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Channels enabled for memberships can create members-only perks. These perks are only available to your active paid members. These include custom emoji, ... ChannelmembershipperksChannelsenabledformembershipscancreatemembers-onlyperks.Theseperksareonlyavailabletoyouractivepaidmembers.Theseincludecustomemoji,badges,andaccesstoperksyouoffer. Allperksyouoffermustcomplywithourchannelmembershippolicies. Channelmembershiplevels Youcanoffermultiplemembership levelswhichallhavedifferentprices.Keepinmindthatifyouhavemultiplelevels,theirperksbuildoneachother.Thismeansthehighest-pricedlevelshaveaccesstoperksofferedatlower-pricedlevels. Seefullpricingdetailsforlevelsinavailablecountries. Addalevel Youcanaddupto5levelsatdifferentprices.Eachlevelmusthavebetween1and5perks. Addmembership levels Gotostudio.youtube.comusingyourchannelwithmemberships. Intheleftmenu,selectMonetization. Onthemaindashboard,clickMemberships. ClickEditintheboxthatsays“Step1:Addlevelsandperks”. Followtheonscreeninstructions.Oncecomplete,clickPublish. Yourlevelsandperkswillneedtobereviewedbeforegoinglive.Thisprocesstakesaboutaday. Howlevelsworkwithbadgesandemoji Loyaltybadgesandcustomemojiareunaffectedbylevels.Allmembersreceivethesamebadgebasedonloyaltyandmembersofalllevelshavethesameaccesstoallemoji. Removealevel Ifyouremovealevel,you’lldeleteallmembersatthatlevel.Allmembersataremovedlevelwillloseaccesstoperksimmediately,andwillberefundedtheirlastmonth’spayment. Removealevel Gotostudio.youtube.comusingyourchannelwithmemberships. Intheleftmenu,selectMonetization. Onthemaindashboard,clickMemberships. ClickEditintheboxthatsays“Step1:Addlevelsandperks”. Clickonthelevelyouwanttoremoveclickthedeleteicon . Followtherestoftheonscreeninstructions.Oncecomplete,clickPublish. Channelmembershipperks Youmustcreateandpublishatleastoneperk(anduptofiveperks)thatyouwilloffertoyourmembers.Yourperksmustcomplywithourpoliciesandterms,andyoumustdeliverallcreatorperksthatyouoffer.YouTubetakesnoresponsibilityforyourcreatorperksandyoumustcarefullyconsiderwhetheryouwillbeabletodeliverwhatyouoffertoyourmembers'satisfaction. Members-onlyCommunityposts Youcanusethecommunitytabtosharecontentonlywithyourmembers.Ifyouhavelevelsonyourchannel,youcanalsoshareCommunitypostswithmembersatspecificlevels. Followthesestepstomakemembers-onlyCommunityposts: Clickyourprofilepicture andselectYourchannel. ClicktheCommunitytab. Inthedropdownmenu,choosewhethertomakethepostpublicormembers-only.Publicisthedefaultsetting. Enteryourpostinthetextfield. ClickPost. Members-onlyvideo Youcansetavideothatcanonlybeseenbyyouractivemembers.Anyonecanfindamembers-onlyvideo,butonlymembersattherightlevel(s)canwatchit.Thisfeaturecanonlybesetonadesktop,andmaybedifferentdependingonwhetherit’sanewuploadoranexistingvideo. Members-onlyvideosmustbefullyoriginalcontent.Youshouldnotoffervideosthathavecopyrightclaims,includingthosefrommusicpartners. Setanewuploadasmembers-only Uploadavideo. SelectMembersonly. Ifyouhavemorethanonelevel,selectthelevel(s)thatyouwishthistobeviewableby. Chooseyoursharingoption: Posttomembers: YourvideowillbesharedwithmembersonyourCommunitytab.YoucancustomizeyourCommunitytabmessageatthisstage.Onceyou’vecompletedthisstep,yourmemberswillgetanotification. Notnow:Whenyouselectthis,notificationswon’tbesenttoyourmembers