💸 Make Money on YouTube Without Monetization Using Content ID

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:money_with_wings: How to Scam YouTube Into Paying You (Legally)

The Dumbest Way to Make Money on YouTube That Actually Works

So some genius figured out you can upload random videos with your own music, let YouTube slap ads on them, and get paid even without monetization. Yeah, you read that right — no 1,000 subs, no 4,000 watch hours, none of that bullshit.

🤔 Wait, what's the actual trick here?

YouTube puts ads on EVERYTHING now, even small channels. But normally, YouTube keeps all that money.

The loophole: If YOUR music is registered with Content ID, YOU get the ad money instead of YouTube. Even from videos on non-monetized channels.

So you:

  1. Make/buy a song (doesn’t have to be good, just original)
  2. Register it with a music distributor for Content ID
  3. Upload videos using that song
  4. YouTube adds ads → you get paid

Earnings: Roughly $1-3 per 1,000 views depending on where your traffic comes from. One viral video? That’s rent money.

:inbox_tray: The Ebook (Not My Method, Just Sharing)

Some of it’s outdated, so here’s the 2025 version that actually works:

:white_check_mark: What You Actually Need

  • Any device (phone/PC)
  • About $17-25 (or $0 if you’re broke, I’ll explain)
  • A brain and like 2 hours of patience

:musical_note: Step 1: Get a Song (The Annoying Part)

Your song needs to be 100% original — no copyrighted stuff, no shitty AI loops that everyone uses.

Your options:

  1. Make it yourself (lol good luck)
  2. Pay someone on Fiverr ($5-20, easiest route)
  3. Use AI tools but DON’T be lazy about it:
    • Check this free AI song generator
    • Use Bandlab or SunVox (Android)
    • Let ChatGPT guide you, but change the patterns it suggests (don’t copy-paste like an idiot)

:warning: AVOID SOUNDFUL AI — it’s trash for Content ID in 2025, don’t waste your time.

:outbox_tray: Step 2: Register for Content ID

You need a music distributor. Best options:

Paid (Better Success Rate):

  • DistroKid — $24.99/year (or $12.49 with .edu email)
  • Add “Social Media Pack” for Content ID: +$4.95/year

Don’t have a .edu email? Get one free here via StudentBeans (change country to USA, no VPN needed).

Free (If You’re Broke):

  • RouteNote
  • FreshTunes
  • Madverse (India only)

:clapper_board: Step 3: Upload to YouTube

  1. Create a YouTube channel
  2. Make videos (see ebook for ideas — meditation videos, nature clips, literally anything)
  3. Important: Add your song to EVERY video (minimum 30 seconds)
  4. Upload and pray one goes viral

You don’t need monetization enabled. YouTube puts ads on non-monetized channels too — you just get the music royalties instead of ad revenue.

:money_bag: The Money Part

  • Tier 3 countries (most places): ~$1 per 1,000 views
  • Tier 1 countries (US/UK/etc): $3+ per 1,000 views

Payment timeline: 2-3 months for first payout (YouTube → DistroKid → you), then monthly after that.

:fire: Real Talk

This method works. I’m already using it — got 2 songs with Content ID and earning from views.

Is it gonna make you rich overnight? Fuck no.
Will one viral video cover your bills? Maybe.
Is it better than scrolling TikTok for 3 hours? Absolutely.

The ebook has more details on video ideas and optimization. This is just the updated roadmap so you don’t waste time on outdated shit.

Good luck, and may the algorithm gods smile upon you. :game_die:

Polished by @SRZ because the original was a beautiful mess that needed some love :wrench:

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Good evening, my friend. Could you help me? I need to earn some money, even if it’s passive income. I’m going on vacation and I don’t know where to start making money online. I saw this method on YouTube and I’d like to try it. Could you give me some guidance?

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This is pure gold. Thank you for sharing, I’ll definitely check it out.

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Buddy i am myself not that good at earning money So don’t place hope on me
But I will try my best to help you, you can ask anything just tag me and I will reply to you

The method is good and I am seeing results
But it takes time so if you have patience, and you will give it a try,you will at least be able to afford one more drink at club :joy:

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how much time it takes to start earning

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Let’s say you got content Id and uploaded some videos on Jan 15 This month and you got about 5000 views at Feb 15 ( 1 month) so you may get your first payout at April or even May after that every month
Don’t freak out it’s normal, even big artist doesn’t receive instant payout

I haven’t received my payout i started at last month
And still doing it
Just as i got my own payout i will attach proof.
Just give it a try it’s worth it :heart:

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bro give me honest suggest should i start or not, i will wait for first payout no problem, just give me 300$ monthly JK, and also i have 2 channels one have 1000 subscribes & second one has 2500

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Bro from your situation you will get lot more better results than me :sweat_smile:

I started from zero subscribers, and currently I have total 30000 views in total so total earnings is about 70-80$ ( haven’t received payout yet, I will be able to receive it at Feb ending :sweat_smile:)
But i started from scratch so it’s expected
If you can get even 30000 views a month just like me 100$ a month is no issues.
And you should dream big just like author of ebook if you get a video viral 300$ a month is not just JK but real thing
Wish you success :heart:

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Mate u have any social ?? where i connect with you

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Read FAQ buddy it’s not allowed i think ? Or allowed?

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am new here so don’t know the rules, also i don’t want to break the rule

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I will ask @TheJoker and tag you
Still it’s written in FAQ it’s not allowed so don’t hope too much

Or you can just drop massage here i wil reply you :sweat_smile:

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am just wondering what if we work together

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You can give it try,
If you got any problem just tell me i will help you
About working together let’s hope in future we get chance :fire::fire:
And yeah forgot to say😅
You can’t whitelist any channel in Distrokid Cheapest plan so your channel will get copyright
( It will be available to everyone and earn you money behind the scenes but you can’t earn from both YT Partner Program and Content ID together only content id)
So i advise you if any one of your channel is monitized don’t directly use it, try from scratch and if you got good results then only then use it on main channel.
Good luck :collision:

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This looks promising, as you actually tried it yourself, I just wanna ask one thing, does it really work right now? Or is it like other methods that worked before, stopped working, and only then got shared. Yk I’m just kinda tired of trying stuff that doesn’t work anymore. Always feels like I’m late to the party lol.

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I will not say you will succeed 6 months later but right now there is high chance ( can’t say guaranteed cause nothing is guaranteed)
And yup I have tried just wating for first payment ( Feb ending)
Currently not many people know or try earning from content id but 6 months later 90% people will be
So don’t think to much
If you can afford start it if not then don’t
Don’t sell or do something for money and place your 100% hope on it :sweat_smile::sweat_smile:

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@VoltXtrem Thanks for sharing, two question
if my music got contentID, it will be added in the youtube music library too so people can use it?
If i create a music using AI , like google/sunoai etc, can it be monitiezed too?

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Yup it will be
But one thing it should be original like no one has used it and it’s not on any other platforms
Like suno ai if we just edit some already created songs and apply for content id there are high chance of rejection cause it’s on public and used by too many people
My advice create you original i applied once with Soundful ai and got rejected
And one with suno ai pre created song just changed speed and RPM got rejected

Now after using chatgpt to learn and create original on Sunvox finnally got approved
So to be safe make sure it’s original

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**really preciate it dude! **
btw do you have something others related to this? like whetever, how you got that in the first place? the group, pdf, creator, bot, person, web, etc?
and are you also into youtube automation?

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Let me see if I understand: if I already have a monetized channel, I can’t monetize it with this method; I have to create another channel.