---
title: 'How to Earn Money on YouTube: Complete Step-by-Step Guide'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=vj6TdPKQDEo'
video_id: 'vj6TdPKQDEo'
date: 2026-07-11
duration_sec: 1517
---

# How to Earn Money on YouTube: Complete Step-by-Step Guide

> Source: [How to Earn Money on YouTube: Complete Step-by-Step Guide](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vj6TdPKQDEo)

## Summary

This video provides a comprehensive guide on how to earn money on YouTube, covering channel creation, settings, content strategy, monetization, and payment withdrawal. The instructor, Kashif Majeed, emphasizes organic growth and avoiding paid shortcuts.

### Key Points

- **Course Overview** [00:01] — The video teaches how to earn money on YouTube, including channel creation, viral growth, channel growth, earning, and withdrawing money to the bank.
- **Creating a YouTube Account** [02:01] — Click 'Create account', select 'For my personal use', enter name, date of birth, gender, and click 'Next'.
- **Naming the Channel** [03:01] — Choose a channel name related to your content. Example: 'KM Motivation' for a motivational channel.
- **Choosing a Handle** [05:32] — Select a unique handle (e.g., @KMMotivation) that is available. Click 'Create channel'.
- **Channel Settings - General** [06:12] — Set currency to USD, select country (e.g., Pakistan or target audience country), and add keywords for SEO.
- **Made for Kids Setting** [08:37] — Select 'No' for 'Made for Kids' to avoid reduced ads, comments, and stories. Only select 'Yes' if content is specifically for children.
- **Verifying Phone Number** [09:04] — Click 'Verify phone number' and enter your number. If facing issues, use a SIM from Telenor or Zong.
- **Upload Defaults** [10:51] — Set default description, social links, visibility (unlisted), tags, category (e.g., Education), video language, caption certification, and comment settings.
- **Channel Customization - Basic Info** [13:02] — Write a channel description (under 60 words) and add links (e.g., social media, email).
- **Branding - Logo and Banner** [14:57] — Create a logo and banner using Canva. Upload video watermark (150x150 pixels) and banner image. Click 'Publish'.
- **Layout - Channel Trailer** [17:30] — Add a channel trailer for new visitors and featured sections (e.g., videos, popular videos, shorts).
- **Organic Growth Tips** [20:29] — Focus on quality content, knowledge, interest, research, good video quality (use Boya B M1 microphone), and create valuable videos that benefit people.
- **Monetization Requirements** [22:22] — Need 1000 subscribers and either 4000 watch hours (long videos) or 10 million shorts views in 90 days. No community guideline strikes.
- **Earnings and Payment** [23:28] — Earnings come from ads. YouTube takes 45% cut. Payments arrive in AdSense between 11th-13th each month. Withdraw when balance reaches $100.

### Conclusion

The video provides a step-by-step guide to starting a YouTube channel, optimizing settings, and achieving monetization through organic growth. It emphasizes patience and quality content over shortcuts.

