I JUST Monetized a New YouTube Channel

This is How Much I’m Earning with It

Michiel Schuer
4 min readDec 22, 2023

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I’ve had quite a lot YouTube channels over the past few years. With some of them, I did really well and managed to earn nearly $25k!

I had some success, but I also failed (copyright issues, channels offline).

Failure is not bad. It incentivizes us to try again and do better (with lessons learned). And that’s what I did.

New channel

In September I started a new channel.

In the beginning I was doing script writing myself — with the help of ChatGPT — and outsourcing the voice over & editing.

Cost

Before we continue — A question that I often get is: “what does outsourcing cost?”

Of course, the total cost depends a bit on the type & amount of services you require. You can find everyone on Fiverr, but let me list them for you:

Prices PER video:

  • $30 for 10 min long script
  • $20–40 for narrator (NOT AI!)
  • $30–40 for editor
  • $10–15 for SEO
  • $10–15 for management (uploading & scheduling)
  • $5–10 for thumbnail creation
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Total: +/- $120–140 per video

If you want 10 videos per month, and you don’t want to do ANYTHING, then you’ll need at…

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Michiel Schuer

Enthusiastic about learning new things, side-hustles, and translating my personal experiences into motivational stories. https://michielschuer.com