# How do I get Youtube to enable linking to external sites from my videos?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-youtube-to-enable-linking-to-external-sites-from-my-videos/658634>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 17, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-youtube-to-enable-linking-to-external-sites-from-my-videos/658634 "2013-05-17T23:28:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Slant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-youtube-to-enable-linking-to-external-sites-from-my-videos/658634/1 "2013-05-17T23:28:53Z")

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I’ve got a Youtube channel consisting of helpful hints on “problem A” along with product reviews on items that mitigate “problem A”.  
I happen to run an online shop selling the product in question.  
I’ve got viewers of my videos who are telling me that they “love this review, and I just bought the product”.  
I’m all for competition, but I’d much rather be getting sales for the items I’m reviewing… which by and large, I’m not.

I thought I could add annotations to the video linking to an external site, but it appears that my account doesn’t have that turned on when I go under:

[Account Features](https://www.youtube.com/account_features)

So, any clue how I get Google to turn that on?

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**Author:** ![Mr.Slant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2013, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-youtube-to-enable-linking-to-external-sites-from-my-videos/658634/2 "2013-05-18T00:07:32Z")

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Okay, turned it on by turning on:  
[account monetization](http://www.youtube.com/account_monetization) .

Still don’t have the option to add links to “Associated Website” when I do annotation, but it’s progress.  
Have tried all 3 browsers I have installed, clearing cache/etc on two of those.