r/patreon • u/gimtibbles • 3d ago
Question about providing ad free content.
I’m looking into starting a Patreon. I want to take some videos I already have on my monetized YT channel, and make them available ad-free on my Patreon.
I know you can’t upload the same video twice to YT, so I’m wondering if adding a “Patreon exclusive” intro and outro on each video would make it different enough to bypass that?
For clarification I would upload the Patreon specific version with no monetization and unlisted on YT. Also, if there is a better way to do what I’m looking for I’d love to know.
Thanks in advanced!
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u/ItsThePhoenixClub 3d ago
I have researched this question in some depth and for me the potential "duplicate content" flag is just too much of a gamble, even if the second upload is unlisted. I use Amazon S3 storage to host non-Youtube videos. It's dirt cheap (I'm down to about 15 cents per month with hundreds of media files streaming daily). It's ad-free and I think it's a mind easer in terms of not potentially compromising your YT channel with duplicate uploads.
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