Should you create a brand account or a regular personal account when starting a YouTube channel?
In this video, you'll learn the pros and cons of starting a brand account versus a regular
account, how to check if you have a brand account, how to create a brand account, or
how to move your personal account to a business account. Let me know in the comments below,
whether you have a personal account or a brand account.
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Number one, multiple people can manage a YouTube account from the Google account. You don't
need to create a separate username and password, and also, you don't have to give them login
access to your Google account. Once you've given them permission as a manager, they can
just log in to YouTube account. Number two, use a different name on YouTube
than your Google account. The name that you have for your Google account doesn't have
to be the same as your YouTube account. Your YouTube channel can have a different name
and different photo to your Google account. Number three, use one or two words for your
channel name. For the personal account, you're going to use two words but if you have a brand
account, you can use multiple words like three or four words in your channel name.
Number four, recover a deleted account. If you accidentally deleted your brand account,
you can recover it. Go to youtube.com/account_advanced and click on Advanced settings. If you see
Move channel to a brand account, it means you just have a personal account. I'll show
you how to do this later. If you just started YouTube channel, you won't
be eligible for a custom URL until you have a hundred subscribers. If I have a brand account,
I'll see Move channel to your Google account or to a different brand account.
If I click on Account and click on Add or manage your channel, and here's all my channels
under my brand account. If I click on Create a new channel, the brand account can have
a different name than your personal account, for example a business name or another name
that you choose. So I can put my business name in here and then click Create.
If I go to myaccount.google.com/brandaccounts, I can see all my brand accounts listed. If
I click on one of my brand accounts, then you can see my brand account details. I can
edit my account info; change roles, invite, and remove users. If I click on Manage permissions,
I've got myself as a primary owner. If I click on Invite new users, then I can
add others to help manage my business info, customer reviews, and YouTube videos. All
I have to do is add names or email addresses in here, and then I just choose a role like
owner, manager, or communications manager. If I choose Manager, then that name or that
email address will allow them to log in my account and manage my YouTube account. I don't
have to give them my Gmail login access. Here's how to move your personal account to
a brand account without deleting it. I'm first going to create a personal YouTube account
that's connected to my Gmail account. Log to Gmail account, click Create a channel,
click Get started. It says use your name or use a customer name. In this case, I'm just
going to use my name, click Select. Now, I can upload a profile picture, go to youtube.com/account_advanced,
and here it says move channel to brand account. This account that I have is a personal account,
but I have to first create a brand account. Here's the brand account that I just made.
Here's another brand account that I created before. Here's my personal account called
Herman Drost, and I want to transfer that to a brand account. I got to select one of
these brand accounts below. It says My Brand Accont is already connected to another YouTube
channel. If you move your channel to Brand Account, My Brand Accont, the currently connected
channel will be deleted. The brand account that I just created will
be deleted, and then the Herman Drost will become the new brand account. So I'll click
Delete channel. Here's a connected account Herman Drost, and the channel after the move
means Herman Drost become My Brand Accont. Click Move channel. So Herman Drost is the
currently connected account, and it's going to become My Brand Accont. Click Move channel.
It says it may take up to 10 minutes for updates to your account to be completed.
Herman Drost has now become My Brand Accont. I can change the name by just clicking on
Edit on Google, pick Add or manage your channel. I've got all the channels listed here. I'll
click View advanced settings and get a custom URL after I've got 100 subscribers. I can
also move my channel to a Google account or a different brand account. I can also delete
my channel. I'll move my personal account, Herman Drost, to a branded account called
Brand Account. There are a few things to keep in mind when
you move your personal account to a brand account, or your comments will be lost during
a transfer. You also lose your custom URL, but you can claim a new one when you've created
the account. If you accidentally delete the account, you can restore the branded account.
If you're going to claim a custom URL, you have to have at least 100 subscribers. Check
the link in the description to watch my video on how to claim a custom URL.
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