HOW TO VERIFY YOUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Verifying your youtube channel is required if you want to be able to post external thumbnail.

Thumbnails that are design from other apps can be posted on youtube only if your channel has been verified by youtube.

To verify your channel, do as follow; 

1. Go to YouTube.com/verify

2. Add your mobile number

3. Click on the verify button

A text message will be send to your mobile phone conveying your confirmation code.

Fill the code in the provided space and allow it to load. That’s all, you are done.

 QUESTIONS NEW YOUTUBERS ASK;

MUST I VERIFY MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL?

If you want to post thumbnails on your videos as a new youtuber, you should.

You can also choose not to and make use of the inbuilt youtube thumbnail that youtube create for you.

DOES YOUTUBE VERIFUCATION TAKE TIME?

I dont think so. YouTube verification does not take much time. It takes a minimum of 1 to 2 minutes and a minimum of 10 minutes.

It also depends on your network and phone accessibility.

DOES YOUTUBE VERIFICATION HAVE ANY NEGATIVE EFFECT?

No! If you dont verify your channel, you can still make use of the inbuilt youtube thumbnail and nothing will affect your channel.

The only disadvantage to not creating a good thumbnail is click rate loss.

People dont click videos that have a blur and poor thumbnail. A good thumbnail attract a good click rate.

It wouldn’t cause you any harm to verify your channel. So do verify it and start uploading and making money.

CONCLUSION 

You are free to verify your channel if you want to. If you dont feel like, you can leave your channel and keep uploading.

Your verification all you create thumbnail that attract people to click you videos that’s all.

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QUESTION FOUR YOU; do you think creating a youtube thumbnail and verifying your channel is a good start for new youtubers?