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Vimeo new paid video content and tip jar features
  • LongJohnSilverLongJohnSilver

    After simplifying its submission process by integrating with Dropbox last month, Vimeo is moving on to its next project: paid video content. The premium video hosting service has announced new pay-to-view and tip jar features, which will allow content creators to earn revenue from their submissions by locking it behind a paywall or by gathering donations.

    Later they stated that the service will be available for Vimeo plus accounts which cost 199$. I think they mean the new PRO accounts...

    The idea of a tip/donate service is good but the idea of pay to view content is not (IMHO)

    http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/19/3354580/vimeo-tip-jar-pay-to-view-content

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  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    Thing is I need it to function smartly, so you can set the point in video where it stops and ask for instant payment.

    And video must have up to 5 such points.

  • peternappeternap

    They need to fix the problems they have with their other services and fire those snotty bastards on their help desk, before they try something new.

  • LongJohnSilverLongJohnSilver

    I like the idea of donating. There are really a lot of wonderful pieces of art in there and if I liked it I could donate a tip. On the other hand I don't understand which kind of content I could find to pay to view it. Maybe some paid tutorials? Some new web tv series?

    In both cases, will they implement a new payment platform like paypal subtracting additional fee? Or they just rely on already present paypal like platform?

    Anyway I agree with @peternap: at the moment they services sucks. They are lucky to be the only video sharing platform with a good codec but their additional services simply sucks.

  • LongJohnSilverLongJohnSilver

    Changing my account settings I discovered that the tip jar feature is already ready to use. Here how does it works:

    https://vimeo.com/help/faq/tip_jar

    Basically you get and extra "tip this video" button and you can give the user your CC or Paypal details.

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