Earn Extra Income by Hosting Your Own Videos with Revver

I admit: I enjoy killing time watching videos on YouTube, but one of my other favorite video-hosting sites is Revver. What makes Revver different is that they share advertising revenue with people who host AND share videos. Plus, their name is a palindrome. How cool is that?

Here’s what Revver has to say about revenue sharing:

When you upload your video to Revver, we attach an advertisement and our unique tracking technology to it. We call this “Revverizing.” There are two ways that your video and the associated ad can generate revenue: from impressions/views of the ad (CPM ads), and from clicks on the ad (CPC ads). When a viewer sees a CPM ad associated with your video, you get paid, no click required. When a viewer clicks on a CPC ad associated with your video, you get paid. In both cases, Revver splits the revenue with you 50/50. Please note that not every impression or click will result in revenue, as some advertisers only buy traffic from the US and Canada, and also multiple repeated impressions or clicks from a single user on a single video are scrubbed as duplicates.

Allow me to translate that into very simple words:

• You host videos – earn a 50% revenue share
• You share videos – earn a 20% revenue share

The more you host (and share), the more you can earn. Once you earn $20 or more, Revver will send you a payment via PayPal.

Unlike YouTube, Revver has no duration limit for videos, but the maximum file size limit is 100 MB.

I’ve only uploaded a few videos, and my most popular video so far is of my rabbit hopping around on my couch,  Here it is:

Rabbit Goes Crazy on Couch

So far, I’ve only earned about $0.75. No, it’s not much, but I haven’t put much effort into it, either. I didn’t make the video below, but gosh, I wish I did. I can’t stop laughing while watching it!

Whee!

The most popular video on Revver by far shows two guys having a ton of fun with Diet Coke and Mentos. Unbelievable. These guys have received well over $50,000 for their crazy antics.

All this shows is that you only need a camera and a little creativity to earn a decent amount of side income. Sure, I have a few complaints about Revver – namely, (1) it takes a long time for your videos to become available once you upload them, and (2) many of the comments are just people bleating for others to view their videos. Lame.

For me, Revver serves one main purpose: it provides a free, unlimited place to store my home videos. The revenue sharing element is an ancillary, but welcome, benefit.