Get paid for your everyday videos. No followers needed.

Yes. On your own, YouTube requires 1,000 subscribers plus watch hours before it pays, and other platforms have their own thresholds. With GEM your videos go on GEM's channels, so you can earn a share of the revenue from your first published video, with no followers, subscribers or channel of your own.

YouTube (long videos and Shorts), TikTok, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest, depending on what suits each video. YouTube figures sync on their own. The others show on your dashboard when GEM links the post and records what that platform paid.

Yes, GEM welcomes creators from every country. You need to be 18 or older and able to receive payment by bank transfer, PayPal or Wise. Videos can be in any language, or have no talking at all.

No. Many of the best GEM videos are hands, food, places, pets, nature and everyday scenes. Film whatever feels comfortable; anyone recognisable in your video signs a quick online consent form.

No. Your videos are published on GEM's channels, so you don't need subscribers, a channel or any platform accounts.

A Google or Apple account, to be 18 or older, and to be able to film original footage. Creators join with Google or Apple, which confirms the email. Email and password are only for invited Marketplace buyers. Creators from any country are welcome. Australian creators also need an ABN before their first payment (it's free at abr.gov.au); elsewhere we may ask for your local tax details. We pay by international bank transfer, PayPal or Wise.

It depends on how many people watch each video, so we can't promise an amount. Your share starts at 70% of the revenue GEM receives from each published video, for 24 months, and climbs automatically up to 90% as your earnings in each month grow. You can see every video's numbers, and your current rate, on your dashboard.

You choose: weekly (every Friday) or monthly (on the 28th). On your payment day we pay your whole available balance once it's $50 or more (less the transfer fee), by bank transfer (Australian or international SWIFT), PayPal or Wise; smaller amounts roll over to the next payment day. Earnings become available once the channel your video is on is monetised and YouTube has paid GEM for that month (around the 25th of the following month). You also get a statement every quarter.

Like tax brackets, but in your favour, counted each calendar month. Your first earnings each month are paid at 70%; once your earnings that month pass each threshold, everything above it is paid at the next, higher rate, up to 90% once you earn $10,000 or more in the month. Moving up never reduces what you've already earned, it happens automatically, and the count starts again on the 1st. The full table is in the creator agreement and on your dashboard.

Joining, uploading and using the app are free. When we pay you, a transfer fee is deducted to cover the cost of sending the money. It is the greater of $10 and 2% of the payment, the way similar payout and share-trading platforms charge, and it is never more than the payment itself. For example, $100 paid out means $90 to you, and $1,000 paid out means $980. Every payment's fee is shown on your dashboard and statement.

There's no upfront cost, and you don't need to buy anything. You only earn when your content earns. What you do give: your time filming, and ownership of the footage we accept. Once a clip is accepted, GEM owns it so we can edit, publish and license it, and you earn your share from it. Footage we don't accept stays yours. The full terms are in the creator agreement.

For the first 24 months after a video is published you earn the full tiered share (70% to 90%). After that you keep a 20% royalty on that video's revenue for as long as GEM earns from it, even if you've stopped filming.

Each month you climb from New Creator (70%) to GEM Superstar (90%) as your earnings that month grow, and the climb starts again on the 1st. Along the way you unlock achievements like your first published video, first 10K views and your first viral video.

Then you share in it. You earn a share of the revenue GEM receives from that video for 24 months, and the more you earn in a month, the higher your rate climbs that month (up to 90%), so a popular video can keep paying you more month after month while people keep watching. You'll see it climb on your dashboard and maybe on the leaderboard too.

None that's fixed. Film whenever you want, wherever you want, for as long as you want. There are no quotas or deadlines, and you can take a break any time.

Inside the app you can see the top videos and the GEM Superstar (the creator who earned the most) for this week, this month and last month. It shows first names and last initials, and you can hide your name in your profile.

Once you submit and we accept it, GEM owns the footage so we can edit and publish it anywhere. You can still show published GEM videos in your portfolio. Read the full creator agreement.

We refresh it from YouTube several times a day. YouTube's own analytics usually run a day or two behind, so today's views appear within about 48 hours.

Yes, any time with 14 days' notice. Videos already published, and videos GEM publishes in the 6 months after you leave, keep their share for the rest of the 24 months and then the 20% royalty, as the creator agreement describes.