Monetise Shorts as a rights holder

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

If you uploaded a three-minute video before 15 October 2024 and want to monetise it as a Short, make sure that there is an active first-party claim on a video. Three-minute Shorts uploaded after 15 October 2024 can monetise 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 monetising 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 Monetise in all countries (or other policy name that allows monetisation) 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 first-party claim created.
6. Save the file.
7. Go back to the Content updates page and click the My packages tab.
8. Click Validate and upload to validate and upload the file.

Reopen a closed claim on a Short

To reopen a manually closed claim:

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 two more filters:
   • YouTube Shorts Yes Apply. Three-minute Shorts uploaded before 15 October 2024 are considered long-form videos and will not be shown 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 monetise in selected countries/regions only.