## Transcript

teach you how to earn money on youtube1 you
able to live or else go abroad and earn dollars this is the only solution other than this there is no value of Pakistani Rupee so let's talk about what we are going to learn here I am going to one is youtube2
youtube0 through which your channel also goes viral number three how to grow your channel number four we will learn how you can earn from your channel last number we will learn how you can take your earnings to the bank
and you must know how to withdraw money from ATM so let me first Kashif Majeed I am a writer and Alhamdulillah it has been more than five years since Alhamdulillah it has been more than five years since I started
see the names of different online earning courses if you want to learn these then this number is
logo must have been created, you have to click on it and after that you have to keep
what you have to do is you have to click on create account and after that from here you have to click on for my personal use, when you click here, this option will come in front of you, create a
you can write any name, this is not the name of the channel, after that you have to choose the date of birth from here, I will choose any date of birth randomly,
okay and you have to write your original date of birth, okay, since I am teaching you, so now from here you have to choose your gender, after that you have to click on next, after that it will give you some options that you can
keep this email address, but from here you can
that we  The channel I am creating is a motivational channel and I want to name it KM Motivation, so I will not write here K A Motivation, okay @gmail, never do this. What you have to do is
and after that, so that your data is saved with you, click on next. After clicking on next, it will ask you to choose a password, so always choose a strong password. Okay, let's
suppose to teach you, I will choose any password from here. Okay, now so add any email address you have, I am skipping it for now. you have, I am skipping it for now.
After that, it will ask you to add your phone number, so from here we are skipping it for now. security settings later. After this it will ask you to review your account, then you have to click on next, if you want to read the terms then
read it and click on I agree, after that it is a click on I agree, after that it is a simple thing for you to do, from
okay, so from here it will now ask you to upload your picture, so right now we are not doing that, it will ask you to name your channel from here, that is, tell me the name of your channel, so I will choose the name of my channel which is related to the content you want to keep,
name of the channel and let me tell you one more thing, when you have to name the channel, then you have to
subscribers, so we will cross it, this channel is K Motivation, on which 9.7 is also fine, there is no issue, there should not be many subscribers, that is, there should way there should not be a channel with many subscribers, okay, so this is the thing you have to do  It is necessary to
check it after that, what you have is this handle, what is meant by handle is like okay then my channel opens, see this, now in the same way you have to
choose your handle, I want KM Motivation from here, if it is available then I will tell you, otherwise this handle is already taken by someone, this is what I am saying, okay, after that I open it and see, this handle is available, now what will happen is that if
this handle is available, now what will happen is that if channel will come, I click on create channel from here, so from here we have created another channel, okay now this is
created for us, so this is a simple method, you have to do a youtube0, you have to see it carefully, let's go again to the PC and do the settings step by step because its settings are its main importance and take more time, so come let's go
again to the PC and learn how to do the settings  So to do the channel settings, first of all you have to click on your logo, then after that this second option will come in front of you, you have to then after that this second option will come in front of you, you have to
a studio has opened in front of you, in which when you upload your videos and you can manage all the analytics, comments, everything, that is, you can say you can say that there will be an
and here the general, first of all this USD, that is, your dollar earnings, if you want to show them, you can show them in dollars, if you want to change then you will also get paid in Pakistani Rupees, see this is Pakistani Rupees, okay,
but what I like is USD, dollar, so I will keep it in dollar, then after that there is the second option of the channel, here there is basic info and country of residence is written, so here you have to select the country from where you are, okay or where
here like we select Pakistan, let me tell you one more thing that here you are Pakistani but you can create such a channel  If you are creating an app that targets the audience of UK or USA, then can select that as well, that is, if I select USA from here and I am sitting
okay, like I select USA to show you, then after that come the keywords, basically the keywords are what is your channel related to, this is called doing SEO of the channel, okay, the settings are also being done
and the SEO of the channel is also being done well, now here in the keywords, we will put those keywords which are related to our channel, my channel is related to motivation, okay, after that I write motivation, motivational videos, okay, and
motivation, motivational videos, okay, and after that I take help of and here if we write motivation, okay, if you write motivation, then see, all these keywords that are coming below, this is called keyword, okay, the key of the words, that is,
if it is a keyword by combining more than two words, okay motivational video motivational speech okay motivation motivational status course motivational speech for success in life let's suppose I like this it is a bit long keyword but it
paste it here what I have to do after that after writing the keywords you have to go inside advanced settings and from here you have to
written here do you want to set your channel as made for kids so if we select yes to this then you will see that from here your ads will also end the ads will reduce go people will not be able to comment and people will not be able to see the stories also so I would
prefer you to select no and you should not make your channel for children if children watch it then  You can say yes to this, otherwise you can say no and the preferred option is no, after that what you have to do is you have to
you will have to select will be enable, number two is intermediate features, in which written here verify phone number, so we click on it and as soon as you click on it, an
