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Channel Monetization Not Required: Earn Money with 50-60 Subscribers

0h 12m video Published Jun 21, 2026 Transcribed Aug 4, 2026 Arun ji Technical Arun ji Technical
Beginner 5 min read For: YouTube creators, especially those with small channels, who want to earn money without meeting monetization requirements.
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This video explains how YouTube creators can earn money without channel monetization by using the 'Tag Product' feature in YT Studio. The presenter demonstrates step-by-step settings adjustments in both the YT Studio app and Chrome browser to enable product tagging, which allows creators to earn commissions from product sales linked in their videos, regardless of subscriber count or watch hours.

[00:01]
Earning without monetization

YouTube now allows earning money without monetization through YT Studio, but the app must be updated.

[00:30]
Earn section in YT Studio

The presenter shows the Earn section in YT Studio, which is typically available only after monetization, but new features are being rolled out.

[00:58]
YouTube's incentive

YouTube wants to retain creators who are not monetized, so it provides features to earn without monetization, as YouTube also profits from ads.

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Accessing YT Studio

Open YT Studio app and navigate to the Shorts section to begin the process.

[02:44]
Selecting a short

Click on the three dots of any short and select 'Edit' to access product tagging options.

[03:25]
Product tagging options

YouTube provides various products like Flipkart, Amazon, microphones, etc., that can be tagged in videos to earn commissions.

[03:54]
Settings in YT Studio

Go to Settings in YT Studio and enable 'Hype' and other features to unlock product tagging.

[05:11]
Chrome browser settings

Open YT Studio in Chrome browser, go to Settings > Channel > Advanced settings, and enable 'Tag Product Automatically'.

[06:21]
Feature availability settings

Ensure Standard, Intermediate, and Advanced features are all enabled to access product tagging.

[06:48]
Upload default settings

Set the video category (e.g., Science and Technology) and video language to receive relevant product suggestions.

[08:22]
Tagging a product in a video

Open a video, click the pencil icon, select 'Tag Product', choose a store like Flipkart, and search for a specific product to tag.

[09:47]
Commission example

Example: A microphone priced at ₹895 gives 3% commission, meaning ₹3 per ₹100, so a ₹2800 product yields ₹90 commission.

[10:18]
Viewing tagged product

After saving, viewers can click on the tagged product in the video and be redirected to the store to purchase, earning commission for the creator.

[11:23]
No requirements

This feature does not require 1000 subscribers or 4000 watch hours; it works even without monetization.

[11:59]
Conclusion and call to action

Update YT Studio, perform the settings mentioned, and start earning. The presenter encourages subscribing and liking the video.

By enabling product tagging in YT Studio and adjusting settings, creators can earn commissions without meeting monetization thresholds, providing a new revenue stream for small channels.

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Tutorial Checklist

1 01:53 Open YT Studio app and ensure it is updated.
2 02:44 Go to Content > Shorts, click on three dots of a short, and select 'Edit'.
3 03:54 In YT Studio, go to Settings and enable 'Hype' and other features.
4 05:11 Open YT Studio in Chrome browser, go to Settings > Channel > Advanced settings, and enable 'Tag Product Automatically'.
5 06:21 Ensure Standard, Intermediate, and Advanced features are enabled in Feature Availability settings.
6 06:48 Set the video category and language in Upload Default settings.
7 08:22 Open a video, click pencil icon, select 'Tag Product', choose a store like Flipkart, and search for a product to tag.
8 10:18 Save the tagged product and share the video; viewers can click and purchase, earning you commission.

Study Flashcards (6)

What feature in YT Studio allows earning without monetization?

easy Click to reveal answer

Product tagging

03:25

What are the requirements to use product tagging?

easy Click to reveal answer

No requirement of 1000 subscribers or 4000 watch hours; works without monetization.

11:23

How do you enable 'Tag Product Automatically'?

medium Click to reveal answer

In Chrome browser, go to YT Studio Settings > Channel > Advanced settings and tick the option.

