Video-sharing site YouTube has announced its intention to add crowdfunding tools for its video creators.

In a blog post, the site introduced its first Creator Preview video, a run-down of projects currently being worked on. As well as crowd-sourced multi-language captioning and a mobile analytics app, YouTube has been looking at adding crowdfunding as another way for creators to monetise their videos.

In the video, product manager Jehan Ratnatungha – who is also a YouTube creator – talks about ...