FAQ

How to make money: answers in 30 seconds

Short, straight answers about earning, uploading and upgrading.

Getting started

How do I make money with myUpload?

Upload a video or a file, or shorten a link, and share it anywhere. Every real view, download and click earns you money, up to $53 per 10,000 in the top country tier. When you are ready, request a payout by bank transfer, PayPal or crypto.

Is myUpload free?

Yes. Every account gets 100 GB of storage and earns from day one. No credit card needed.

What can I share?

Videos (streamed in adaptive HLS), any file as a direct download, and short links. All three earn money.

What do PPD and PPV mean?

PPD means pay per download: you earn when a real visitor finishes downloading your file. PPV means pay per view: you earn when a real visitor watches your video or reaches your short link. Both pay by the visitor’s country and your ad strength.

Is adult content allowed?

Yes. We accept legal adult (18+) videos, files and links, and they earn at the same rates as everything else. Everyone shown must be a consenting adult and you must have the rights to share it. Anything illegal, non-consensual or involving minors is removed and reported, and the account is closed. The full rules are in our Terms. Advertising differs by product: video streaming shows a mix of mainstream and adult advertisers, while direct download and link shortener show mainstream advertisers only.

Can I share a whole folder?

Yes, in all three products. Turn on sharing for a folder and you get one public link. Viewers see a channel-style page with every video, file or link in it, and you can stop sharing at any time. Every item still opens on its own page, so views, downloads and clicks keep earning. Short links can also have an optional name that shows on the page.

Can I use all three products together?

Yes. One account, one storage quota, one dashboard and one balance. You can even lock a video behind a short link and earn both rates — see Combo below.

Are unused files deleted?

Yes. To keep storage for active creators, a video or file with fewer than 10 views in 30 days is deleted automatically. Every new upload gets its first full 30 days, and the dashboard warns you before a file is removed.

Earnings & payouts

How much money can I make?

Up to $53 per 10,000 counted views, downloads or clicks. The rate depends on your visitor’s country and your ad strength.

What is Combo?

Combo lets you lock a video — one video or a whole folder — behind a short link. The visitor unlocks your short link, then watches the video, so you earn twice on the same visit: the link-click rate plus the view rate. In the top country tier that’s $53 + $33 = $86 per 10,000. The two amounts are always earned and paid separately, exactly like any other view or click. Downloads don't offer Combo — a short link to your own download page only earns the click rate.

What counts as a paid event?

A real visitor, with one rule per product. Video streaming (PPV): the viewer watches at least 1% of the video (minimum 6 seconds, or the whole video, if it is shorter). Direct download (PPD): the visitor finishes the wait and the clicks, and the file finishes downloading. Cancelled or failed downloads don’t count. Link shortener (PPV): the visitor finishes the wait and the clicks, then continues to your link. Bots, Tor and VPN traffic never count.

What is the difference between views and paid views?

Your dashboard shows two numbers for videos, downloads and links. Views, downloads and clicks count every real visit. Paid views, downloads and clicks are the ones that also earned, so they are never higher. Your earnings come from the paid numbers.

What does a visitor do before a link or download opens?

Short links and downloads are locked at first. The visitor waits and makes a few screen clicks, and only then is the link revealed or the download started. The lock depends on your ad strength, so more ads means a longer lock: Full ads: 1 minute and 7 clicks. Half: 30 seconds and 5 clicks. Low: 20 seconds and 2 clicks. Refreshing the page or opening an ad does not restart it. Video streaming has no steps, only ads.

What is ad strength?

Ad strength is how many ads your visitors see: Full, Half or Low. Fewer ads are gentler on visitors, but they pay less and the wait on links and downloads is shorter. Free accounts run at Full. Premium accounts can choose the strength for each product. Video streaming has ads only, with no waiting or clicking steps, and mixes mainstream and adult advertisers. Direct download and link shortener show mainstream advertisers only.

How many times can the same visitor count?

One IP address can earn you up to 3 paid video views and 1 paid download or link click every 24 hours, and each video, file or link counts once per IP every 24 hours. Visits past that limit still work, but they aren’t paid.

How often is my balance updated?

About once a minute. You can watch it grow in your dashboard.

How do I get paid?

Request a payout from your dashboard and choose bank transfer, PayPal or crypto. Paid out every Tuesday. Minimum per request: $1000 for bank transfer, $50 for paypal, $10 for crypto.

Uploads & storage

What is the largest file I can upload?

1 GB on Free, 5 GB on Premium, 10 GB on plans above 5 TB, and 50 GB on plans above 10 TB.

Which upload methods can I use?

Browser upload and remote URL on every plan. A remote URL can be a direct video link or an HLS (.m3u8) stream link. Torrent, magnet and API uploads on Premium. FTP, MEGA, Zoom and cloud drive imports are coming soon.

What video quality do viewers get?

Free videos are encoded in one quality. Premium videos get the full ladder from 360p to 1080p, so playback adapts to each viewer’s connection.

Do my videos have to be encoded?

No. In your Video Streaming settings you can pick how new uploads are processed: full encoding, with adaptive qualities and a thumbnail, or keep them exactly as uploaded, with or without a thumbnail. Videos kept as uploaded are ready right after upload, so MP4 or WebM gives the best playback.

What is the video pool?

Owners can share a video to the pool. Other users search it and add it to their own portal. It is stored once, and each user who adds it gets their own watch link, embed code and earnings. Its size counts toward their storage like an upload.

Can I hide my view counts?

Yes. In your Video Streaming and File hosting settings you can hide the public view and download counts. Views still count and earn, and your own dashboard always shows them.

Do short links use storage?

Barely. Each short link counts as 1 KB.

Telegram bot

Can I upload from Telegram?

Yes. Send our Telegram bot a video, a file or a link and it replies with your share link in seconds. Everything lands in your account, uses your storage and earns at the same rates.

How do I connect the bot to my account?

Open Dashboard → Telegram Bot → Connect to get a one-time code, then send /link followed by the code to the bot. The code expires in 10 minutes.

What is the largest file I can send through Telegram?

Up to 2 GB, which is Telegram’s own limit. For bigger files use browser upload, remote URL or the API.

Which Telegram commands are available?

/short <url>: Shorten one or more links. /stream <url>: Add a video from a URL, or just send the bot a video. /download <url>: Add a file from a URL, or just send the bot a file. /menu: Pick shorten, stream, download or a combo step by step. /report [today|week|month]: Earnings and activity report. /stats · /balance: Lifetime totals and your balance. /daily on|off: A summary of your earnings every morning (UTC).

Can I check my earnings in Telegram?

Yes. Use /report for today, this week or this month, /stats and /balance for lifetime totals and your balance, and /daily on to get an earnings summary every morning (UTC).

Premium

How much is Premium?

$49 a year for 1 TB, plus $33 a year for each extra TB. 2 TB is $82, 5 TB is $181 and 10 TB is $346.

How do I upgrade?

Contact support with the size you want. We switch the plan on for your account for 365 days.

Does Premium pay higher rates?

No. Rates are the same on every plan. Premium adds space, bigger files, full encoding, more upload methods and the choice of lighter ads.

What happens when my plan ends?

Your account returns to the free limits: 100 GB, 1 GB files and Full ad strength.

Still stuck?

We reply within one business day.

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