Alternatives
YouTube channel memberships alternative.
Members-only films with 0% commission.
YouTube channel memberships are the easiest way to ask existing viewers for monthly support: viewers join without leaving YouTube. The price is 30% of net revenue and a set of eligibility rules. For creators whose members come for longer films, a membership you run yourself keeps the whole amount.
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By uncompressed.io · Updated October 2026
Short answer
What is a good alternative to YouTube channel memberships?
A membership on your own storefront. YouTube channel memberships pay creators 70% of net revenue and only open to channels that meet YouTube's eligibility rules. uncompressed.io runs monthly and yearly membership tiers with 0% commission and no eligibility threshold, and the money lands in your own payment account.
- YouTube pays creators 70% of net membership revenue
- Eligibility: location, fan funding minimums, no made-for-kids
- uncompressed.io: 0% commission at any volume
- Monthly and yearly tiers with trials, coupons, gifts
- Members pay into your own payment account
- Films stream as exported, with no re-encode
The fee
What 30% costs
as memberships grow
YouTube keeps 30% of net membership revenue. The amount grows with every member; a flat plan does not.
USD 150
YouTube's share of USD 500 a month
30% of net membership revenue
USD 600
YouTube's share of USD 2,000 a month
30% of net membership revenue
USD 3,000
YouTube's share of USD 10,000 a month
30% of net membership revenue
Eligibility
Who can turn memberships on
read from YouTube help
Channel memberships are not open to every channel. YouTube's help page lists the conditions.
Fan funding minimums
You must meet YouTube's minimum requirements for fan funding features, set out in a separate help article.
Location
You must live in one of the available locations; YouTube lists about 150 countries and territories, including Canada, the UK and the US.
Made for kids
The channel must not be set as made for kids, and must not have a significant number of videos set as made for kids.
Ineligible videos
The channel must not have a significant number of ineligible videos; YouTube counts made-for-kids videos and videos with music claims.
And the module
Side by side
YouTube memberships and uncompressed.io
for a video membership
YouTube figures from support.google.com/youtube, read 12 October 2026. The streaming platform is included with every paid plan for members who switch it on before 31 December 2026, and stays included for them afterwards; after that date new activations add USD 39 a month.
When YouTube memberships are the better choice
What you get instead of a 30% share
Read from the live price list. Verified 2026-10.
| Commission on sales | 0 percent, at any volume. Buyers pay into your own payment account; your card processor's fee applies. |
|---|---|
| What you can sell | Purchases (stream forever), downloads, rentals with a viewing window, memberships with monthly or yearly tiers, bundles and series. |
| Member tools | Free trials per tier, coupon codes, gift memberships, refunds and free access from your earnings page. |
| Your storefront | A shop under your name at yourname.uncompressed.io/on-demand, or on your own domain. Buyers need no account. |
| Picture quality | Films stream as you exported them: no re-encode of video or audio, with an optional lighter copy for slow connections. |
| Viewing hours included | Lite 1,000, Pro 5,000, Max 15,000, Studio 25,000 hours a month, then USD 29 per extra 20,000-hour block. Playback never pauses. |
| Plans | Starter free (5 GB, one film at a time); Lite USD 9, Pro USD 39, Max USD 99, Studio USD 219 a month; yearly is one month free. |
| Leak Shield (optional) | Every buyer gets their own invisibly marked copy; the open web and torrent indexes are searched; a confirmed leak names and blocks the buyer and sends the takedown. USD 99 a month or USD 1,188 a year, any paid plan. |
| Inclusion window | The streaming platform is included with every paid plan for members who switch it on before 31 December 2026, and stays included for them afterwards; after that date new activations add USD 39 a month. |
Plans and add-ons: pricing. The whole cluster starts at the creator platform guide.
Running both
How to set it up
without losing reach
Upload the members' films
Extended cuts, archives, behind-the-scenes and full films, as exported.
Create your tiers
Monthly, yearly or both, each opening the collections that match.
Add a reason to join
A free trial on each tier, or a coupon for your YouTube audience.
Link from YouTube
Put your shop link in descriptions, the channel banner and pinned comments.
Questions
Frequently asked
How much does YouTube take from channel memberships?
YouTube's partner earnings overview, read 12 October 2026, says YouTube pays creators 70% of net revenues from channel memberships under the Commerce Product Module. YouTube keeps the other 30% of net.
Who is eligible for YouTube channel memberships?
YouTube's memberships help page says you must meet the minimum requirements for fan funding features, live in one of the available locations, and your channel must not be set as made for kids or have a significant number of made-for-kids or otherwise ineligible videos, such as videos with music claims. You also accept the Commerce Product Module in YouTube Studio.
What is the best alternative to YouTube channel memberships?
A membership you run on your own storefront. uncompressed.io lets you sell monthly and yearly tiers that open collections of films, with free trials, coupons and gift memberships, 0% commission, and the money in your own payment account. A common setup keeps YouTube for reach and sends their most committed viewers to the membership.
Can I use YouTube memberships and my own membership at the same time?
Yes. They do different jobs. YouTube perks reach viewers already on YouTube; your own membership holds the longer films, archives and extended cuts, at a price you set and with no share taken.
Is YouTube better than my own membership site?
For discovery, yes: viewers find you on YouTube and can join without leaving it. For keeping revenue, owning the member list and showing films at full quality, your own membership is stronger. uncompressed.io has no recommendation feed and does not bring you viewers.
Does uncompressed.io require a minimum audience?
No eligibility rules. Any paid plan can sell memberships from day one.
Keep YouTube for reach. Keep the membership.
Memberships, rentals and sales come with every paid plan (Lite USD 9, Pro USD 39, Max USD 99, Studio USD 219 a month), with no commission. Members pay into your own payment account.
Sources
- 1.YouTube partner earnings overview (read 12 October 2026)
- 2.Channel memberships eligibility, requirements and availability, YouTube help (read 12 October 2026)