Becoming a Tech Youtuber

[JackDoyne]

So now that i've left college (UK) i've been thinking of starting my own tech channel where i review technology play games have various tutorials both basic and advanced, and when my viewership is high enough do monthly charity streams and hang out with viewers, i want my channel to a place people can visit and enjoy my content and have fun, i also want to be helpful and reply to questions and comments on my videos, but my main problem is that i live in the UK and don't have loads of money, having a tech channel is expensive and most large computer companies operate in CA or USA, is there any tips you'd give me?

 

 

[dantayy]

This video might give you more insight

 

[19_blackie_73]

be creative... that's all i can recommend you. and be different, but in a way, people will like it.

Seriously, just start it and see what happens next. Big companies will only help you out if it is worth for them, so you need a viewer base. You may need to invest a lot into it (time, a lot of passion and some money). you may need to buy the first pieces yourself, try to get agreements with local dealers (that they will give you some review samples and so on)

[ForsakenLive]

why does it have to be expensive?

Most software-related and tutorial stuff costs hours not money. 

Most of the hardware stuff you can review can either be things you buy for yourself, things you can borrow from friends/relatives. You can also purchase old and used components, as well as really cheap stuff to do some projects with (or just even handy stuff). 

Builds can be made from scrapped stuff, and then you can sell them, even making some profit (Tech City anyone?). 

If you think a tech channel means Galaxy S7 and GTX 1080, you are on the wrong boat. 

[JackDoyne]

Yeah, you guys have give me a better insight, i'm saving up and looking for decent camera and microphone, i don't want to produce low quality videos so a good camera and mic are must and i have some decent ideas, i think my main problem will be getting deals with local suppliers, i live in the middle of pretty much nowhere, and like i said there isn't many companies that operate in the UK 

[BingoFishy]

1 minute ago, JackDoyne said:

Yeah, you guys have give me a better insight, i'm saving up and looking for decent camera and microphone, i don't want to produce low quality videos so a good camera and mic are must and i have some decent ideas, i think my main problem will be getting deals with local suppliers, i live in the middle of pretty much nowhere, and like i said there isn't many companies that operate in the UK 

The Blue Snowball seems to be pretty well rated for where it's at ~$50. As for the camera, if your phone has a decent camera you should just use that.

[porina]

Grow with what you can do. Game streaming isn't particularly demanding. You're not going to be given leading edge kit to review when you're nobody, so look at the smaller areas the big sites might skip.

 

I actually tried this myself to a limited extent. The time required to do things to a quality I'd like isn't something I have, so I never published anything. Still, it was a good learning exercise into what channels like LTT have to go through to do what they do.

 

You can still do silly things. I have a couple of ideas for radical (but not practical) cooling I still want to do some day...

[JackDoyne]

Yeah at first just small tech reviews, build my channel get a few thousand subscribers from Speaking about hardware doing some videos with what i've got already and then small companies might contact me and build on it from there, but yeah i have a nexus 6 it says it has 4k camera but it looks kind of poo, but a blue snowball mic is a good shout and i'll just have to play it by ear, it's something i'm really passionate about and want to be good at.

 

[PRTI]

Review stuff you have or stuff your family/friends etc...have

 

For companies to come over to you and ask for a review you need to have atleast 10k subs (for those low companies) and 50k is where you start to form your channel and more bigger companies will ask for a review and at 50k you CAN ask companies for a review product but that does not always go with a Yes