05:11

What settings must be enabled for feature availability?

medium Click to reveal answer

Standard, Intermediate, and Advanced features.

06:21

What is the commission example given for a ₹895 microphone?

hard Click to reveal answer

3% commission, which is ₹3 per ₹100, so ₹26.85 for ₹895.

09:47

How do you tag a product in a video?

medium Click to reveal answer

Open video, click pencil icon, select 'Tag Product', choose a store, search for product, and add it.

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💡 Key Takeaways

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YouTube's incentive to retain creators

Explains why YouTube offers earning options without monetization, benefiting both creators and the platform.

00:58
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Product tagging feature

Introduces a practical way to earn commissions by tagging products, a key revenue stream for small channels.

03:25
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Enabling automatic product tagging

Provides a specific setting in Chrome browser that unlocks the feature, crucial for the process.

05:11
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Commission calculation example

Gives a concrete example of potential earnings, making the concept tangible for viewers.

09:47
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No subscriber or watch time requirements

Highlights that this feature is accessible to all creators, regardless of channel size, which is a significant advantage.

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[00:01] not monetized yet, all of them dance, sing and rejoice because now you can earn money from YouTube without monetization, but for that it is necessary to have YT Studio app in your phone and your YT Studio should be updated, only then

[00:15] you can earn money from YouTube without monetization, if your channel is not updated then tell you all this in this video because YouTube has now given you many features in YT Studio through which you can earn money without monetization,

[00:30] is the screenshot of my YT Studio. This is my channel. Here comes an Earn section. Let's will see that my channel has been monetized. So my earning has also started here. features are coming. Coming here. So these come only after monetization. From which we

[00:45] can earn regular money. YouTube gives you five to six ways to do this. Which you get only after the channel is monetized. Those without monetization do not get it. Now YouTube has provided a feature in YT Studio for those

[00:58] Why has it been given because many people have been working on YouTube for many years. Poor guys, their channels are not monetized and many people are leaving YouTube. loss to YouTube because YouTube also makes money. Even if

[01:13] your channel is not monetized, YouTube still wants to make money from your videos. But you don't get that. when do you get up ? When your channel gets monetized and ads start appearing on it, then YouTube gives you some percentage. Meaning that he

[01:26] gives around 60% and still keeps 40% for himself and as of today your channel is whom is that money going ? To YouTube. Seeing this, many leaving YouTube. So YouTube was suffering losses due to this. What did YouTube

[01:41] do? I've made some updates to your YT Studio. Some new methods have been given. From which you can earn money without monetization. In this you do not need to monetize the channel. How to do it? What is that update?

[01:53] We are going to tell you about this in detail in this video. So you understand each thing one by one. What do you have to do for that ? First you have to open YT Studio. Ok? And let's start the video. promotion which is running daily on our channel. So these are some channels, you should support them.

[02:05] Subscribe and watch their videos. If you support them, they will also do free promotion on my channel in this way then what do you have to do? If you are visiting the channel for the first time, please subscribe and press the bell icon. Like the video. Please leave three or

[02:18] video for free. Let's we will tell you each and every thing that you have to do for it. For that you have to Because here more earning is happening on shorts through this feature. So

[02:32] through shorts we will explain to you how it happens. We have opened our own YT studio here in short. Going into the content, the short section comes here. Here comes View All. So in View All, all our shots are

[02:44] open in front of you here brother. What do you do now ? You have to click on the three dots of any three which are given short. As soon as we click on the three dots, a lot of our shorts will appear. We click on one. Three dots coming around the corner. Click on this. As soon as you

[02:57] click on it, further features will appear here. What is coming one with edit number four. So you click on the edit one. Ok? many things will appear in front of you. And now many features are coming in front of you here.

