Overview

The “YouTube Subscriber” loyalty rule allows admins to reward users for subscribing to specific YouTube channel. This rule is useful for growing your YouTube presence and encouraging your community to follow your content.

Prerequisites

  • The user must have connected their Google account to Snag.
  • The user must subscribe to the specified YouTube channel.

Rule Configuration Fields

Reward

  • Type of Reward: Choose between “Points” or “Multiplier”.

  • Points: Users will get the defined no of points.

  • Multiplier: Users will get the multiplier of the defined amount.

Basic Settings

  • Update Cadence: The YouTube Subscriber rule rewards users immediately upon successfully subscribing to the specified YouTube channel.

  • User Reward Frequency: This defines how often the user can earn the reward, e.g. daily, weekly, monthly, etc. If set to daily, the user can earn the reward once per day based on UTC time.

Custom Settings

  • Skip the multiplier for this rule

  • YouTube Channel ID: The ID of the YouTube channel that users need to subscribe to.

    To find your YouTube channel ID:

    1. Sign in to YouTube
    2. Click your profile picture → Settings
    3. Select Advanced settings from the left menu
    4. Your channel ID will be displayed there
  • YouTube Channel Link: This will add a button on the rule display page to take the user directly to the YouTube channel.

Limitations

  • API usage is rate-limited. To avoid restrictions, you can provide your own YouTube API key.