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Today, we will be talking about a YouTube channel- Wild Wonderful off- Grid which documents
a couple's effort to build an off-grid home on their own and be self-reliant.
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Bio Wild Wonderful Off-Grid is a YouTube channel
started on May 12 2018, by a young couple- Erin and Josh Myers, in their attempt to document
the self-construction of their own home in West Virginia, United States.
The channel comes under the category of How to & Style . The channel, as of now, has 212
videos and a viewer count of over 150m.
The channel has grown steadily since its debut and has a subscriber count of 840K and counting.
It has around 200.55 thousand views each day.
Pretty high for a channel about off-grid living, right?
That may be because of the reality the channel processes in its videos.
On May 10, 2018, Josh and Erin's journey to a new step in their life began.
They decided to sell their home and everything in it and moved off-grid with their three
children to build their own home on 73 acres of land in the mountains of West Virginia.
Their primary aim was to leave behind the city- life to which they have been used to
all their lives and live their dream of building an off-the-grid house, which is free of debt
and learning to live a more self-sufficient lifestyle.
Since then, they have lived in a 30' R.V. as a family of 5 until their home began inhabitable.
For the past three years, they have been painstakingly documenting their efforts of building their
own home, including shelters.
Can you guys imagine building a house of your own from scratch- clearing up all the trees
and self- financing the construction of the house without any loans?
It s easier said than done.
But this cute and adoring family has done just that, through sweet determination and
humor.
And it is captured by Erin, whose videography and narrative skills can be seen through these
videos.
In fact, her skills have grown in elegance and sophistication as the series progresses.
That s why it is no surprise that they have been able to garner a huge fan following over
the years who have been amazed by the couples consistent dedication and hard work.
The channel is a touch of sweetness and perseverance, especially in these challenging times.
Lifestyle Josh and Erin say that the main reason for
moving out of their previous home was that they had outgrown their property.
They made a full-fledged farm, which started off with just six chickens in a small chicken
coop!
From there, the farm has grown to include meat, chicken and larger livestock like pigs
for meeting their own demands for food.
They outgrew the land and started to crave more self-sufficiency.
In the first video, they talk about building a log home in the winter- cutting down the
log and preparing them to dry.
However, their goods got robbed, and they decided to go with an A-Frame home because
it would be an easy build, which was their plan- B.
There would be four bedrooms and four bathrooms.
The house will be powered by solar energy as they wanted to be self-reliant.
So, they won't be paying electricity bills to a utility company.
The family s life beyond the construction is also documented.
On-screen the Josh, Erin and their adorable kids approach the challenge of building their
dream home with aplomb, good nature and humour.
You may wonder how they stay together during this stressful period of this huge project
and life transition.
Besides being an amiable couple on-screen who enjoy each others' company, joke around,
and all, Josh and Erin also have a good understanding and communication with each other, which is
very important for any relationship.
The family includes two lively boys- Carter and Haiti; and their adorably smiley, dimply
preschooler Ellie.
That's not all; they also have Chuck- a silver-coated Boston terrier who is elderly and always underfoot;
an adolescent bull steers Bruce; a young goat named Leon; and a flock of chickens that accompany
the family to wherever they may congregate outdoors.
The children are homeschooled and taught by Erin.
Erin was a middle- school teacher, and that's why Josh thinks that homeschooling for their
kids is the best option.
It was a natural decision for them.
The children like to start the schooling as early as 5 in the morning to get it over with
as soon as possible.
While Erin does the household chores, the children are left free to do their kinds of
stuff.
Interestingly, Carter and Haiti also show great enthusiasm in getting involved in the
construction of their new home.
Ellie, who is just four years old, stays close with Erin and Josh while they work.
Obviously, the task of building a home from scratch is not an easy one.
Josh has continued to work full time till last year as an electrician, commuting 2 hours
to and from work in the city so that they can pay for the build with cash and remain
debt-free.
So, Josh is quite knowledgeable to look after the engineering works of the new house.
Meanwhile, Erin has been caring for the kids, the household and running the farm.
However, Josh left his job last year as they don't have many bills to pay and have income
coming from the farm and the YouTube channel.
For Erin, it's an extra- help in having Josh manage the house and focus more on building
the home and the property.
Their plan always was to expand the farm and find income from them.
They are planning to raise more pastured poultry and force raise pork which will expand the
business.
They also sell products made out of farm produce like eggs, goat milk soap, etc.
In the evenings, they come together to build the house.
They work five-six days a week, and sometimes when they are burned out, they take a day
off and do fun stuff like riding around the trails in the woods on the buggy or watch
a movie in their R.V.
As of now, the interior of the house is complete, and they have to finish the exterior and complete
the foundations, which is expected to be finished within 3-4 weeks.
So, they are very close to completing their dream project, and their viewers have flooded
the comment section about how they feel, having followed the entire process.
The effort they had put behind this project has been overwhelming even for the viewers.
Net Worth This is probably the one question everyone
wants to know- What is Wild Wonderful Off-Grid s net worth?
Although Wild Wonderful Off- Grid s finalized net worth is not publicly known, their income
from YouTube can be estimated.
As of April 2021, they have an estimated net worth of $1.44 million, which can go up to
$2.02 million, considering their multiple sources of income, like their second channel
and the farm business, which is contributing to their daily needs and they considering
as their primary source of income once the house is complete.
Moreover, they also work with various brands to sponsor their videos, like Honey, Simple
Safe, Skillshare, Square Space, etc.
Merchandise sales are also another source of income for them.
Their most popular video has a viewer count of 39 million, uploaded on May 15 2019.
This video is a Time-lapse of their yet to be fully completed new home.
It contains footages of 2 years prior to which the video was uploaded.
The video shows the couple's persistent and determined effort to achieve the goal of their
lives.
It is no wonder it has inspired and motivated people to go out and work hard to achieve
their dreams.
YouTube content creators in the U.S., UK, Canada and Australia usually get paid around
$3-$7 per thousand monetized views after YouTube s own deductions.
Monetized views are approximately 40-80% of total views.
All of these are influenced by many factors like the device played on, time of the year,
ad engagement, number of ads being displayed on the video, how many people skip ads, ad
inventory, type of content, the location of the viewer, type of content, etc.
The cost of an ad view depends upon an auction between advertisers based on views.
With the channels 840,000 subscribers, its videos attract about 6.02 million views a
month and around 200.55 thousand views a day.
With this, Wild Wonderful Off-Grid YouTube Channel approximately generates $24.07 thousand
in ad revenue a month, which amounts to $360.98 thousand a year.
However, some YouTube channels earn even more than $7 per thousand video views.
If that's the case and the channel makes on the top end, the revenue from ads could be
up to $649.77 thousand a year.
As mentioned earlier, it is highly unlikely for YouTube stars to depend upon a single
source of revenue.
This is also the case with Wild Wonderful Off-Grid too.
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