How to Correctly Set Up a YouTube Channel for Monetization

If we talk about those applications that simply cannot be missing from our mobile devices, there is no doubt that YouTube is one of them, the most famous video platform on the entire planet.

Well, beyond that we must never lose sight of the fact that one thing is be a YouTube user just as a spectator, which is relatively simple, while a very different thing is wanting to have our channel of this service.

It is for this reason that, taking into account the many inquiries that we usually receive in this regard, we want to show you below how to configure a YouTube channel step by step, so that you can take advantage of this tool to maximum.

Set up YouTube at the beginning

Login to YouTube and set country and language

That is why in the following paragraphs we want to show you how to configure your YouTube account, starting with configuring your language and country, which are two issues that we could consider key in these cases. In fact it is something necessary to be able to participate in the YouTube Partner Program. In any case, to customize all its aspects, you must follow these steps:

• Enter the web service officer
• In the upper right part of the window you will see that your profile picture
• If not, you have to click there and log in with your data. Google account
• When you’ve done it, it’s time to choose a Language and a Country where are you

Add a website

This is another very good alternative for most users, since this way you can associate a website to the YouTube channel, and make it known little by little to the many people who watch the videos. For that you have to follow these steps:

• Go to the Setting from YouTube
• There to Setting advanced
• Enter a Creator Studio
• And a Advanced
• There to Place associated web
• Paste the URL of your site in that section
• Finally, hit To check o Request approval in case you are not the owner

Turn YouTube channel recommendations on or off

Another of the good options for customizing the user experience that this platform has is that of activate or desactivate channel recommendations, so if you want to work on this aspect, you have to follow these steps:

• Enter a Creator Studio as we explained in the previous tutorial
• Then go to Canal, on the left side of the screen
• Go into Advanced Options
• You will see a section of Advertisements
• Inside this, a legend that says Disable interest-based ads. There you can select whether or not you want to see those rrecommendations channels.

You can also create and have multiple YouTube channels with a single account and monetize them together

Create a custom URL on YouTube

Custom URLs are only available to those advertisers and partners whose sales representatives have previously enabled them, so if this is your case we want to show you how to create one of them. Follow these steps:

• And a Setting YouTube advanced
• There to Creator Studio as in the previous step by step
• Enter a Setting
• Go to Advanced Settings, Channel configuration and then to You are eligible for a custom URL
• Look for the option of Get a URL custom and add the one you would like to have
• Read the URL Terms of Use Customized just in case and if everything is fine click OK and then Change URL

Set up redirects conditionals for a channel

Conditional redirects in YouTube they have to do with reduced versions of URLs that lead to others, often related to adult content that would otherwise be blocked. If you want one, follow these steps:

• Login to your account YouTube and then in Creator Studio as you already know
• Go to Canal and then to Advanced Options
• From there you can add a redirect conditional for your channel

How to set YouTube Kids in child safe mode?

And finally, another of the tutorials that we did not want to stop offering in such particular situations, which has to do with the high traffic of prohibited content on the Internet and the efforts of parents to avoid them.

As we know, YouTube offers a function that allows you to configure a kind of Safe Mode that keeps children away from this content, so we want to show you what are the steps you should follow in these types of situations:

• Click on the icon To block found in the bottom corner of YouTube
• Enter your account password and access it
• And a Setting
• Select the profile you have created for your child or create one
• Choose the option you want between Setting Younger Content, Older Content Settings, or Approved Content Only

In this simple way, you can ensure that your child does not see inappropriate content. Learn how to set up a YouTube channel step by step.