Essentially, YouTube provides opportunities for businesses or individuals to earn money. Here are some ways to make money by sharing or publishing your video on YouTube:

1. Swagbucks

This is one of the oldest and most well-known websites which really pays those who watch videos through it.

They only pay you for watching different videos, ranking from sports videos, world news videos, etc. You can even get paid with them just for watching sponsored videos.

Of course they also pay when you do other activities like taking surveys, browsing the web, and - believe it or not - just shopping online.

Swagbucks has paid its members over $275 million in free cash and gift cards over the years!

Yes, that's a staggering two hundred seventy-five million dollars! That's a lot of money to not take them seriously, wouldn't you say?

Apart from just watching videos, they also reward you for other activities like

• Online shopping
• Answering online surveys
• Check Offers
• Search the web
• Play the games online or on your phone
• using their phone app

2. InboxDollars

As the name suggests, the main way to earn from InboxDollars is to read the emails they send to your inbox.

But they also pay you to watch videos through them, on a daily basis.

They are also some of the oldest companies in this field and they really pay those who register and perform the tasks offered.

Other ways to earn from InboxDollars include completing relevant surveys, playing online games, doing online searches, etc.

3. My Points

This is another reputable investigative site that pays for watching videos.

With MyPoints, you get paid to watch certain videos, earn points, and then redeem your points for gift cards when necessary.

You can earn up to 500 points every day just by watching videos.

And yes, you can choose to watch only the fun videos, not the boring or annoying videos.

Aside from getting paid to watch videos with Mypoints, you can also get paid to shop, play games, and even read emails.

They have both been in operation since 1996. This is usually a good indication of how trustworthy they are.

4. EarningStation

This site also pays people to watch the videos.

You earn points for the videos you watch and other activities like shopping online, taking surveys, playing games, etc.

This website is very private about where members are, so if you are not from the US, you may not be accepted.

In fact, you may not even be able to access their website if you are not from the allowed countries, especially the United States.

5. Feature

This is another site to consider when it comes to paying to watch short videos.

Yes, you don't have to watch long or the boring videos with Perk.

You earn points from watching short videos and you can convert your points on the way to get gift cards of your choice, merchandise of your choice and of course into cash!

Here are some of the things you can do with Perk to earn feature points:

• Online shopping
• Answer some short quizzes if you can
• Search the web with Perk if/when you want to
• Download new apps to try
• Watch some popular videos if/when you want to
• Watch movies and even app trailers if/when you want to

6. Application trailers

As the name suggests, App Trailers pay for watching promotions for certain apps.

According to them, they reward members who watch trailers of what they call “hot apps”.

You can redeem your points for instant gift cards as well as instant cash directly to your PayPal account.

7. Market strength information

This is a mystery shopping company that pays people who love to watch movies to attend the movie premiere.

Of course most movie fans will love to go to such premieres for free but with this company, you will get paid for it.

For movie lovers, it's like getting totally free money while enjoying movies.

8. Get paid to watch TV shows on Netflix

As far as watching TV is concerned nowadays, it's impossible not to mention Netflix, right?

It is the #1 favorite of most people who love to watch TV Shows, Movies, etc.

And yes, believe it or not - you can only get paid to watch TV shows on Netflix.

As you can see, Netflix sometimes assigns people like you to the task of watching and "tagging" some of their shows.

These people are officially nicknamed Editorial Analysts and Creative Analysts.