How can I make money with Shorts

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Hi everyone,
How can I make money with YouTube Shorts, and how do people manage to make $15K just from Shorts? It seems unbelievable to me.
What's the monetization method — are they living off YouTube ads or redirecting the traffic to a real business? I'm completely lost.
 
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UnderArmour said:
Hi everyone,
How can I make money with YouTube Shorts, and how do people manage to make $15K just from Shorts? It seems unbelievable to me.
What's the monetization method — are they living off YouTube ads or redirecting the traffic to a real business? I'm completely lost.
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You need an established channel to make that much money from YouTube shorts. All creators cannot make that much money.
 
YouTube Shorts monetization mainly comes from the Shorts Fund and brand deals, not traditional ads. Many creators also use Shorts to drive traffic to other revenue streams like merchandise, affiliate links, or services. So, making $15K often combines Shorts views plus outside income sources.
 
To make money with YouTube Shorts, you can monetize your videos through ads, channel memberships, and Super Chats. People making $15K on Shorts usually have a large number of views and subscribers, which helps them earn more from ads. Some creators also promote their own products or affiliate products in their Shorts to generate additional income. It's a combination of YouTube ads and redirecting traffic to other businesses that helps them make money. Keep creating engaging content and promoting your videos to increase your chances of earning from YouTube Shorts.
 
Yes it's possible to make good money with shorts but it's harder than longer form of videos. Some creators make +$15k/month through this.
You should join YPP first which require 1K subs + 10M Shorts views in 90 days. Though payouts are modest (~$0.04 per 1K views), the real money comes from redirecting traffic: link to sponsors, affiliate products, merch stores, or Patreon in your bio/shoutouts. Others use Shorts to grow fast, then monetize long-form videos or sell services. Consistency is key, post daily, hop on trends early, and repurpose top clips across TikTok/Instagram.
 
You can make money with Shorts, but it’s not all from YouTube ads. Most people use Shorts to get views and then promote products, affiliate links, or their own services. Some also earn through brand deals or by selling digital products. The real trick is using Shorts to bring traffic, and then turning that traffic into income.
 
Yeah, Shorts money mostly isn’t from ads. Most of the big numbers come from affiliate promos, CPA offers, or pushing traffic to other income streams. Ads alone won’t get you to $15K.
 
Shorts are making less money on ads. Long form makes good money.

If you want to earn from long form, make a compilation that you uploaded on shorts. Just a heads up, you may have to verify your channel via on ID or video verification to immediately use other features (like “related”). Make a compilation and make a YouTube shorts doing a call to action to a video you made and link that video you made long form with the YouTube shorts.
 
It's very easy, just upload shorts regularly. Try to upload organic, new and low-competitive content.
 
They earn through ad revenue, affiliate , brand deals, and driving traffic to products or businesses.
 
Find a niche that is working and milk it like crazy
 
UnderArmour said:
Hi everyone,
How can I make money with YouTube Shorts, and how do people manage to make $15K just from Shorts? It seems unbelievable to me.
What's the monetization method — are they living off YouTube ads or redirecting the traffic to a real business? I'm completely lost.
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You need billions of views to make $15k from shorts.
 
UnderArmour said:
Hi everyone,
How can I make money with YouTube Shorts, and how do people manage to make $15K just from Shorts? It seems unbelievable to me.
What's the monetization method — are they living off YouTube ads or redirecting the traffic to a real business? I'm completely lost.
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Making $15k is not easy. It will take few years to reach there.
 
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