that youtube buisness
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Very impressive. From his youtube profile page:
Profile
Name:Sam
Channel Views: 9,623,686
Total Upload Views: 59,310,557
Joined:Oct 31, 2009
Last Visit Date:37 minutes ago
Subscribers:321,749
I make videos to help people get better at Black Ops.
About Me:
My name is Sam, I'm a 16 year old high school senior from Pennsylvania, and making these YouTube videos is my job.
If you wish to get in touch with me about something important, your best bet is to message me on twitter.
Profile
Name:Sam
Channel Views: 9,623,686
Total Upload Views: 59,310,557
Joined:Oct 31, 2009
Last Visit Date:37 minutes ago
Subscribers:321,749
I make videos to help people get better at Black Ops.
About Me:
My name is Sam, I'm a 16 year old high school senior from Pennsylvania, and making these YouTube videos is my job.
If you wish to get in touch with me about something important, your best bet is to message me on twitter.
I think it's fine as long as he doesn't get too specific. He isn't throwing it their face and seems quite humble and mature about it for just being 16. It's not a stretch for even this demographic to realize that 60million views is worth something.
I'm sure this is going to get him some great press and even more views. Hell, someone started a thread about it...
I would imagine it would depend on what the video was about...since it's just google ads on top of the videos.
That's a crap mercedes. German cabs/taxi drive it all over :x
nevertheless respect that he found sth ppl really like so I guess he deserves the money he makes.
nevertheless respect that he found sth ppl really like so I guess he deserves the money he makes.
If you have a YouTube partnership you make a pretty low amount in the gaming niche. For niches like make-up, etc. that have older viewers with credit cards you get paid substantially more.
...Your payment terms are on every 1,000 views. I have no idea what Sam used to do, it was probably a few cents per thousand views.
Some in the gaming niche (Woddy, Sam, whiteboy I believe too) hoped on board with Machinima and get paid by them at a higher amount for advertising. They also call it a partnership and get paid still based on a per thousand view basis.
I know, from those with a partnership (not to be confused with working at Machinima like seananners, hutch, etc), Woody does the most very closely followed my Sam.
Woody said he was going to make around 200k this year, Sam told me he'd do between 250-350 or more depending on growth. But that he's probably not going to grow at the rate he has been the past year going forward.
I only talked to Woody once or twice but talk to Sam quite a bit. He knows that it'll last a year or so and then die off most likely so both have continued plans and the whole YouTube thing is just a side. Woody is a programmer (probably does 100-150k) and is keeping his job and Sam is going to dentistry school next year.
Your boy FTC has got connections, son.
...Your payment terms are on every 1,000 views. I have no idea what Sam used to do, it was probably a few cents per thousand views.
Some in the gaming niche (Woddy, Sam, whiteboy I believe too) hoped on board with Machinima and get paid by them at a higher amount for advertising. They also call it a partnership and get paid still based on a per thousand view basis.
I know, from those with a partnership (not to be confused with working at Machinima like seananners, hutch, etc), Woody does the most very closely followed my Sam.
Woody said he was going to make around 200k this year, Sam told me he'd do between 250-350 or more depending on growth. But that he's probably not going to grow at the rate he has been the past year going forward.
I only talked to Woody once or twice but talk to Sam quite a bit. He knows that it'll last a year or so and then die off most likely so both have continued plans and the whole YouTube thing is just a side. Woody is a programmer (probably does 100-150k) and is keeping his job and Sam is going to dentistry school next year.
Your boy FTC has got connections, son.
I meant dollars not cents. Still nothing too substantial. The real money came from Machinima.
I disagree - he'll get loads of attention from girls with that car, which is kind of the entire point of being 16. Fuck being sensible when you're that young.
Better to have wild memories for when you're older, cash can come later.
I actually love reading the comments of all these teens bitching that he doesn't deserve to own such a car, and that reality will hit him when he gets a "real" job. What fuckheads.
I have to give it up for Sam, for starting on his channel in late 2009, and 14-16 months later being able to make enough from GAMING subscribers to purchase a nice car and get him through college; that's an accomplishment. All these people in the comments are bitching that he is earning stacks from playing video games, but they fail to see that there are thousands and thousands of gamers on Youtube offering gameplay; but only a handful like Sam that actually pull in decent earnings. That sole difference that separates him from the rest of the gamers is enough to respect what he has accomplished.
I have to give it up for Sam, for starting on his channel in late 2009, and 14-16 months later being able to make enough from GAMING subscribers to purchase a nice car and get him through college; that's an accomplishment. All these people in the comments are bitching that he is earning stacks from playing video games, but they fail to see that there are thousands and thousands of gamers on Youtube offering gameplay; but only a handful like Sam that actually pull in decent earnings. That sole difference that separates him from the rest of the gamers is enough to respect what he has accomplished.
I'm not sure why anyone would bitch about it, it should be nothing but inspiring; it goes to show that you can make money doing practically anything if you do it right. Small minds.