Frequently Asked QuestionsaboutThe Kan Do Creators Community
Membership, YouTube group coaching, the KANDO Method, consulting and speaking with Andrew Kan, brand partnerships, and the free Discord. Plus the YouTube questions creators bring us most, answered whether you join or not.
Written and kept current by Andrew Kan and Ike Do. The KDCC is independent and is not YouTube support.
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Start where you are
Everything about joining The KDCC, and the YouTube answers creators come here for.
Getting started
New here, what it costs, and who it isn't for
Membership and pricing
Paid membership is the group coaching. Three tiers, one free
YouTube group coaching
What a paid membership actually gets you, every Friday
The KDCC Discord
Free to join, 2,500+ creators, no card needed
About The KDCC
Who built it, and the credentials you can go and check
YouTube consulting
Private work with Andrew Kan, from $199.99
Free tools and resources
The KANDO Method, the glossary, and everything else free
YouTube creator questions
CTR, analytics, monetization, and Shorts, answered free
Speaking
Conferences, brand events, and in-house team training
Brand partnerships
Reach 100,000+ working YouTube creators
Billing and your account
Cancel from your account, no retention call
Getting support
We are not YouTube support. Where to actually go
Getting started
What The KDCC is, who it suits, and what the free tier actually gets you before you spend anything.
Is The KDCC a course, a coaching program, or a community?
A community first, with paid group coaching on top.
There's no video library to work through on your own. You get live calls, feedback on the videos you're actually making, and a Discord with 2,500+ working creators in it. Andrew Kan and Ike Do built it this way because the thing creators kept asking them for was never more lessons.
I'm brand new to YouTube. Is this right for me?
Most people start on the free tier, which needs no card and doesn't expire.
It covers the KANDO Method, the Channel Setup Guide, the Kan Do Newsletter, the public Discord, and a monthly community Q&A. Andrew Kan wrote the KANDO Method for creators on day one, so it won't bury you in tactics you can't use yet.
What's the difference between Knowledge and Authority?
Knowledge is $19.99 a month for 2 group coaching calls. Authority is $49.99 for 4, two of them Authority only.
Knowledge also gets you the member-only Discord channels, answered inside 48 hours, monthly SEO and channel reviews, the Growth Template Vault, and a replay library of 40+ recorded sessions.
Authority adds live feedback sessions, Discord questions Andrew Kan answers himself, quarterly workshops on monetization and retention, and partner perks with no 45 day wait. It's capped at 25 members, so the room stays small enough that you get time.
Both start with a 7 day free trial.
Is there a free trial?
Both paid tiers start with a 7 day free trial, and the free tier needs no card at all.
Cancel inside the trial and you're not charged. Cancel later and you keep access until the end of the billing period. No fees either way.
I already have a big channel. Will I still get value?
The KDCC has members past 100,000 subscribers. They join for the room and the accountability more than the tactics.
Authority adds Authority-only sessions, priority feedback, and quarterly workshops on monetization, retention and packaging, in a group capped at 25 people. Andrew Kan grew the TubeBuddy channel from 6,000 to 530,000+ subscribers, so the ceiling on the strategy conversation is high.
What if I'm not posting consistently yet?
That's a common place to join from, not a reason to wait.
The calls, the KANDO Method and the Discord all help you settle the niche, the plan, the titles and the thumbnails before you press record. Andrew Kan teaches the KANDO Method as a pre-production framework, not a repair kit for a video that already flopped.
How do I get into the KDCC Discord after joining?
Every tier including the free one gets an invite by email and inside your dashboard.
Click it, finish the welcome flow, introduce yourself. Knowledge and Authority members also get the member-only channels where Andrew Kan, Ike Do and the KDCC team give feedback on thumbnails, titles and YouTube SEO.
How do I get the most out of my membership?
The members who grow fastest all do the same handful of things.
- Introduce yourself in the Discord instead of lurking
- Ask for feedback with a specific question, not a bare link
- Show up live to the calls, or watch the replays
- Use the Growth Template Vault to plan content and track analytics
- Give other creators feedback, which is how you actually meet people here
Who is The KDCC not for?
Four kinds of creator should keep their money.
Anyone looking for a guaranteed subscriber number. We don't promise those, and anyone who does is guessing. Anyone who wants someone to run their channel for them, which is consulting, not group coaching. Anyone who won't share their screen or post their work, because feedback is the product. And anyone who wants a finished course to work through alone, since that isn't what this is.
Is The KDCC legit?
Run by two people whose YouTube credentials are public and checkable.
Andrew Kan was TubeBuddy's first full-time hire and became Director of Video Production there, growing the TubeBuddy channel from 6,000 to 530,000+ subscribers. Ike Do grew TubeBuddy's Discord to 15,000+ creators and co-managed community forums reaching 100,000+ members. Two TubeBuddy co-founders wrote public recommendations for Andrew Kan, which you can read in the Recommendations section of his LinkedIn profile.
And the free tier costs nothing, so you can look around before you take our word for any of it.
KDCC membership and pricing
Paid KDCC membership is YouTube group coaching. The tiers differ by how many calls you get and how quickly the team gets to you. What happens on a call is in YouTube group coaching calls.
Is KDCC membership the same thing as group coaching?
Yes. Paid KDCC membership is the group coaching. They are not two products.
When you join Knowledge or Authority, what you are buying is a seat on the live calls, plus the feedback channels, reviews and replays that sit around them. There is no separate coaching package to add on and nothing else to upgrade to.
The free tier is the exception. It gets you the community, the KANDO Method and the Discord, but not the calls.
What is a YouTube growth community?
A YouTube growth community is a group of working creators who share strategy, review each other's work, and get coaching from people who have grown channels, rather than watching lessons alone.
The useful ones have three things: someone qualified answering questions, a way to get your actual thumbnails and titles reviewed, and enough active members that a question posted at 11pm gets an answer. A paid Discord with no coaching attached is a chat room. A course with a comments section is a course.
The Kan Do Creators Community runs live group coaching calls with Andrew Kan and Ike Do, feedback channels where the team reviews your work inside 48 hours, and a Discord of 2,500+ working YouTube creators. The free tier costs nothing, so you can judge all three yourself.
Are YouTube growth communities worth paying for?
Only if you'd use the parts you can't get free.
Free communities are genuinely good for encouragement, quick questions and finding people at your level. What they can't reliably give you is a senior opinion on your specific channel, or someone who will tell you the video isn't working and why. That's the thing you're paying for, and if you wouldn't post your work for review, you won't get the value.
The honest test: if you joined a free YouTube Discord and never posted, a paid one won't fix that. Start with our free Discord, see whether you actually use it, then decide.
What's the difference between a YouTube course, a coaching program, and a community?
A course is recorded content you work through alone. A coaching program is scheduled time with someone who looks at your channel. A community is other creators you can ask.
Courses are cheapest and age fastest, because YouTube changes and the recording doesn't. Coaching costs more and is worth it when your problem is specific to your channel rather than general. Communities cost least and are worth most when you're stuck for motivation rather than information.
The KDCC is the second and third together, without the first. There's no video library to complete. Compare the tiers.
How much does YouTube coaching cost?
Across the market it lands in four brackets.
- $5 to $20 a month for pre-recorded courses and self-paced membership sites, with no live coaching
- $50 to $200 a month for paid Discord servers and group programs with limited live access
- $500 to $2,000 a session for one-to-one YouTube consulting with a senior strategist
- $2,000 to $10,000+ a month for retainer consulting and agency engagements
KDCC Knowledge is $19.99 a month, which is bottom-bracket pricing for live group coaching, hands-on feedback and monthly channel reviews that most $50 to $200 programs don't include. Authority is $49.99 and still costs less than one session of one-to-one consulting almost anywhere.
If you want private one-to-one work instead, Andrew Kan's consulting starts at $199.99.
What should I look for in a YouTube coaching program?
Five things, and you can check all of them before you pay.
- Can you see a channel the coach actually grew, with the numbers public
- Do you get feedback on your work, or only access to content
- Is there a free tier or trial, so you can look before you commit
- Does anyone promise a subscriber number, which is the clearest signal to walk away
- Can you cancel without a phone call
Run those five at us too. The channels and credentials are public, feedback is the core of the product, the free tier needs no card, we don't promise numbers, and you cancel from your account page.
Is group coaching as good as one-to-one?
For most creators, for most problems, yes. For a few things, no.
Group coaching is better than people expect because most YouTube problems aren't unique. Watching someone else's channel get reviewed teaches you more than you'd guess, and you'll hear answers to questions you didn't know to ask. It's also the only format where you get ongoing input rather than one conversation.
One-to-one wins when the work is confidential, when you need someone inside your analytics for hours, or when you're a brand with a team and a budget cycle. That's what consulting is for.
What do I get with KDCC membership?
Every tier, including the free one, gets the KDCC Discord, the KANDO Method, the Channel Setup Guide, the Kan Do Newsletter, and a monthly community Q&A.
Knowledge and Authority add live group coaching calls, member-only Discord channels where the team reviews your thumbnails, titles and SEO inside 48 hours, monthly channel reviews, the Growth Template Vault, a replay library of 40+ past sessions, and partner perks from tools the KDCC team actually uses.
The free tier is a real product rather than a teaser, so you can grow on it without ever paying.
What tiers do you offer and what do they cost?
