How much clipping pays: the rate per 1000 views on DareBay

Calculate one clip from its task card ​

For a qualifying submission, use eligible views / 1000 × task rate, then apply the per-submission cap if the task has one. Below the view threshold the clip does not qualify. Once it qualifies, the threshold is not subtracted from its views. Channel-wide reach is not the paid count of this submission.

These are hypothetical inputs, not a live rate range: $2 per 1000 eligible views, a 1000-view threshold and a $100 cap.

The cap is reached at cap / rate × 1000: here, 50,000 eligible views. Extra views on that submission no longer increase its payment. A second qualifying clip has its own calculation and cap.

Estimate a month using approved work ​

Suppose you edit 20 clips, and 12 qualify and are approved with 10,000 paid views each at the example $2 rate. Each earns $20 if its cap is at least $20. Gross earnings are 12 × $20 = $240, rather than 20 clips times an assumed payout.

If all $240 is available and withdrawn at a 10% fee, the received amount is $216. DareBay's public fee is 10% by default; use the amount shown on your actual withdrawal form. This example retains the help-source snapshot rather than claiming a new audit of every account's rate.

If editing took 20 hours and finding briefs, posting and checking results took another five, the effective return is $216 / 25 = $8.64 per hour. Editing-only arithmetic would give $10.80 and hide five working hours. If only six clips qualify, the same inputs give $120 gross and $108 received: approval rate matters as much as CPM.

Record the inputs before accepting a brief ​

Save the actual rate, eligible network and audience, threshold, cap, deadline and remaining budget. Track submitted, approved and payable clips separately. Keep gross earnings, available balance and received funds in separate columns; an estimate is not yet a paid withdrawal.

A high rate with a threshold your clips rarely reach can produce less than a lower-rate task you consistently qualify for. Fixed payment for approved editing and a shared Pool reward need different calculations; the CPM formula does not describe either.

Common questions ​

Is there one normal rate for clipping? ​

A few campaign cards do not establish a universal market rate. Your current offer is the rate on the task you can actually take. The example $2 is not a promise that such a task is available.

Do followers set the payment? ​

The view-reward calculation uses the qualifying submission's counted views and task rate. A campaign can still set account or audience eligibility in its brief.

Can one viral clip predict a salary? ​

One exceptional result does not establish repeatable monthly volume. Use your approved clips, typical eligible views, actual caps and all hours worked; record months with no usable campaigns too.

See how pay per view works, the earnings calculator and rates by niche.