Hello, what's up you guys?
Welcome back to my channel and today we are talking YouTube,
particularly how much I invested in my YouTube channel already as a very,
very small YouTuber,
and I just run the math and I have to say that I'm upset.
This really has to work out for me. So let's just jump straight into it.
The first thing I bought was a small tripod.
My original idea was to kind of vlog with my phone because that's all I had.
That's, that's what they say, right?
You should just start with whatever you have. So I had a phone
and I bought a tripod because I was going to Brazil and I wanted to vlog my
trip. I have that footage and never,
never really turned it into a video.
Maybe one day it comes around, hashtag two years later. But yeah,
that's how it all started. And this was 14.74 euros,
which is around $15.
Next I wanted to be a little bit more professional and I decided after my very
humbling experience in Brazil recording with my phone,
I decided to invest in a camera.
So I chose the Canon G7X Mark II just because everyone has it and I'm basic like
that. No, for real,
it's a camera that is easy to use. I know nothing about cameras,
so beginner friendly and yeah.
Also not too expensive considering that it is a camera with good quality.
I still record in it, so yes,
and that was 524.99 euros,
which is something dollars. I will put it in the screen.
Next along with the camera. Actually at the same time, along with the camera,
I bought of course a memory card for
64 gigabytes and that was 25.99 euros.
Along with that,
I bought a microphone windshield that I don't even use anymore just because it
looks a little bit ridiculous. I don't have it anymore,
but I will then put a picture on the screen so that you can see that.
I spent 21.33 euros on that and it's,
I mean maybe it made my sound better. I will never know.
Weeks later I figured out that I needed an extra battery just because I kept on,
yeah,
not having battery in critical moments of my vlog and recording situations,
so I bought an extra battery and that was 58.99. The
numbers are starting to grow, all of a sudden, very slowly.
Different paychecks of my actual job,
but they start to add up. And along with that,
I really don't know in which point I bought this,
but I also bought a license for editing software.
I use Cyberlink for several reasons.
Because I'm a Windows girl and I'm not interested in changing.
I really like Windows.
Cyberlink is similar to I guess MovieMaker but little bit more over the top
fancy, which is nice. I can do fancy stuff there now.
So I just bought it and actually I have a yearly membership and it is 51.99 a
year and so far five months into it I'm quite happy with it.
And I think I would renew if I pursue my career,
my YouTube career further,
which I guess I have no choice because I'm down freaking a lot of money so I
just might as well continue. Right. Okay.
And then I took a little bit of a YouTube hiatus at this point because I don't
know, I just was a bit lost. I'm still, um, I still am,
but uh, yeah, I came back at some point and I decided to do it properly,
you know, if we're going to do it we might as well go for it.
And I bought a YouTube course, you know,
to teach me how to grow on YouTube and it was really,
really good actually. It is Sunny Lennarduzzi's course,
it's called YouTube for Bosses and it's really,
really good and I feel like I'm finally taking off.
Anyway, I got a sale on that course and so it was a good price and I,
it was a good price for the value that it provided.
And uh, I paid 366 euros. Wow.
That was almost as expensive, as expensive as my camera. Help.
I also have TubeBuddy at the moment. I'm not paying for it yet,
but I don't think I can live without it after using it.
So I guess we'll have to stick to it. We'll see how much that is.
I'll let you know.
And I also have Keywords Anywhere that really helps me for like,
in my keyword research activities. So TubeBuddy plus keywords anywhere,
keyword research and I pay,
I paid 12 euros and it should last me for like one to two years. So 12 yeuros,
let's say. Next, my most recent acquisitions,
because now I'm getting fancy, is my ringlight
and this is the Neewer ringlight.
And I bought it off of Amazon and it was 97.99 euros.
So I noticed that the price changes with the seasons with the days with the
weather, I don't know.
But I paid 97.99 and something else I bought is a Lapel microphone because I was
sick of my Canon G7X Mark II sound.
It's really not good.
So I bought this microphone and it's freaking bomb.
I record directly to my phone and it's works very well and it costs 55 euros.
Oh, something else I started doing,
I will not add it in the total price because it's a variable cost.
But anyway, before I upload my videos into YouTube,
I make sure to transcript them. So basically, you know,
the subtitles, like I get them done professionally.
It's a software but still professionally and I pay.
So it depends on the length of the video.
But I pay between two and three euros to have my um,
videos subtitled or like transcripted in order for YouTube to really know what I
am talking about here and hopefully rank me a little bit higher on the search
results so you can find me easier. So yeah,
between two and three euros per video I use remi.com.
Yes. So ladies and gentlemen, I am,
shocked to admit and I really don't want my mom,
my boyfriend to see this because well,
I mean one has to invest, right? One has to believe in their dreams,
right? I am
1,229.02
euros
deep in YouTube debt.
Let me just calculate how much of this, this is in dollars real quick.
Cause that's how the world,
so this is over 1.1 K dollars that I invested on my YouTube channel.
And guys,
sometimes I feel unmotivated or whatever and I just keep telling myself,
it's like any business, you put your money into it.
At some point you have to know where to like cut your losses and go home and
just make your money back some other way, but at this point,
I'm not about to do it yet because I really am determined that I want this money
back multiplied by 110,000 and I want YouTube to be the one to pay it for me
because this is a lot of money and also another cost that we're not addressing
here is time that I'm putting into it and it's really because I like it so much.
For some reason, I don't know I just like to record myself,
edit myself, put myself out there looking like a fool,
I cannot explain it really.
I just want to end this video by really putting out there my reasons for wanting
a YouTube channel. Also,
just off the top of my head because I really didn't prepare anything.
I want passive income that you make a video and once you're monetized,
you're paid forever for that video. I want free clothes.
I want free makeup. I want free traveling. I want a cool, fun job.
I want a creative outlet. I want to just record my life and be paid for it.
Let's just be honest here. I'm just not holding back today.
Thank you so much for watching.
This is literally how much I invested in my YouTube channel and yeah,
if you want to purchase any of these things to start out,
everything I bought everything off of Amazon, so I will link the link.
I will leave the links down below if you want to help me monetize so I can get
some of my money back ASAP,
because the first purchase was in 2018 and guys,
that was a while ago. Let's make the money back. Just remember to subscribe,
like this video. Leave a comment down below.
Let me know how deep you are into your YouTube channel investment.
Thank you so much for watching and we see us next time for another one.
Bye.