Three tiers. Free, Knowledge at $19.99 a month, Authority at $49.99 a month. Both paid tiers start with a 7 day free trial.
| Free | Knowledge | Authority | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price per month | $0 | $19.99 | $49.99 |
| Price per month, paid annually | $0 | $16.59 | $41.49 |
| Free trial | No card needed | 7 days | 7 days |
| Group coaching calls a month | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| KDCC Discord | Public channels | Member-only channels | Member-only, priority |
| Team response time in Discord | Community | 48 hours | 48 hours, Andrew Kan answers |
| Monthly SEO and channel reviews | No | Yes | Yes, priority |
| Replay library | No | 40+ sessions | 40+ sessions |
| Growth Template Vault | No | Yes | Yes |
| Quarterly workshops | No | No | Yes |
| Partner perks unlock | No | After 45 days | 1 to 2 business days |
| Merch discount | No | 10% (KDCC10) | 15% and free shipping (KDCC15) |
| Free merch | No | After 90 days | Welcome package, month one |
| Places available | Unlimited | Unlimited | Capped at 25 members |
How does the 7 day free trial work?
Both paid tiers start with a 7 day free trial, and the free tier needs no card at all.
Cancel inside the trial and you're not charged. Cancel after and you keep access to the end of the billing period. No fees either way, and no phone call.
Can I get a free month of KDCC membership?
Two ways, and they land you on different tiers.
Spend $15 or more on KDCC merch as a first-time buyer and your first month of Knowledge is free. After that it renews at $19.99 and you can cancel any time.
Or earn Top Contributor in the KDCC Discord, which comes with a free month of Authority, the $49.99 tier. That one is handed out monthly to members who consistently show up and help other creators, so it rewards being useful rather than spending. How Top Contributor works.
Can I switch between tiers?
Any time, from your account at kdcc.social/supporters.
Upgrades take effect immediately, so you can join the next call straight away. Downgrades take effect at the end of the current billing period and you keep full access until then.
How does the annual plan work?
Pay annually and you get 2 months free, which checkout may show as 17% off. Same thing.
On Knowledge that saves about $40 a year, on Authority about $100. You keep full access for the whole 12 months and your renewal date stays the same year to year. Annual is the better deal if you already know you want to be here past the spring.
Will KDCC pricing change?
It's $19.99 and $49.99 today, and it may rise as more gets added.
If it does, every member who joined before the increase keeps their original rate for as long as their membership stays active. We've done that before and we'll keep doing it. Cancel and rejoin later and you pay whatever the rate is then, so continuous membership is what protects the price, not the original signup date.
When do I get partner tools and creator perks?
Knowledge members after 45 days of active membership. Authority members inside 1 to 2 business days, since the team coordinates each one with the partner.
Which tools are available rotates based on what the KDCC team is actively working with, and current offers are posted in the member-only Discord channels. We only partner with tools the team genuinely uses, which is why the list is shorter than it could be.
Does membership include free merch?
Both paid tiers, yes, selected by the KDCC team and shipped to you.
Knowledge members get an item after 90 days of continuous membership, plus 10% off the store with code KDCC10. Authority members get a welcome package after the first month, plus 15% off with free shipping using KDCC15.
Can I expense KDCC membership as a business cost?
In most places yes, if your channel is a business or a source of income. We're not accountants and rules differ by country, so check with yours.
What we can do is give you the paperwork. Every payment generates a receipt to the email on your account, past receipts sit in your account page, and if you need a custom invoice with company details on it, ask us and we'll produce one.
Does The KDCC work if I'm not in the US?
Yes, and a lot of the community isn't.
Checkout runs in your local currency across 17 options including GBP, EUR, CAD, AUD, INR and BRL. The Discord runs around the clock, so a question posted from anywhere gets answered. Every group coaching call is recorded and posted with notes inside 24 to 48 hours, which is how most members outside North America use them.
The one honest limitation is live call timing. The team schedules to cover as many time zones as it can, but if you're in Asia or Oceania you'll be watching more replays than attending live.
What happens to my access if I cancel?
You keep everything until the end of the period you've already paid for, then drop to the free tier rather than losing your account.
You stay in the public Discord, you keep the KANDO Method and the newsletter. What you lose is the member-only channels, the live calls and the replay library. Rejoin later and you pay the rate current at that time.
What actually happens in my first week?
Day one you get the Discord invite, the Growth Template Vault and the replay library. Post an introduction and the community will answer, Ike Do usually first.
In your first week the useful move is to put one video in the feedback channel with a specific question attached, and to look at the call schedule and put the next one in your calendar. That's it. The members who do those two things in week one are the ones still here in month six.
What doesn't happen is a drip campaign or a course to complete. Nothing is gated behind a sequence.
Do you guarantee subscriber growth?
No, and you should be suspicious of anyone who does.
Nobody controls the YouTube algorithm, nobody can promise a number, and a guarantee is either meaningless or it's paid traffic wearing a disguise. What we can tell you is what we'll do: give you a framework that's grown a channel to 530,000+ subscribers, look at your actual work and tell you what's wrong with it, and be there every month while you fix it.
The rest is how many videos you publish, which is the part we can't do for you.
YouTube group coaching calls
These calls are what paid KDCC membership is. Knowledge gets you 2 a month, Authority 4, they run on Fridays and every one is recorded. Tiers and prices are in KDCC membership and pricing.
What is YouTube group coaching?
YouTube group coaching is a live session where a small group of creators bring their channels to someone experienced and get worked through in front of each other.
A typical call has a short piece of training on one topic, then live channel reviews where members share their screen and get real feedback on thumbnails, titles, retention or analytics, then open questions. It isn't a webinar and it isn't a course. The value is in your channel getting looked at, and in watching four other channels get looked at while you take notes.
KDCC group coaching runs on Fridays with Andrew Kan, Ike Do and the KDCC team. Knowledge members get 2 calls a month, Authority members get 4.
Is YouTube group coaching better than a course?
For most creators, yes, and for one specific reason: a course can't see your channel.
A course is the same content for everyone and it dates the moment YouTube ships a change. Group coaching is a person looking at your actual analytics and telling you which of your videos is the problem. That gap gets wider the longer you've been publishing, because early on your problems are generic and later on they're yours.
Where a course wins is cost and pace. If you want to learn the fundamentals at 1am for $30, buy a course. If you've done that and it still isn't working, you have a diagnosis problem, and that needs a person.
How much does YouTube group coaching cost?
Most group coaching programs run $50 to $200 a month, and many at that price give you a Discord and recorded content rather than live calls with the person whose name is on the door. The full market comparison is in the membership section.
KDCC Knowledge is $19.99 a month for 2 live calls, member-only feedback channels answered inside 48 hours, and monthly SEO and channel reviews. Authority is $49.99 for 4 calls including Authority-only sessions, in a group capped at 25 members.
Both start with a 7 day free trial. Compare the tiers
Does YouTube group coaching actually work?
It works when you bring work to it, and does nothing at all when you don't.
The honest mechanism is unglamorous. Group coaching shortens the gap between making a mistake and finding out, and it keeps you publishing when you'd otherwise stall. Neither of those is magic, and both compound over months rather than weeks.
What it can't do is guarantee an outcome. We don't promise subscriber numbers, and anyone who does is guessing. That principle is written into the KDCC Code of Ethics, which is public.
How often are KDCC group coaching calls?
Knowledge members get 2 a month. Authority members get 4, including 2 Authority-only sessions. Calls run on Fridays.
One call each month is KDCC Office Hours, an open session added at member request where Knowledge and Authority creators join together to ask questions and get real-time help. Office Hours counts as one of the 2 and one of the 4.
What happens during a KDCC group coaching call?
Training, live channel reviews, and open questions, usually in that order.
- A piece of YouTube growth training on one topic, like thumbnails, titles, retention or YouTube SEO
- Live channel reviews where members share their screen and get worked through
- Open Q&A on anything to do with your channel
- Whatever YouTube changed that month, and whether it matters for you
Calls run on Zoom, between 60 and 90 minutes depending on format and how many people show up. The team runs long when there are questions rather than cutting to hit a clock.
Can I get my channel reviewed on a call?
Yes. Before each review call the team posts a submission thread in the member area and works through as many channels as the session allows.
Authority members get priority placement when there are more submissions than time. Outside the calls, Knowledge and Authority members can also request feedback in the member-only Discord channels and through the monthly SEO and channel review workflow.
Specific questions get better reviews. "Review my channel" gets a generic answer. "My CTR is 3% on this video but 7% on the rest, what's different" gets you something useful.
What does a channel review actually look like?
Screen shared, YouTube Studio open, and someone walking through your numbers out loud.
The usual path is impressions first, to see whether YouTube is offering the video to anyone, then click-through rate against your own baseline rather than a benchmark, then average view duration to find where people leave, then a look at the thumbnail and title together as a pair rather than separately. You leave with two or three changes to make, in order.
It's direct. If the thumbnail is the problem you'll be told the thumbnail is the problem.
What if I can't attend live, and are calls recorded?
Every call is recorded and posted in the member area, usually inside 24 to 48 hours, with notes and key takeaways alongside so you can scan to the parts that match your channel.
Posting can slip if Zoom misbehaves, but replays always go up. The library now holds 40+ past sessions and paid members can rewatch any of them as often as they like. Plenty of members outside North America use the replays as their main route in.
What time are calls scheduled?
Fridays, with the schedule posted in the member area at kdcc.social/supporters as soon as each one is set, plus reminders in the Discord and by email.
The team schedules to cover as many time zones as possible, but it can't cover all of them at once. If you're in Asia or Oceania you'll be watching more replays than joining live, and that's a real limitation rather than something we'll pretend around.
What if a call is cancelled or lands on a holiday?
We move it. You do not lose the call.
If a Friday falls on a holiday, or something on our side means a session cannot run, it gets rescheduled rather than dropped. The new date goes up in the member area at kdcc.social/supporters and in the Discord as soon as we know.
