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This is HUGE for the independent film world. It's currently incredibly hard to sell an independent film online via a well-known and trusted channel that people
by thenomad 10y ago
This is HUGE for the independent film world.
It's currently incredibly hard to sell an independent film online via a well-known and trusted channel that people are used to buying through. The nearest equivalent before this was getting onto iTunes through an aggregator, which costs $1500 or so per film.
I'm tremendously happy Amazon have taken this step: it'll be a huge benefit for indie filmmakers.
- chx 10y agoInteresting. Isn't vimeo an avenue? https://vimeo.com/ondemand/startselling https://vimeo.com/ondemand/startselling
- thenomad 10y agoLast time I checked they required you to create an account before buying a film. That's an absolute conversion-killer. Also, there's a huge difference between most people's comfort level in buying from Amazon and buying from Some Random Site - and Vimeo still counts as Some Random Site for most people. (As does Gumroad and similar.) Finally, the discovery aspect is significant. People are searching Amazon for films to buy and watch. They, by and large, aren't searching Vimeo for that.
- infinitesoup 10y agoYouTube also allows users to sell or rent their videos directly through the website [0], so this doesn't seem very different to me. [0]: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/3249127?hl=en https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/3249127?hl=en
- home_boi 10y agoNot exactly sure why but I personally feel more comfortable buying media from Amazon than from YouTube. I feel like I should be getting everything for free from YouTube.
- CobrastanJorji 10y agoI agree. Contrariwise, even though I'm an Amazon Prime member, it very rarely occurs to me that there are videos on Amazon that might be "free" for me to watch. I just can't help thinking of it as a place to BUY things.