This is not meant to entice donations AT ALL. We are incredibly frustrated that we will not be paid for our work over the past 2 months and the donations people have given through youtube thus far will be going directly into their pocket, not to our channel or even refunded back to you. We really just wanted to let everyone know why we may not be able to be a RU-vid channel. Thank you for the view over the years. We have also had several comments telling us to upload to rumble. Those comments are being deleted but not by us. We do however already upload on rumble.
Perhaps you could livestream your existing content on twitch or just livestream gaming, but it is from the frying pan into the fire as Amazon owns that platform. I'm sure my comment will be deleted as well because personal opinions are now problematic.
I just challenged my donation which i apparently made through Apple Payments Here’s what I wrote by way of explanation for Refund request “I donated a Super Thanks to a RU-vid channel that has been demonetized. The channel creators are receiving NO payments, INCLUDING Super Thanks donations, and they are urging their followers to please not donate since they won’t even get it! I feel this a scam by definition on RU-vid’s part since they unfairly created the situation for these content creators and are not entitled to keep my donated money!”
This is part of the greed cycle of the economy and markets. Corporations are doing anything they can to keep meeting quarterly revenue goals. And to disguise from investors that they are getting ready to go into a slump, they start doing shady stuff like this to prop up earnings as long as possible. It will get worse…
Not “corpirations”. Silicon Valley. This is what Google does. There is no way to audit their so-called view count so they can charge advertisers whatever, and pay out whatever. This is happening to lots of creator because Google is losing money.
Are you sure this isn't in escrow during an investigation? That is common. Maybe they will pay you when your case is resolved. Do you have a case number from them?
Seems like the logical thing to do considering all of RU-vid's "content creators" are actually SUBCONTRACTORS. Seems like RU-vid likes cheating it's subcontractors, at least that's how a court would see it.
That's insane. Here's something weird though. This video popped up in my recommended just now. I've never seen your page or videos before. I also haven't watched Bob Wells, but I have seen some stuff from him show up since I've watched other van life videos. The algorithm definitely pushed you to me today so hopefully that's a good thing. I subscribed.
Same I was just curiousand randomly saw this video in the recommended videos myself. No idea what this channel even was before seeing this but I hope they get it worked out! Very strange.
On a positive note, we have never watched or heard of your channel before, but suddenly, today, you show up in our suggested videos list. So it appears youtube is still promoting your videos. Hopefully, everything will work out for the best, and you will still be paid what is owed. Sorry you all are going through this mess.
Same! You guys are not the only channel saying this same thing. I hate that younger people trying to live the good life are having to deal with this sort of shenanigan.
If they’re NOT getting monetized for few months now (since February’s pay,) RU-vid STILL pushing their video’s is only working in THEIR (RU-vid’s) favor. As the couple stated, the more views the video gets, the more $ RU-vid receives. So they don’t mind pushing it around, even video like this one. The ONLY ones that are getting paid is RU-vid it self; so far at least.
I really feel for these guys. This is just despicable of YT, making the the little guys suffer. How can you become "big" when there's noone to talk to about issues?! smm
THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON with smaller to medium sized channels here on YT for YEARS! My channel (not this one lol) is monetized, but I run a business with clients that I visit 4-5 days per week. I’ll never rely solely on this company for income bc it’s way too unpredictable.
You're probably wasting your time right now with this current administration. Wait until Trump is back in office, if u want legitimate justice !!!!!!!!!!
The government is involved with youtube, imo, they are behind the censorship etc. I don't think contacting anyone in the government isn't going to help. With these guys who knows, maybe the government is starting to see too many people deciding to go boondocking and they would rather see them working at a job instead of making videos on youtube. So this discourages others who think of making a living on youtube by boondocking.
Hey guys... I just found your channel (and not via Bob Wells). The algorithm has been pushing your videos pretty heavily in my feed since I subscribed. I really hope you get this figured out and don't have to quit RU-vid.
So RU-vid demonetized you and now they're pushing your channel because I've never seen your channel before even though I've search for content like this.
