Channel Promotions

See how a YouTube channel actually makes money beyond AdSense: its own products (courses, ebooks, communities, SaaS, merch), sponsorships, and affiliate deals — with prices, landing-page funnel data (member counts, monthly pricing), and which videos drove each promotion.

Two tools work together. get_channel_promotions answers everything from NexLev's pre-scraped promotions database — instantly and cheaply. get_channel_promotions_realtime is the fallback for channels that haven't been analyzed yet: it reads the channel live and saves the result, so every follow-up question is served from the database.

Prerequisites

Connected AI assistant — Claude, ChatGPT, or any other supported platform
Active NexLev account — Connect to your AI assistant to get started. Upgrade to Pro for higher quota limits.

Works with both API-key and OAuth connections. Your AI assistant picks the right query mode automatically — just ask the question in plain language.

Both tools need the 24-character UC… channel ID. If you only have a URL or an @handle, your assistant resolves it first with Channel Resolver — no extra work for you.

Tools

`get_channel_promotions`

Queries NexLev's promotions database. One tool, four query modes — your assistant chooses based on what you asked.

Mode	Question it answers	Requires
`channelProfile`	What does this channel promote and sell?	`channelId`
`brandSearch`	Which brands promote across the most channels?	—
`priceBenchmark`	What does a product type sell for across YouTube?	`productType`
`videoAttribution`	Which videos on a channel drove product mentions?	`channelId`

`channelProfile` — one channel's full monetization picture

Everything a single channel promotes, plus a rollup: what it sells, store URLs, self-promo vs sponsor counts, and a recurring-revenue signal.

Example prompts:

What does @AliAbdaal sell outside of ads?

Show me every product this channel promotes, with prices: https://www.youtube.com/@channelname

Does this channel have a paid community or membership, and what does it cost?

List only the sponsors on this channel — not their own products

What courses does this channel sell, and include the per-video mentions

`brandSearch` — platform-wide brand intelligence

Which brands run third-party promotions (sponsorships, affiliate deals, partner mentions) across the most channels, with up to 10 sample channel IDs per brand. Does not take a channelId.

Example prompts:

Which VPN brands sponsor the most channels?

Which brands sponsor the most channels in the SaaS space — paid sponsorships only

Find brands that appear on at least 20 different channels

Is NordVPN sponsoring many channels? Show me examples

`priceBenchmark` — what a product type sells for

Median, min, max, and average prices for one product type across every scraped channel, grouped by billing period and currency.

Example prompts:

What do creators typically charge for a community membership?

Benchmark course prices across YouTube — one-time payments only

What's the typical monthly price for a creator SaaS product?

`videoAttribution` — which videos drove the promotion

The videos on a channel that mentioned products, sorted by views.

Example prompts:

Which of this channel's videos push their course?

Show me which videos drove the most views to their paid community

Which videos on this channel contain sponsorships?

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
`query`	enum	Required. `channelProfile`, `brandSearch`, `priceBenchmark`, or `videoAttribution`
`channelId`	string	24-char `UC…` ID. Required for `channelProfile` and `videoAttribution`
`productType`	enum	Single type to benchmark. Required for `priceBenchmark`
`dealTypes`	enum[]	`sponsorship`, `affiliate`, `selfPromo`, `promo`, `collaboration`, `partnerMention`, `other`
`productTypes`	enum[]	`course`, `ebook`, `digitalProduct`, `saas`, `toolSoftware`, `physical`, `merch`, `community`, `membership`, `newsletter`, `serviceLeadgen`, `licensing`, `sponsorLink`, `other`
`brand`	string	`brandSearch` only — match a brand by name, e.g. `"NordVPN"`
`brandDomain`	string	`brandSearch` only — match a brand domain, e.g. `"nordvpn.com"`
`minChannels`	number	`brandSearch` only — only brands promoted on at least this many channels
`pricePeriod`	enum	`priceBenchmark` only — `oneTime`, `monthly`, or `yearly`
`productSlug`	string	`videoAttribution` only — narrow attribution to one product
`creatorOwnedOnly`	boolean	Restrict to the creator's own products (`channelProfile`, `priceBenchmark`)
`includeMentions`	boolean	`channelProfile` only — include the 5 most recent per-video mentions per product. Default `false`
`includePending`	boolean	Also include lower-confidence rows (confidence < 0.85). Default `false`
`limit`	number	Max results — 1–50, default 20

selfPromo vs the rest. selfPromo is the creator's own product; sponsorship, affiliate, and partnerMention are someone else's. To separate "what they built" from "who pays them", ask for one or the other explicitly — e.g. "only their own products" or "only paid sponsors".

