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ClearValue Tax YouTube Channel Sells Out in an Hour, Triggers Increased Channel Engagement

In April 2023, Brian Kim, the owner of the popular ClearValue Tax YouTube Channel, decided to engage his fans as partners and strategic investors in his journey by offering 10% of his channel's future revenue. This innovative approach was facilitated through GigaStar Market, a platform that enables YouTube Creators and Fans to collaborate through revenue-sharing securities. This case study examines the results of the ClearValue Tax Channel's decision to involve its fans in the channel's financial success and the impact on channel growth.

Investment offerings are speculative, illiquid, and involve a high degree of risk, including the risk of loss of your entire investment.

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Drop Offering Details

The ClearValue Tax Channel, which delivers unbiased news and financial advice, offered Channel Revenue Tokens (CRTs) to its fans across three different tiers, with each CRT including additional perks. The token drop occurred from April 6 to April 27, 2023, offering 2,500 tokens that digitally represented 10% of the channel's future revenue. The channel aimed to raise $60,000, based on a valuation of $600,000 and a valuation multiplier of 1x.

 

Key Results

The drop was a resounding success, selling out and raising $60,000 in an hour and meeting its funding goal. 888 unique investors participated, leading to the opening of 7,700 new GigaStar Market accounts. The demand was so high that an investor waitlist accumulated an additional $310,000 by the offering close date (500% of the target). Following the drop, the ClearValue Tax YouTube Channel experienced a 10% increase in watch time.

 

Brian Kim, the channel owner, expressed his excitement about the partnership with GigaStar and the increased engagement on his channel, stating, "I'm excited to share my journey and my channel's future with my fans; their support has boosted my motivation. GigaStar made a win-win partnership with my Fans a reality, and I already see increased engagement across my channel."*

Conclusion

We believe that the ClearValue Tax YouTube Channel's decision to offer Fans the opportunity to become strategic investors proved that there is market demand for this unique type of partnership. Through GigaStar's innovative platform, the channel successfully raised its targeted funds, increased Fan engagement, and grew its audience. This case study demonstrates the potential of involving Fans in a channel's financial journey, unlocking new ways to drive growth and engagement on YouTube.

As a result of a successful first offering, ClearValue Tax decided to list a second offering...

ClearValue Tax 2nd Channel Drop Sells Out, Raising $720K in ~3 Hours

Following his successful first drop in April 2023 in which his offering sold out in ~1 hour, Brian Kim, manager of the ClearValue Tax YouTube Channel, decided to list a second and larger revenue share offering in August.  This case study summarizes the results of the channel's decision to list an offering ClearValue Tax 2nd Channel Drop LLC with Brian’s stated goal of opening the door of opportunity a little wider so more of his Fans could become strategic investors to join his channel’s journey.

Drop Offering Details

The ClearValue Tax Channel, which delivers financial advice, offered Channel Revenue Tokens (CRTs) to Fans across three different tiers with exclusive perks included with each CRT purchase. Gold tier CRTs were $90 each, Platinum tier CRTs were $360 each, and Diamond tier CRTs were $1,440 each.

The drop opened on August 16, 2023, and closed on September 6, 2023, offering 3,500 CRTs digitally representing 20% of the channel's future revenue. Based on a valuation of $593,607 (12 months of YouTube channel revenue) and a valuation multiplier of 6x, the channel’s minimum funding goal was $180,000 with a maximum offering amount of $720,000.

 

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Key Results & Documented Growth

Once the offering began accepting funding commitments, the drop met its minimum funding goal of $180,000 in 12.5 minutes, with the maximum offering amount of $720,000 being met in 3 hours and 25 minutes. Upon closing, the offering raised a total of $720,000 with 1,172 unique investors. Of these unique investors:

  • 1 investor invested more than $10K
  • 6 investors invested more than $5K
  • 30 investors invested more than $4K
  • 33 investors invested more than $3K

 2,300 new GigaStar Market accounts were created, bringing the total number to ~12,000, and a total of $1.1M+ raised as of 9/7/23.

From his successful 1st drop to offering Investors a larger revenue share percentage in a successful 2nd drop, Brian Kim is 2 for 2!

UPDATE: 1 month after his drop closed, Brian shared with GigaStar the following chart and the message: "GigaStar is working!"

 

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* The persons providing the testimonials on this website have experience in the services that GigaStar or its affiliated companies provided. Their respective experience may not be representative of all other clients. Testimonials are not paid for by GigaStar or its affiliates. Testimonials do not constitute a guarantee of future performance or success related to any product, transaction, or service.


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The Shluv Family YouTube Channel Raised Funds to Hire...Now See Where They're Growing

In June 2023, the Shluv Family channel raised $56.7K on GigaStar Market with the goal of hiring more team members to increase video posting frequency from monthly to weekly. 