Sadly, RU-vid has the power but no accountability to us smaller channels. Hope you guys get this all figured out soon. Looks like we are all rooting for you. Nancy
Hi Guys, their is another channel that have had the same thing happen on the same day as you, they are trying to contact you so that you can work together on this to get it fixed @The Natasha and Debbie show
Boosting this yo hooe you read it, I'm also here after seeing their vid & comment that they are trying to contact you. 🤞🤞 justice happens fast, realky not YT when these people trying to make a living they can't afford to wait 90's 🍀
I hope someone from youtube with a conscience sees this video and compensate this couple for there hard work. Life is hard enough without having things like this to have happened. That's theft in my book. And the last time I heard that's ILLEGAL!! Much love to you folks, hope it gets cleared up and you get paid.
Probably 90% of my RU-vid watching is traveling, boondocking, or something like that. One of your videos popped up last week under recommendations to watch. Been watching ever since. Love you channel and your content. Keep on them till you get answers.
We did not find your RU-vid channel via Bob. We stumbled on it and it is the best. Don’t give up fighting for your channel. It’s worth the fight. You’re very very good.
The Natasha and Debbie Show have had the same problem. They've asked if you could email them. Their address is on the community tab on their channel. Thanks.
Also, they have been flagging people left and right for invalid traffic. No explanation they just tell you that you have invalid traffic and they whack you on the head. Please don’t give up without a fight.
To be fair people exploit the traffic and youtube probably got burned for lots of money , I know i did fake clicks in the beginning, made a click bot even had different account to do it and all for fun not any profit, before youtube was profit. You just hit refresh and you get an extra view, it was that simple to boost your view count in the begining. I always wondered why we had to jump through all these hoops so our favourite youtuber gets paid(llike, share, subscribe, ring the bell, and now comment!)_ im sure youtube is being greedy but it probably came from the fact they were trying to get rid of fake trafffic. And youtubers get their audience to engage in fake engagment all the time asking them to leave a comment, so they're doing it to themselves in a way. Asking someone to like and comment is fake engagement but everyone does it like its nothing, but anyway I sympathsize, had one of my vidoes flagged and removed for illegal content promoting some kind of criminal activity and it was just playing guitar, no vocals either so theres some collateral damage for sure.
I think from my experience seeing this with others it has to do with the links they post under the vid. YT channels that have links to onlyfans under the vid get demonetized & its not because its onlyfans, its because they don't allow certain links in that section, you have to post the links in a pinned comment instead & then you are good to go.
They kept you hidden until recently- I watch all the camping videos 4 years back and never saw your channel until recently and one of the best - binge watched, enjoyed,laughed just absolutely love it don’t give up but I’d cut back for now get jobs and make a comeback later but don’t give up , quit is not an option for me nor for you !!!
This video came on my feed - I didn’t do a search for it - in the past couple months I’ve read about RU-vid demonetizing channels and just keeping the channel revenue and no way to directly resolve the situation. I subscribed just because this is so unfair and you two deserve so much better. Hang in there!!!
All it takes is a few like minded individuals to make a new platform and promote the change. Something definitely needs to be done. Any platform that silences, shadow bans or puts people in internet jail for speech is a fascist and should not be allowed to operate within the United States. No corporations, businesses or political Establish should have the power to sway any form of the US Constitution for their own beliefs, thoughts, ideas or opinions. The change starts with us. So let’s all figure this out and find away. We are Americans, we can figure it out.
@@greggyjunobody watches there. Ive got several channels 3, 4, subs. In 2 years. Only comments from indians trying to get me to hire them to run my channels. Maybe travel niche is better but my channels get nothing. But ive also had dozens of youtube channels since youtube started & they never promoted any of them. This channel here was my only channel I ever had over 1000 subs back in the day. But I was verbally reaming scammers in a business I am in. So the toxicness was what lured people in. I had to erase my videos as youtube was giving me strikes & removing my videos while promoting scammers as they still & always will do. They ran me out for calling out who pays their bills.
I’m sad to hear that RU-vid is withholding payments from you. RU-vid should immediately pay super-chat funds. Hopefully RU-vid will see this posting of you presenting your side and realize RU-vid has made a mistake. Please keep us updated and keep fighting for the payments you are entitled! I found you via Bob and I subscribe immediately and have loved every video you have posted. Best wishes that this is resolved asap!👍🙏❤️
Sorry to hear about this happening. The funny thing is that your channel seems to be promoted more now as your videos seem to be popping up in my feed. I would suggest you don’t stop but maybe ask for patreon and PayPal donations until your channel gets monetized again as you don’t want to lose the momentum your channel is picking up.
