The Five New Card Types on YouTube

Merchandise card

Similar to merch annotations, merchandise cards can promote a creator’s licensed merchandise directly from the video. If you haven’t used merchandise annotations before, in order to create merchandise cards you need to accept the Terms & Conditions which will be presented to you during the set-up. You can choose from a number of approved destination URLs and the card will display a top-level URL.

Fundraising card

Similar to fundraising annotations, fundraising cards can link viewers directly to projects on whitelisted fundraising sites.  You can choose from a number of approved destination URLs and the card will display a top-level URL.

Video or playlist card

This card can link to another public YouTube video or playlist which can be of interest to the viewer of the current video. You can also link to a specific time in a video or to an individual video in a playlist by entering a video or playlist URL directly.

Associated website card

Link directly to your associated website from a card. See instructions on how to add an associated website to your account. If you haven’t used associated website annotations before, in order to create associated website cards you need to accept the Terms & Conditions which will be presented to you during the set-up.

Fan Funding card

This card lets your fans show their appreciation for your videos, by making a monetary contribution directly on the video page. Please note that you need to enable Fan Funding for your channel, before including the Fan Funding Card in your videos. Read more about cards here

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