Free course
Learn to get paid for clipping
11 short lessons, in the order the work actually happens: where the money comes from, what campaigns pay, how to keep a new account alive, what makes a clip get watched, and when to join a campaign so the budget is still there when your views land.
Every figure in it is read from the campaigns we track live, not remembered from last year. The first lesson is open to everyone; the rest need a free account, which also gets you the board the numbers come from.
The market
- 01
Who actually pays you to clip?
Before anything else: the money has a source, a size and an end. Follow it once and most of what looks confusing about clipping stops being confusing.
4 minOpen to everyone
- 02
What does clipping actually pay?
Two different numbers get quoted as "what clipping pays" and only one of them is a campaign rate. Here is the difference, and what the campaigns on our board are paying right now.
5 min
- 03
How do you read a clipping campaign?
Five fields are printed where you can see them. Four more decide whether you get paid, and they are usually further down the page than anyone scrolls.
6 min
The account
- 04
Which niche should you clip?
Pick something you would watch anyway — you are about to watch a great deal of it. Then check what it pays, because the spread between niches is wider than most people expect.
4 min
- 05
How do you warm up a new clipping account?
A brand-new account that opens with a polished clip looks like a bot, and the platform decides that in the first day. Warming up is the boring, free fix.
5 min
- 06
Why do your clips suddenly get no views?
Three clips in a row at single-digit views is not bad luck and it is usually not the editing. It is a signal you can identify, and mostly avoid.
5 min
The clip
- 07
What makes a clip get watched?
A viewer decides in about two seconds, before your edit has shown them anything. What happens in that window is most of the job.
5 min
- 08
How long before clipping starts working?
Almost nobody's first week works, and the people who quit and the people who earn are separated mostly by what they did in week three.
5 min
The money
- 09
Why does joining a campaign late earn nothing?
Everyone tells you to be early. Almost nobody says how early, because saying it requires measuring budgets as they drain. We measure them.
4 min
- 10
Why do clips get rejected, and who actually pays?
The work is done, the views landed, and the submission comes back rejected. Most of the reasons are on a short list, and all of them are checkable in advance.
6 min
- 11
When should you run more than one account?
The jump from one account to three is where clipping stops being a hobby and starts being an operation — and where a new problem replaces the old one.
5 min
Want the figures without the lessons? The rate index has them by platform and niche, and the guides answer one question each. New to all of this? Start here.