Revver videos share revenue and make money off the internet!

Riiiiiight...
My Revver page: http://www.revver.com/u/not2old4toys/

I have posted some vidz both on Revver and YouTube. A few videos even appear exclusively on Revver, but mostly it's a backup of some of my older vidz and alternate edits.

I joined Revver's video site way back ... just a little after I started posting videos on YouTube. The main reason was that I'd been quite unhappy with the poor video quality on YouTube (it was back in the day when their video was really blocky and blurry, no"HQ" and way before "HD"). Revver's video image was much much sharper with higher resolution & colours were good. If you look at some of my very early YouTube videos, I suggested in the video info to go see my vids in Revver for better quality (content was still crap, just looked clearer!).

Then I found that people were able to subscribe to me via their iTunes as a video podcast which at the time was super cool!

Not only that but they offered me 40% of any revenue they made from people watching my videos! You get a PayPal payment every month your earnings reach or exceeded 20 USD!

That this revenue sharing thing was open to anyone who signed up with them was amazing considering you had to be a Partner on YouTube to generate income...

Well since posting my 1st video on Revver 2008-02-07, I have 24 videos and today up to 15 bucks in total earnings. I might reach the magic 20 dollar mark by the next few months? That is if Revver is still arround at that date to pay me! I say that because there was a couple of messages I got from their admin (the ONLY messages I ever got from Revver!) apologising for late payments etc... make their best effort to sort things out... Then, sigh... I come across this rather sad article:
http://www.streamingmedia.com/article.asp?id=11141

So a warning to any of you looking for an alternative video sharing site to make some pennies publishing your efforts on the internet. Revver looks like it's going to implode or perhaps it has already imploded.

:(

Never mind... but boy was I looking forward to that 20 bucks!

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My little helper

My tripod buddy for the shots used in Part1 of the PG Astray RedFrame video.
Yes it's Masterpiece Optimus Prime! A very hefty Diecast figure, he was my counterweight to keep my whole overhead camera setup from tipping forward and hitting the deck. Bless him.

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Perfect Grade Red Frame Astray (Part1) in HD!!!

From initial concept, adlibs, seeing everything evolving before our eyes and ears. It was a SO much FUN to make, and I trust it shows in the final product which is part1 of the Perfect Grade Red Frame Astray posted TODAY!
BUT: you won't find it on my YouTube Channel! where will you find it? I'm not telling you... but trust me, ITS OUT NOW!

Part2 will continue exactly where part1 left off. There's still some work before being ready for publication. Come ON! they didn't release all three Lord Of The Rings flicks in cinemas all in one go now did they?

Bear in mind that I may not even bother finishing part2, unless you really want to see it... by which you can show your appreciation by giving part1 5 stars and leaving a comment. I'm thinking around 500+ stars?

xD

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The Truth About Being A YouTube Partner!

To those who congratulated me, I thank you... and for those who may have no idea... Yes, I am a YouTube Partner. I think the 1st of us who do this little Gunpla thing on YouTube . I have been a Partner since mid Dec 2008. Yeah... I know... I Rock... Totally...

It's why you see I have a big banner on my YouTube Channel page and a little banner on my video pages too. Another perk is I get to post videos longer than 11 min. Which is nice. I DO have rules I have to follow. Such as not using copyright material that I don't have permission to use. Avoid dropping the 'F" bomb. That kind of thing... Watch the video below for more info. on what it means to be a YouTube Patrner. The advertisements you see floating around my videos and to the side are also a byproduct of me being a Partner. Sometimes the Ads make sense and are relevant to my videos. Othertimes they can be darn right random! I have no control over them, its Googles handling. Drop me a comment if you like.

I have spoken to a few other well established Partners and it seems that some terms and conditions make some shy away from speaking about it too publicly or in detail...

If you want to know how to become a YouTube Partner yourself... do some research, same way as I did. And good luck. ;-)

BTW: the videos you post on YouTube need not be any good for you to become a Partner. I am living proof of that! Google "how on earth accepted youtube partner". It's a question I posted on Yahoo Answers myself.

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Building the PG 1/60 Gundam Astray Red Frame

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