I just found out about the youtube partner program a little while ago and had to write about it. You can find program details at youtube.com/partners

The program basically allows you to make money off of your youtube videos much in the way you make money off of Adsense. If accepted the revenue from ads is split between you and YouTube (Google). The restrictions are listed below:

Who qualifies for partnership?
To become a partner, you need to meet these criteria:
You create original videos suitable for online streaming.
You own the copyrights and distribution rights for all audio and video content that you upload — no exceptions.
You regularly upload videos that are viewed by thousands of YouTube users.
You live in the United States or Canada.

I just applied under my youtube account that I use to share my halo videos thehalogodDotcom which currently sits at a little over 200 subscribers and about 17,000 video views. If only I had a youtube account before when I first created and posted my videos I’d have a lot more views and be much more likely to be accepted. Look at this URL for one of the earlier Halo videos I created http://youtube.com/watch?v=xwMUawpNJuY it has close to 300,000 views! And a couple other users posted the same video and those are in the 6 figure range as well. Either way, my subscribers and video views will go up a ton after I release my first Halo 3 montage and if I’m not accepted into the youtube partner program now I’ll definetely reapply after my next video is released.

I’ll provide an update wether I’m accepted or not, but I’m near certain I won’t be accepted because I didn’t have my videos posted on youtube when they were first made, instead someone else got all the views.

Have you applied yet?