Congratulations you are the lucky winner and have been chosen to get screwed by RU-vid. This is not a coincidence, it is no doubt by choice. You are not the first channel to have this done to you. You are one of several that have had to fight to get your monetization back. The entire RU-vid system needs a complete revamp. But then again, why change when you're on the winning end?😢
Yip. I have been singing this song for some time now. The channels that explodes in 3 or 4 months are of such bad quality. Bad. The filming, the editing etc. I call it the RU-vid algorithm lottery.
Being a fairly new subscriber (joined in mid/late March), I want you to know that I really appreciate your channel.… I subscribed because you bring some realism (the good, the bad and the ugly) about your daily lives and life on/with RU-vid. I’m a Veteran, and I try to focus on Veteran run channels, or at least those with Veterans in their families. Maybe you are defying the algorithmic odds by having a fairly clean/wholesome/real channel that people are catching onto… It goes against ‘the norm’ of what Google wants to promote. I know the demonetization stings and sucks… But look at this as a badge of honor… As you’re growing a the right way, and not succumbing to the AI overlords… Y’all are awesome… And we appreciate you and all the hard work you put into this…
I ran into the same issue, I have been monetized for years, but was slowed down from doing videos because of work and then some health issues...when I got back on here I had wondered why nothing had came in for over a year, and found that I "no longer meet eligibility." I meet their eligibility years ago, then they changed the goal post on me with no notice.
Fav channel but they can’t even take time to reply to their audience.. heads up their asses. If you don’t reply to your followers in the comments you look like a total douche bag imo.
YES! Completely agree! We, your viewers, need to not just comment to you, but to make our voices heard on your behalf to RU-vid. Make it known that due to the recent exposure on the popular Bob Wells CheapRVLiving channel, you got a big bump in views. That you are legitimate and they are wrong to withhold all donations and monies due you! We know you are just hanging on, hoping to get your subscriber numbers up enough to subsist on, without having to quit this lifestyle altogegether. Viewers, please act and help CandE 's channel survive. They put in so much work-and do it so well - to have it come for naught.
I just found you two today! You popped up in my recommended channels. I have never heard of you or watched you and I must say I absolutely adore your channel! I went back and did watch some past videos even though you said not to. I’m sorry. One turned into another and another! You guys are hysterical and smart etc etc. keep up your channel you will prevail ❤❤❤❤🎉
Sorry to hear about the issues you guys are having but also happy to see how fast your channel has grown in the past couple weeks. Keep at it...I have a feeling things will settle soon and you'll get it figured out. Hopefully everyone commenting on this video will help.
This is devastating news guys. It has been so good seeing the channels recent growth. Hopefully it gets sorted out and you can stick with it. Stay strong.
RU-vid sucks. I worked on building a channel for a year and they refused to monetize me so I moved to Rumble and was monetized immediately. RU-vid thinks they are so big they will never fail but they are wrong and I can't wait to see it when it happens.
Your channel has brought me lots of enjoyment...I will do my part to help support you on another platform. Good luck and keeping fighting the good fight!
I wonder if the percentage increase of views and subscribers crossed a threshold for demonitization and investigation. It's pretty crummy but please hang in there. A lot of us wannabe truck campers really enjoy your content.
Hello friends, the same thing happened to me for 're-uploading content without substantially changing it' . For example, if you found a funny Instagram post and just uploaded it to youtube etc. 99% of my content is mine but every once in a while i'd find something relatable to my channel ie - a dog snoring etc and put some funny music to it and upload it. This is against the rules and they provide no warning or strikes for this breach of the terms. I'm not sure if that video about Bob wells was your own content but it's possible that their AI bot's determined that it was 're-uploaded' content. A 3 month ban with no strike policy is in my opinion a scam so youtube can make more money. Surely there should be a warning system in place etc. RU-vid's AI is monitoring the channels and the views and if you have a video that blows up it flags it and then checks if it's re-uploaded content etc. You will have to delete that vid that went viral and re-apply in a few months. They did send me an email with the details. Good luck
If you get a copyright strike it’s for a specific video. RU-vid demonetized our entire channel. All 6 years of our videos were ineligible for monetization (though they were still running ads ). We still have no idea why it happened , no answers or explanations. We are now monetized again though.
