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YouTube Letting Content Creators Solicit Donations

For most amateur content creators on YouTube, advertising doesn’t translate into a ton of money, let alone a living. Encouraging their work with another modest revenue stream, the video hub is now letting producers request donations directly from their YouTube pages. “If [content viewers] do offer up a donation, YouTube will take a small cut to handle the transaction,” Android Police reports. “Just how much the company takes varies by country … In the US, it keeps 5% plus 21 cents.”

 

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