YOUR VIDEO
HAS VALUE
Sell limited & exclusive video drops directly to your audience.
Viewers pay to watch fullscreen without ads, accounts, or subscriptions.
A BETTER WAY TO WATCH
A NEW WAY TO EARN
The internet measures a video’s worth in # views and ad cents.
We see a future where people make video worth caring about—and audiences choose what’s worth paying for.
Should the platform make more than the makers?
Should watchers be forced to watch ads?
No.
For years, video has been valued through reach: views, impressions, ads and subscriptions.
Those models aren’t going away. But they shouldn’t be the only ways video can have value.
Buy.Video creates another possibility: the work can have a price, the person releasing it can control the terms, and the viewer can simply choose to support and watch it.
The point isn’t to create another platform people have to live on. It’s to make a more direct exchange possible between people who make video and people who care about it.
VIDEO ON YOUR TERMS
Most platforms decide the rules for you. Buy.Video flips that. Creators choose the price, the viewing cap, and the expiration window so the release matches the moment they want to create.
Tell the stories you want without having to chase a million views.
SELL YOUR VIDEOS AND EXPERTISE.
SELL ACCESS TO A MOMENT.
LET VIEWERS AND FANS SUPPORT YOU.
01 / THE WORKYOUR WORK
IS VALUED.
Not every video has to be a free object competing for attention so someone else can sell ads on it. Paying for something gives the work a different kind of meaning: this matters enough to choose.
02 / THE UPLOADERTAKE CONTROL.
KEEP WHAT’S YOURS.
Set the price, cap the views and choose when it expires. Know who watched (collect emails) and drive action with your end screen. Each viewer pays to watch 1x and you get paid same day when it expires.
03 / THE VIEWERWATCH WHAT MATTERS.
SKIP EVERYTHING ELSE.
No more doomscrolling. Fans find the link to your drop wherever you share it. They instantly pay with a tap. Then they simply “watch now” or “in 24 hrs” without turning one choice into an endless feed.
FROM UPLOAD TO PAYOUT IN A FEW STEPS.
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An archive, performance, class, experiment, finished piece, exclusive or something made specifically for the moment.
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Set the price, availability and limits for your video.
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Share your video’s exclusive link on social, email, txts or IRL.
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Simple, frictionless payment without requiring an account of subscription. Viewers enjoy watching ad-free and fullscreen.
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After your video expires you’ll get an email to claim your payout. Get paid same day via Venmo, CashApp or real-time ACH.
YOUR VIDEO CAN EARN MORE HERE.
You set the price. For videos 30 minutes or less, you receive 80% of the revenue. For longer videos, delivery costs increase and the percentage shifts. Before you publish, we show you exactly what you’ll earn from every purchase.
And people have more reasons to buy than simply wanting something to watch. They’ll buy to learn something useful or gain an edge, to get access to something early or exclusive, and sometimes to support a person, organization, or cause they care about.
What you ultimately earn comes down largely to what you charge, what you offer, and how many people you can reach.
Try our calculator here and see what different prices and purchase rates could mean for your next release.
WHAT COULD IT BE?
01How-to videos, mini courses, walkthroughs, workshops. Insights that are more valuable today like market takes and fantasy sports.
EXPERTISE
02Old videos, films, talks, etc. from your catalog that already exists but deserves another life — and another way to create value.
ARCHIVES & RE-RELEASES
03Ad-free early releases, compilations or collaborations not available anywhere else. Let top fans see it first.
EXCLUSIVES
04Uncut interviews, behind-the-scenes material, studio sessions, rehearsals, making-of work and deeper access for the people who care most.
EXTRAS & PROCESS
05Comedy sets, concerts, live performances, theatre, dance, events — the complete thing rather than a clip in a feed.
ENTERTAINMENT
06Long-form, experimental, weird or simply hard to optimize — work that may be more valuable to a highly specific or curated audience.
THE OTHER THING
CHRIS STRUB / EXPERTISE
CADILLAC YOUNG / ENTERTAINMENT
FUN WITH FRITZ / ENTERTAINMENT
CHERYL DUNN / ARCHIVE
CHERYL DUNN / ARCHIVE
LENWORTH MCINTOSH / ENTERTAINMENT
THE ALTERNATIVE ART SCHOOL / EXPERTISE
DALAN MCNABOLA / ENTERTAINMENT
BLOCKBUSTERS COLLECTIVE / ENTERTAINMENT
NATASHA TSAKOS / ENTERTAINMENT
CHEMICAL KIM / EXPERTISE
ROSALIE ELLIOTT / EXCLUSIVE
CHERYL DUNN / ARCHIVE
YERBA BUENA ESTUDIO / ENTERTAINMENT
KQED / ARCHIVE
KQED / ARCHIVE
XIA & RAE / EXCLUSIVE
THE VERVE PIPE / ENTERTAINMENT
TED Z AND THE WRANGLERS / ENTERTAINMENT
JOHN STAMPER / EXPERTISE
INARA GEORGE / ENTERTAINMENT
LOGAN GUNTZELMAN / ENTERTAINMENT
MATEEN STEWART / ENTERTAINMENT
