Do You Make "Members Only" Content? (If Yes, What Kind?)

I've started doing Members Only content on YouTube. The first one I did is me unpacking a huge box of my childhood toys, drinking beer and playing with them lol.

Other ones I have planned are me doing quizzes that don't really have anything to do with horror/usual channel content (for instance, the next one I'm doing is a huge dinosaur quiz to see if I still remember all the stuff I used to know as a kid).

The way I see it is Member content shouldn't be your USUAL content behind a paywall, it should be fun things with a personal touch for the people who really like you/want to support the channel.

Does anyone here do Member content? If so, what type do you make?

Also, are YOU a member of another channel and what do you like/hope to get out of it?

Created at 11:09pm, 1st February, 2025. Page last updated at 11:22am, 3rd February, 2025.

Lanah Tyra 2/2/2025, 10:52:29 AM

I don't have enough followers yet to do Memberships, but I agree with you, it shouldn't be your normal content behind a paywall. Maybe early access, so members get to see some of your content a few days ahead. But I think the good memberships will let you get to know the creator more, see behind the scenes stuff, maybe have a live chat or regular hangouts like movie nights.

I can't afford to pay for memberships at the moment, but there are a few creators I would love to support. They do the monthly / quarterly catchup on voice chat and lets watch a movie together stuff but they are all on the West Coast, so would be hard for me to join in on those anyway.

Not Youtube memberships but Patreon or Ko-fi thing I've seen is also letting members vote on what your next content is or submit content ideas. I'm planning to do this when I reach a bit bigger audience. So when I have a few guide ideas lined up people can vote which one I make first, and also offer 1-1 mentoring with voice call to members.

Horror and Cats 2/2/2025, 10:56:03 AM

Lanah Tyra

Oh yeah member voting is one of my perks as is early access for any original works (my short stories).

Member only streams are on there too as is access to a Discord server I set up just for members. Hoping to do watch parties/hangouts via that route.

FirestormGamingTeam 2/2/2025, 11:14:00 AM

Tbh no, I disagree with the concept of it, one thing I hate is things locked behind paywalls and tbh, I have no idea what I would even do, I run three channels and having members only stuff would just complicate things

Horror and Cats 2/2/2025, 11:26:52 AM

FirestormGamingTeam

I see it as an opportunity to do things on the channel I love, but not have it eff up my algorithm if it's not strictly horror lol

FirestormGamingTeam 2/2/2025, 12:39:10 PM

Horror and Cats

This is true