Manage sponsorships

1. On a computer, sign in to your Google account.
2. Go to your features page at https://www.youtube.com/features.
3. Under "Sponsorships," click Enable and follow the on-screen instructions.

When Sponsorships is turned on for your channel, your viewers will see a Sponsor button on your channel page, all watch pages, and in live chat within YouTube Gaming.

Turn Sponsorships off

Note: When Sponsorships is turned off, all recurring payments will be cancelled. These cannot be recovered. 

1. On a computer, sign in to your Google account.
2. Go to www.youtube.com/sponsors.
3. Click the gear icon  > Turn off Sponsorships > Disable.

1. On a computer, sign in to your YouTube MCN account.
2. Go to www.youtube.com/owner_features.

3. Click Enable for Paid Features.

1. Sign in to your Google account.
2. Go to Creator Studio > Live Streaming > Stream Now.
3. Look for the Sponsorships module in your live dashboard.

If using Events: 

1. Sign in to your Google account.
2. Go to Creator Studio > Live Streaming > Events.
3. Select your live stream.
4. Click Live Control Room.
5. Click Open Sponsorships in a new window to view your Sponsorships module.

If you are live streaming when a new viewer sponsors your channel, a bright green "New Sponsor" message will be sent in live chat. This message will be pinned at the top of chat for 5 minutes.

While offline

You won't receive a notification if you get a new sponsor while you're offline.

You can see all of your active sponsors, how long they've been a sponsor, and their subscriber count at: https://www.youtube.com/sponsors. You can also individually message sponsors here.

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• File size: Less than 1MB
• image dimensions: 32 x 32

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• File size: Less than 1MB
• Image dimensionsL 48 x 48 -> 480 x 480 (Preferred: 48 x 48)

Family Name

When you upload your first emoji, you will create a prefix name for all of your emojis, called a family name. Sponsors will use this name to auto-complete your emojis. This name cannot be changed once it is set. Family names are not unique across YouTube and must be 3-10 characters.

As a best practice, we recommend picking a family name that is easily recognizable as your brand.

Emoji Name

Each emoji will have a name that Sponsors can use to auto-complete in live chat. To change the emoji name, you must delete and re-upload the emoji. Emoji names must be 3-10 characters and unique within their emoji family (but not across YouTube).

The price it costs to sponsor a channel varies by country. The price of sponsorship can help you decide how much to spend on custom perks for your sponsors. 

These are the prices as of September 19, 2017. They are subject to change.