Knowledge is 2 calls a month and Authority is 4. That count does not change because a date moved. If we ever cannot find a slot that works, we make it up another way rather than quietly letting it go.
What should I prepare before a call?
One specific question, and your channel ready to share if it's a review call.
- One real question about your channel, content or strategy
- YouTube Studio open in a tab so you can pull up analytics fast
- A working mic, camera optional
- Your screen ready if you signed up for a review
No presentation, nothing written in advance. Turn up with one real question and the team takes it from there. The free creator resources are a decent place to find the question if you're not sure what to ask.
What's the difference between group coaching and consulting?
Group coaching is live sessions alongside other creators, ongoing, from $19.99 a month. Consulting is private one-to-one work on your specific channel, booked per engagement, from $199.99.
Most people should start with group coaching. It's the cheaper way to find out whether your problem needs a senior hour or twelve months of consistency, and a lot of members use both at different stages.
Can my whole team join on one membership?
Membership is individual, so each person needs their own to join calls. That's deliberate, so everyone gets space to ask about their own channel.
For teams of more than 2 joining together there are team rates. Get in touch and Andrew Kan will work out something fair. We're reasonable about teams, just not free.
If you want your whole team in one room instead, every consulting call includes them at no extra cost.
What happens if I miss the free trial window?
You're billed at the normal rate for that tier, and you can cancel any time from your account with access continuing to the end of the period.
If you genuinely meant to cancel and didn't, tell us. We look at those case by case and we're not in the business of keeping money from someone who never used the thing.
The KDCC Discord
A free YouTube help Discord with 2,500+ working creators in it, led by Ike Do with Andrew Kan and the KDCC team in the channels daily. No card, no application.
Is there a free YouTube help Discord?
Yes. The KDCC Discord is free to join, needs no card, and has 2,500+ working YouTube creators in it.
You get all six help channels, the free /review on your first video, and creators at every level from pre-first-upload to past 100,000 subscribers. Both founders are in the server daily, not as figureheads.
Where can I get my YouTube thumbnail reviewed for free?
In #thumbnail-reviews in the KDCC Discord. Thumbnails skip the /review command entirely, so you do not need to earn a role or give a review first. Post it and creators tell you what they think.
Two things decide whether you get useful feedback. Post the thumbnail at the size it will actually appear, small, next to the title it will sit with, because that is how anyone really sees it. And ask something specific. "Thoughts?" gets you opinions. "Does the text read at phone size, and is it obvious what the video is about in one second" gets you an answer.
Paid members also get the KDCC team reviewing thumbnails in the member-only channels inside 48 hours, which is the difference between crowd opinion and a trained one.
Where do YouTube creators go to ask questions?
Mostly Discord servers now, plus a few subreddits and the official YouTube Help community.
The official channels are reliable for policy and platform questions and slow for anything strategic. Reddit is fast and the quality swings wildly. Discord servers sit in between, and the good ones are the ones where somebody qualified is actually present rather than just a big member count.
For small factual YouTube questions, we keep a glossary of 300+ creator terms and a set of answers further down this page, both free.
What makes a good YouTube Discord server?
Someone qualified answering, active moderation, and a rule against self-promotion everywhere except one channel.
The failure modes are easy to spot from the outside. A server where every message is a link drop has no community, only an audience of people waiting their turn to post. A server with 40,000 members and no recent messages is dead. A server where the owner never appears is a mailing list with extra steps.
Look at the last 24 hours of the busiest channel before you decide. That tells you more than the member count.
Is the free Discord enough, or do I need to pay?
For a lot of creators the free tier genuinely is enough, and we'd rather say so than pretend otherwise.
Free gets you the community, the KANDO Method, the Channel Setup Guide, the newsletter, the monthly Q&A, and every one of our free creator tools. If your questions are being answered and you're publishing, stay free. Nothing here is designed to make free uncomfortable.
Paying is worth it when you want the KDCC team's eyes rather than the community's, on a schedule. That's the member-only channels answered inside 48 hours, the live group coaching calls, and monthly SEO and channel reviews. The trigger is usually the same for everyone: you've been publishing a while, it isn't working, and you want someone qualified to tell you why.
What's inside the KDCC Discord?
Help channels built around the KANDO Method, plus the /review system.
- #youtube-reviews. Run /review and get notes on your title, thumbnail, SEO and retention from the KDCC team and other creators. Your first one is free.
- #thumbnail-reviews. Post a thumbnail before you publish. No command, no role needed.
- #youtube-help. Titles, tags, descriptions and search, answered by the team and the community.
- #strategy-talk. Algorithm changes, monetization and content planning with 2,500+ creators.
- #wins-and-milestones. First 100 subscribers, first monetized video, whatever you just hit.
- #ai-tools-chat. Which AI tools are actually worth using, from thumbnails to scripting.
- #quick-questions. The small stuff you do not want to open a review thread for.
All of that is open on the free tier. Paid Knowledge and Authority members also get member-only channels where Andrew Kan and Ike Do answer every question inside 48 hours.
Who runs the KDCC Discord?
Ike Do, Chief Community Officer and co-founder, with Andrew Kan and Stanley Orchard in the channels alongside her.
Ike moderates the daily conversation and designed the level system the server runs on, from Scholars up to Ruby tier. Andrew is in there himself rather than as a name on the door, answering questions and giving thumbnail, title and YouTube SEO feedback, the same work he does on the group coaching calls. Stanley is Community and Support Manager, so a question posted at an odd hour still gets a real answer instead of scrolling away.
The room is built so you can post a thumbnail, a title or an analytics screenshot and have someone who has actually grown a channel tell you what they would change. That is the whole job of it.
All three came from TubeBuddy. Ike grew its Discord to 15,000+ creators and co-managed forums that reached 100,000+ members, and Stanley moderated those same forums before moving into support. Ike also runs monetized YouTube channels of her own, so the community advice comes from someone who does the thing.
Can I get YouTube channel feedback in the Discord?
Yes, and your first one is free. Open #review-how-to, type /review, pick what you want looked at and fill the short form. The bot opens a thread and Andrew Kan, Ike Do and working creators leave specific notes in it. Not AI scores, and not "looks good".
You can put up a single video, covering the title, description and tags, length and pacing, audio, editing and engagement, or go channel level for your full channel, playlists and analytics.
After the first one it runs on give and take. Leave honest feedback on someone else's post, a moderator verifies it, you get the @Reviewed role and /review unlocks again. That is what stops the queue filling with people who only ever take.
Paid members get the KDCC team on thumbnails, titles and YouTube SEO in the member-only channels inside 48 hours on top of that. Andrew Kan breaks down how the feedback actually works in this video.
Are there member ranks?
Yes, earned by showing up and helping other creators rather than by paying. Ike Do designed the system, which runs from Scholars up to Ruby tier.
Ranks unlock extra access. Two promotion channels are rank-gated, Iron at level 5 for share-your-content and Gold at level 25 for gold-promotion, which is what stops the server turning into a link wall. Silver, level 10, is the threshold for Top Contributor, and that is closer than it sounds, roughly 90 messages in the channels that count.
Type /rank in #rank-check to see where you stand.
How do I become a Top Contributor?
Every month the KDCC team picks out the members who made the server better, the ones answering questions, giving real feedback and sharing wins. There are two ways to get named.
Top Contributor needs Silver, level 10, which is roughly 90 messages in the channels that count. Check yours with /rank in #rank-check. Winners get the Top Contributor role, a free month of KDCC Authority, a Hall of Fame spot, every Top Contributor perk, and an entry into a raffle for a free year of Authority.
Newcomer Spotlight needs no level at all. Turn up, say hi, ask for feedback and give some back, and you can be named in your first month. It comes with a Newcomer badge, a pinned welcome, and a head start toward Top Contributor.
What gets weighed most is turning up to the live stuff, Office Hours, group coaching and Hot Seats, followed by thoughtful feedback in #youtube-reviews, #thumbnail-reviews and #quick-questions. Spam and link dumps do not count. The team is looking for people going above and beyond, not for message volume.
You can also nominate someone. React to a message that helped you and it goes to the KDCC Staff to look over. Rewards are claimed in #support, they cannot be given away to anyone else, and there is no deadline on claiming them.
What are the Discord rules?
Ten of them, in the rules channel. The short version is: be decent, keep promotion to the two channels built for it, one account per person, no invite links to other servers, and don't share anyone's screenshots or DMs without asking.
Platform community guidelines apply, as does the KDCC Code of Ethics. For anything urgent ping @Moderator. For support, open a ticket in the support channel rather than DMing Andrew Kan, Ike Do or staff, since the ticket queue is monitored and DMs aren't.
How do I join?
Under a minute at kdcc.social/pages/discord, no card. Accept the invite, finish the welcome flow, introduce yourself in the welcome channel.
Ike Do personally welcomes new members, and the community usually gets there first.
How do I get in after joining a paid tier?
The invite arrives by email and sits in your dashboard at kdcc.social/supporters, on every tier including free.
Paid members get the member-only channels unlocked automatically once the account is linked. If the roles don't appear, open a support ticket in the server and someone will sort it.
About The KDCC
Who built this, what the KANDO Method is, and the credentials behind both. Every claim here is public, and we link the receipts where they exist.
What is The Kan Do Creators Community?
The Kan Do Creators Community, or The KDCC, is a YouTube creator education platform and group coaching community co-founded by Andrew Kan and Ike Do.
It runs at kdcc.social with a free tier, two paid coaching tiers, a creator blog, a weekly newsletter, and a Discord of 2,500+ working YouTube creators.
