Monetize from YouTube without ads enabled?

Hey guys, let's get a little creative: What are your ideas on how to monetize from a <1000 Subscriber youtube channel?
I think there must be more than just putting affiliate links in descriptions. How can one juice every penny out of a non-monetized channel??

In my mind, rerouting your viewers to your website would be your best bet. In every video, have the intro be something with the URL to you website being the main focal point. With the URL being in every video description like a signature. On paper, that seems like overdoing it, however I've seen many popular YT channels doing that. It essential cuts out google/youtube as the middle man.