YouTube Launches ‘Super Thanks’ Money-Making Feature to Attract Creators

YouTube on Tuesday launched a brand new approach for video creators to earn cash from followers via a function referred to as Super Thanks, because the Alphabet streaming service appears to be like to draw extra content material makers.

The feature, a fourth approach for YouTubers to earn cash from their viewers, comes as competing platforms like short-form video app TikTok and Facebook’s Instagram are investing closely to courtroom creators filming viral movies.

Fans should buy Super Thanks at 4 worth factors, from $2 (roughly Rs. 150) to $50 (roughly Rs. 3.730), as a method to categorical gratitude and assist their favourite YouTube channels, the corporate stated in an announcement.

After a purchase order on a video web page, a highlighted remark will seem within the remark part, permitting the creator to answer the fan’s present with a remark.

The function is accessible to 1000’s of creators in 68 nations, and can develop to all eligible creators in YouTube’s associate programme.

Fans have been in a position to pay for unique content material via channel memberships. Viewers on a livestreamed YouTube video may also pay for Super Chats to pin their feedback to the highest of the remark part.

© Thomson Reuters 2021