Link your YouTube channels to Revelator's YouTube MCN


Benefits of linking your YouTube channel with Revelator's MCN 

  • Benefit from Revelator’s work that results in generating more revenue from YouTube
  • Content ID for all sound recordings in the videos uploaded directly on your channel


Conditions for linking your YouTube channel

  • 100% of the content must be music related
  • 95% of the content must be original and fully owned by you: you cannot simply reupload content that already exists on YouTube (unless you fully own this content).
  • You must meet YouTube's acceptance criteria
  • Please also review the next section 


Conditions for maintaining your YouTube channel in Revelator's MCN

  1. COPYRIGHT STRIKE POLICY: Revelator has a very strict policy around copyright strikes, so please make sure to read the following in order to avoid having your channel(s) unlinked.
    1. Do your utmost to avoid all strikes. Read our article on how to avoid YouTube copyright strikes. As a channel manager it is your responsibility to ensure that any rights dispute does not result in a strike. If someone is claiming one of your videos, you must do either of the following:
      • If you own the full rights to the recording: then please issue a DMCA notice against the claiming asset on YouTube's DMCA page.
      • If you do not own the full rights to the recording: then you must accept the 3rd party's claim or take down your video so that no strike is applied.
      • If the issue is more complex, then it is your responsibility to reach out to our support to consult us on addressing the issue in order to avoid a strike. Note that this must be done ASAP as YouTube only gives you 7 days after your claims appeal is rejected by the 3rd party to take down the video; thereafter a strike is applied.
    2. If you receive 1 strike (and you are unable to have this strike removed):
      1. Your channel will be unlinked from Revelator's MCN
      2. You will be blocked from linking any new channels for 60 days
    3. If you receive more than 1 strike in any 90-day period on 1 channel or across all your channels (and you are unable to get the strikes removed): 
      1. All your channels will be unlinked from Revelator's MCN
      2. You will be blocked from linking any new channels for 90 days OR forever blocked from linking any YouTube channels, depending on the circumstances
  2. Unless you have been cleared by Revelator to create a channel with no intention of applying to the YouTube Partner Program (YPP) to monetize your channel:
    1. You must apply for YPP within 3 months of your channel being linked/created.
    2. Your YPP application must be successful on the first attempt. The reason for this is to ensure that you are developing the type of channel which YouTube values.
    3. If you are creating multiple channels, you will need to have at least 75% YPP before Revelator will create additional channels for you. In other words, if you have 10 channels and only 6 of them are currently YPP, you will need to wait until 8 of them are YPP before Revelator will create additional channels for you.
  3. You must strictly follow all YouTube monetization and community guidelines:
    1. You cannot add your track as an intro/outro to a music compilation video in order to claim that video — your track must be part of the compilation
    2. You cannot purchase placement of your music in popular 3rd party content (such as popular TV series, news or sports broadcasts, animes and cartoons, etc.). Note that violating this YouTube policy will cause your infringing asset to be permanently removed from CID and all your YouTube CID royalties to be withheld.
  4. You must perform at least 2 of the following actions per month:
    1. Upload a provider video and make it public;
    2. Perform a live stream;
    3. Post a reel;
    4. Create a playlist;
    5. Comment on your own channel (as your Channel);
    6. Comment on another channel (as your Channel);
    7. Create a community post


Procedure to link your channel

  1. Review the following YouTube acceptance criteria to make sure your channel qualifies.
  2. Email [email protected] with your channel URL or ID
  3. Once you submit your request, YouTube still needs to review it and approve it. Please note that this can take a few days and that we cannot speed up this process. Thank you for your patience and understanding.


Fees

The standard revenue share for linking a YouTube channel to Revelator's MCN is 15%. This rate may be negotiated for channels when their earnings are considerable.