which won’tbepostedtotheCommunitytab.Anyonecanstillfindthemembers-onlyvideo,butonlymembersattherightlevel(s)canwatchit. Completetherestoftheuploadprocess. Setanexistingvideoasmembers-only Gotostudio.youtube.com. Intheleft-handmenu,selectVideos. Findthevideothatyouonlywanttosharewithyourmembers Clickthe"Visibility" column SelectMembersonly  ClickSave. Ifyouhavemorethanonelevel,selectthelevel(s)thatyouwantyourvideotobevisibleto. Chooseyoursharingoption: Posttomembers: YourvideowillbesharedwithmembersonyourCommunitytab.YoucancustomizeyourCommunitytabmessageatthisstage.Onceyou’vecompletedthisstep,yourmemberswillgetanotification. Notnow:Whenyouselectthis,notificationswon’tbesenttoyourmembers which won’tbepostedtotheCommunitytab.Anyonecan stillfindthemembers-onlyvideo,butonlymembersattherightlevel(s)canwatchit. Promoteyourmembers-onlyvideo Toletyourviewersknowthatavideoisavailable,youcansharetheURLpubliclyon: Cards Publiccommunity Playlists Yourmemberscanimmediatelywatchthemembers-onlyvideoattheirrightlevel(s).Non-memberswillseeanotethatsaysthatit’sonlyavailabletomembers,andwillbeshownwaystobecomeamember. Members-onlylivestreams(beta) Tosharelivestreamsexclusivelywithyourmembers: SignintoyourGoogleaccount. GotoCreatorStudio. Clickonthecamera . Select“Golive.” Toallowallmemberstoviewthelivestream,select“Allpaidmembers”inthevisibilitysettings. Or,selectthelevel(andhigher)thatshouldbeallowedtoview. Tocreateamembers-onlyCommunitypostlinkingtothelivestream,followtheprompts.MemberswillnotbenotifiedonYouTubeunlessyoucreateaCommunitypost.However,theywillbeabletoviewthelivestreamiftheyhaveaccesstothelink. Yourmemberswillbenotifiedwhenyoupostalinktothelivestreamwithamembers-onlypostinCommunity. Pleasenote:Duringthebeta,yourchannelmoderatorswillnotbeabletoviewmembers-onlylivestreamsormoderatelivechatonmembers-onlylivestreamsunlesstheyaremembers. Members-onlylivechat Duringpubliclivestreamsyoucanmakethechatmembers-only.Everyonecanstillviewthelivestream,butonlymemberswillbeabletopostchats.Followthesestepsondesktoptoturnonmembers-onlylivechat: SignintoYouTubeStudio. Atthetopright,clickCREATE  Golive. Fromtheleft,clickStream. Createastream: Tocopyapreviousstream:SelectapreviousstreamandclickReusesettings. Tocreateanewstream:Enteryourstream'sinfoandclickCreatestream. Fromthetopright,clickSettings. Under"Livechat,"selectEnablemembers-onlychat. ClickSave. MemberMilestoneChats Channelmemberscansendonespecialhighlightedmessagepermonthinlivechattorecognizeandcelebratehowlongthey’vebeenamember.Thisfeatureisavailabletomemberswhoarein,atleast,their2ndconsecutivemonthasamember.MessagescanonlybesentduringlivestreamsorPremieres,andarevisibletoallviewers.  (Toturnoffthisfeature,gotoStudioMonetization Membershipsandset‘MembershipMilestoneChat’to‘Off’.) Note:SincealleligiblememberscanuseMemberMilestoneChats,youmayobservehighusagethefirstfewtimesyoulivestreamafterthisfeatureisenabled.TherateshouldsmoothoutovertimeaseachmembercanredeemaMemberMilestoneChatoncepermonth. Customchannelbadges Memberswillstandoutinlivechat,comments,andtheCommunitytabviaexclusivemembers-onlybadges. Customchannelbadgesoverview