The teaching framework is the KANDO Method, a free five-step YouTube growth system. The KDCC exists so working creators can get real strategy and real feedback from operators who have actually grown channels.
Who founded The KDCC?
Andrew Kan and Ike Do, after years of building YouTube creator programs at TubeBuddy.
Andrew Kan is CEO. He's a YouTube strategist, consultant, and filmmaker who grew the TubeBuddy YouTube channel from 6,000 to 530,000+ subscribers.
Ike Do is CCO. She's a community builder who grew TubeBuddy's Discord to 15,000+ creators and co-managed TubeBuddy's community forums reaching 100,000+ members.
They built The KDCC to bring that work to creators outside of any single brand. Meet the KDCC team.
Who is Andrew Kan?
Andrew Kan is a YouTube strategist, consultant, and filmmaker. He's the CEO and co-founder of The Kan Do Creators Community and the creator of the KANDO Method.
Andrew Kan was TubeBuddy's first full-time hire and rose to Director of Video Production, where he grew the TubeBuddy YouTube channel from 6,000 to 530,000+ subscribers and became the on-camera face of the brand. He earned TubeBuddy's YouTube Play Button directly and helped earn 11 more across channels including StreamYard, for 12 in total.
While at TubeBuddy he consulted on YouTube strategy for the NFL, BBC, and Nickelodeon. After TubeBuddy he worked at Salesforce, helping lead YouTube strategy for the Salesforce Careers channel.
He's YouTube Certified and Google Video Ad Certified, an Adobe Express Ambassador, an Adobe Mentor, an OpusClip Brand Partner, an Elgato Ambassador, and an award-winning filmmaker for his short film Lori's Legacy.
Who is Ike Do?
Ike Do is the Chief Community Officer and co-founder of The Kan Do Creators Community, and one of the most experienced YouTube creator community builders working today.
At TubeBuddy, Ike Do grew the Discord from launch to 15,000+ creators and co-managed community forums reaching 100,000+ members. She also runs monetized YouTube channels of her own, so the community advice she gives inside The KDCC comes from someone who does the work.
Today she leads the KDCC Discord and shapes the group coaching experience alongside Andrew Kan.
What is the KANDO Method?
The KANDO Method is a free five-step YouTube growth framework created by Andrew Kan. Use it before you film your next video, or on an older video that stopped growing.
KANDO stands for:
- K, Knowledge. Know your topic well enough to teach it before you press record.
- A, Audience. Know who this video is for and what you're helping them with.
- N, New(s). Find your angle, and stay current on YouTube algorithm and feature changes.
- D, Data. Use the YouTube Trends tab and your own analytics to pick the next video.
- O, Optimization. Build the title, thumbnail, and packaging before you record, not after.
Andrew Kan used these five steps to grow the TubeBuddy YouTube channel from 6,000 to 530,000+ subscribers. The KANDO Method is free to learn and use, with no membership required.
Why did Andrew Kan and Ike Do start The KDCC?
Because creators kept telling them the same thing: I don't need another course, I need real feedback from someone who does this.
After years of growing channels and communities at TubeBuddy, Andrew Kan and Ike Do built The KDCC around that one sentence. Live group coaching calls. Real thumbnail and title feedback. Real SEO reviews. A community where people actually answer your questions.
What are The KDCC's mission, vision and values?
The mission is to inform, entertain and inspire creatives from all walks of life to tell their stories, on a simple belief that if one person can, they can too. The vision is to make content creation easy, and to build a place where people can come and find out how to make their video content.
Seven values sit under that, and they are on the about page in full:
- Community Trust. Creators hand us their time, their money and their creative futures. When we miss a deadline or slow down, it matters.
- Think Cost. The less you have, the more it matters that you spend well.
- Always Learning. Learn one new thing each time you create. Mistakes are fine if you take something from them.
- Empower Others. If we can help and it takes nothing from us, it should be done.
- Learn by Doing. You remember what you performed, not what you watched.
- Every Winner Was Once a Beginner. Creating is frustrating and personal. We have been there, so we act with respect.
- Give. To yourself and to the community.
They are not wall art. Every one of them is written into the KDCC Code of Ethics, which is the document you should hold us to if we ever fall short of any of this.
What makes The KDCC different from other YouTube growth communities?
Live group coaching with the founders, hands-on feedback inside Discord, and a free tier that's a real product rather than a teaser.
Most YouTube growth options are pre-recorded courses, paid Discord servers with no coaching attached, or one-on-one consulting that costs thousands. The KDCC sits in the gap on purpose.
You get 2 to 4 live group coaching calls a month with Andrew Kan, Ike Do, and the KDCC team. You get feedback on your actual thumbnails, titles, and SEO in member-only channels. And you can start at zero cost with no card.
Is The KDCC associated with TubeBuddy?
No. The KDCC is independent. TubeBuddy is a past employer, not a partner.
Andrew Kan and Ike Do both worked at TubeBuddy for years, Andrew as first full-time hire and Director of Video Production, Ike growing the Discord and forums. The Kan Do Creators Community is a separate company they built and operate themselves.
The KDCC isn't owned by, sponsored by, or affiliated with TubeBuddy.
What was Andrew Kan's role at TubeBuddy?
Andrew Kan was TubeBuddy's first full-time hire and rose to Director of Video Production.
He joined in the early days and led video production, channel strategy, and creator-facing content as the team scaled. As Director of Video Production he became the on-camera face of TubeBuddy's video output and built the production process behind the channel's growth.
How did Andrew Kan grow TubeBuddy from 6,000 to 530,000+ subscribers?
By running the same five steps he later named the KANDO Method.
Knowledge, meaning he knew each topic well enough to teach it. Audience, meaning he knew exactly who each video was for. New(s), meaning he found fresh angles and tracked every platform change. Data, meaning the Trends tab and channel analytics picked the next video. Optimization, meaning the thumbnail and title were built before the camera turned on.
The KANDO Method is the same framework, and it's free.
Has Andrew Kan really helped earn 12 YouTube Play Buttons?
Yes. One earned directly, eleven earned as part of a team, for 12 in total.
Andrew Kan earned TubeBuddy's Play Button as the operator directly responsible for that channel's growth. The other 11 span channels including StreamYard, with some under NDA, where he contributed to growth alongside a larger team.
YouTube awards Play Buttons at subscriber milestones: Silver at 100,000, Gold at 1,000,000, Diamond at 10,000,000. Earning them through brand-side work rather than a personal channel is unusual for one operator.
Has Andrew Kan worked with the NFL, BBC, or Nickelodeon?
Yes. While at TubeBuddy, Andrew Kan consulted on YouTube strategy for the NFL, BBC, and Nickelodeon.
That work covered channel strategy, content packaging, audience growth, and YouTube SEO with brand-side teams. He brings the same brand-side experience to KDCC group coaching and to Andrew Kan YouTube consulting.
Did Andrew Kan work at Salesforce?
Yes. After TubeBuddy, Andrew Kan worked at Salesforce, helping lead YouTube strategy for the Salesforce Careers channel.
He applied the same KANDO Method framework to a corporate channel with very different goals from a product channel. That gives him three lanes most YouTube strategists never cover at once: independent creator growth, brand-side product channels, and enterprise corporate channels.
What certifications does Andrew Kan have?
Andrew Kan is YouTube Certified and Google Video Ad Certified.
He's also an Adobe Express Ambassador and an Adobe Mentor, which means Adobe recognizes him as a creator-facing educator inside its creative programs. He's an OpusClip Brand Partner and an Elgato Ambassador. All of it is public and verifiable.
Is Andrew Kan a filmmaker? What is Lori's Legacy?
Yes. Andrew Kan is an award-winning filmmaker, and Lori's Legacy is his short film, which has been entered into and won film festivals.
He went to film school and worked in narrative filmmaking before he became a YouTube strategist. That's where the craft thinking in thumbnails, titles, pacing, and retention comes from.
How long has Andrew Kan been working in YouTube?
Andrew Kan has been creating on YouTube since 2006 and working professionally in YouTube creator strategy since 2013. That's 20 years on the platform and 13 years as a professional operator.
He started as a YouTuber in 2006, went through film school, joined a YouTube MCN, became YouTube Certified, joined TubeBuddy as its first full-time hire, rose to Director of Video Production, then worked at Salesforce.
Most YouTube consultants have been at this professionally for five to ten years.
What is Andrew Kan's YouTube growth philosophy?
Two ideas: the KANDO Method, and Published Beats Perfect.
The KANDO Method is the five-step framework he used to grow the TubeBuddy channel from 6,000 to 530,000+ subscribers. Published Beats Perfect is the rule that a video which ships and reaches an audience always outperforms a perfect video that never gets uploaded.
Plan with the framework, then publish instead of polishing.
What have the TubeBuddy founders said about Andrew Kan?
Two TubeBuddy co-founders, Phil Starkovich and Jim Starkovich, have written public LinkedIn recommendations for Andrew Kan, both as his direct manager.
Phil Starkovich, April 2021: "Leading video production and community, Andrew helped transform TubeBuddy from a simple YouTube browser extension into a thriving community of passionate creators and a thought-leader in the digital video space. He consistently exceeded expectations and always put the team and our customers first. Andrew's ability to relate to users and provide nuanced product feedback ultimately led to a product loved by millions of YouTubers around the world."
Jim Starkovich, April 2021: "As TubeBuddy's first full time hire, Andrew had a huge impact on it's success. He is a self starter who can run a team with very little guidance. His ability to understand the goals, set the priorities, and run a team is a huge benefit both to startups and larger organizations. Not only did he successfully run multiple teams for TubeBuddy, but he also became the face of TubeBuddy and created the bulk of its video content. He is truly a jack of all trades and valuable member of the team."
