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I mean you can upload a ZIP or RAR file, and in order for people to download it they will be required to subscribe to your Youtube channel. Thanks for the advic

• hardwaresofton 13y ago
  Oh OK, now that I see what you're actually doing, that sounds like a reasonable idea that people could definitely want to use. Especially the people who are looking to add more value to their channels...You should definitely reach out (with a polite, well-worded email) to 1 or 2 high traffic users (I really mean send to a bunch, and maybe some small amount will respond/have feedback for you) - and push your product as a "extended content distribution platform" -- also, make sure it has a good name, maybe one that makes it really clear what it does. Then, ask them if they're interested -- they can put links to their "spaces" in their videos/profiles, assuming they have extra content to share. I think your idea is a little different, because you don't need to pitch to other devs, and you don't need to pitch to VCs, but instead you need to pitch to successful/unsuccessful youtube users. Also, don't stop with youtube, offer some Vimeo integration -- alot of early adopters, and generally open-minded people (I'd like to think) post videos there, and even relatively serious ones. To be honest, I think you should even open this up to a pure content distribution network. A lot of the time, people put up trailers for work they're doing on places like Vimeo/Youtube, and if you gave them a way to sell their final product (and collected VERY low fees), that would be amazing -- I don't know that there's anything like that now. But maybe that's more of a future move, if you choose to, focusing on people with successful youtube channels is a good start. [EDIT] - Also, be very careful, because a service like youtube could instantly create an integrated competitor that would make it very hard for you to compete. There IS however, value in being multi-platform, that way, no single platform's integrated competitor could take you out of the picture. I'm no seer, but in the future, I think content distributors will want to distribute content over as much networks as possible. As youtube is rolling out paid channels from distributors, I think the creators of that content (or any content for that matter) will look to even make more money (obviously) by being involved in more than one distribution platform. I don't work in the financial sector, but more platforms pretty much looks like more income for any content creator. I say that to say this: the more platforms you support, the more attractive your product looks as a general solution to the problem -- "I put my extra content in one place, and all my viewers can access it, no matter how they view my work" [EDIT 2] - I just took a look at your site (dug through your submissions) -- in my honest opinion, you should build that site out. slap a bootstrap theme on it, and make a proper landing page out of that (though KEEP the super easy upload -- fast examples/usage is awesome, maybe just give people the option of making accounts after you give them the link, if they're going to be doing it often) I see a ton of places this could go, but it all depends on what you want the service to look like -- I'm just spouting stuff out