Would you like to drive more traffic to your website from your YouTube videos?
Or maybe you want to raise money for a project you’re working on?
YouTube Video Cards can be a great tool to build engagement and grow your online presence using your YouTube videos.
In this article, you’ll learn how to add YouTube Video Cards to your YouTube videos.
What are YouTube Video Cards?
YouTube Video Cards are a way to make your YouTube videos more interactive.
You do this by adding cards to your videos.
Here’s an example of YouTube Video Cards in a video.
YouTube Video Cards are similar to annotations.
Right now, cards are not replacing annotations (yet). I would think of them as an evolution of annotations.
Unlike annotations that didn’t work on mobile devices, video cards will!
One other nice feature about video cards is that you can add up to five cards to each of your YouTube videos at a time.
This way you can include a different call-to-action based on the part of the video someone is viewing.
Types of YouTube Video Cards
There are six types of YouTube Video Cards you can use with your videos.
1. Associated website
If you have your website setup in your YouTube account, you can use this card to link off to it.
If you need to setup your website on your channel, you can do that here.
2. Fundraising
Encourage users to contribute to your projects or supported fundraising sites.
In order to use the fundraising card, your project needs to be on a white-listed fundraising site.
Approved fundraising sites for YouTube Video Cards include:
- Indiegogo
- Patreon
- Subbable
- Kickstarter
3. Merchandise
Feature a licensed product on supported merchandise sites from a YouTube Video Card.
Examples of approved merchandising sites include:
- Google Play
- iTunes
- Spreadshirt
- District Lines
- Topspin
- Cafepress
- Jinx
- Shopify
- Songkick
4. Video
If you want to promote another YouTube video, you can use the video card option.
In order to link to a video, it has to be a public YouTube video.
If you link to an individual video in a playlist, your YouTube Video Card will default to the playlist.
5. Playlist
If you want to promote a specific playlist using video cards, you can do that as well.
To do that, go to your playlists on YouTube and copy the URL.
5. Fan Funding
Allow fans to show their appreciation for the videos you create my making a monetary contribution.
In order to use the fan funding card, you need to enable this option in the YouTube status and features section.
To learn more about approved retailers and fundraisers on the whitelisted external URLs page.
Now that you know about the types of cards, let’s take a look at how to add YouTube Video Cards to your own videos.
How to Add YouTube Video Cards to Your Videos
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