Creating and customizing a channel
How to create your first channel and customize its banner, profile photo and bio.
Creating your first channel
- Sign in, then go to Creator Center.
- Press Create your first channel.
- Fill in the fields below and save.
| Field | Notes |
|---|---|
| Channel name | Required, up to 100 characters |
| Handle | Required. The @name that becomes your channel address. 2 to 60 characters: lowercase letters, numbers, - and _ |
| About your channel | Up to 2,000 characters |
If you already have a channel, opening Creator Center takes you straight to it.
Customizing your channel
In Creator Center, use Customize channel in the left menu to change how your channel looks to viewers. Make your edits while watching the How it looks on your channel preview on the right, then press Publish.
| Item | Notes |
|---|---|
| Channel banner | A wide image, 2560×512 recommended. The top and bottom may be cropped depending on screen size, so keep text and logos in the center. |
| Profile photo | Shown next to your works and comments. Square, 800×800 or larger, JPEG or PNG, 25MB or less. It is cropped into a circle. |
| Channel name, handle, bio | Change the values you entered when you created the channel. |
| Links | Link up to 5 addresses outside your channel, such as Instagram, X or YouTube. |
| Featured work | The work shown large at the top of your channel. If you leave it on Auto (most recently published), your most recently published work is shown. |
Only the channel Owner can customize the channel.
Auto translation
In Creator Center, open Customize channel and find Auto translation. Only the channel Owner can change these settings; editors can view them. Each switch saves immediately. To change Check before publishing, first turn on Use auto translation.
| Setting | Default and behavior |
|---|---|
| Use auto translation | On. Saving the original-language subtitles creates subtitles in the other six supported languages. Turning it off stops new translations and keeps existing ones. |
| Check before publishing | Off. When the original subtitles and episode are public, translations are published as soon as they are ready. Turn it on to keep translations as drafts until you press Publish changes. |
Turning Check before publishing off also publishes waiting translations whose original subtitles and episode are public. The same applies when you turn Use auto translation back on with the check off. Subtitles you uploaded or translations you edited are not overwritten.
Channel team
A channel has two roles.
| What you can do | Owner | Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Edit works, upload episodes | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reply to comments, feed posts | ✓ | ✓ |
| Publish works | ✓ | Up to submitting (the owner publishes) |
| Set paid prices | ✓ | |
| Customize the channel, hide comments | ✓ |
- Team members can watch their own channel's paid episodes without coins.
- Comments that team members post on their own channel's works appear with the channel name and profile photo.
- To transfer channel ownership to another account, please contact customer support.
Your channel as viewers see it
Your public channel address is watchcliff.com/creator/your-handle. It has Home, Series, Shorts and Feed tabs.