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A Market For Pro Youtube Backgrounds?

by Cogitationalist
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Just looking for general opinions, does anyone think there is a decent market for youtube user backgrounds? It appears as if there are different types, one for youtube partners that have space for a larger, nicer header area, and just the general user one without any space there.

Here's an example of someone I'm fairly certain is a partner, and has some further flexibility with their design options:

DeStorm's Channel - YouTube

And here's a generic background with some random tiled image, probably the majority of youtube users:

myredroom's Channel - YouTube

I'm not affiliated with either, I just pulled them randomly. I was thinking of some kind of product of service, but I wonder if there's a realistic market for people looking to improve their youtube page since it's a good portal for stuff. I know video reviews and testimonials are popular here too, the people who put those up surely could find a professional looking youtube page to be useful, right?

Thoughts and feedback appreciated.
#backgrounds #market #pro #youtube
  • Profile picture of the author Daniel Evans
    I offer the service but I haven't pressed it enough to target people thus far. It's generally offered as an upsell after logo design / branding.

    If you show any form of skill on your YT channel, you can be sure you'll attract a wealth of kids who want a Black Ops backgrounds - gratis of course. This is the clincher. You need to really tighten up on who you target if you are to venture out and offer the service.

    YT partner channel designs are done in the same way, bar a header which can be set into an image map to forms links. There's option for sidebar images too. Other than that, it's the same, but moved downwards (to accomodate the header) and obviously you'd design to the clients boxes reference which needs to remain as is or the design won't match up.

    You can see what I done with my regular channel:

    webcoredesign's Channel - YouTube


    Hopefully I've been some use.
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    • Profile picture of the author Cogitationalist
      You have actually, thanks for the insight. I imagine the channel design kinda comes as a package then, with a background (and the sidebar/header area where applicable) and the hex codes for those like the background color and link color?

      Btw, your page looks great. Nice simple gradient, love the greens.
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  • Profile picture of the author Daniel Evans
    Thanks for your comment!

    Yeah, the hex changes is one which I forgot to mention too.
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