@@CandEAdventures Yeah i've had copyright strikes before but it's not that. This is called 'Reused content - Content is not clearly an original creation of this channel, and may have been repurposed from another source without adding significant original commentary, substantive modifications or educational or entertainment value' . That's what happened to me anyway, and the same thing got demonetized for 3 months with no warning. Cheers
I’m sorry you guys are going through this. Another RU-vidr (the real music observer) that I watch, went through the same thing. He got demonetized out of nowhere. He reached out to the RU-vid hidden powers and eventually got it resolved (it took about two weeks). Maybe you can reach out to him on how he got it resolved. Btw, as many other viewers are stating, your video came up first on my feed today. I’ve never heard of you guys, nor have I ever had one of your videos pop up on my feed. Good luck!
Y'all just popped up on my feed with this video. Don't know why, but I'm glad for it. I subbed and accidentally watched another of your videos. Can't wait for you to have it all settled with RU-vid and I can watch the rest of your content. Hang in there!
Yes my husband has been creating sheet music videos for about 16 years and they demonetized him, no reason at all. They also kept the last 1,345 that he made, he never got his channel back. I'm sad you guys are dealing with this, too.
I’m only chiming in because I feel bad for creators that put out real knowledge, teaching videos. My kids follow music instruction. I have noticed the creators seem to make the least amount of money, but teach something that the viewer can actually get something out of, learning! But the guy that kicks his buddy in the nuts on video, is making huge money. I feel for our future
sorry to have this happen to you. I have a small channel as well (music related) and the same thing happened to me last year. I went through all the hoops of fire they make you go through, filed an appeal etc.... and still couldn't keep my monetization. 12 years doing youtube on and off, and the kicker is, I never did anything wrong and all the money I made went to charity. Best of luck to you both.
Way to go. Now I'm stuck watching videos from the beginning, when you met / started doing vlogs & YT . I'm stuck at 3 years back. You're still in Guam.
I'm sorry to hear about the demonetization. I had some videos to catch up on but am respecting your request. Best of luck to you and hope to see you soon.
We watch lots of outback camping/adventure videos, and RU-vid recently offered you up in our feed. Since then, we have watched a bunch of your videos. Really enjoy how down to earth you guys are. Hope this means your channel is turning a big corner once this RU-vid BS is sorted out. Six years is a long time, but we hope you keep it up.
Seeing that your subscriber count is growing even after the demonetizing error - Hoping things resolve favorably. I subbed when you barely cracked 10k, which was only about a month ago. + 8K in 10 days is proof you guys deserve right and fair compensation for your contribution to YT. Praying for you!
I hope this like and comment helps y’all receive faster monetization. RU-vid if you see this comment pay these people they deserve it! This is ridiculous. Fingers crossed for you guys…
Don't give up guys, I have been following you since you met Mona. I look forward at the end of my stressful day to watch a wonderful couple that has been so kind and full of heart and adventure and just love your dog as well! Be sure to post where everyone can send funds to help you for now until you get all this straightened out with utube. GOOD LUCK XO!!!
I hope you resolve this issue. I'd hate to see you leave. I've been following you for about 3 years now and I always look forward to your videos. I found your channel when I was researching inflatable boats. Good luck!
Lol. Im sorry, this is just sort of funny. They just told you that they will not receive this. This donation goes straight to youtube and will not help this couple. This should be pissing everyone off, however its also also been very well known for the past 2 years, RU-vid can/will demonetize creators, once the money gets big enough for them to just keep everything.
Last year, my sons channel was demonitized when he had 30K subs & close to 1M VIEWS in 90 days. He was a 'fail' channel...using the same exact formatting as a huge fail channel! They pick & choose...😢
Somehow this video was pushed to my home channels. I didn't do a search. I enjoyed your video and it appears you have a Northstar truck camper. I had one years ago and really miss that type of travel. Be patient and stick with what your doing!