Example Workflows

Full monetization teardown of a competitor

Analyze how @channelname makes money — their own products with prices, who sponsors them, and which videos push each product hardest

Your assistant resolves the handle, runs channelProfile, then videoAttribution for the products worth digging into.

Find sponsors to pitch in your niche

Which brands sponsor the most personal finance channels? For the top 3, show me example channels they've sponsored and roughly what those channels look like

brandSearch first, then Channel Analytics on the sample channel IDs it returns.

Price your own product

I'm launching a paid community. What do creators typically charge monthly, and what do the top-earning communities in my niche include?

priceBenchmark with pricePeriod: monthly, then channelProfile on comparable channels.

Cover a channel that isn't in the database yet

What does this channel sell? If it hasn't been analyzed, run the live analysis and then break down their products by price

get_channel_promotions → scraped: false → get_channel_promotions_realtime → follow-ups served from the database.

Good to Know

No data ≠ sells nothing. An empty result means the channel hasn't been analyzed yet. Check the scraped flag before drawing conclusions, and use the live analysis if you need that specific channel. Coverage grows continuously.
High-confidence by default. Results include only rows at confidence ≥ 0.85. Ask to "include lower-confidence results" to see rows still pending review.
Prices are scraped signals, not verified revenue. They come from the product landing pages the analysis visited.
Never mix price groups. Benchmarks are split by billing period and currency — one-time and monthly prices are never summed, and currencies are never converted.

Troubleshooting

"Channel not found" or an empty profile

The channel isn't in the promotions database yet. Ask for a live analysis — see Live Analysis.

@handle rejected

Both tools need the 24-character UC… ID. Ask your assistant to resolve the handle first with Channel Resolver.

brandSearch returns nothing for a brand you know exists

brandSearch covers third-party promotions only. Try the brand domain instead of the display name, drop minChannels, or check the channel directly with channelProfile.

priceBenchmark returns very few rows

Some product types are rarely priced publicly. Drop pricePeriod, or set creatorOwnedOnly to false to widen the pool.

Live analysis found no products

The default is the 5 most recent long-form videos. Ask for more coverage (up to 50) if the channel only promotes occasionally, and make sure landing-page enrichment is on — prices come from those pages.

Live analysis is taking a long time

20–60 seconds is normal; a real analysis is running. Lower maxPages or turn off enrich if you want speed over prices.

Quota limit reached

If you've hit your daily limit, Upgrade to Pro for higher quota limits, or enable usage credits to keep going past it.

Rate Limits

Tool & Description	Free	Lite	Pro
Channel promotions`get_channel_promotions`Database-backed — profiles, brands, benchmarks, attribution	5	100	250
Live promotions analysis`get_channel_promotions_realtime`Live scrape of one channel — 20–60 s per call	2	10	20

Per user · resets every 24 hours

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Beyond your allowance (pay as you go)

With usage credits enabled in your NexLev account, calls past your daily limit are billed from your credit balance:

Tool	Over-limit price
`get_channel_promotions`	$0.02 per call
`get_channel_promotions_realtime`	$0.05 per call

Without usage credits, both tools pause at your daily limit and tell you when it resets.

What's Next?

CMS Networks — Find which YouTube network a channel is signed to
Monetization — AdSense-side signals: eligibility, RPM, and revenue estimates
Channel Analytics — Size up the channels behind the brands and products
Niche Overview — Audience profile and brand fit for any niche
Channel Resolver — Turn any URL or @handle into the UC… ID these tools need