notice. Everyone in the world understands that you can buy subs. That is common knowledge. The second someone sees that you have one or two million subscribers they are going to look at the view count on your videos and laugh when you can't break 100 views.You are being nice when you use the word "funny". I have a much stronger and less polite word in mind than "funny" when I see that situation as has been the case lately.
Yup... and don't think that there isn't a single person who won't notice. Everyone in the world understands that you can buy subs. That is common knowledge. The second someone sees that you have one or two million subscribers they are going to look at the view count on your videos and laugh when you can't break 100 views.
We get some fun crazy from time to timeIn a sense, people will scrutinize your channel EVEN MORE if you have an unusually high number of subscribers. So you better have the receipts, otherwise, the only people left that care are the suckers who don't know any better.
It may be that I am still relatively new in the TB Forums but why am I seeing these crazy situations so much the past week or so?
And then why do these people come to the TB forums to complain (or brag about their 300K in one case)?
This is against the YouTube Terms of Service, so that is already a red flag.
Totally agree with you ... I always tell people the same thing, subscriber numbers are only vanity metrics.But also if they are selling a channel that already has subscribers, then you are buying into vanity metrics alone.
you nailed itI just had a thought... is it still against YouTube's TOS when one company buys another company which means they now have the rights to a channel?
E.g. Coca Cola buys the "NewWonderDrink" company and plan to sell their drinks. This WonderDrink company had a YouTube channel showing how "Wonderful" their drink is. Coca Cola now owns the company and thus the YT channel. In a way, they are purchasing the YouTube channel too.
That is what I have assumed can happen with "sales" (more like acquisitions) of YouTube channels.
Just wondering!
Totally agree with you ... I always tell people the same thing, subscriber numbers are only vanity metrics.
You could have a million subscribers but if they aren't watching your videos, that number is useless. It is pure vanity!
Subscribers don't put food on the table, the views (well, the corresponding ad revenue and associated products) do.
When people are interested in starting out on YouTube, I always tell them to focus on getting views not subscribers.
No, that is not against TOS because that is a totally different type of business transaction. In this case the channel is owned by and represents a product, and the channel is therefore an extension of that product. There is nothing wrong with a legal exchange of rights for that product. What is against TOS is when it is the channel itself that is for sale. That exchange makes YouTube the product... so you are effectively selling something that doesn't belong to you.I just had a thought... is it still against YouTube's TOS when one company buys another company which means they now have the rights to a channel?
E.g. Coca Cola buys the "NewWonderDrink" company and plan to sell their drinks. This WonderDrink company had a YouTube channel showing how "Wonderful" their drink is. Coca Cola now owns the company and thus the YT channel. In a way, they are purchasing the YouTube channel too.
That is what I have assumed can happen with "sales" (more like acquisitions) of YouTube channels.
Just wondering!
Totally agree with you ... I always tell people the same thing, subscriber numbers are only vanity metrics.
You could have a million subscribers but if they aren't watching your videos, that number is useless. It is pure vanity!
Subscribers don't put food on the table, the views (well, the corresponding ad revenue and associated products) do.
When people are interested in starting out on YouTube, I always tell them to focus on getting views not subscribers.