In December 2023, Justmaiko of The Shluv Family shared on Discord that the channel's revenue had increased by 50% shortly after hiring a team.

The Shluv Family YouTube revenue graph (Source: The Shluv Family) shows dramatic results in November 2023, which the channel managers attribute to their diligent video posting consistency and hiring, made possible after raising money on GigaStar Market.

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Investment offerings are speculative, illiquid, and involve a high degree of risk, including the risk of loss of your entire investment. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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With the increase in YouTube Channel revenue in November 2023, the December 2023 monthly YouTube revenue payout to investors increased as well, as pointed out in Discord by one of The Shluv Family investors:*

 

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* The persons providing the testimonials on this website have experience in the services that GigaStar or its affiliated companies provided. Their respective experience may not be representative of all other clients. Testimonials are not paid for by GigaStar or its affiliates. Testimonials do not constitute a guarantee of future performance or success related to any product, transaction, or service.


Stock Moe

Stock Moe YouTube Channel Activates Strategic Investor Engagement via GigaStar

Ryan Monoski, also known as “Moe”, the manager of the Stock Moe Channel Drop LLC, wanted to partner with his Fans as strategic investors by offering up to 10% of his channel's potential future revenue. Facilitated through GigaStar, Stock Moe’s offering was listed on GigaStar Market, a platform that aligns YouTube Creators and Fans as partners through revenue-sharing securities. This case study summarizes the results of the channel's decision to list an offering with the goal of innovating engagement among its supporters.

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Stock Moe YouTube Channel Activates Strategic Investor Engagement via GigaStar

Ryan Monoski, also known as “Moe”, the manager of the Stock Moe Channel Drop LLC, wanted to partner with his Fans as strategic investors by offering up to 10% of his channel's potential future revenue. Facilitated through GigaStar, Stock Moe’s offering was listed on GigaStar Market, a platform that aligns YouTube Creators and Fans as partners through revenue-sharing securities. This case study summarizes the results of the channel's decision to list an offering with the goal of innovating engagement among its supporters.

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Investment offerings are speculative, illiquid, and involve a high degree of risk, including the risk of loss of your entire investment.

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Drop Offering Details

The Stock Moe YouTube Channel provides financial education to its viewers. Moe offered revenue-sharing securities through Regulation Crowdfunding, which are digitally represented by Channel Revenue Tokens (CRTs). Fans across three different CRT tiers were offered additional perks that included benefits ranging from private Discord access, exclusive portfolio access, livestreams, and free portfolio spreadsheets, among other perks. Opening on July 21 and closing on August 21, 2023, the drop offered 1,619 CRTs digitally representing 10% of the channel's potential future revenue. The channel’s minimum funding goal was $97,500, based on a valuation of $3,900,000 and a valuation multiplier of 13x.

Key Results

As soon as the offering began accepting funding commitments, the drop averaged $1K per minute for the first 15 minutes. Within 30 minutes, 30% of the funding goal had been reached, and within 4 hours 50% of the funding goal had been reached. The funding goal of $97,500 was reached within 4 days of the offering accepting investments (on August 3rd).

Upon closing, the offering raised a total of $146,460 (150% of the funding goal), resulting in 388 unique investors. 23% of these unique investors had invested in other GigaStar Market offerings. GigaStar set up Stock Moe's private Discord channel as a perk and his CRT holders were invited to access it, with their CRT acting as a "digital ticket" to gain entry.

Conclusion

By inviting Fans to become strategic investors in the Stock Moe YouTube channel journey, Stock Moe used the funds raised from his drop to create an exclusive portfolio to be shared and managed with his energized CRT holder community in Discord.

Discussing the partnership with GigaStar, Stock Moe stated, “By listing on GigaStar Market, my goal was to expand the financial education that I discuss on the YouTube channel to a much wider community. I will also use some of the funds to show how to start and grow an exclusive portfolio just for CRT-holders as a thank you for their support.”

* The persons providing the testimonials on this website have experience in the services that GigaStar or its affiliated companies provided. Their respective experience may not be representative of all other clients. Testimonials are not paid for by GigaStar or its affiliates. Testimonials do not constitute a guarantee of future performance or success related to any product, transaction, or service.


Let's Talk Money! With Joseph Hogue, CFA YouTube Channel Discovers the Benefits of Investor "Network Effect" Through GigaStar

Joseph Hogue, manager of the Let’s Talk Money Channel Drop LLC, wanted to partner with his Fans as strategic investors by offering 25% of his channel's potential future revenue. Facilitated through GigaStar, Joseph’s offering was listed on GigaStar Market, a platform that aligns YouTube Creators and Fans as partners through revenue-sharing securities. This case study summarizes the results of the channel's decision to list an offering to engage Fans and its community in an innovative way.