tell you that this is a big issue going on in Pakistan, when you write that number, like I write the number here and type get code on it, then a message comes in front of us that there was a problem sending a
verification code to the number and please enter a different phone number, so this issue is occurring a lot what can you do, to avoid this you
your phone number will also be verified, so here I have used the number of this phone and the code has come on it and let's submit it and from here our phone number has been verified, so I told you that if you are facing this issue then
you should use the SIM of this phone or Tenor and this issue will be resolved for you, after that see this, the second option has also been enabled, now there is a third option, what can you do for this, what benefit do you get in this, that is, you can create more
you can give its benefits and external link in the video description, after that you can apply for monetization, so the easiest way to access this feature is to for monetization, so the easiest way to access this feature is to
then this feature gets enabled automatically, best  The method is that you will upload your CNSC here, as you can CNSC or you will get the video verified and this feature of yours will automatically get
enabled, okay, I create channel history, click next, click done, the intention of this is that we save it automatically in two months and from here
we have done half the settings, after that again I come to settings, okay, I have done the settings of the channel here, now comes the turn of upload defaults, what happens in this is that whatever thing you have to keep fixed in the video, that is,
come to my channel, then you go to any video, let's here you will see that these social links are always added in the description, okay, from here till here, these social links
and this for business inquiry email are always added in my video, what do I do with this  I am always here, like this is the default in the channel, I keep this basic info saved under upload defaults, that is, when you paste this,
what you can do is whatever you want to write in your description, your social comes in every video of yours, then you can write it here, what is there after that, after that there is visibility, from here you can unlist it, this means that when you
public can do it whenever they want, okay, so let it remain unlisted, then there are tags, like my channel name is inside the tags, okay and these will always be the same, okay, so these are the tags that will come in every video of yours,
and from here I add different tags for every video, there is advanced setting here, so here you have to first choose the category, here ours is motivation channel, I chose education category  I am doing it, you can choose from it as per your convenience.
not able to understand what category to keep, then ask in the comments, I will tell you insha Allah, after that what is Language and Captions Certification, so first of all is Video Language, okay, in this we choose Urdu as the language of the video, from
choose the language of the video as per your convenience, after that is Caption Certification, the first option you have to choose is This Content Has Never Arrived on Television in the US, after that is Title and Description Language, which we have chosen in English,
Comments, here you have to select All Comments and after that you have to go to Permissions, you do after that you have to go to Community, if you want to keep a moderator from here, then you can write that, otherwise you have to save from here, so almost you can say that
your settings are complete, now only a few settings of the channel are left, we have done that.  We have to go to customization, okay, we have done the settings option, now three options will appear in front of you, one is layout, then there is branding, then there is basic info, so
first of all you will go to basic info, from here you have to write the description of your channel, that is, with if I want to show you the description of my channel of Kashif Majeed, then here I go to about, then the description is shown here, like I have written Salam Walekum Welcome to Kashim Majeed
write this description for me, so here I have given it the promise, that is, I have written it and given it to me, brother, please written it, it has to be written within 60 words, okay, it should be short,
also told it the name of my channel, so now it has written and given it, Welcome to KM  Motivation your daily dose of inspiration and you can see this, discover practical tips, you just have to copy everything from here and what you have to do is you have to come here and
description is set, after that there are links here, you have put your own inside the links,
after that submit and this is your email, okay, so you have to keep this email changed from the email of your channel, that is, what is the email of your channel, you will know from here when you created the channel, like this is the email here, okay,
give some other email then I gave some other email from here, so from here I gave that email address and after that we have to click on publish, after that comes the turn, this is your basic information, now
banner image and the video watermark, first of all let's What we have to do is write a video watermark, okay, and
okay, people have often applied this, I like this, what I do is copy it from here and save it in images and after saving it, after that we go to the channel and from here go to the video watermark and upload it,
okay, go to download and sorry desktop and from here we will upload it, so it comes here in the video and we make it entire video, that is, it will remain here in my entire video, I have applied this watermark,
can choose any other, just keep in mind that its format is written in pixels here, so its pixels are 150 * 150 made in that, then after that there is the picture, that is, the logo, after that there is the banner image, to
make this we  What we will do is go to Canva and write 'logo' here. As soon as you search by typing 'logo', different logos will start appearing in front of you. There will be free ones as well as paid ones, like
these ones with a dollar sign on them or these ones with some gold type. These are paid, the rest are free. Like here, I like this logo. What I will do is click on it, then click on 'Customize This
Template' and create it as per my wish. So, can also use your own picture. If you want to use something else in the logo, you easiest, so I told you from here what I do is write 'KM' here. So,
here I wrote 'KM Motivation'. Okay, I and download it from here. Okay, and after that you can download again.  You have to click on it, then your logo will be downloaded from here. Now
what you have to do after that is you have to come again to Canva and from here you have to search for the banner image. Okay, if you search for the banner, then from here
