YouTube Fan Funding - Beta Tester

Youtube is testing a new service like kickstarter.Viewers will be able to donate up to $500 to channels they like.Its already up for beta testing.If you are from USA,Mexico,Japan and Australia,you can sign up here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1KdfZYF8sCwR-uRjMThpL0xXLXJUeZLwpecQD_mspvzk/viewform

"We're testing a new feature called "YouTube Fan Funding" that allows viewers to send voluntary payments to support the channels they love.If you're interested in testing this out on your channel, please sign up below and we'll be in touch soon. Unfortunately we have limited spaces available - so we can't guarantee a place as a tester - but we'll do our best."


NOTE: Right now we're only testing for channels and viewers in USA, Mexico, Japan and Australia but more countries soon!

Read more here http://time.com/2934093/youtube-crowdfunding/

YouTube will take a 5% commission on all donations, plus a flat fee of $0.21 to cover costs, McLernon said.

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Looking forward to test out if donations will effect rankings

ORM said:

Looking forward to test out if donations will effect rankings

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Want to test this also,but not available in my country right now.

ORM said:

Looking forward to test out if donations will effect rankings

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That's a good point. Successfully raising funds from a diverse userbase is a much better, or at least as good, factor to show popularity than views IMO