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To be contrarian... "hosting and selling high quality video series" As a creator coming from a business perspective I see these platforms as mostly a liabili

by wturner 11y ago

To be contrarian... "hosting and selling high quality video series" As a creator coming from a business perspective I see these platforms as mostly a liability to be avoided. I write videos and have decided to create my own subscription site that is coupled with other services/features. I look at Youtube as nothing more than a free promotional tool to release sample content. Why include a middle man when it is unnecessary ?

rayalez 11y ago
1. lumiverse has reddit-like discovery system, so it will be a great way for creators to be discovered, being on the front page brings you a lot of traffic and subscribers. 2. Building your audience on a platform is much easier than building traffic to your own website. Basically I want video creators to be able to focus on making great videos, and not have to worry about self promotion, monetization, and other business aspects. 3. We will have a convenient system for selling video series, which makes it much easier and more convenient than doing it on your own website. Users connect their card/paypal once, and then can buy videos in one click. 4. I want lumiverse to be generally a much better place for hosting videos than youtube. Better interface, no nonsense ads, intelligent and friendly community, high quality content, etc. I focus on building the perfect platform instead of trying to manipulate people's attention. Youtube has a lot of flaws, and it's time to make a better alternative. 6. Not all video creators want to develop and host their own video subscription website. It may make sense to you, but I think that most people will prefer to use a platform, if it's really awesome and convenient. 7. You can have both. You can sell your videos on lumiverse and on your own website. Or you can build your audience and subscribers on lumiverse, and put a link in the header to drive traffic to your site if you prefer. 8. Perhaps we will have pro accounts, allowing people to buy their own domains and create their own easily customizable websites. So if you want your own design with some extra features/services, it might be an option. Though I am not sure that we will go in that direction.
- wturner 11y ago
  If I'm not your target audience then ignore these words as they might sound a bit harsh. My primary concern in using any service like this would be how easily I could port all content over to my own servers when ready. This includes not just videos but user accounts, email lists , video comments, payment system, authentication, etc. I want the freedom associated with independence and not to feel like a tool of another business designed to make me reliant on their platform.

by wturner 11y ago

rayalez 11y ago

1. lumiverse has reddit-like discovery system, so it will be a great way for creators to be discovered, being on the front page brings you a lot of traffic and subscribers. 2. Building your audience on a platform is much easier than building traffic to your own website. Basically I want video creators to be able to focus on making great videos, and not have to worry about self promotion, monetization, and other business aspects. 3. We will have a convenient system for selling video series, which makes it much easier and more convenient than doing it on your own website. Users connect their card/paypal once, and then can buy videos in one click. 4. I want lumiverse to be generally a much better place for hosting videos than youtube. Better interface, no nonsense ads, intelligent and friendly community, high quality content, etc. I focus on building the perfect platform instead of trying to manipulate people's attention. Youtube has a lot of flaws, and it's time to make a better alternative. 6. Not all video creators want to develop and host their own video subscription website. It may make sense to you, but I think that most people will prefer to use a platform, if it's really awesome and convenient. 7. You can have both. You can sell your videos on lumiverse and on your own website. Or you can build your audience and subscribers on lumiverse, and put a link in the header to drive traffic to your site if you prefer. 8. Perhaps we will have pro accounts, allowing people to buy their own domains and create their own easily customizable websites. So if you want your own design with some extra features/services, it might be an option. Though I am not sure that we will go in that direction.

wturner 11y ago
If I'm not your target audience then ignore these words as they might sound a bit harsh. My primary concern in using any service like this would be how easily I could port all content over to my own servers when ready. This includes not just videos but user accounts, email lists , video comments, payment system, authentication, etc. I want the freedom associated with independence and not to feel like a tool of another business designed to make me reliant on their platform.