Comments on: Making Money on Metacafe

By: DJ Smith

DJ Smith — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:39:44 +0000

If you cool videos on Revver let me know and I’ll post them to my site http://www.SpreadViralVideo.com.

By: Monday 11-12 links | News Videographer

Monday 11-12 links | News Videographer — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:00:18 +0000

[...] YouTuber Nalts discusses how he and others have made money from their videos on sharing sites. [...]

By: jischinger

jischinger — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:09:30 +0000

I tried uploading through TM on Revver and a few other sites, the video came out all choppy. maybe is was a bad timeing or the video was too long. I don’t know.

By: Marquisdejolie

Marquisdejolie — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:58:56 +0000

My secret? Why I affiliate all of your Revver videos, of course!

And, uh….about short duration videos: I added up the time lengths of the last 500 of my videos and the time lengths of the last 500 of yours and guess what? In total, your videos are shorter than mine. Check my math. I checked it twice because that’s just the kind of OCD I have.

But you made 4 grand on Metacafe and I couldn’t make one cent. Not one. Not even a whiff of one. All I got was insults and headaches.

Keep pumping your good stuff over there to Revver, please Kevin, so that I can continue to get my cut of your viral video genuis.

By: Nalts

Nalts — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:14:59 +0000

Marquis- congrats on Revver. What’s the secret? Your quality, your marketing of your vids, your quantity or the short duration?

Reubnick- Metacafe is an international site without much of a supportive community. It’s mostly people with high expectations for killer (and often racey) content. I don’t check my comments there. Just post and run. But I will say this for the site- you’re more likely to get stuck watching videos on the homepage… good content and rotates more than YT.

By: Marquisdejolie

Marquisdejolie — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 10:03:26 +0000

P.S. I made twice what you made on Revver. Nya nya nya nya nyaaaaaaa nya.

By: Marquisdejolie

Marquisdejolie — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 09:55:13 +0000

Metacafe hates me, too, Reubnick. I get the same puerile comments. I get the same “stay out of our private club” ratings. It seems infantile over there.

Worse, I get jerked around on the uploading. I upload to them and 11 other sites simultaneously using Tubemogul and Tubemogul indicates that the video transfered fine to all 12 sites, INCLUDING METACAFE. Yet when I log in to Metacafe, they say the file was removed because it was corrupted (yeah, BY Metacafe, AFTER it was received!).

OR, I get some lying email from them telling me the video I uploaded was a duplicate. Not even good lies. Poor lies. If it’s a private club for the reviewers’ buddies, why don’t they just say so?

By: jischinger

jischinger — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 05:00:14 +0000

I’d tried metacafe – but backed off because it’s a little noisy visually -
if they toned it down a bit I’d pay more attention.

I’m going to echo this again as others will, what’s the deal with this nondisclosure and youtube? Where’s the youtube underground when you actually NEED them?

Honestly, I’m really surprised youtube’s been able to keep it a secret this long and the fact you haven’t been paid at all since nappy, doesn’t speak well for google. Have you sent them a letter?

By: Reubnick

Reubnick — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 19:41:49 +0000

Metacafe hates me, and I hate that site. Every video I upload gets called “GAY AN RETARDID LOLZZZZ” and people tell me to “goah kill urself lolz”. I’ve never uploaded a video that has gotten a good comment, or a rating higher than 2 stars, so I think that the site is a waste of time for someone like me. I tried it out, and I failed.