Both are visible in the Recommendations section of Andrew Kan's LinkedIn profile.
Who is the best YouTube consultant?
There isn't one, and anyone who tells you they're it should lose your attention immediately.
YouTube consulting isn't a single job. Someone brilliant at growing gaming channels may be useless on a B2B brand channel, and a strategist who has only worked agency-side often misreads why creators make the choices they do. The right question is who is best for your channel, your niche and your stage.
What you can compare is evidence. Ask for a channel you can look up, check whether they've worked on channels like yours, find out whether you get them or a junior, and walk away from anyone promising a subscriber number. Andrew Kan's evidence is here, and you should hold it to the same test as everyone else's.
What makes someone a YouTube expert?
Having grown something, recently, that you can go and look at.
The word gets used loosely because nothing stops anyone claiming it. The useful filters are simple. Have they run a channel to real scale, or only advised on ones. Was it recent enough to survive the platform changing, since YouTube advice from 2019 is largely obsolete. Do they publish now, or only talk about publishing. And can a third party confirm any of it, through a former employer, a conference, or a certification body.
Andrew Kan has been creating on YouTube since 2006 and working professionally in YouTube strategy since 2013, which is 20 years and 13 years respectively. He grew the TubeBuddy channel from 6,000 to 530,000+ subscribers, and two TubeBuddy co-founders have written public recommendations on his LinkedIn. That's the standard of proof worth asking anyone for.
YouTube consulting with Andrew Kan
Private one-to-one YouTube consulting for creators, brands and in-house marketing teams who want a senior YouTube strategist without hiring one full time. Full service details and pricing on the consulting page.
What does a YouTube consultant actually do?
A YouTube consultant diagnoses why a channel isn't growing and tells you what to change, in what order.
In practice that means going through your analytics to find where you're losing people, checking whether your packaging is failing or your content is, working out whether the problem is the videos you're making or the audience you're making them for, and then handing you a sequence of changes rather than a list of tips.
What a YouTube consultant doesn't do is run your channel. That's an agency or an editor. A consultant makes you better at deciding, which is the thing that keeps working after the engagement ends.
How much does a YouTube consultant cost?
Across the market, roughly $150 to $500 for a single session with an experienced strategist, $1,000 to $5,000 for a full channel audit, and $2,000 to $10,000+ a month on retainer.
Anything under about $100 an hour is usually someone early in their own career, which can be fine if your questions are basic. Anything at agency rates should come with a team and deliverables attached.
Andrew Kan's rates: a 90 minute Strategy Session is $199.99, a Channel Audit with a 90 day roadmap is $999.99, and Monthly Advisory is $2,499.99 a month with a 3 month minimum. There's a Growth Check-In bundle of 3 sessions for $499.99, which saves you about $100 against booking them one at a time.
Is hiring a YouTube consultant worth it?
It depends entirely on whether your problem is information or diagnosis.
If you don't know how thumbnails work, a consultant is an expensive way to learn something free content teaches well. If you've been publishing for a year, you know the theory, and it still isn't working, that's a diagnosis problem, and one senior hour is usually worth more than another fifty videos of trial and error.
The other case where it pays is speed. A brand burning budget on a channel that isn't landing loses more per month in wasted production than a consultant costs.
If you're not sure which you are, start at $19.99 a month in group coaching and find out. Most creators should.
What's the difference between a YouTube consultant and a YouTube coach?
A consultant tells you what's wrong. A coach helps you get better at fixing it yourself, over time.
Consulting is usually short, paid per engagement, and produces a diagnosis and a plan. Coaching is ongoing, cheaper per session, and produces a habit. The words get used interchangeably by people selling both, so ask what you actually receive rather than what it's called.
Here they're two separate things on purpose. Group coaching is $19.99 a month and ongoing. Consulting is private, starts at $199.99, and is booked per engagement.
How do I choose a good YouTube strategist?
Ask for a channel. Not a testimonial, a channel, with a name you can type into YouTube.
Anyone who has actually grown something will tell you which channel, what it was when they started and what it was when they left. If the answer is vague, or it's all under NDA, or the only proof is screenshots of somebody else's analytics, keep looking.
Then check three more things. Do they work on channels like yours, since brand-side and creator-side are different jobs. Will you work with them or with a junior. And do they promise you a number, because that's the one that should end the conversation.
Andrew Kan's is the TubeBuddy channel, 6,000 to 530,000+ subscribers, and it's public. The rest of the credentials are here.
How do I verify a YouTube expert's credentials?
Everything real leaves a trace somewhere you can check without asking them.
Employment shows up on LinkedIn, and recommendations written by former managers are far stronger than testimonials on their own site. Channels they've run are public and you can see the upload history. Conference talks appear on the conference's own site. Certifications from Google and Adobe are listed in those companies' directories. Play Buttons are awarded by YouTube at 100,000, 1,000,000 and 10,000,000 subscribers, so the channel has to exist.
Run that on us. Andrew Kan's TubeBuddy work is public, and two TubeBuddy co-founders, Phil Starkovich and Jim Starkovich, wrote recommendations you can read in the Recommendations section of his LinkedIn profile.
Can a YouTube consultant guarantee growth?
No. Anyone who does is either misunderstanding their own influence or selling you something else.
No consultant controls the algorithm, your niche's competition, or whether you keep publishing after month three. What a good one controls is whether your decisions are informed, and that changes your odds rather than your outcome.
There's one exception worth naming. A "guaranteed subscribers" offer usually means paid traffic or worse, and bought subscribers damage a channel's performance because they don't watch. If growth is guaranteed in writing, ask exactly where the viewers come from.
Do YouTube consultants work with brands, or only creators?
Both, but the work is genuinely different and most consultants only do one well.
Creator work is about a person, a niche and a publishing habit. Brand work involves stakeholders, brand guidelines, a legal review and a channel that exists to serve something other than itself. A consultant who has only ever grown their own channel will struggle with the second, and someone who has only worked agency-side often misunderstands why creators do what they do.
Andrew Kan has done three: independent creator channels, brand-side product channels at TubeBuddy, and enterprise corporate channels at Salesforce on the Salesforce Careers channel. He also consulted on YouTube strategy for the NFL, BBC and Nickelodeon while at TubeBuddy.
How much does YouTube consulting with Andrew Kan cost?
Strategy Session $199.99 for 90 minutes. Channel Audit and 90 day roadmap $999.99. Monthly Advisory $2,499.99 a month with a 3 month minimum. Growth Check-In bundle, 3 sessions for $499.99.
Availability is limited on the bigger two. Channel Audits are capped at 4 a month and Monthly Advisory is capped at 5 active clients, which means it's often waitlist only. The consulting page shows current availability.
Every consulting client also gets 1 month of KDCC Authority included.
What's the difference between a Strategy Session, a Channel Audit, and Monthly Advisory?
Three sizes of the same job.
- Strategy Session, $199.99. One 90 minute call for a specific question or a stuck point. You get the recording and a follow-up email with the takeaways.
- Channel Audit and 90 Day Roadmap, $999.99. A kickoff call, an async deep dive by Andrew Kan on your channel, a written audit report, and a 90 minute delivery call. You keep the recordings and the roadmap PDF.
- Monthly Advisory, $2,499.99 a month. An audit to start, up to 4 calls a month, async support between them, and written progress notes. 3 month minimum.
If you don't know which, book the Strategy Session. It's the cheapest way to find out whether you need the others.
Do I work directly with Andrew Kan, or with a team member?
Directly with Andrew Kan, on every engagement. He reviews the channel, runs the calls and writes the audit himself.
No junior coaches, no account managers, nothing delegated. That's also why the caps exist, since one person can only take so many.
How is consulting different from KDCC group coaching?
Consulting is private and about your channel. Group coaching is live sessions alongside other creators, and it's ongoing.
Most people should start with group coaching at $19.99 a month. It's the cheaper way to find out whether your problem needs an hour of senior attention or twelve months of consistency. Creators and brands who already know they want a private deep dive book consulting separately, and plenty of people use both at different stages.
Does Andrew Kan work with brands and in-house marketing teams?
Yes, and the Channel Audit and Monthly Advisory services were built for exactly that.
He's helped shape YouTube strategy at Salesforce, and consulted for the NFL, BBC and Nickelodeon while at TubeBuddy. For a brand, the usual value is that a senior strategist costs less than the production budget you're currently spending on videos that aren't landing.
Your whole team is welcome on every call as part of the engagement, which matters most on the audit delivery call.
What deliverables come with each service?
Everything is yours to keep after the engagement ends.
- Strategy Session. The 90 minute call, the full recording, and a follow-up email with takeaways and next steps.
- Channel Audit. Kickoff call, async deep dive, written audit report, 90 minute delivery call, recordings of every session, and the written 90 day roadmap PDF.
- Monthly Advisory. An audit to start, up to 4 calls a month, recordings of all of them, async support between calls, and monthly written progress notes.
- Growth Check-In bundle. Three 90 minute calls at your pace, recordings, and follow-up notes each time.
What should I have ready before my first session?
Your channel URL, access to YouTube Studio analytics, and two or three specific questions or videos you want looked at.
Be at a desktop or laptop so you can share your screen and walk through the channel live. No prep document needed. The more specific the questions, the more you get back.
Are consulting calls recorded?
Every session is recorded, and it isn't optional.
Both sides need an accurate record of what was discussed and agreed, and you get the full recording afterwards so you're not taking notes instead of thinking. If you're not comfortable being recorded, this isn't the right fit and you shouldn't book.
What's the refund and rescheduling policy?