Wow thank you for sharing. Scary experience - RU-vid has your email and gives zero notification or appeal. The bot "contact" "help" is soooo frustrating and you are caught in an endless LOOP - that is ZERO frustration and NO Customer Service. RU-vid keeping all the money is the reason. The same situation happened to us BEFORE we were monitized our channel made alot of money FOR RU-vid, once we were monetized, nothing changed on our channel EXCEPT all our stats dropped and the revenue fell off drastically (NOW - only $1 per day for 10+ hours each day). Is it a coincidence that once RU-vid had to share revenue with us our channel stats/revenue dropped?
Very sorry to hear this happened to you guys. RU-vid has been going through my account and demonetizing my old videos for the last couple weeks so it’s happening to me as well. Hope they get this fixed quick. Best of luck guys!
So sorry this happened, you guys are so real and refreshing to watch, hope it all works out for you. You always have a place to stay if you come to Montana
Found you via truck camper searches probably 3 months ago. Sorry you have all these problems with RU-vid. I’ve heard many channels have similar issues usually the issue is cleared up in just a day or two. Like your content hope you decide to continue. Best of luck getting through this.
I understand your frustration with YT. A few years ago, I had a descent channel with about 30k subs. Another person started a channel with my exact SAME channel name; just the name had a space in it. This violates YT rules but I could do NOTHING about it. Round and round with email bot and no way to get it fix cause you cant speak to anyone at YT. Finally, i gave up and just shut my channel down. They suck.
I just randomly stumbled across your channel a couple of weeks ago. I’m glad I did because I love your content! I’m sorry to hear you’re having to deal with this nightmare. Hopefully you can get it resolved quickly.
Sorry this happened to you! I’m subscribing! I want to do a channel about truck camping as well, I just bought a new truck. I’m a disabled veteran and love traveling and camping as well. 🤘🏻 hope all works out!
been watching you guys for a couple months now, this really sucks and I totally understand your frustrations. I hope that you do get to work this out quickly and they correct their mistake, would hate to see you two stop what youre doing here. Hope this just becomes a small bump in the road and I eventually run into you guys when I hit the road in a couple years 🤞
I am so sorry! I feel your rage. I suspect the rapid change in traffic from the Wells video did something. That is how I found your channel and I love it! Algorithms suck. I sold my house in Thailand, bought an RV, moved to the States and hit the road 4 years ago. This decision to change my life was based on a Shopify store that made $5k a month due to a 50k follower, very active, Facebook biz page. A few month in, one day I woke up to being tossed off Facebook. No warning. 95% of my income was just gone. Never found out why. A year + later I got back on with a personal account and after months of back and forth they admitted my old store was mine. Yet they still wanted more documentation. Never got my store back. The government has to step in and protect those us who pay social media sites thousands in ads to build up our pages, or do so with sweat equity, from being kicked to the curb by mindless algorithms. The lack of a human to work things out with and the lack of any information has to stop! Again, I am so sorry this happened to you.
I just recently stumbled across your channel (maybe within the last 1-2 weeks). I hope you both are able to figure things out so you are able to continue on with your videos. Best wishes.
You guys have become my favorite channel ! I view your kind of content but just found your channel …. Weird you never popped up before ( I have the same truck, same bike ,had a similar camper , my Boat is a small cabin runabout but it’s fiberglass , I research e-bikes ! Don’t give up
I’m following you today because this video was sent to me via RU-vid. I’ve never seen your videos before and I watch a lot of RU-vid. I hope you get this figured out.❤
Maybe they will give you back your money when their review is done. Maybe? You two are pretty adorable. I'm sending you good thoughts and quick resolution and lots of money going your way!
Could you reach out to any larger channels that you know, example Bob Wells, and ask if any of them has ever had an email correspondence with a human? Then email that human. Hope things get sorted soon.
I think RU-vid has to verify view numbers on viral videos. I've noticed recently that when one of my videos gets 5 to 10 thousand views in a short period of time, the view numbers the audience sees is way behind what my analytics shows. I think they're just verifying the view numbers. If a video of mine gets 5 thousand views in a short period of time the audience only sees the video has 700 views but I see the video got 5 thousand views and the actual view numbers doesn't update until a day later.
Just recently found your channel and really enjoy your content! I really hope your problem has not been caused by the type of music you use, because I really like it.