 

Investment offerings are speculative, illiquid, and involve a high degree of risk, including the risk of loss of your entire investment.

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Drop Offering Details

The Let's Talk Money! with Joseph Hogue, CFA YouTube Channel provides stock market and investment information. He offered revenue-sharing securities through Regulation Crowdfunding, which are digitally represented by Channel Revenue Tokens (CRTs). Fans across three different CRT tiers were offered additional perks that included benefits ranging from private Discord access to free portfolio tracker spreadsheets, and video courses.

Opening on June 22 and closing on July 13, 2023, the drop offered 2,800 CRTs digitally representing 25% of the channel's potential future revenue. The channel’s minimum funding goal was $49,600, based on a valuation of $793,600 and a valuation multiplier of 8x.

 

Key Results

Joseph’s native YouTube Channel Fans – along with many investors of other GigaStar Market channel drops alike – participated in his drop, with ~20% of these investors having invested in other GigaStar Market offerings. As soon as the offering began accepting funding commitments, the minimum funding goal of $49,600 had been met within 40 minutes. The drop exceeded the minimum funding goal of $49,600, ultimately raising a total of $137,400 (277% of the minimum funding goal) and resulting in 508 unique investors.

 

Conclusion

By giving native channel Fans the opportunity to participate in its revenue share offering, we believe that the Let’s Talk Money YouTube Channel's decision helped not only create strategic channel investors, but it helped enrich the channel’s vibrant community through new avenues and access to Joseph’s information, including private Discord access. Additionally, by sharing Joseph’s offering with all GigaStar Market account holders, GigaStar proved that investors are drawn to support YouTube Creators, even those that they may not be subscribed to yet as Fans.

* The persons providing the testimonials on this website have experience in the services that GigaStar or its affiliated companies provided. Their respective experience may not be representative of all other clients. Testimonials are not paid for by GigaStar or its affiliates. Testimonials do not constitute a guarantee of future performance or success related to any product, transaction, or service.


Investor Testimonials

"This is a great alternative investment to folks who believe in their favorite creators and want to support them." -- Gerardo A
“I've looked at many of the crowdfunding systems out there, and this is the first one that I am a huge fan of so far. There are others that do not have "lifetime" earning, it is set for a set number of years. When I was crunching the numbers on them I was thinking the risks were way higher than the rewards in terms of ROI. Some don't have the escrow system that GigaStar is using, and again I am a big fan of that. And this was the first one that seemed to be transferable in the future - in theory." -- Copper Penny Investor
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“I bought two Diamond and three Gold. This was a fun investment for me. I mainly did it to support Brian Kim and obviously, I receive benefits as well. I think he brings a lot of value to all of us beginning investors. I believe his channel will only continue to grow, but I also knew based on the math and the data they gave us that for me to receive anything worth it I would have to at least buy a few thousand dollars worth. I hope it continues to increase over time, and I thank Brian for giving back to his subscribers.” -- Malo
"GigaStar's unique model ensures a win-win situation for both investors and YouTubers. I am confident in recommending GigaStar to others interested in venturing into this unique investment landscape. The combination of a proven model, forward-thinking strategies, and a commitment to transparency positions GigaStar as a promising player in the future of investor-YouTuber collaborations." -- Timothy (Bitcoinboy)
"Was easy to navigate the site and to pick out what CRT you wanted to buy and be a part of. If you are new to all of this and join the Discord server there is a ton of help there. Nice and easy way to invest into something you watch and support those channels while getting a kickback as well." -- Adam (bobo360)
"Receiving my CRT revenue has been smooth so far. The interaction with Stock Moe and people in Discord has been fun. Hope we can diversify into cooking, cars, and other stuff." -- lucky420
“Loved my experience participating in the second ClearValue Tax drop. GigaStar made this easy to understand and easy to do! Excited to be part of this cutting edge journey to EASILY invest in the mission of ClearValue Tax via GigaStar! The creativity in this opportunity to invest in this way is inspiring." -- M🫶lly
"GigaStar investing has been awesome. I am getting an annualized 16% paid out monthly. This is the ideal nest egg platform for retirement. Hopefully, creators realize that a low P/E ratio is more suited to the valuation since they don't give any guarantees that the public sector companies give. GigaStar platform offers a unique way of investing." -- rohit1986xyz

* The persons providing the testimonials on this website have experience in the services that GigaStar or its affiliated companies provided. Their respective experience may not be representative of all other clients. Testimonials are not paid for by GigaStar or its affiliates. Testimonials do not constitute a guarantee of future performance or success related to any product, transaction, or service.