Full refund within 30 calendar days of purchase if the work hasn't started. Once Andrew Kan has started, including a session you booked and didn't attend, all sales are final.
Refunds go back through Stripe in 5 to 10 business days. Rescheduling is free with advance notice. Full policy on the consulting page.
How do I book?
From the consulting page. Pick the service, check out through Stripe, and you get an email with a calendar link to schedule.
If the service you want is capped out, the same page has the waitlist.
Free tools and resources
One of our values is Empower Others: if we have the ability to help, and it takes nothing from us, then it should be done. So the glossary, the affiliate list, the audience visualizer and the KANDO Method are open pages you can read right now.
What free tools and resources does The KDCC offer?
Seven things, all free to anyone.
- The KANDO Method, the five-step framework Andrew Kan used to grow the TubeBuddy channel from 6,000 to 530,000+ subscribers
- Creator Resources, a tested library of YouTube tools, templates and references
- The YouTube Glossary, 300+ creator and YouTube Studio terms in plain English
- The YouTube Audience Visualizer, which turns your subscriber count into a room full of people so you can picture who you're talking to
- The YouTube Affiliate Programs directory, 100+ programs with commission rates and cookie durations, most joinable before 1,000 subscribers
- The KDCC blog, long-form YouTube growth articles and platform news
- The Kan Do Newsletter, weekly strategy, with a free YouTube SEO Checklist when you subscribe
Plus the free KDCC Discord, which is the one most people get the most out of.
Why is so much of The KDCC free?
Because two of our values say it should be. Think Cost is the belief that the less you have, the more it matters that you spend well. Empower Others is the belief that if we can help and it takes nothing from us, it should be done.
The practical version is that Andrew Kan and Ike Do spent years watching creators pay for advice they could have got for nothing, so the things that cost us nothing to give away are given away. The glossary, the affiliate programs list, the audience visualizer, the KANDO Method and the blog are all open. The newsletter and the Discord ask for a free account so we can actually send you the thing and keep the room moderated.
What is not free is time. Live calls, screen shares and channel reviews are hours out of somebody's week, and that is what membership pays for. We would rather be clear about that line than blur it.
Do I need to be a member to use the free tools?
No. All of it is open to anyone, anywhere, with no card and no membership.
Paid membership unlocks live group coaching, the member-only feedback channels and the replay library. The free tools stay free, and we're not going to quietly move them behind a wall later.
What is the YouTube Glossary?
A free searchable dictionary of 300+ YouTube, creator economy and YouTube Studio terms, written for people who are tired of jargon.
It covers the metrics that confuse everyone, impressions click-through rate, average view duration, RPM, CPM, watch time and audience retention, and it gets new entries as YouTube ships changes. Open the glossary.
What is the YouTube Audience Visualizer?
A free tool that shows you what your subscriber count actually looks like as a room full of people.
Most creators struggle with audience targeting because the audience stays abstract. Seeing 1,200 subscribers rendered as 1,200 humans changes how you write a title. It's the A step of the KANDO Method turned into something you can use in a minute. Try it.
What is the YouTube Affiliate Programs directory?
A directory of 100+ creator-friendly affiliate programs with commission rates, cookie durations and category tags, updated when programs change terms.
Most of them have no subscriber minimum, which makes affiliate income the realistic first money for a channel well before ad revenue arrives. The KDCC team uses the same directory internally. Browse the directory.
What YouTube tools does the KDCC team actually use?
OpusClip for AI clipping, StreamYard for livestreaming, Adobe Express for design, Elgato for hardware, and TubeSpanner for YouTube SEO and channel management.
Andrew Kan is an OpusClip Brand Partner, an Adobe Express Ambassador and an Elgato Ambassador, which we disclose rather than bury. The rule is that we only partner with things the team already uses, which is why the list is shorter than it could be. Some links are affiliate links, and that's stated in the Code of Ethics.
What's on the KDCC blog?
Long-form YouTube growth articles, platform changes, tutorials and member wins, free to read with no signup.
It's where the detail lives that doesn't fit in a Discord message or a call, thumbnail specs, tag strategy, how the algorithm actually decides what to show, Shorts changes, analytics breakdowns. Read the blog.
What is the Kan Do Newsletter?
A free weekly email from Andrew Kan and Ike Do with YouTube strategy, creator economy news, tool updates and community wins.
Subscribing gets you the YouTube SEO Checklist free. It's the easiest way to get strategy from the founders without joining a paid tier. Subscribe here.
How often do new tools and resources land?
Continuously, driven by what creators are asking about in the Discord and on the group coaching calls.
Glossary entries and blog posts go up regularly. Bigger tools ship when they're ready rather than to a schedule. The newsletter is where new things get announced first.
Does The KDCC have a code of ethics?
Yes, and it's public at kdcc.social/pages/ethics.
The parts that affect you most: we don't promise or guarantee subscriber numbers, we only recommend tools the team actually uses, affiliate relationships get disclosed rather than hidden, and what you share on a call or in a feedback channel stays in the room.
It exists because this industry has a lot of people selling certainty they can't deliver, and writing down what we won't do seemed more useful than another list of what we will.
Can I use KDCC resources in my own videos or teaching?
Reference them freely, with credit and a link. Plenty of creators teach the KANDO Method to their own audiences and we're glad they do.
What we'd ask you not to do is repackage a resource as your own or sell it. If you want to use something formally, in a course or a paid product, just ask. The answer is usually yes.
YouTube creator questions
Fast answers to the YouTube questions creators actually ask us, on calls, in the Discord, and in our inbox. Short here, deeper on the blog if you want the full version.
What is a good click-through rate on YouTube?
Most channels sit between 2% and 10%. Anything above 4% is healthy for a video shown to people who don't already know you.
The number on its own means very little. A 12% CTR on 400 impressions is a video YouTube barely showed to anyone. A 4% CTR on 200,000 impressions is a video that worked. Read CTR next to impressions and average view duration, never alone, and compare a video to your own last ten rather than to somebody else's screenshot.
Your CTR also drops as a video reaches further out of your subscriber base. That's normal and it's a sign of growth, not a problem to fix.
What does impressions click-through rate mean in YouTube Studio?
The percentage of people who clicked after YouTube showed them your thumbnail.
An impression counts when your thumbnail was on someone's screen for at least one second and at least half of it was visible. Impressions from the home page, suggested videos and search all count. Views from external sites, from a direct link, or from your own end screens do not, which is why your view count and your impression maths never quite line up.
So the metric is really answering one question: given that YouTube offered this video to somebody, was the packaging good enough to earn the click. Full breakdown on the blog.
Why did my click-through rate drop after a video started doing well?
Because YouTube started showing it to people who don't know you.
Early impressions go to subscribers and to people who already watch your niche, and those convert well. As reach widens, the audience gets colder and the percentage falls even though the raw number of clicks keeps climbing. A falling CTR alongside rising views is the shape of a video breaking out.
Judge it by total clicks, not the percentage, once a video is past its first few days.
What are YouTube channel pages?
The redesigned layout of a channel's front page, where YouTube gives you more control over what a first-time visitor sees before they've watched anything.
It matters more than most creators think, because it's the page people land on after they've watched one video and want to decide whether you're worth subscribing to. A default, unarranged channel page loses people at exactly that moment. What to put on it.
How do I do keyword research for YouTube?
Start inside YouTube itself before you touch a tool.
Type your topic into YouTube search and read the autocomplete suggestions, since those are real queries ranked by volume. Then open the Research tab in YouTube Studio, which shows you what your own viewers searched for and flags gaps where demand exists and content doesn't. Then check the Trends tab for what's moving right now.
Third-party tools help you compare and sort, but they're estimating what YouTube tells you directly for free. The free tools we actually use, and every term defined in the glossary.
What changed in YouTube Shorts recently?
The Shorts player has been getting steady interface changes rather than one big relaunch, and the pattern is consistent: more room for the video, easier access to the comments and the creator, and tighter links between a Short and the long-form video it came from.
For creators the practical read is that Shorts are being pushed harder as a discovery surface into your main channel rather than as a separate format. A Short that doesn't give a viewer a reason to look at the channel behind it is leaving the point on the table.
Specific features move fast enough that anything we write here dates quickly, so the blog carries the current version.
How many subscribers do I need to make money on YouTube?
It depends which programme you mean, and the thresholds have moved.
The YouTube Partner Programme has a lower entry tier for fan funding and a higher one for ad revenue, and the YouTube Shopping affiliate programme sits lower still. YouTube changes these numbers and rolls them out country by country, so the only reliable source is YouTube's own eligibility page, which we'd rather send you to than quote a number that goes stale.
Worth saying plainly: affiliate income usually arrives before ad income for most creators, and it doesn't wait for a subscriber threshold. Our directory of programmes you can join early.
Can I earn from YouTube before I'm monetized?
Yes, and most creators do it through affiliate programmes rather than ads.
Plenty of creator tools, software and gear brands accept affiliates with no subscriber minimum at all. If you already recommend something in your videos, you're doing the work unpaid. The directory lists 100+ programmes with commission rates and cookie durations, sorted by category.
What analytics should I actually look at?
Four numbers, in this order: impressions, click-through rate, average view duration, and returning viewers.
Impressions tell you whether YouTube is offering the video to anyone. CTR tells you whether the packaging earned the click. Average view duration tells you whether the video kept its promise. Returning viewers tells you whether any of it built an audience rather than a spike.
Subscriber count is the number creators check most and the one that tells you least about the video you just published.
Does deleting an old video hurt my channel?
Usually not, but it rarely helps either.
