- YouTube Super Thanks is an awesome new way
to make money on YouTube.
Here's everything you need to know,
what it is, how to enable Super Thanks,
and why this YouTube monetization feature could be huge
for content creators.
Now as we're going through this video,
scroll down and let me know in the comments
what do you think about YouTube Super Thanks?
Have you used it yet?
Do you think you will?
Now YouTube Super Thanks was released quite a while back,
but it was originally released as viewer applause.
Essentially, it was a very similar thing
where you're able to donate to a creator
on a video per video basis.
Essentially, it's like tipping someone
if you like their content.
So building upon that early version of viewer applause,
it's now being officially rolled out
as YouTube Super Thanks.
It's been out in beta for a while,
but this is now something they're officially rolling out.
So really what is it,
and how does it work?
Once you've got it enabled on your channel,
there will be a THANKS button
that shows up underneath your videos,
where your viewers can donate set amounts
that come directly to you.
Along with the donation,
your viewer can also leave a comment,
which shows up as a featured comment underneath your video.
Very similar too if you donate to someone
while they're live using Super Chat,
those comments stand out with different colors.
A very similar thing is going to happen with Super Thanks,
except it's in the YouTube comments,
and it's gonna stick around much longer.
So this is a great way for you as a creator
to be able to engage deeper with your audience
but also to be able to receive featured comments
and also tips or donations from your viewers as well.
Now this is something that YouTube is still building out
and evolving, and it really wasn't that long ago
where you won't able to change or adjust the text
if you were going to donate to someone with Super Thanks.
The only text that you could add as a comment
just said thanks with an exclamation mark.
So I think now that you can actually edit this
and add your own custom comment
when you are giving a Super Thanks is huge
to help people really show their appreciation
for their content but also to ask questions
and have it featured and stand out in the comment feed.
And I guess the other thing
that's worth mentioning is once someone donates,
they also see a pretty little animation appear on screen,
celebrating that they have donated to the creator.
So let's go ahead and send a Super Thanks
so you can see what the process looks like.
All right, so I'm over on Andrew Kan's YouTube channel.
Now he is a good friend of ours
and has lots of great video
and audio tips like this one here
all around using moving blankets
to help you improve your audio and video.
But you can see over here under the video,
he has this THANKS button.
So it says we can show our support with Super Thanks.
So what we need to do to donate to him
is we're gonna click on this.
It says we're able to buy ourself an animated Super Thanks.
And as an added bonus,
we'll post the following public comment on your behalf.
So I get the option here of $2, $5, $10, and $50.
And again, this is shown in my currency.
So you'll see your currency here.
So let's go ahead and give him $10,
and we can see the color changes
for the different amounts as well.
So we'll go at $10.
The default here is Thanks!
And again, previously, you couldn't change this,
but now we can type in Awesome video Andrew,
love your work!
Then we hit BUY AND SEND.
You're gonna specify your payment method
and then hit BUY
and we get to see our cool little animation.
Your purchase has been confirmed.
Go to the comments section to view your comments.
So we scroll down to the comments here.
You can see that our comment here is standing out
against all the other comments here.
It's a featured comment because it's a Super Thanks.
People can see the amount,
and this is shown as a featured comment now on this video.
Now the standard YouTube revenue split does apply here,
so he's not gonna receive the full amount.
You'll receive 70% of whatever is donated to you
with YouTube getting the other 30.
So it's consistent
with the other YouTube monetization methods.
Now to enable YouTube Super Thanks,
you do need to have a channel
that is already enabled for monetization.
So you need to be a part of the YouTube Partner Program,
meaning that you need to have 4,000 watch hours
on your channel within the last 12 months
and have 1,000 subscribers.
If or when you tick that box to enable YouTube Super Thanks,
you just wanna open up the YouTube Studio dashboard,
click down on the left where it says Monetization,
click up on the top where it says Supers.
And in there, if your channel has access to it,
it'll show up as a toggle that you can turn on or off
in the top right-hand corner.
So you can see that we've got access
to Super Chat and Super Stickers,
but we don't have access to Super Thanks yet.
We do have a message over here
that says you don't have access to YouTube Super Thanks yet.
Rest assured, it's coming soon,
and you'll be notified in your Studio dashboard
when you have access.
This is something that they are rolling out progressively.
And if you don't have access yet,
it should be coming out really, really soon.
Now once you do turn on YouTube Super Thanks,
it is actually going to be auto enabled
on all of your eligible videos that are on your channel,
so all videos that are eligible to be monetized.
And you can also view
all of your YouTube Super Thanks comments
in the comment area on the YouTube dashboard as well.
So if you come over here to Comments,
they will show up in here along with your regular comments.
But you can also change the filtering in here
to show just the YouTube Super Thanks comments,
so you can make sure that you're responding to them
and engaging with people who have donated to you.
So overall, I'm so pumped on YouTube Super Thanks.
I think it's an amazing idea.
I really like the direction that YouTube is heading with it.
And for me, personally,
I don't really use the YouTube channel membership feature.
I'd much rather just donate via a Super Chat
when someone is live,
but now I don't even need to.
If I appreciate someone's video,
if their video has helped me,
if it saved me a ton of time and research,
that I now have the ability to donate to that creator
directly just on that video itself
without the need to wait until they're live to do it
as a Super Chat or to join a monthly subscription
as a channel member.
But I also really like that this is another way
that creators can connect and engage with their audience
and monetize their content without the need
to feel like they're on another hamster wheel
of needing to deliver extra content
and everything with something like YouTube memberships.
So for me, I think it's awesome.
I can't wait to test it out,
and it'd be really interesting to see
where YouTube take it from here.
Now, for those of you that are looking to build
an income off the back of your YouTube channel,
YouTube themselves paying you is really just one way
that you can do that.
There are other methods that you can start immediately
even with a brand new channel.
So check out the video linked on the screen.
We'll take you through the different ways
that you can make money from YouTube.
And some of them,
you can start doing immediately, I'll see you in there.