How to Add a Paid Question Option to a YouTube Community Post

To add a paid question option to a YouTube Community post, publish a text post explaining what you'll answer, then paste your Brillay link so readers can pay and submit a private question. YouTube's Community tab has no native paid-Q&A feature, so the paid step happens on the linked page, not inside YouTube itself. Paid Questions let a follower pay upfront to ask one private question, and you send one written reply on your own time — no live call or scheduling.

Sourcing note: YouTube thresholds, revenue shares, and policy dates are cited to official YouTube sources. Stripe pricing is cited to Stripe, and Brillay mechanics are linked to how it works and pricing.

Community posts already pull in questions for free — "what camera do you use," "can you review my setup," "how did you get started." YouTube's own help documentation describes what the format is for:

"You can create posts to connect and interact with your viewers through polls, quizzes, GIFs, text, music, images, and video." — YouTube Help, Posts

YouTube's Posts help page lists seven content types — polls, quizzes, GIFs, text, music, images, and video — and no payment or paid-reply option. Because the Community tab collects no payment of its own, the paid step in a paid-question post has to happen on a link the creator controls. With Paid Questions, a follower asks one private question, pays upfront, and receives your written reply within the window you set (Paid Questions; how it works).

How do you add a paid question link to a YouTube Community post?

Publish a plain text post that names the topic you're taking questions on, paste the complete https:// Brillay URL into the post body, and publish. YouTube's Community post composer has no dedicated link field: its own help page tells creators to type a message, and a full URL pasted into that message becomes the clickable link.

YouTube's "Create a post" help page describes the composer in one instruction — "Type a message to create a text post or choose from the bottom menu to create a video, poll, quiz, or image post" — and documents five post types with no separate URL or button field among them (YouTube Help, Create a post). Paste the complete https:// URL, publish the post, and view it as a reader to confirm YouTube made the link clickable; for the broader mechanics, see how to add a link to a YouTube Community post.

The steps:

1. Open your channel's Posts or Community tab on desktop or in the YouTube app.
2. Write the post so it explains what a reader gets for paying — e.g., "Taking paid questions about [topic] this week. Ask privately, I reply in writing." Instead of writing only "link in bio," tell readers what they can buy: one private question and one written reply at your set price.
3. Paste the complete Brillay URL, including https://, on its own line or at the end of the text.
4. Publish, then open the post as a viewer to confirm the link is clickable rather than plain text.
5. Pin the post (if your layout supports it) so it stays visible above newer posts.

Pasting a URL into a Community post works the same way for every destination. Here, the link sends readers to your priced Paid Questions offer, while the same Brillay link can also include Personalized Videos, Custom Work, Tips, Goals, and Brand Collaboration Inquiries.

Do you need a certain subscriber count to post in the Community tab?

No subscriber minimum is published for Community posts. YouTube's Posts help page names exactly three restrictions — supervised accounts, channels set as "Made for Kids," and no availability in Germany — and states no subscriber threshold for creating a post. The 1,000- and 500-subscriber numbers creators remember belong to the Partner Program.

The Partner Program tiers are a different, better-documented set of numbers, and they are easy to conflate with posting access. Joining the full YouTube Partner Program (ad revenue) requires 1,000 subscribers plus either 4,000 qualified public watch hours in the last 12 months or 10 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days (YouTube Help, YPP eligibility). The lower fan funding tier — memberships, Super Thanks, and gifts, without ad revenue — opens at 500 subscribers plus 3 valid public uploads in the last 90 days and either 3,000 qualified watch hours in 12 months or 3 million qualified Shorts views in 90 days (YouTube Help, expanded YPP).

None of the YouTube Partner Program thresholds gate a Brillay link. Publishing a Brillay link in a Community post requires no Partner Program status, no ad eligibility, and no follower minimum on Brillay's side, and Brillay charges no monthly fee to create the page (how it works; pricing). Connect your bank through Stripe, and Stripe pays you out; Brillay supports creator payouts in 41 countries.

Why route a Community-post question through a paid link instead of the comments?

When the same questions keep filling your comments and creating a backlog, a paid link lets you reserve your time for one clearly scoped question and one written reply at a price you set. Instead of asking for donations or making every post sound like a sales pitch, offer one clearly priced private answer; followers who need your time can pay, while quick general questions can stay free in the comments.

The trade-off between a public comment and a paid question is real: comments stay public and add to a post's engagement signals, while a paid question moves the exchange to a private message only you and that follower can see. A reasonable split is answering easy, general questions in the comments for free and reserving the priced link for questions that need real thought — a critique, a specific recommendation, or anything that took you real time to answer well in the past. Paid Questions are one time, no membership: a follower buys one written answer rather than ongoing access.

Pricing is also fully yours on a paid question rather than shared out of a pool: you set the price per question — including whether a low number like $5 undersells the answer — and Brillay charges an 8% platform fee when a follower pays for work, 5% on tips and goals, with $0/month otherwise. Stripe's card-processing fee is deducted separately from creator earnings; Stripe publishes 2.9% + $0.30 as its typical United States online-card rate, with different pricing for international cards and other payment methods (Stripe pricing).

What should the paid-question Community post actually say?

State the topic, the format, and what happens after checkout in one short post of two or three sentences plus the link. Vague "link in bio" phrasing gets skipped; a stated offer gets acted on. Name what the follower is buying, how you'll reply, and roughly when — then stop writing and paste the URL.

A workable template: "Taking paid questions on [topic] this week — ask privately, I reply in writing, usually within [your stated reply time]. [link]." That three-part template names the purchase (a private answer), the reply format, and the timing — the three things a paid-question post has to state before the link.

