How to earn $23,262 for doing very little
October 31, 2006 · Written by Joel
The person who uploaded this video has. It’s a video of Joe Eigo at Ryrsen University showing off his gymnastic skills.
Read/Write Web recently reported about video sharing site Metacafe. It has a revenue sharing programme for user submitted videos (to which they own copyright).
The payments are on a sliding scale and based on ‘views’. Payments start at 20,000 views ($100) and go up from there – e.g. 2 million views is $10,000. Videos must also have a rating of 3.00 or higher (maximum is 5.00) to qualify for payment
With over 4 and half million views of this video, this has turned into a nice little earner for something left on the site for nearly 3 years now. Are there any videos that you’ve taken that could be earning you money on an ongoing basis for doing nothing?




He’s a big wimp!
The video is hardly “The Matrix – for real”, yet what is impressive is the number of views it has got and therefore the payment to Reel Stunts that can be viewed here.
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