Are people buying YouTube views?
If you have been reading our articles lately, then you know that people buy YouTube views. Many YouTubers these days have relied on buying YouTube views to grow their channels. Due to the competition on YouTube, it is very difficult to get views. In addition to competition, the way YouTube is designed, it makes it very difficult for new or young YouTube channels to get views. Hence why many result to buying the views to see if they can give their channels a kick-start. However, the biggest question is, What Are The Risks Of Buying YouTube Views?
Is it completely harmless to purchase the YouTube views? How does YouTube feel about people buying YouTube views? What will the YouTube algorithms do about it? How about your channel? What will happen to your video? How about the bought views? What will happen to them? Read the entire article as we tackle these questions and more of them.
Is it completely harmless to purchase the YouTube views?
NO. There could be risks associated with buying YouTube views. However, it depends on where you buy the YouTube views from. If you buy them from fake sellers then there will be fatal risks to your channel. If you buy from genuine sellers, then the risks are low or none at all.
How does YouTube feel about people buying YouTube views?
YouTube does not like it when people buy YouTube views. They do not care if you buy them from good sellers or bad sellers. They just don’t want you to buy YouTube views. Not unless if you buy YouTube ads. If you place YouTube ads on your videos, then it is okay. However YouTube ads are very expensive.
What will the YouTube algorithms do about it?
If the YouTube views you bought are fake, in some cases they will remove them. In other serious cases depending on how fake the views are, it will suspend your channel. The suspension happens in extreme cases from extreme bad sellers.
What will happen to your channel?
If the views are from some moderately bad providers, you get in the wrong books of YouTube. This means that YouTube could go-slow on your YouTube channel that could lead to slow growth. On the other hand, if the views are really bad from some really bad provider, you could get your channel suspended.
What will happen to your video? How about the bought views?
Fake views will be removed by YouTube algorithm. This will affect your video view count. That could also lead to your video going slow in the sense that it does not get views like it should.
What Are The Risks Of Buying YouTube Views?
And now on to the main topic of the day. Lets discuss the risks involved with purchasing YouTube views.
Risk #1. Violation of YouTube’s Terms of Service.
The biggest risk of buying YouTube views is the violation of YouTube terms of service. YouTube clearly states that buying or paying for YouTube views is not allowed. Ofcourse this is so that they can maintain the quality of their platform for the advertisers. Organic viewers are good for advertisers. Hence why YouTube is really against fake engagement.
Risk #2. Risk of Channel Suspension or Ban.
Like we have discussed above, buying of YouTube views could lead to suspension of your YouTube channel. However this happens in extreme cases where you have been buying for a long time and you have bought for many of your videos. Not just that but also the fact that all the views you are buying are fake. Fake views involves those made by some BOTs and other computer programs. Or worse click farms.
Risk #3. Low Engagement and Retention Rate.
One of the biggest problems with bought YouTube views is the fact that the retention is very low. You find that the video is 12 minutes long but every view is 30 seconds long. That does not look good for you. In addition to that, it doesn’t look good to YouTube algorithms. That’s a clear indication to the algorithm that something is wrong and then it will start scrutinizing your views. Sellers like Media Geneous allow you to choose how long you want the views to be. Whether one minute, two minutes, 5 minutes or 30 minutes its on you.
Risk #4. Damage to Credibility and Reputation.
Though this is not such a serious issue, buying views can make you lose credibility with your fans. I don’t thing people watching videos on YouTube really care that much about the videos views sources. When is the last time that you watched a videos and you were not happy because they bought views? I think the only ones who care about this are competitors. A competitor could use this to tarnish the image of your channel if he/she realizes you are buying the views.
Risk #5. Potential for Scams and Fraudulent Services.
Since such services are not the mainstream services, you know not the most ethical services, it opens room for scammers. The fact that there are no major businesses like amazon doing this business, it opens room for some crooks. Some scammers can easily set up a website and start charging people for YouTube views and fail to deliver. In addition to that they can just pour fake views on your video and leave. Be careful while buying such services.
Risk #6. No Long-Term Growth or Organic Audience.
Most bought views do not result in organic growth. You know most people expect that when you buy the views, it will result in more organic views. However that does not always happen. It is very rare for your video to continue getting views after bought views. That can only happen in rare occasions when you buy form a genuine seller who actually promotes your video to real people.
Risk #7. Wasted Money with No Real ROI.
The desire of every businessperson is that when you spend your money in advertisement, you get a return. You get value out of it. The whole idea is to spend some amount of money and get more out of it than you spent. The big problem with this is that most of the bought views do not actually result in success. You could buy thousands of views and still end up not succeeding on YouTube. It ends up being wasted money.
Risk #8. Negative Impact on Algorithm and Recommendations.
One of the worst long-term risk of buying YouTube views, is getting on the wrong books of YouTube algorithm. If YouTube algorithm determines that you are using fake engagements to enhance your videos, then it can punish you. By punish you we mean that the algorithm could stop promoting your video across YouTube.
Conclusion.
We have shown you the risks involved with buying YouTube views. It is upon you to be advised as you promote your channel. I know the temptations and even the reasons to buy YouTube views. So weigh the advantages and the risks of buying views. Yes it is tough to make it on YouTube and at the same time, there are risks of buying the views. Our advice is you need to go for real genuine sellers. Avoid fake services.
