Fixing Ad Disabled Videos and Commercial Proof Rights Warnings

When monetizing each single video you upload to your channel, and specially when mass uploading videos, even if they don’t have any type of content used that can be claimed, or having used copyrighted material, you might find yourself getting the dreaded message in your associated email account, “More information needed to consider your video monetization request” and “Your video has been disabled from revenue sharing”, the first has a chance to get re-enabled, the latter doesn’t.

If you are partnered with a network, this issue will continue to happen, but you avoid the problem of getting your Adsense account banned.

Below we dissect the messages and what to do in order to start making some bucks of your uploaded videos once again.

YouTube Email Notifications

These are the notifications you receive through email, each time a video gets disabled for monetization or requires further proof to get enabled.

More information needed to consider your video monetization request

Dear “user”,

Thanks for submitting your video “Video Title” (http://www.youtube.com/url) for monetization. We did not approve this video for monetization because the content in your video and/or the metadata may not be advertiser-friendly.

Please note that YouTube reserves the right to make the final decision whether to monetize a video, and we may disable monetization for partners who repeatedly submit ineligible videos.

As next steps, please read our Community Guidelines before enabling another video for monetization.

Thanks,

The YouTube Team

Whether the metadata (probably tags, description and title) and content is atcually reviewed by a human is highly unlikely, unless you have a hugely popular channel that is. They certainly randomize videos when rejecting them for monetization specially when it comes to mass video uploaders and when the video length is too short. Also, pay attention to the phrase “partners who repeatedly submit ineligible videos”.

More information needed to consider your video monetization request

Dear “user”,

At this time, we are unable to approve your video(s) because we do not have sufficient information regarding your commercial use rights.

We may consider your video(s) for further review provided you verify that you are authorized to commercially use all of the elements of your content. This includes all video, images, music, video game footage, and any other audio or visual elements. Learn more

Please note that YouTube reserves the right to make the final decision whether to monetize a video, and we may disable monetization for partners who repeatedly submit ineligible videos. All videos are subject to our Terms of Service and Community Guidelines, and may be removed from the site if they do not meet those standards.

Please submit your additional information below:

“Video URL Requiring Proof for Monetization”

Remember that a variety of factors, such as video performance, may affect review time. We may not be able to process every submission, but we continually monitor these factors and prioritize accordingly.

As you can guess, the more relevant your channel becomes in YouTube, the highest the chances of actually getting your video reviewed and approved, which most of the time simply never happens.

How To Get Your YouTube Video Re-Enabled for Monetization

If you see the ! warning instead of the white $ icon that reads “Not Monetized. Click To Provide Proof of Commercial Use Rights.” Then proceed with the following steps to get the video reviewed.

• Click on the ! icon or the edit button of the corresponding video.
• Click on the “Monetization Tab” once in the editing screen.
• Click on “I can provide proof of commercial use rights”.
• Now, from the dropdown menu, choose the option that fits your video the best:
• My Video Contains Only My Original Content
• I have an online license for some or all of my content
• I have written permission to use some or all of my content
• Finally, the most important step on this process is to provide the details in order to get your video enabled for monetization. That includes the software you used to record the video, hardware as well, soundtracks used (which of course should always be royalty-free and not copyrighted if you aim to make money from it). Below you can find the suggested info, according to youtube, that must be included in order to have a chance to finally getting your video re-enabled for ads.

Explain in the text box below how you own commercial use rights to your content. You are welcome to use the suggested information as a starting point. However, it is up to you to provide all necessary details. Please note that YouTube may need to ask you for additional information

Your song/musical piece
Music composer/publisher
Your music label (if any)
Link to software license terms (if any)

Name of the track
Artist of the track
Direct URL of the track
Video game or software name
Link to online license terms
Primary source establishing public domain status

• Click on Save Changes.
• Once you go back to video manager, you will see that the status now reads “Pending Review” with a greyed out $ icon instead of the ! warning. Now you need to wait, maybe a day, or maybe months, until you get lucky and that video gets reviewed. Again, the more relevant your channel is, the more likely your videos will get a preferential treatment when it comes to monetization requests.

When A video gets “Rejected for Monetization”, there’s no option to get it reviewed, simply because the monetization tab is gone. You might consider taking down this video and re-edit it getting rid of all the stuff that might have been the cause for getting rejected, if any.