Therearesixdifferentbadges,andeachonehighlightshowlongaviewerhasbeenamemberofyourparticularchannel.Thebadgetimescounthowlongeachmemberhascumulativelypaidforamembership.Forexample,ifanactivememberjoinedyourchannelayearago,butonlypaidforatotalof9monthsoutofthepast12months,theirbadgewillshowthattheyhavebeenamemberfor9months. Herearethedurationsassociatedwitheachofthe6badges: New 1month 2months 6months 1year 2years Uploadcustomchannelbadges Therearedefaultbadges,butyoushoulduploadandcustomizeyourbadgesonthe Membershipspage LoyaltyBadges. Ifyoudon’tuploadadifferentbadgeintoeachavailableslot,anyemptyslotswillbefilledbythehighestcustombadgethatyouhaveuploaded,orthedefaultYouTubebadgeforthatduration(ifyouhaveonlyuploadedcustombadgesathigherdurations). Customchannelbadgesspecifications Fileformat:JPEG,orPNGfiles. Filesize:Lessthan1MB. Imagedimensions: Minimum32pxx32px. Badgeswillrenderat14pxx14pxincommentsandtheCommunitytaband16pxx16pxinlivechat. Customemoji Uploadcustomemoji MemberswillgainaccesstooneormoreexclusivecustomemojithatcanbesentviaYouTubeinvideocomments.Itcanalsobesentinanyofyourlivechats.Bydefault,therearenocustomemoji. Touploadcustomemoji,gototheMembershipspageandselectEditon“Yourbadgesandemoji”card. FamilyName Whenyouuploadyourfirstemoji,you’llcreateaprefixnameforallofyouremoji,calleda'familyname'.Memberswillusethisnametoauto-completeyouremoji.Youcanalsoautocompleteyourchannel’semojiswith:_. Familynamesaren’tuniqueacrossYouTubeandmustbe3–10characters. Asabestpractice,werecommendpickingafamilynamethatiseasilyrecognizableasyourbrand. EmojiName Eachemojiwillhaveanamethatmemberscanusetoautocompleteinlivechat.Tochangetheemojiname,youmustdeleteandre-uploadtheemoji.Emojinamesmustbe3–10alphanumericalcharactersanduniquewithintheiremojifamily(butnotacrossYouTube). Numberofcustomemojiyoucanupload Asyougainmoremembers,youwillunlockadditionalslotsformorecustomemoji.Youwillnotbenotifiedwhennewslotsareunlocked. #Members #Emojis 0 4 2 5 5 6 10 7 15 8 20 9 30 10 40 11 50 12 75 13 100 14 125 15 150 16 175 17 200 18 225 19 250 20 300 21 350 22 400 23 450 24 500 25 600 26 700 27 800 28 900 29 1000 30 1200 31 1400 32 1600 33 1800 34 2000 35 2200 36 2400 37 2600 38 2800 39 3000 40 3200 41 3400 42 3600 43 3800 44 4000 45 4200 46 4400 47 4600 48 4800 49 5000 Talktous Customemojispecifications Fileformat:GIF,JPEG,andPNGfilesarepreferred.Note:GIFswillbedisplayedasastaticimage,notananimation. Filesize:Lessthan1MB. Imagedimensions:48pxx48px(preferred)to480pxx480px. Devicedifferences Emojiwillshowupindifferentsizesonmobiledevicesandoncomputermonitors.Here’showtomakesureyouremojilookgoodonbothplatforms: Onmobiledevices:Emojishowat24x24points.Theimageisscaledtomatchthepixeldensityofthedevice. Onmostmonitors:Emojishowat24x24points.OnRetinaandHiDPIdevices,theimagesshowat48x48pointsorhigher. WhatcanIdesign? Emojiareawayforyourtoexpressyourcreativity.Learnmoreaboutdesigningemoji. Keepinmindthatallmembers-onlyperks—includingbadges,emoji,perksyouoffer,videos,livechats,andothercontent—offeredthroughYouTubemembershipsarealsosubjecttomembershippolicies. Ifyou'vegotextrafootage,youcanofferitasamembershipsperk.It'saquickwaytorewardyourmembers. Wasthishelpful?Howcanweimproveit?YesNoSubmittrueHelpChannelmembershipseligibility,policies,&guidelinesTurnchannelmembershipsonoroffManagechannelmembershipsChannelmembershipperksSearchClearsearchClosesearchGoogleappsMainmenuSearchHelpCentertrue59false