Deleting removes whatever watch time and search presence that video still has, and an old video getting a trickle of views is doing more for you than no video at all. If it's genuinely off-brand or wrong, unlist it rather than delete it so you keep the URL and any links pointing at it.
The exception is a video that misleads about what your channel is now, since it can pull the wrong audience into your recommendations.
Can I change a video's title or thumbnail after publishing?
Yes, at any time, and it's one of the most underused moves available to you.
If a video has healthy average view duration but weak CTR, the video is fine and the packaging isn't. Change the thumbnail, leave everything else alone, and watch CTR for a week. Change one thing at a time or you won't know what worked.
Old videos that already have impressions are the best place to test this, because you get data back quickly.
How often should I upload?
At whatever rate you can sustain for six months without hating it.
There's no upload frequency that the algorithm rewards on its own. What consistency buys you is data, because ten videos teach you more than two, and a habit, because the hardest part of YouTube is still being there in a year.
One good video a week beats three rushed ones, and one a month you actually publish beats one a week you plan and don't.
Booking Andrew Kan to speak
Conferences, brand events, in-house team trainings and virtual sessions on YouTube growth and the creator economy. Topics, past events and the booking form are on the speaker page.
Can I book Andrew Kan to speak at my event?
Yes, for conferences, brand events, in-house corporate teams, creator meetups and virtual events.
Topics cover YouTube growth strategy, the KANDO Method, content packaging, creator community building, and the creator economy from an operator's point of view rather than a commentator's. Andrew Kan reviews inquiries himself and responds to most legitimate ones inside 24 to 48 hours. Submit a speaking inquiry
Where has Andrew Kan spoken?
VidSummit as a speaker, Vlog Summit and Video Marketing World as a speaker, and VidCon and Adobe MAX as a mentor.
We keep the distinction because it matters. Mentor and speaker are different roles and plenty of people blur them. Full history on the speaker page.
What topics does Andrew Kan speak on?
Talks are built around YouTube growth, packaging and the creator economy. The current list includes:
- How to grow a YouTube audience when everyone says the same thing
- Building a creator business before 1,000 subscribers
- What brands get wrong about YouTube, and what the data shows
- YouTube analytics, what actually matters
- Thumbnail and title strategy that drives clicks
- From filmmaker to YouTuber, storytelling that drives views
- Community building at scale for creators and brands
- YouTube as the new TV, FAST channels and connected TV
- AI tools for creators, what helps and what's hype
- Shorts, long-form and live, building a multi-format strategy
Custom topics get built for the audience when none of those fit. Full list and booking.
What's the speaking fee?
It depends on format, audience size, location and prep. Keynotes, brand workshops, virtual sessions and in-house trainings all price differently.
The fastest route to a real number is the inquiry form with your event details on it. Andrew Kan comes back with availability and a quote inside 24 to 48 hours for most legitimate inquiries.
Does Andrew Kan do brand events and corporate teams?
Yes, including in-house marketing team trainings and private company offsites.
Brand audiences get the same KANDO Method framework applied to brand-side problems, which is a different job to creator growth. He's worked at TubeBuddy and Salesforce and consulted for the NFL, BBC and Nickelodeon, so the brand-side context is first-hand rather than theoretical.
Does he do virtual events?
Yes, with a full home studio for keynotes, panels and workshops. Broadcast camera, lighting, reliable connection.
Virtual works well for international audiences and for teams who want the training without the travel line in the budget.
How do I book Andrew Kan for an event?
Submit an inquiry on the speaker page with the event name, date, location or format, audience size, audience profile and the topic you want covered.
More detail in the inquiry means a faster and more useful answer back.
Brand partnerships
Reaching working YouTube creators through The KDCC, run by two operators who have both worked brand-side at creator-economy companies. Partner examples and the inquiry form are on the partnerships page.
Does The KDCC do brand partnerships?
Yes, with creator-economy brands, YouTube tools and creator gear companies that working creators genuinely use.
Every partnership is run personally by Andrew Kan and Ike Do. KDCC partnerships have driven 2,000+ paying signups and orders for partner brands including OpusClip, StreamYard and Elgato. Start a partnership conversation
Who is the KDCC audience?
100,000+ working YouTube creators reached across the channels, Discord, newsletter and blog. Not a viewer audience, a creator audience, which is why the conversion holds up.
- 86% aged 18 to 44
- Half in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada
- 29% women creators
- Working creators with software budgets and the authority to buy
They show up across 1.1M YouTube impressions in the past 12 months, 25,000+ followers on LinkedIn, X, Threads, Instagram and the blog, and 2,500+ active creators in the Discord.
What results have KDCC partnerships delivered?
Across 15+ active partnership programs: 100,000+ working creators reached, 50,000+ verified clicks, 2,000+ paying signups and orders, and 10,000,000+ verified views across partner content.
Every figure is verified through partner dashboards and affiliate tracking rather than estimated.
What makes The KDCC different from other creator partnership programs?
It's run by people who have sat on the brand side, which most creator partnership programs aren't.
Andrew Kan grew the TubeBuddy YouTube channel from 6,000 to 530,000+ subscribers, then worked at Salesforce on the Salesforce Careers channel. Ike Do grew TubeBuddy's Discord to 15,000+ creators and co-managed forums reaching 100,000+ members. Most creator programs are run by people who have only ever been the creator in the relationship, which shows up in how the deliverables are built.
What partnership formats are available?
Affiliate programs, sponsored content, partner perks for KDCC members, newsletter placements, newsletter event coverage, Discord integrations, and full custom activations.
Everything gets built around real creator workflow value rather than impressions. Formats and examples here.
How do you decide which brands to work with?
Three tests: does it solve a real problem for working creators, does the team trust it enough to recommend it to members, and does it make commercial sense both ways.
We turn down more than we accept, which is the only reason member perks mean anything. The standards are written into the Code of Ethics, including that we disclose affiliate relationships rather than hide them.
Do you work with brands outside the creator economy?
Sometimes, when there's a real fit with working YouTube creators. The deciding question is whether the audience would actually use the thing.
If you think you fit, start a conversation and you'll get a straight answer either way.
Can my brand sponsor a coaching call or event?
Yes, on group coaching calls, member events, workshops and content series. Slots are limited because the member experience comes first.
Submit a sponsorship inquiry and the team responds inside 24 to 48 hours.
How do I start a conversation?
The partnerships page, with your brand, the product, your target audience and the format you're interested in.
Andrew Kan reviews inquiries personally and the team comes back inside 24 to 48 hours.
KDCC billing and your account
Payments, cancellation, refunds, receipts and logging in. Membership runs through Fourthwall, consulting runs through Stripe.
How does KDCC billing work?
Membership bills through Fourthwall, monthly or annually depending on what you picked. Consulting bills once per service through Stripe, except Monthly Advisory which runs on a 3 month minimum.
Everything is managed from your account at kdcc.social/supporters, including your payment method, billing address and subscription.
How do I cancel?
From your account, any time. No fees, no retention call, no form asking why.
Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period and you keep full access until then, after which you drop to the free tier rather than losing the account. Rejoin later and you pay whatever the rate is at that point, so continuous membership is what protects a locked-in price.
What's the refund policy?
For membership, the 7 day free trial is the trial. Cancel inside it and you're never charged, which is the cleanest protection we can give you.
Past that, refund requests get looked at individually. If you were billed for a month you didn't use, or something went wrong on our side, tell us and we'll sort it. We're not going to argue with you over $19.99.
For consulting the policy is published and firmer, because the work is bespoke: full refund within 30 calendar days of purchase if the work hasn't started, all sales final once it has. Rescheduling is free with notice.
What payment methods do you accept?
Whatever Fourthwall and Stripe support, which is major credit and debit cards plus the regional options each offers where you are.
Checkout runs in 17 currencies including USD, GBP, EUR, CAD, AUD, INR, BRL, JPY and SGD. Both add methods over time, so checkout is always the current list.
How do I update my payment information?
At kdcc.social/supporters, where you can change the payment method, billing address and subscription details.
Consulting payments are handled directly through Stripe, and you get a Stripe receipt for each transaction.
Why was my payment declined?
Usually an expired card, insufficient funds, bank fraud protection, or a billing address mismatch. None of them are unusual on a recurring subscription.
Update the card at your account and Fourthwall retries automatically. If the new one also declines, check with your bank first, since most declines are decided there rather than here.
How do I log in, and what if I can't?
At kdcc.social/supporters, using the email you signed up with. Accounts run on Fourthwall's email login flow, so most members never have a password to forget.
Enter your email, follow the link sent to your inbox. If it doesn't arrive, check spam and add notifications@fourthwall.com to your contacts. If you can't remember which email you used, tell us and we'll find the account.
Can I get a receipt or invoice?
Every transaction generates one automatically. Membership receipts come from Fourthwall to your account email, consulting receipts come from Stripe.
Past receipts sit in your account. If you need a custom invoice with company details for expense reporting, ask and we'll produce one.
How do merch orders and returns work?
Merch ships through Fourthwall, with tracking to your email once it's out. Knowledge members get 10% off with KDCC10, Authority members 15% and free shipping with KDCC15.
Returns and exchanges are covered in the returns policy. Most items are made to order, which affects what can come back, so it's worth reading before you order.
Getting KDCC support
Where to ask, how fast you'll hear back, and one important thing first: The KDCC is not YouTube support and has no connection to YouTube or Google.
Is The KDCC YouTube support?
No. The KDCC has no connection to YouTube or Google, and we can't do anything about your account.
We're an independent YouTube creator education company. We teach growth strategy, run group coaching, and answer questions about our own membership. We have no access to your channel, no line into YouTube, and no ability to reverse anything YouTube has done.
