YouTube’s New Partner Program Terms: What You Need To Know

YouTube is rolling out new contract terms for all channels that earn ad revenue, which creators must accept to stay in the YouTube Partner Program.

All monetizing channels will have six months to review and accept the new terms.

However, the earlier you accept the terms, the faster you’ll be able to take advantage of the YouTube Short monetization, which starts on February 1st.

Here’s what you need to know about the new YouTube Partner Program terms and conditions.

Changes to the YouTube Partner Program

Why does YouTube change the terms and conditions of the Partner Program?

YouTube recently announced several changes that give creators more ways to join the YouTube Partner Program and earn money.

To make these changes possible, YouTube is updating the Partner Program Terms, and all creators must agree to these new terms to stay in the program.

What are the terms of the new YouTube Partner Program?

YouTube offers a modular structure that allows for more flexibility in creating and monetizing across different video formats.

All creators in the YouTube Partner Program will need to accept the Basic Terms, which are the founding terms of the YouTube Partner Program and include things like how creators get paid.

Acceptance of the Basic Terms is a condition for any creator wishing to join the YouTube Partner Programme.

To monetize, content creators must also accept the terms of certain monetization units.

These include:

• Watch page monetization module: This allows you to earn money from ads on long-form videos and YouTube Premium.
• Shorts monetization unit: Allows you to earn money from ads that run between short films, short feed, and YouTube Premium.
• Commercial Product Supplement: Includes fan-funded features like channel memberships and super chats.

Creators can decide to accept all or some of the terms.

If you have accepted these specific terms in the past, you do not need to re-accept them.

Note that even if you’re an existing YouTube Partner Program creator and earn money with ads on long-form videos, you’ll still need to accept the page-view unit to continue earning in this way.

What actions do YouTube creators need to take?

All creators in the YouTube Partner Program will have six months to review and accept these new terms.

If you do not accept at least the basic terms by July 10thYour channel will be removed from the YouTube Partner Program, and you will need to re-qualify and re-apply to join again.

Creators are encouraged to accept these new terms sooner rather than later to start monetizing their YouTube Short as soon as possible.

When you start sharing short ad revenue on YouTube Feb 1, will replace the shorts box. To be eligible, creators must accept the basic terms and short monetization module by February 1st.

If you agree after February 1st, short ad revenue sharing will begin on the date you accept the new terms.

These terms will become available to creators in the YouTube Partner Program in the coming days. You will receive a notification when they are open for you.

source: Youtube

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