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Yeah approx 1EUR/1000 views which I think is kinda "typical" from what I have heard - the ranges I've heard are approx 1USD to 5USD per 1000 views.

amelius 3y ago
What's idiotic about this market is that you can't set your own price.
- Ekaros 3y ago
  How would you set your own price? Just not showing content when there isn't enough adds available surely would drive away watchers. And the advertisers are already bidding. Certain types of content get higher pay.
  - amelius 3y ago
    Imagine you are inside a store that has magazines. The magazines are all free, because they are filled with lots of advertisements. Then someone says "It's crazy that these magazines can't set their own prices". And someone else says "How would you do that, nobody would pick up the magazines".
    - Ekaros 3y ago
      The magazine might be free. But it might set the prices for adds so high that it don't get filled. Or actually make money. And some VC keeps throwing money at it as surely at some point they will corner the market and make money. And the video makers and article writers can already contact advertisers and ask for whatever price they want.
  - ipaddr 3y ago
    Not show ads unless price is met
    - Ekaros 3y ago
      Hmm, that could work. And also Youtube as platform could charge you for delivered content. So set high per impression price and if you get more views than add revenue Youtube would send you a bill. Could work, could work.
- mattlondon 3y ago
  You could totally set up your own site and charge people to view it, or strike your own advertising deals for your own site's content. But then you'd probably not get any of the benefits of being on the YouTube platform (discoverability, advertisers already on board, targeting etc), so it starts to make more sense when you consider what the platform is giving you for "free".
  - amelius 3y ago
    I mean, you could, but the point is that we're forgetting that ads as a monetization model are taking away our freedom to price our products as we choose. It would be similarly ridiculous if all apps in the App Store were free and you were paid some small amount per app-invocation that you had no control over.

amelius 3y ago

What's idiotic about this market is that you can't set your own price.

Ekaros 3y ago
How would you set your own price? Just not showing content when there isn't enough adds available surely would drive away watchers. And the advertisers are already bidding. Certain types of content get higher pay.
- amelius 3y ago
  Imagine you are inside a store that has magazines. The magazines are all free, because they are filled with lots of advertisements. Then someone says "It's crazy that these magazines can't set their own prices". And someone else says "How would you do that, nobody would pick up the magazines".
  - Ekaros 3y ago
    The magazine might be free. But it might set the prices for adds so high that it don't get filled. Or actually make money. And some VC keeps throwing money at it as surely at some point they will corner the market and make money. And the video makers and article writers can already contact advertisers and ask for whatever price they want.
- ipaddr 3y ago
  Not show ads unless price is met
  - Ekaros 3y ago
    Hmm, that could work. And also Youtube as platform could charge you for delivered content. So set high per impression price and if you get more views than add revenue Youtube would send you a bill. Could work, could work.
mattlondon 3y ago
You could totally set up your own site and charge people to view it, or strike your own advertising deals for your own site's content. But then you'd probably not get any of the benefits of being on the YouTube platform (discoverability, advertisers already on board, targeting etc), so it starts to make more sense when you consider what the platform is giving you for "free".
- amelius 3y ago
  I mean, you could, but the point is that we're forgetting that ads as a monetization model are taking away our freedom to price our products as we choose. It would be similarly ridiculous if all apps in the App Store were free and you were paid some small amount per app-invocation that you had no control over.