If your problem is with YouTube itself, the only people who can help are YouTube. Start at support.google.com/youtube, and if you're in the YouTube Partner Programme you also have Creator Support inside YouTube Studio, which is faster than anything public. @TeamYouTube handles a lot of issues publicly too.
My channel was struck, terminated, demonetized or hacked. Can you help?
We genuinely can't, and we'd rather tell you that in one sentence than waste days you don't have.
Every one of those is decided inside YouTube or Google, and no outside company can appeal, reverse or escalate on your behalf. Anyone advertising that they can is either lying or about to charge you for something they'll fail to do.
Where to actually go:
- Community Guidelines strike or termination. Appeal from inside YouTube Studio, which is the only channel that counts. The YouTube Help Centre has the current process, and it changes, so trust it over anything written elsewhere.
- Copyright claim or takedown. Also handled in YouTube Studio, under the copyright section. Disputes have deadlines, so read the timing before you file anything.
- Monetization rejected or removed. The Help Centre lists the current eligibility rules and the reapplication window. There's no shortcut and nobody can sell you one.
- Hacked or compromised channel. Start with Google account recovery, since a YouTube channel is a Google account underneath. Do that first, before anything else.
What we can do is help afterwards, once it's resolved. Rebuilding a channel, working out what went wrong, and deciding what to publish next is exactly what the Discord and the group coaching calls are for. Plenty of members have been through it.
Can you contact YouTube for me, or get me a partner manager?
No, and be careful with anyone who says they can.
Andrew Kan has worked brand-side on YouTube channels for years, which is not the same thing as having a back door. Partner managers are assigned by YouTube based on channel size and programme status, and they can't be arranged by a third party at any price.
If someone offers to fix a strike, restore a channel, or get you a manager for a fee, that's a scam pattern worth reporting rather than paying.
How do I contact The KDCC?
The contact page for anything general, billing or membership related. For Discord issues, open a ticket in the support channel inside the server, which is the fastest route.
Don't DM Andrew Kan, Ike Do or staff for support. The ticket queue is monitored and DMs aren't, so pinging directly is genuinely slower. Most legitimate requests get answered inside 24 to 48 hours.
My question isn't answered here
Send it over through the contact page. This page is a living document and anything asked more than once tends to end up on it.
Suggested questions are welcome too. If something here reads like a dodge, say so and we'll rewrite it.
Where are the terms, privacy policy and code of ethics?
All public and linked in the footer of every page.
- KDCC Code of Ethics, what we will and won't do, including never promising subscriber numbers
- Terms of Service
- Privacy Policy
- Returns Policy for merch
The Code of Ethics is the one most worth reading before you join, because it's the one that tells you what we won't sell you.
Every question on this page
All 153 of them, in one list. Every link goes straight to its answer.
- Is The KDCC a course, a coaching program, or a community?
- I'm brand new to YouTube. Is this right for me?
- What's the difference between Knowledge and Authority?
- Is there a free trial?
- I already have a big channel. Will I still get value?
- What if I'm not posting consistently yet?
- How do I get into the KDCC Discord after joining?
- How do I get the most out of my membership?
- Who is The KDCC not for?
- Is The KDCC legit?
- Is KDCC membership the same thing as group coaching?
- What is a YouTube growth community?
- Are YouTube growth communities worth paying for?
- What's the difference between a YouTube course, a coaching program, and a community?
- How much does YouTube coaching cost?
- What should I look for in a YouTube coaching program?
- Is group coaching as good as one-to-one?
- What do I get with KDCC membership?
- What tiers do you offer and what do they cost?
- How does the 7 day free trial work?
- Can I get a free month of KDCC Knowledge?
- Can I switch between tiers?
- How does the annual plan work?
- Will KDCC pricing change?
- When do I get partner tools and creator perks?
- Does membership include free merch?
- Can I expense KDCC membership as a business cost?
- Does The KDCC work if I'm not in the US?
- What happens to my access if I cancel?
- What actually happens in my first week?
- Do you guarantee subscriber growth?
- What is YouTube group coaching?
- Is YouTube group coaching better than a course?
- How much does YouTube group coaching cost?
- Does YouTube group coaching actually work?
- How often are KDCC group coaching calls?
- What happens during a KDCC group coaching call?
- Can I get my channel reviewed on a call?
- What does a channel review actually look like?
- What if I can't attend live, and are calls recorded?
- What time are calls scheduled?
- What if a call is cancelled or lands on a holiday?
- Do I need to share my screen?
- What should I prepare before a call?
- What's the difference between group coaching and consulting?
- Can my whole team join on one membership?
- What happens if I miss the free trial window?
- Is there a free YouTube help Discord?
- Where can I get my YouTube thumbnail reviewed for free?
- Where do YouTube creators go to ask questions?
- What makes a good YouTube Discord server?
- Is the free Discord enough, or do I need to pay?
- What's inside the KDCC Discord?
- Who runs the KDCC Discord?
- Can I get YouTube channel feedback in the Discord?
- Are there member ranks?
- What are the Discord rules?
- How do I join?
- How do I get in after joining a paid tier?
- What is The Kan Do Creators Community?
- Who founded The KDCC?
- Who is Andrew Kan?
- Who is Ike Do?
- What is the KANDO Method?
- Why did Andrew Kan and Ike Do start The KDCC?
- What are The KDCC's mission, vision and values?
- What makes The KDCC different from other YouTube growth communities?
- Is The KDCC associated with TubeBuddy?
- What was Andrew Kan's role at TubeBuddy?
- How did Andrew Kan grow TubeBuddy from 6,000 to 530,000+ subscribers?
- Has Andrew Kan really helped earn 12 YouTube Play Buttons?
- Has Andrew Kan worked with the NFL, BBC, or Nickelodeon?
- Did Andrew Kan work at Salesforce?
- What certifications does Andrew Kan have?
- Is Andrew Kan a filmmaker? What is Lori's Legacy?
- How long has Andrew Kan been working in YouTube?
- What is Andrew Kan's YouTube growth philosophy?
- What have the TubeBuddy founders said about Andrew Kan?
- Who is the best YouTube consultant?
- What makes someone a YouTube expert?
- What does a YouTube consultant actually do?
- How much does a YouTube consultant cost?
- Is hiring a YouTube consultant worth it?
- What's the difference between a YouTube consultant and a YouTube coach?
- How do I choose a good YouTube strategist?
- How do I verify a YouTube expert's credentials?
- Can a YouTube consultant guarantee growth?
- Do YouTube consultants work with brands, or only creators?
- How much does YouTube consulting with Andrew Kan cost?
- What's the difference between a Strategy Session, a Channel Audit, and Monthly Advisory?
- Do I work directly with Andrew Kan, or with a team member?
- How is consulting different from KDCC group coaching?
- Does Andrew Kan work with brands and in-house marketing teams?
- What deliverables come with each service?
- What should I have ready before my first session?
- Are consulting calls recorded?
- What's the refund and rescheduling policy?
- How do I book?
- What free tools and resources does The KDCC offer?
- Why is so much of The KDCC free?
- Do I need to be a member to use the free tools?
- What is the YouTube Glossary?
- What is the YouTube Audience Visualizer?
- What is the YouTube Affiliate Programs directory?
- What YouTube tools does the KDCC team actually use?
- What's on the KDCC blog?
- What is the Kan Do Newsletter?
- How often do new tools and resources land?
- Does The KDCC have a code of ethics?
- Can I use KDCC resources in my own videos or teaching?
- What is a good click-through rate on YouTube?
- What does impressions click-through rate mean in YouTube Studio?
- Why did my click-through rate drop after a video started doing well?
- What are YouTube channel pages?
- How do I do keyword research for YouTube?
- What changed in YouTube Shorts recently?
- How many subscribers do I need to make money on YouTube?
- Can I earn from YouTube before I'm monetized?
- What analytics should I actually look at?
- Does deleting an old video hurt my channel?
- Can I change a video's title or thumbnail after publishing?
- How often should I upload?
- Can I book Andrew Kan to speak at my event?
- Where has Andrew Kan spoken?
- What topics does Andrew Kan speak on?
- What's the speaking fee?
- Does Andrew Kan do brand events and corporate teams?
- Does he do virtual events?
- How do I book Andrew Kan for an event?
- Does The KDCC do brand partnerships?
- Who is the KDCC audience?
- What results have KDCC partnerships delivered?
- What makes The KDCC different from other creator partnership programs?
- What partnership formats are available?
- How do you decide which brands to work with?
- Do you work with brands outside the creator economy?
- Can my brand sponsor a coaching call or event?
- How do I start a conversation?
- How does KDCC billing work?
- How do I cancel?
- What's the refund policy?
- What payment methods do you accept?
- How do I update my payment information?
- Why was my payment declined?
- How do I log in, and what if I can't?
- Can I get a receipt or invoice?
- How do merch orders and returns work?
- Is The KDCC YouTube support?
- My channel was struck, terminated, demonetized or hacked. Can you help?
- Can you contact YouTube for me, or get me a partner manager?
- How do I contact The KDCC?
- My question isn't answered here
- Where are the terms, privacy policy and code of ethics?
Where to go from here
Pick where you are
Free, Knowledge and Authority all sit on one page, so you can read what each one gets you before you decide anything. The free tier never expires and does not ask for a card.
See all KDCC tiersQuestion still not answered?
Send it to us and we will answer it. Anything asked more than once gets written up and added to this page, which is how most of these 153 got here.
Ask Andrew Kan and Ike Do directlyAlready a member? The fastest answer is the member channels in the KDCC Discord, answered inside 48 hours.