Everyone preaches web 2.0 nowadays. You got to have a web 2.0 site / blog, have web 2.0 ads, join a web 2.0 social network, use a web 2.0 “office” utilities, and the list never ends. Some even preach web 2.5 (cheers Max!).
Now, visit Max’ blog and, after having a few laughs, ignore the content for a while. Take a look at what video sharing provider Max is using. It’s not your ever-present YouTube, it is Metacafe. It took me quite a while to actually get myself to visit their site and to see what is it all about.
First of all, Metacafe has a unique VideoRank system that lets users rank your video, which would get the popular videos to the Highest Rated list on their homepage. But, the most important difference is…
Metacafe is paying you for showing your videos. According to their Producer Rewards programme, you would receive $5 for every 1,000 views. But, you have to get more than 20,000 views on that video, and be rated at least 3.00 to start receiving money during the first 6 months the video is there.
Seems good to me. Provided you have good content and good marketing skills it really shouldn’t be a problem.
At least it is not as lame as on YouTube, where they have a monetization scheme, but it is only for the most popular users, and it is based on sharing revenue from advertisements placed near the video (who notices those anymore?).
When I start producing videos for this blog, and I inevitably would in the future, I would definitely go for Metacafe. (And I don’t even being paid a commission for this post)
Have fun.
- Alex
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Oh yeah Alex,
thanks for the plug again,
btw, metacafe is great since you do get paid just in case your videos get lotta hits.
Yes, i gotta stop drinking less beer and more soju. Maybe you are right.
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Max, you’re welcome. Metacafe IS great in that area. I would definitely choose Metacafe as my video host.
I have to check what soju tastes like. I hear it’s a lot like vodka.
Don’t know that metacafe can generate income..
I just using the clips for my blog…
Such a good info
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Shy Guy,
Thanks!
Did you subscribe to my RSS yet? There are more useful articles to come.
-Alex
Hi Alex!
This does look interesting, getting paid for showing videos on your blog, and maybe in the future I will have a look at it. I am just wondering whether it would be a viable option, getting 20.000 views on 1 video, plus have it rated by the viewers seems a bit overwhelming to achieve, or do you feel different about that?
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Hi Mirjam,
Sorry for replying so late, somehow I completely missed your comment on this post
I don’t even know how is it possible, since it is not that I’m swamped with comments or anything..
Anyway, I believe that 20,000 views is achievable if you have some exceptional content.