Anything that needs a document, screenshot, or recording moving either way belongs in Custom Work, which accepts up to 5 follower-attached files at order time and lets you deliver a written note plus files — video, audio, images, PDF, Word, Excel, or PowerPoint — and/or a link.

Set a reply time you can consistently meet on your Brillay page, and let the Community post repeat that same number.

Should you wait until you're eligible for the Partner Program to charge for questions?

No. A Brillay link works at any subscriber count, so Partner Program eligibility is not a prerequisite for charging for questions. The two systems are separate and non-competing: the Partner Program pays a share of pooled ad revenue, while a paid question link pays a price you set per question.

The eligibility gap between the Partner Program and a direct paid link is widening for new applicants. YouTube announced on August 10, 2026 that the ad-revenue tier's thresholds rise for anyone newly applying from February 1, 2027:

"New creators applying for YPP will need 8,000 qualified watch hours in the last 365 days, or 20 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days." YouTube adds: "This update won't impact creators already in YPP." — YouTube blog, YouTube Partner Program updates for 2027

That February 1, 2027 change doubles the watch-hour path from 4,000 to 8,000 qualified hours and the Shorts path from 10 million to 20 million qualified views for new applicants, while leaving the 1,000-subscriber requirement and existing YPP members unchanged (YouTube blog; YouTube Help, YPP eligibility).

Even after clearing a Partner Program tier, ad revenue is a shared pool rather than a price you set. YouTube states that monetizing Shorts creators "keep 45% of their allocated revenue, regardless if music was used or not", and that for long-form Watch Page ads "YouTube will pay them 55% of net revenues from ads displayed or streamed on their public videos". On a paid question you set the price yourself, and Brillay charges an 8% platform fee when a follower pays for work and 5% on tips and goals.

YouTube's fan funding features also fix the amount for the viewer rather than letting the creator name it. YouTube's own announcement states that followers can buy Super Thanks "at various points between $2 and $50 (or local currency equivalent)" (YouTube blog, Super Thanks is expanding), and YouTube's Super Thanks help page states that "Creators get 70% of Super Thanks revenue recognized by Google," calculated after taxes and fees (YouTube Help, Turn on and manage Super Thanks).

Table sources: YouTube Help, YPP eligibility, YouTube Help, expanded YPP, YouTube Help, ad revenue share, YouTube Help, Shorts monetization, YouTube Help, Turn on and manage Super Thanks, YouTube blog, Super Thanks is expanding, and pricing.

What happens after a follower pays to ask a question?

The follower opens your link, chooses Paid Questions, enters a name, email, and question, and pays upfront by card as a guest before you start.

You set the price and the reply window for Paid Questions, and you reply in writing within that window. That keeps the scope fixed. If a follower needs to exchange a document, screenshot, recording, or other file, point them to Custom Work instead.

Questions outside your scope do not have to be answered. Keep each request within the fixed one-question, one-written-reply scope, and decline anything that does not fit before delivery.

What does the setup checklist look like end to end?

Setting up a paid-question Community post takes six steps: price the offer, confirm the request type fits a question, draft a post naming topic and format, paste the complete https:// URL, publish and test the link in viewer mode, then pin or repeat it elsewhere. Every step is verifiable before you publish.

1. Enable Paid Questions and set the price and reply window on your Brillay page — those are the two configurable settings.
2. Confirm the request type matches the offer. One typed question and one written reply belong in Paid Questions; requests that need a file in either direction belong in Custom Work.
3. Draft the post with topic, format, and reply time in two or three sentences.
4. Paste the complete https:// URL into the post text — YouTube's composer has no separate link field.
5. Publish and open the post as a viewer to confirm the URL renders as a clickable link.
6. Pin the post if your layout supports it, and repeat the same link in the video description or channel links section for a permanent placement.

Frequently asked questions

Does YouTube let me sell answers directly through the Community tab?

No. YouTube's Posts feature supports polls, quizzes, GIFs, text, music, images, and video, with no built-in payment or paid-Q&A step. The paid step has to happen on a link pasted into the post, such as a Brillay Paid Questions page.

Do I need 1,000 subscribers before I can charge for questions?

No. The 1,000-subscriber requirement applies to the YouTube Partner Program's ad-revenue tier, alongside 4,000 qualified watch hours in 12 months or 10 million qualified Shorts views in 90 days — not to posting in the Community tab or to using an external link. A Brillay link has no follower minimum.

Can followers send me a file or screenshot with their paid question?

A Paid Question is typed text only: one question in, one written reply out. A request needing a file, screenshot, or recording in either direction belongs in Custom Work, which accepts follower attachments and supports delivery of a note plus files and/or a link.

Will YouTube limit how many links I can paste into a Community post?

YouTube's Posts and "Create a post" help pages document post types, eligibility exclusions, and composer limits — up to 10 images per image post and up to 4 options per poll — but neither page states a maximum number of URLs in one post (YouTube Help, Posts; YouTube Help, Create a post). Treat one link per post as practical guidance for keeping the click-through undiluted, not as a documented YouTube policy.

How much should I charge for a paid question?

Start from the time and expertise the answer takes, not tip-level pricing. A focused expert answer commonly fits a $20–$35 starting range; raise it when the question requires research or a detailed critique.

What if I already answer questions for free in the comments?

Keeping both is fine. Answer quick, general questions in the comments as usual, and reserve the priced link in your Community post for the ones that take real time or expertise to answer well — that split requires no change to your comment settings or posting cadence.

Can I refuse a paid question after it arrives?

Yes. Followers pay upfront; you can decline a request.

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