YouTube monetization is a perk for certain account holders to achieve, not something that each and every account is qualified to gain. However, you need to meet the specific criteria to earn it; however, you may also lose it temporarily or permanently because of the mistakes that most people usually make.
The fact is, multiple ways might make you lose this benefit for your channels or the videos you make, whether for the individual videos or for your account with numerous subscribers as a whole. So, let’s discuss some of the main factors that might disable the monetization of your videos or the channel as a whole, and also the ways about how you can overcome or prevent it from happening!
Account or the videos?
The first thing you need to analyze is whether a check marks whether the monetization for your videos has been disabled for some of your videos or the entire overall channel? Likes at the Likes Geek You need to log in to your YouTube account in order to do this. Once you are signed in, choose the now-familiar button to go to your channel’s creator studio.
Once done, find the Channel sub-section from the left-side menu on the particular page and select ‘Status & Features’ within this specific menu. Also, tap that, and you will be able to see the various features that could be the parts of the channel as well.
You may also find the different relevant status sections on this page. Along with this, there is also a bar of frowning or smiling YouTube logos just right under the Community Guidelines and Copyright status. However, you always need to ensure that both are the right fit, smiling icons, showing that the particular account is in a good state.
Now, just right below from here, you can see the box labeled as Monetization. You have here at least three options along with the status box, including, Eligible, Not Enables, and Disabled. The box Eligible refers to your eligibility for monetization but not being able to get it necessarily. However, you may still apply for it, but the concerned YouTube team can reject your request upon you not enough views, watch-hours, and subscribers on the videos.
On the other hand, the ‘Not Enabled’ box refers to disabled monetization for some reason. It could be because of some copyright strikes, issues with the Google Ads account, or any other problems. So, it shows that the monetization has been disabled account-wide on your YouTube account.
On the other hand, the box says ‘enabled’; however, the specific videos you want to monetize show that the monetization has been disabled – it basically refers to the particular video that is not eligible for the monetization, but your overall account is fine.
Moreover, you may also go to the account monetization section of your account to see what specific steps you have missed to achieve the monetization of the videos or for the channel. Most people usually are not familiar with the monetization requirements and the new changes; therefore, they fail to get it. So, always update yourself with new things, so your channel keeps growing every single day.
Meet the new standard of YouTube!
Most probably, the first and the foremost reason to lose the monetization if probably the same that made most of us lose monetization earlier this year as well – and it is actually the change in the requirements for the monetization program.
So actually, Google is the one that decided that it was super easy for users to monetize their videos. This was one of the factors that made them lose money by the small-time creators when they were not coming with sufficient sales for the advertisers.
This is the reason that made them bump to the requirements for the whole monetization process to up to 4000 hours watch time within the duration of 12-months as well, along with the minimum of 1000 subscribers for your channel.
Here, the biggest problem that lies is that YouTube did not choose to be the grandfather for the people who already had monetization; however, they are also the ones who do not meet new requirements.
You might do not have permission.
This is one of the very rare causes of the demonetized videos, especially for the individual videos; however, not as a whole account – is that you do not meet the standards and lack the permissions to use your content commercially.
Advertisers unfriendly content
YouTube has numerous standards for the content creators to follow and a handful of all those standards, which go into something that make the content advertiser-friendly.
This is the reason they essentially want to ensure the content hosted on the site is not objectionable in any way possible to the advertisers who run ads. It may be objectionable content like sexual, demeaning, harmful acts, hate, drugs, sensitive or controversial content, etc.
Breaking rules
YouTube has to offer you a huge legal document that features various terms and conditions to agree upon before you can publish your content. All the legal rules are important for all the creators to know and understand before making their content like and releasing the videos on their channels. Otherwise, the platform has the right to block you or restrict you temporarily or permanently.
