Should you create a Brand account or a Regular, Personal account
when starting a YouTube channel from scratch?
Which is the right one to use?
In the video below , you’ll learn how brand accounts differ from regular YouTube accounts, how to check if you have a brand account, and if you should migrate a personal account to a brand account if you already have an established YouTube channel. Comment below if you have a brand account or personal account.
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What is a YouTube brand account?
A brand account is an account that is specifically used for your brand. If you challenge link to a brand account, it means that more than one Google account can manage it. This means you and others can jointly manage the brand account through your own Google accounts. You don’t need a separate username and password, and you can have multiple owners and managers. One of the great benefits of having a brand account is that it gives your company a unique presence online separated from your personal profile.
For example, my YouTube brand account is drostvideo. If I were to create a personal account, I would use Herman Drost.
PewDiePie is a great example of a very popular personal YouTube channel. It’s run by Felix Kjellberg, a Swedish YouTuber who currently has over 111 million subscribers.
How To Identify a YouTube Brand Account?
For viewers, brand and personal YouTube accounts appear virtually the same. You can typically identify a brand account by how well the channel page identifies the brand itself. This can be found by clicking on the channel name, then go to the about page.
What is the disadvantage of having a Brand account?
You’ll lose all your comments if you migrate a personal account to a brand account. If you just want to manage your account personally, then choose a personal account. Just keep in mind, if you use your name for a YouTube account, it can still be a brand account.
How do you check If you have a brand account?
Go to myaccount.google.com/brandaccounts. Make sure you’re signed in first, then check on the brand accounts.
What is a personal YouTube account?
This means only one person can manage a personal account, which is usually yourself. When you create a personal YouTube channel. It uses the same name and photo as your Google account. With a brand account, you can use a different name and photo from your Google account.
What are the disadvantages of creating a personal YouTube account?
Only you can manage your channel. You can’t have multiple owners or managers. Your channel name is automatically the same as the one on your Google account. If you connect your YouTube channel to your Google account, only you can access your YouTube channel and you have to use your Google account. Just keep in mind, if you migrate your personal account to a brand account, you’ll lose all the comments you’ve accumulated on your videos.
How do you create a brand account?
If you’re just starting a YouTube channel from scratch, you can set up your brand account immediately by going to youtube.com/account Click create channel. If you already have a channel, just click create a channel under all channels.
You can now create your channel name and set up your channel details.
My Recommendation
Here’s my recommendation if you’re debating whether to set up a brand account or personal account. Register your YouTube account as a brand account from the beginning even if you don’t plan to have multiple managers for your YouTube channel. It keeps your personal Gmail account safer in case your account is suspended, have an issue with trolls or if you decide to delete or change your account later.
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