[03:11] Look, they are coming. So what do you do? Here comes one two is may be a lot of people coming. Not many people are coming. also be told in this video. That too will open for you. If yours is coming then

[03:25] YouTube gives you many products. You have to tag in these. You can see here that YouTube has provided many features. There are a lot of products. Look at Flipkart, Amazon, they have microphones etc. here. Ok? So you

[03:38] can apply from here. You can earn from these. If this is not coming to you then let me go to YT Studio and change that setting. All your features gradually open up. you look here, we will tell you only one thing. Now here

[03:54] You are watching in YT Studio. Here comes my logo. The logo is coming up. Photo. You click on this. We have to do some settings here. So for setting, a simply click on this. As soon as I click on Settings,

[04:07] important settings will open in front of you here. Once the settings open, things coming up here, push notification audience. Here comes a hyped option. If you are not getting hype then we will also tell you how to get hype.

[04:19] hype hasn't gotten to you yet. Ok? You are watching our video, a hype option will be appearing there. Suppress the hype. Hyping our video. Like and comment on the video and then give it a hype. This will slowly start opening up for you too

[04:33] one more setting after that. He is also going to tell further in the video. Ok ? So you can turn on the hype one from here also. If yours is coming from here then hype it. Otherwise, if you comment on the video and hype my video on our channel,

[04:45] gradually open. Ok? Now let's move a little further from here. Now let me tell you that we have come back a little here. There are a lot of things coming up here. Currency tag product is automatically coming one below the most. Ok? Tag Product Automatically,

[04:58] you have to click on it. If this is coming to you then you have to turn it on. Ok ? If it is not coming then turn it off and if it is coming then turn it on once. If it is not coming browser and do some settings from here, which will be explained further in this video.

[05:11] ? Simply open your Chrome browser here. As I have done. we have to open our White Studio in the Chrome browser. What will you do for that? You have to study youtube.com and open it. We have opened it here. Our

[05:27] Ok? Here you will see a settings icon coming down. my video is opening and here the settings are coming below. So simply click on the settings. As soon as we click on the settings, the

[05:42] ones are opening? General key opening, channel key opening, upload default. So on the second number comes an option related to channels. Simply click on the channel. As soon as you click on the channel, an advanced setting comes in between. You click on this.

[05:55] Ok? If we move down a little here , an option comes up: Tag Product lot of people ca n't survive here. So you have to tick from here and tag your product automatically. As soon as you tick here, the

[06:09] As soon as you tick here, the open directly in YT Studio and you can earn by tagging the product from there. Ok ? After that you have to do the feature availability setting. For this, friends,

[06:21] your three settings should also be on. Which I have given here. Standard features, intermediate features, advanced features. All three of these settings should remain on. Only then can you earn money from here. Here you will see that all three of my features are getting enabled

[06:34] I am earning money from here and the option of my tag product is also coming. If it is not coming to you or is not turning on then enable all of them. Once it is enabled, your automatic product tag will also start opening. Ok? Here

[06:48] comes another important setting. Three options will appear below. General is coming, So at number three, an option is coming: Upload Default. You click on this. As soon as we click on it, some settings will open in front of you here. Here

[07:02] Science and technology is coming around the corner. So Mine is Science and Technology. Whatever category you belong to, select it here. Because when your category is selected, YouTube will give you the product accordingly to

[07:15] put in your video. Like my tag is there, my mics come. Tripods come. Mic stand, mic etc. all these things come to me which are tag related products. If yours is comedy then comedy people can come. If it is

[07:27] cannot apply beauty products etc. YouTube will not present me. If my tag is related to that tag, then YouTube will give me products related to that tag through which you can earn money. Whichever product you have, first select the category here. Once you

[07:40] select the category, you can tag the product in your video accordingly. Ok? Here comes a video language below. So you have to make the video language Video language is coming. Here you have to specify in Hindi which language your video is

[07:53] done here? Hindi. Friends, you have to do these small settings. Only then does YouTube open all its features for you. Ok? Then it will open for you. So how many can turn on comments etc. on this. And comments and likes should come on your video. Only then does YouTube

[08:08] boost your video further. Ok? So look here both of them are turning on. Comment wala bhi hain and show how many views are like this video. This is also my turn on. this. Now let us go back a little from here. As we go back from here.

