Monetize Shorts as a rights holder

To monetize a Short as a rights holder, a Short needs to have an active upload claim created and have a monetization upload policy applied.

If you uploaded a three-minute video before October 15, 2024 and want to monetize it as a Short, make sure there is an active first-party claim on a video. Three-minute Shorts uploaded after October 15, 2024 can monetize in the Shorts revenue sharing model. Learn more about three-minute Shorts.

Create a claim on a Short

To create a claim on a Short directly in Studio Content Manager:

1. Sign in to Studio Content Manager.
2. From the left menu, select Videos .
3. Open the "Shorts" tab.
4. Find the Short and click its title.
5. On the Video details page, from the left menu, select Rights Management .
6. Choose a monetizing upload policy.
7. Click SAVE.

To create a claim on a Short using a content delivery template:

1. Sign in to Studio Content Manager.
2. From the left menu, select Content updates .
3. Click the Templates tab.
4. Download the Web Video - Update template. Learn more about delivering content using templates.
5. Populate the list of video IDs to update in the video_id column and Monetize in all countries (or other policy name that allows monetization) in the usage_policy column.
   Note: You may also have to add a chosen video/asset title in the Title column and asset ownership (e.g. WW) in the Ownership column in case there is no 1st party claim created.
6. Save the file.
7. Go back to the Content updates page and click the My packages tab.
8. Click Validate & upload to validate and upload the file.

Reopen a closed claim on a Short

a claim that was manually closed:

1. Sign in to Studio Content Manager.
2. From the left menu, select Claimed videos .
3. In the filter bar click Source Partner provided videos APPLY.
4. Click the filter bar and apply 2 more filters:
   • YouTube Shorts Yes APPLY. Three-minute Shorts uploaded before October 15, 2024 are considered long-form videos and will not show up under this filter.
   • Claim status Inactive APPLY.
5. Find the claimed video and click its title.
6. Under Inactive - Yours, click DETAILS.
7. Click RECLAIM CLAIM.

As with long form videos, we don’t allow using policies with match conditions as upload policies. However, you can use the territory criteria and monetize in selected countries/regions only.