TRADE VIDEO CONTENT

The trade world deserves
better content.

Faceless YouTube & Shorts for boilermakers, welders, and apprentices.
Built from the inside — not narrated from the outside.

38%
of new monetized channels are faceless (up from 12% in 2022)
70B
YouTube Shorts daily views — Shorts fund averaging $1k/mo for creators
$5k–$10k
monthly revenue potential at 100k views with stacked monetization
THE GAP

Every trade YouTuber shows their face.
Nobody owns the faceless format.

✗

Current creators

  • On-camera personality required
  • Generic "工具测评" content
  • Stock footage, no real site access
  • Overexposed, audience fatigued
✓

TradeForge approach

  • No face, no lights — just the trade
  • Real job-site B-roll nobody can fake
  • Deep trade knowledge in every frame
  • Authentic to the people who live it
CONTENT FORMATS

Six types of content.
All faceless. All trade.

01

Site Stories

Boilermaker work diaries, outage footage, the real day-in-the-life. Job-site B-roll with on-screen context and a clean VO.

02

Welding Tips

Technique breakdowns, settings guides, common mistakes. Hands-only demos with captions and voiceover — no face needed.

03

POV Apprentice

Comedy format: "POV: apprentice forgot their ticket" / "POV: apprentice walked into the wrong site." Highly shareable Shorts.

04

Tool Comparisons

Mig vs TIG settings, helmet review, electrode guide. Affiliate-friendly format — viewers want to buy what you recommend.

05

Site Hacks

Quick tricks and improvised solutions. Easy to produce, highly bookmarked, great for search discovery on YouTube.

06

4WD & Camp

Off-road setups, gear reviews, camp cooking. Captures the lifestyle audience — big affiliate commissions in outdoor gear.

THE MONEY STACK

Five revenue streams.
Not dependent on one.

YouTube Shorts Fund
Short-form monetization — no 1,000 sub threshold for Shorts. Average $1k/mo for faceless creators at moderate views.
YouTube Ad Revenue
Long-form content. 1,000 subs + 4,000 watch hours unlocks YPP. Trade/skilled trades niches attract premium CPMs.
Affiliate Links
Trade tools: welding gear, helmets, electrodes. 4WD accessories: ARB, Ironman, recovery gear. Amazon Tools. 4–10% commission.
Digital Guides
Trade-specific PDFs: "Boilermaker's Site Kit List", "Apprentice's First Year". Sell on Gumroad for $9–$29. Zero inventory.
Brand Deals & Paid Shoutouts
Tool brands pay $200–$2,000 per sponsored video. Channel at 50k subs can command $500–$1,000 per deal.
EXAMPLE: 100k views/month + 100 affiliate sales @ $50 = $5,000+ monthly before ad revenue
WHY NOW

The trade content wave is coming.
Be the channel that owns it.

Trade workers are online. They watch content on breaks, at camp, on site. But nobody's building polished faceless channels for them — just raw, unedited TikTok clips and personality-driven YouTubers. TradeForge fills that gap with content that's built from the inside, for the people who live it.

Every video is a real piece of the trade. Every affiliate link is a tool a tradie actually needs. Every guide is something nobody's written for this audience before.

No face required. No studio required. Just the trade.