[08:22] video in which you have to tag the product. How to apply it? Look at it. Click on the pencil icon and then on the video. We will open any one video here. Like Like in any video we have to tag the product. So we have clicked on that video.

[08:36] a pencil icon appears here. Click on this. Here comes the tag product at number three. Click on Tag Product. Ok? Here the product tags will open in front of you. ? Coming in front of me. Look how many mics are coming. So what do you

[08:49] Like the store option is coming. Click on this. There are a lot of websites coming here. Wholesaler perple.com, Flipkart, nyka, mtra, ttra, shops by, Flipkart, Flipkart so we need products through Flipkart. So the third

[09:04] select it. Ok? According to that, Flipkart will give you the product and will give you commission. Ok? So we have selected Flipkart. you want to tag any special product here, you can do so.

[09:19] Like I have to do some mic. I especially want to sell this mic to people through my videos. So how will we do it? Look, a lot of We can also tag them by clicking on the plus icon. For example, if we want to buy a special product,

[09:33] search here. What will you search? For example, if we want to sell BA's mic, then we will write BA BA Wireless Mic here, we have selected it here. A lot of Mike has come before us from BA. Look, okay, we'll put any mic here. Here is

[09:47] a microphone coming, its price is ₹895 and we will get 3% commission on it. When we sell this product, we will get ₹3 per ₹, i.e. ₹100. So how much does this mean? This is for Rs 2800. 3 Dum 30 ₹30 means something worth ₹100, we will get ₹90 ₹100 on

[10:02] this. Ok? If anyone purchases it from our video then you get 3% icon is coming. Click on it and add it to your video. Whether it is short or long, you can do it anywhere. Ok? I have done it. Just as

[10:18] you can see. The apple guy is coming up here. I saved it and tagged the product in my video. Now we have to see So what will you do for that? YouTube option is coming above. YT comes into the studio.

[10:31] Click on this. You will be taken directly to your video. I'm here on After coming to the video, look here, we want to

[10:43] How can our users see this? Look here comes BA One product. Our viewers will click on it. Ok? As soon as you click on this, you will directly reached this product. BA's mic came on as you can see. Ok? Here

[10:57] you will see it is for ₹2895. We will get 3% commission here. This will be transferred directly to Flipkart. buys from us will purchase from Flipkart from there and whatever amount is earned, ₹100 or ₹90, will come to you in your account.

[11:09] and whatever amount is earned, ₹100 or ₹90, will come to you in your account. to your YT studio. Understand? This is one way. Will buy through Flipkart. tag the product there and we will get that commission. That will become earnings in our YT studio. It

[11:23] is made like this. In this way you can tag the product. Even if your channel is monetized, there is no problem. Even if it doesn't happen, you can still take advantage of this feature. Here you neither need 1000 subscribers nor

[11:35] 4000 hours of watch time. Because when we monetize our channel in the long run, we monetize our channel in the long run, we fully monetize, we need 10 million views. If we monetize half,

[11:47] how much will be required? 3 million views and 500 subscribers and for full monetization you need 1000 subscribers and 10 million views. Even if this has not happened to you, there is no need to panic. You can take advantage of this product. Please update your YT Studio

[11:59] first. After that, you should do all the settings that I have mentioned first from your YT Studio and then from Chrome browser. This will open for you too and you will also earn money very quickly from YouTube without monetization. How did you like the

[12:12] features of the product? If you don't understand anything, please comment or message me. You will definitely get a reply. And how did you like the video? Let me know by commenting. visiting the channel for the first time, subscribe. I hope

[12:25] Like the video. If you are visiting the channel for the first time, please subscribe and press the bell icon. Let's meet in the next video. Till then Jai Hind, Vande Mataram.

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