These days we've seen explosive growth in online video. Predictions are that for the next five years the online video market will grow enormously. Funny home videos, strange animal behavior or just Grandma saying a few words could bring a lot of joy and fun into our lives. In addition, short online videos can bring a lot of cash to the video owners as well.

Just a few years ago, the only way to make money with home video was to participate in TV programs where hundreds if not thousands of people competed for a limited number of prizes. Times have changed and the Internet has now begun to offer many possibilities to cash in on home video clips. Some Internet users are making a lot of money just by simply sharing their own video content and/ or other people’s videos with their viewers.

Make Money From Video Sharing Sites
There are many video sharing sites who are willing to pay owners for their video content and even more sites sharing a percentage of their revenue with people who help to spread these videos throughout the Internet. Let’s take a look at some of these services and what they have to offer.

REVVER
After you upload a video to this site, Revver pairs the video with a short ad that plays at the end of the uploaded video. Revver shares any ad revenue 50/50 with the video owner. The more people see and click on these ads, the more money a video owner can make.

If you do not produce any videos, you can make money just by sharing other people’s videos. The more traffic you send to these videos, the more money you can make. Register as an affiliate, point viewers to Revver from your blog or site, and you will get paid a percentage of whatever the advertiser pays.
There are lots of ways to share Revver videos. You can email them, embed them in your blog or download and share them over Peer-to-Peer networks. As long as you’re a registered Revver member, sharing can earn you some cash.
If the video is very interesting or funny, it just needs a little exposure. Then it begins travel all over the Internet and brings you revenue. Check the Revver Forum for tips, tools, and updates on new syndication.

BLIP TV
At BLIP TV, their advertising program is “designed to put you in complete control of monetizing your content by providing you with a variety of advertising choices.” They serve up "postroll" and "adjacent" advertisements. Postrolls are ads that appear after your video has finished playing. Postroll ads range from single frame "slate" advertisements to 15 second full-motion video ads. Adjacent advertisements appear next to or below the video player, and often change while the video is playing.”

BLIP TV is splitting pilot program revenue 50/50 — you get half the revenue and BLIP TV gets the other half. They will send advertising payouts via PayPal within two weeks of the end of every quarter if you have a balance of $25 or more.

METACAFE
Metacafe's Producer Rewards program will pay you five dollars for every thousand views your video gets on their site. Payment starts after your video has been seen 20,000 times and has a rating of 3.00 or higher. 20,000 views earns $100; after that, each additional 1,000 views adds five dollars. Some of Metacafe’s top producers has earned more than $20,000

VUME
In their Mission Statement it states that it is a community driven website built around one principal rule: “the authors of Internet content should be paid for their work and not have it exploited for others' gain.” Vume will send you a percentage of a site revenue via an electronic transfer each month, depending on how well your content has performed.

For every unique view your work gets, you will earn money. When you upload a video for submission to Vume, your first hit immediately starts generating income.

BREAK
If they chose to publish your original videos (stunts, wipeouts, accidents, great moments, pranks, animals in the wild, webcam, dances, funny pets, sporting events, and pretty much anything else!) on their homepage, you can earn $400. Payment for an original short film is $2,000, payment for flash animations and games is $2,000. Additionally they pay $25 for every original picture. Neat site, check it out.

BRIGHTCOVE
Brightcove is an online service for creating, distributing and monetizing Internet TV channels. Video content owners give Brightcove the right to sell advertising in their videos. The ad revenue from ad-supported videos is split 50/50 between Brightcove and the creator.

In addition, content owners can choose to offer video downloads for rental or purchase. The purchase price must be at least ninety-nine cents. The rental price is in U.S. dollars, and you must select the rental term such as 1-Day Rental (7-Day Rental is the default.)
The ad revenue on for-fee/paid video clips is split 30/70 between

LULU
Eighty percent of the advertising revenue goes into a cash pool. At the end of the month, all shareholders share in the pool. If Lulu TV videos attract one million viewers in one month and you got 10,000 of those, that's one percent. So you get one percent of the cash pool. Everyone who gets any traffic will get something.
The folks who do the best job of driving traffic to their clips get paid more. You can only get paid for your own content.

Make Money From Online Videos With Your Own Blog
If you have enough knowledge about a certain subject, you can create a “How to Video” which is in great demand among Internet users.

What kind of how to videos am I talking about? Anything you can possibly think of that requires some instruction. You can be paid for your video tutorials by ExpertVillage.com, the world's largest how-to video site. An average payment is $300 per assignment

Another great way to make some cash with videos is to have your own blog by having your own blog, you will be able to make money from different sources of income such as related affiliate programs, AdSense ads, YPN, other people’s advertising  requirements.
The best part about videoblogging is that you don’t need to make your own video in order to profit from this idea.

Here is what you have to do:
Choose videos about your niche topic by browsing any of the video sharing sites and then place this collection on your blog. Submit your video blog to the blog directories. You can use a great tool called Video Post Robot!. Then monetize your traffic by placing related links from ClickBank and plug in Google AdSense and start selling advertising space on your blog as.

Create Your Own Niche Video Podcast
If you have ideas for creating “how to” videos or you just want to express your opinion or thoughts on a chosen subject, then create your own informational or how-to Vidcast (podcast).  By watching your vidcast regularly, your listeners and viewers trust you and will be willing to follow your advice. There are a few ways to make money with Vidcasts such as sell advertising on your video, if your “how to” course is in big demand, then you can charge a fee to access your vidcast.
Think about it!
Instead of selling the rights to your “how to” videos for just for $300, you could make money again and again by selling access to your podcast to people who are interested.

FreeIQ
This is another online sharing site that gives you the option of charging to view your video or adding it for free with links to your site. This is a new site and quite original!
I hope that these simple ideas give you food for thought and will help you to make money while having fun with your home videos.

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