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Ways to Earn Money from Online Videos
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Videos now offer money making opportunities to those who love to create them. If you love to produce videos about your dogs or kids, or think that you are witty and engaging to watch on videos, there are a number of options to help you get cash for your creations.
By Isabel M. Isidro
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4. Create commissioned videos. You can also get paid for
responding to requests for specific types of videos. There are
companies that look for submissions of videos for predetermined
topics, such as
- Demand Media = has a
Demand Studios Filmmaker Program
that looks for instructional video submissions for the use of
their properties such as ExpertVillage.com, Livestrong.com,
eHow.com, among others. Find an assignment that appeals to you,
look for experts on that topic and produce the video. You
can expect to receive $300-$600 per assignment.
- CurrentTV.com = offers video creators two options to
earn. The first is to submit a "pod" or a 7-minute video on
pre-announced topics such as the hottest trends on the
street to voting outside of mainland to the juiciest hooking
up stories. Payment is negotiated per pod basis, and your
video may be broadcasted on television. The second option is
to submit a video ad as dictated by the sponsor, and you get
paid if the video is shown on the Current website or on
another television station.
- Zadby = Respond
to requests for online videos and you get paid based on the
views. Samples of commissioned videos include videos showcasing
a handbag line or promote a new horse racing show for Animal
Planet.
5. Earn money by producing videos for others. There are a
number of companies that will hire you to produce videos in your
local area:
- TurnHere.com http://www.turnhere.com/
= helps small local
businesses produce professional looking videos for an
average fee of $1,000 per video. Join them as a freelance
video producer and get paid for producing videos.
- VideoAgency.tv http://www.videoagency.tv/
= An online marketplace for video production, which matches
companies and individuals in need of professional videographers.
6. Get paid if your videos are featured. Break.com
http://www.break.com
pays for original videos featured on their homepage. If your
video is chosen to be featured on its homepage, you get paid
$200 for your first original video featured ($400 if you give
them exclusive rights). The price increases to $300 and $400 for
your second and third videos featured on the homepage ($500 and
$600 respectively for exclusive rights). They also occasionally
do special contests such as their April Fools best prank videos
wherein the winner can receive $1,000.
7. Sell videos on a royalty basis.
iStockPhoto.com , well
known for their subscription model in selling photos, has
branched out to videos. After passing a rigid test, you can
submit videos and earn as much as 40% of the royalties paid.
CreateSpace.com allows your videos
to be sold on Amazon.com and you can earn royalties on every
sale you make.
8. Sell your video on demand. If you are a more established
video content producer and independent filmmaker, there are a
number of venues for independent filmmakers to sell their films:
- FlickRocket.com http://www.flickrocket.com/ offers a direct
online VOD/rental and download-to-own/burn service.
- Jaman http://www.jaman.com = movies on Jaman are available for rental,
for purchase, for free, or as a combination of these
options. Movie rentals start at $1.99 and go up to $4.99 for
premium titles. Video producers get 30 percent of the gross
revenues, paid quarterly.
- EZTakes
http://www.eztakes.com/store/info/sell.jsp
= allows you to sell your feature-length videos as downloadable
DVDs. You set the price, and EZTakes gets a cut of about 30-35
percent of the price. However, they require a catalog of at
least 20 films.
- GreenCine http://www.greencine.com
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