I don't know about you guys, but one of the things I love doing
is finding multiple ways to earn an income
and earn money from work I've already done.
Now I know a lot of you guys have
a lot of video clips of things you've already shot,
and they might be just sitting on your hard drive
collecting digital dust.
I want to show you guys how you can cash in on those clips
and make some real good money from work
you've probably already done.
That's coming up.
Hey guys.
My name is Tim Schmoyer and is Wednesday,
which means it's time to give you guys some YouTube tips
ideas, suggestions, advice, just like we do every Wednesday here
at Video Creators.
And I want to tell you guys about a service
that I've been using for awhile over at videoblocks.com where
you can get unlimited access to lots of royalty-free stock
video footage that you can use to really increase
the production value of your videos.
If you haven't checked out the video I've already
done about that, you can click the link in the description
below or a card will pop up around you,
you can click and learn more about how
to increase the production value of your videos
with that stock footage.
But one of the things that's cool about VideoBlocks
that we didn't talk about then is
that they give you guys as creators an opportunity
to sell your video footage to other people who want to use it
on their videos, and you get to keep 100% of the money
and that is generated and earned through those clips
that you sell.
VideoBlocks doesn't take even a fraction
of a percentage of a cut.
It all goes to you.
I thought what they were doing over there was genius,
and so I've been talking with them,
and they were cool enough to sponsor this video.
So I can tell you guys about it, and help you guys potentially
make a lot more money from the videos
that you're already shooting anyway.
So here's how it works.
Let's say I am a company, and I need
to make a commercial for my products and services,
and so I go to a place like VideoBlocks
and I say I need clips about this, that,
and the other thing.
And I start searching, and I find
some clips I want to use, ba-boom,
I've found this perfect clip.
And let's say it happens to be your clip,
and let's say you shot it in 4K.
Any clip on VideoBlocks that is shot in 4K is $199.
And so that brand, that company, they say yes, we
need that clip, they go through, they buy it,
they go through the checkout process.
And 100% of the funds of that $199
goes to you minus a small transaction fee, that's
for the credit card processing and stuff,
but VideoBlocks themselves, they take nothing.
Or let's say you don't have clips in 4K,
but you do have some that are in 1080p, full HD,
and you post them on the site, and other people come
and they want to buy some of your footage
to use in their videos.
And so those HD videos are $49, which
after credit card processing fees,
means that you make $47.16.
So if you have a lot of video clips sitting on your computer
that you feel could be repurposed, could be reused,
and you don't mind selling them to other people
to give them permission use them in their projects,
then there's a link in the description
below this video where you can click and get
started on that process.
You can also learn more about it down there.
Let me answer a few of the initial questions
I had about this and then how it all works.
One is are you giving up total complete rights
of your video clips?
And no you're not.
You can take them down from VideoBlocks whenever you want.
You can add files to it.
You manage whatever is on there.
You are in complete control.
Plus, if you are already selling those clips and those photos
at other places or using them for other things,
like you can still continue to do that.
It's a non-exclusive license that you're giving them.
So you can still use on YouTube, you
can sell them in other websites, you can-- main principle
is you keep full control.
The second question I asked them is well,
what types of video clips actually tend to sell?
Because I wanted to know like do I actually
have anything that's actually going to work?
Is it worth my time to even put the effort into it?
And they said the clips that sell
the best are ones that are hard to replicate either because
of the geography where there are shot,
or the technique that's used to make the shot.
So they said things like aerial shots
sell very well, time lapses sell very well because those tend
to take specific equipment and a lot of time
to actually get those shots.
They also said clips that have any motion to them, that
have a cinematic feel, those tend
to sell very well on their platform also.
But basically, overall, they are just
accepting clips in a broad range of categories
as long as it is good looking image,
looks like is professional quality
that someone would want to use on like a commercial level.
So that means like using a good camera,
you know, a DSLR or better.
The lens is clean.
It's sharp focus.
You're using good lighting, good frame composition,
and you're exporting it well.
A lot of those things that's probably
standard for a lot of you guys here who are video creators.
But it's not just video footage that they accept.
You can also submit motion graphics, and backgrounds,
and lower thirds, transitions, and After Effects
templates, and Apple Motion templates,
and a lot of different things.
Just make sure that you fully own all the copyrights
to that material, that you've created it yourself before you
sell it, and then, you should be good to go.
So again guys, you find more information
about this linked up in the description below this video
here on YouTube.
And if you any questions, feel free to ask in the comments
below.
Or maybe you already are using the marketplace at VideoBlocks
to sell your content.
If you are, I'd love to hear from you in the comments below.
What's your experience been like so far?
What tips and advice do you have for other creators who
are thinking about earning an income from their videos
using a site like this?
And if you are thinking about using the VideoBlocks
marketplace, definitely check out the comments down below.
I'm sure you will learn a lot of really good helpful things
from them.
And again, I just want to say thanks to VideoBlocks
marketplace for sponsoring this video
and making it possible for people
like us to earn an income, to make money off the stuff
that we really love doing.
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Bye.