banner, what I do is I choose it, changes in it as per my requirement and download it too. So, our logo and banner are already made from Canva. Now we have to go to upload and from here go to download.
Okay, this logo is done, after that we go to banner image and from here we choose the banner image. After that, we click on publish. From here, your logo and your pen have also been made. Okay, now
you see here, the banner that we had put up has also been put up and our  The logo has also been placed, okay, now you have done the settings till here, after that the last one comes the layout, basically what happens is that you create a channel trailer
or let's say you add a video and this is you put a video for those who are your returning subscribers, now like I will give you my example, now if you see here, if you
videos are coming here about my courses, in which we get the okay, now if you see here, then videos are coming about my courses,
but as soon as I subscribe to the channel and refresh it, then you will see here, instead of the video, my channel will also come, picture will come, so in this way you have to add a channel trailer for your channel,
ad  When I click, our videos are not there right now, so because of this these videos are after you upload the videos, set them from here, after that click on add, you can also search videos from other channels here, like I write my channel
name here, I write Kashif Majeer here, okay, and what is there here, I add any video, so this is the way, now what you have to do not add my video here, you can add your video, I am doing this just to explain to you,
after that what is there in the feature section, that is, when you featured sections here, link of my channel on the tube, then after that there are videos, then there are popular videos, then
can create your section, first they have given shorts, so you move it down, then after that  After that, first of all, you should try to keep videos, then after that popular videos, okay, after that keep shorts, if you have created a channel only for shorts,
if it is not for shorts, then first videos, then popular videos, then shorts after that. If you have any other channel, you want to add it here, then you can keep it here, like I write here 'Main Channel', so as soon as I have
I have to click on it and that this has become a section of the channel, okay, now we publish it and if we publish it and go from here, then now we will see that our channel is
start uploading, then videos will come first, then popular videos, then shorts and then channel like this, so these were our complete settings, we have done
all our settings, after these settings, now let's talk about
extra settings, then you will understand that he will take money from you and you will not pay, okay, so take money from you and you will not pay, okay, so these are the settings, that is,
buy anything, okay, everything has to be completed organic, now how to do organic  If you want to complete it, then let me tell you
content, Alhamdulillah, so the more good content you put in, the more people will watch you. What things are required for that, your knowledge in your topic, that is, you should have knowledge in whatever video you are making, you should have interest in it, you should
research about it as well as you are good at that topic, then your video quality should be good, that is, you have, whatever you have to start from, I would say microphone you have, like this microphone I have, it is an expensive microphone, but you
can start with Boya B M1, you get a microphone of Rs 2000, so this microphone I have used it for three and a half years, okay, it was a 2000 microphone, and this is easy, 2000 microphone, and this is easy, you can say that you have to do it
you one more advance hint: you should make videos you're saying, "Dude, I'm sleeping right now, I'm eating right now, I went to school today, I went to university today." Yes, if kids do that, or if someone who
can entertain does that, people see it. But if you make a video of a common person who went shopping here, see it. But if you make a video of a common person who went shopping here, try to make videos that benefit people. When people search for something,
your video should come up, or you should make videos that show a thumbnail, and they'll immediately click on it. These things are essential for growing your channel. There are no shortcuts. It's a long-term process. It may take a year,
but the reality is that your channel will grow. When your channel grows, what will you have to do? How will you get monetization? I first say grow the channel, monetization comes in between and
monetized by paying money, you should never get it done. Now let's talk about monetization, so see what is there here, you you can get 1000 subscribers anytime, it is not that you have to do it in 2 years, you have to
okay you should have 1000 subscribers, then there is your watch time, if you have long videos, like a long video is more than 8 minutes or more than 2 minutes, it should not be made in portrait mode, just in landscape, then we call these long videos, if you have
long videos, then what you have to do is that you have to do 4000 hours of watch time and when will you have to do this, in the last 365 days, so you do not take tension, you just have to start working and when both these criteria of yours are completed, yes if
views within the last 90 days. shorts videos, anything, one of the two criteria should be fulfilled, be it watch time or views, if one of the two is done for shorts,
after that you apply. Okay, one thing comes in this that you should put it here or there, then your channel will not be monetized because of that, that is, you should not have received any community guideline strike, so you apply that and your
monetized, you get the earning. On what basis do you get the earning? On the ads that you see on the videos, you are getting the earning on the basis of these ads. tell you how much earning you get. So brother, whatever your ads run,
okay, and 45% of YouTube1 is that ad.  If your channel has earned from this then YouTube will give you ₹5000000 brother, how do we take this earning, so what you have to do first of all, when you are monetizing your
channel, you have to create an AdSense account there, understand this as an online bank all your payments come in it every month, okay now when your payment comes in it and the date of arrival is 11 to 13, that is, between 11th to 13th,
your payment comes and what happens after that, after that your $100 in your account, okay, there will be $100 in the AdSense account, if we talk about $100 then it becomes ₹1000000, when this happens then it comes in your bank account,
given in it, so I have told you this by giving big information, that is, I have given you the by step  So you will start understanding things, Insha Allah, and if you liked this short course, share it with those who need it, because if you want to do
paid online earning courses, then here