Per YouTube Help (R1): eligibility minimums - channel in YPP, meets the YPP subscriber threshold, based in an eligible country, not a music channel / Official Artist Channel / associated with music partners (labels, distributors, publishers, VEVO), and not Made-for-Kids at channel level or with...

Per YouTube Help (R1): eligibility minimums - channel in YPP, meets the YPP subscriber threshold, based in an eligible country, not a music channel / Official Artist Channel / associated with music partners (labels, distributors, publishers, VEVO), and not Made-for-Kids at channel level or with a significant number of MFK videos; pilots may differ; invitation is not guaranteed (interest form). Country lists on the same page disagree: the programme note lists 14 (Argentina, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, US, Vietnam), while the eligibility bullet lists 18, adding Germany, Netherlands, Poland and the UK - treat the newer-looking 18-country list as unconfirmed for those four until Studio shows the programme. Join: Studio > Earn > Programs > Join Now and accept the Shopping Affiliate terms; then tag products (tagging guidelines apply). Tools: Affiliate hub (Earn > Shopping > Explore affiliate offers) shows sellers and commission percentages, sample requests and special-offer custom rates; merchant campaigns raise rates only when eligible products are tagged during the campaign window; a Chrome extension (US, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam) saves products and shows rates. Earnings: commissions can change through cancellations, refunds or exchanges during settlement; YouTube currently passes "100% of commissions derived from affiliate merchants" to creators as a temporary launch incentive and says rates may fall later, with at least 30 days' notice. The page lists ~90 sellers (e.g. Walmart, Target, Sephora, LEGO, Samsung) and says the full list is in Studio. Disclosure: affiliate tags are a material connection - see C3-B499-01/C3-B500-01 for FTC disclosure expectations (YouTube page does not discuss disclosure). Curator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources. Undated YouTube Help page as served 2026-10-23; availability changes frequently. Country lists on the page are internally inconsistent. Limitations: Undated page with internally inconsistent country lists; commission percentages are per seller and visible only in Studio; YPP threshold values not restated here (see C3-B381-01 for YPP/Shorts revenue). Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/13376398?hl=en",
      "note": "Creator eligibility requirements; Understand your earnings; Understand your earnings"
    }
  ]
}