Free video hosting for sales videos?

by JonathanBoettcher

Posted: 15 years ago 17 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

So I've been thinking of adding a little upsell video to one of my products, and I got the video recorded and processed in about 15 minutes (that's pretty darn good for me - used to be days and days

) and then I've run into a quandary about how to host the thing.

I've considered YouTube, but I don't want related videos to show and I don't want people to even find the video if they're browsing around on Youtube.

I considered Vimeo but they specifically say that their service is not meant to offload business hosting costs. LOL - yup, that's exactly what I'm trying to do.

Could host it myself I guess, and to be fair I think I have oodles of leftover bandwidth, however that's probably not the best option if its in the middle of a sales process.

What do you guys use?

#free #hosting #sales #video #videos

Jill Carpenter 15 years ago

I recently did a 2 part sneaky thing taking a clue from the microcontinuity course. I offered to reveal something in the first video. It was a quick video and I hosted it on youtube. This way I was able to drop a link to the main site it was on and direct the traffic away from youtube. If someone wanted to see the second half of the video, they needed to sign up to a list to get the link.

I put the second video up on viddler with an extremely non descriptive title, etc so it would not show when googled. The link that went out in the aweber went back to a page on my site with a simple embeded video - but not on the main part of the site which is a blog. It went onto a non seo'd blank page.
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VegasGreg 15 years ago

You can try Screencast.com, they have a free version for a certain amount of bandwidth.

If you use the Youtube type places, you can set the video to private so it isn't in their public views and/or use a non related title (as mentioned above) with no relative description and no keyword tags.
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- mrcouchpotato 15 years ago
  
  What about using Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) ?
  
  It's not free but it's really really cheap. I use it to host some of my videos and it's very fast for playback.
  
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JonathanBoettcher 15 years ago

VegasGreg - I believe YouTube private videos allow you to specify up to 25 other YouTube users who can see your video. I don't think it lets you embed the video for sharing with the public. At least that's how I'm reading it at this point.

CouchPotato - thanks - I always for some reason assumed S3 was expensive, though I know tons of people use it. Cheap is good - I'm going to check it out.

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Angel Anderson 15 years ago

we use s3, the price is excellent.
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arepb 15 years ago

You'll need a player to then embed the videos. There are a lot out there.

Examples:

- eZs3.com - Making Media Easy by Unleashing the Power of Amazon S3 Hosting
- LongTail Video | Home of the JW Player
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MrIMVO 15 years ago

I'm concerned with using Youtube simply because a double click on the video whips them away from my page. I was also thinking that Viddler doesn't host video's for commercial display (as opposed to private use).

I did find a player that I can embed in the html and use on my own (meaning I'm paying for my own bandwidth). I figure if it's being watched so many times that it's costing me bandwidth then I should be making enough cash not to worry about it.
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JonathanBoettcher 15 years ago

Hmm... so what formats & players do you guys recommend for using with S3? I just got myself an account there...
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- TomC 15 years ago
  
  I would recommend you use FLV - flash file
  
  That will give you the most options and keep the filesize small
  
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  Originally Posted by JonathanBoettcher
  
  Hmm... so what formats & players do you guys recommend for using with S3? I just got myself an account there...
  
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Jamie Mailhot Banned 15 years ago

Hey Jonathan, have you actually started using S3 and are you happy with it?

I've been using Viddler, but have been considering changing to keep my videos as private as I can.
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- imacamper 15 years ago
  
  Although not free, it is way less than I used to pay for all my services combined. I'll stop there because I don't want to spam but I really in love with the service. See my signature for details.
  
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Kevin Barnes 15 years ago

S3 is very good. I've been using it for awhile no with no problems. If you use EZS3 you will be able to wrap your videos with there players. If you have ever been on Frank Kerns Site you will see he uses EZS3 as well. Hope this help!
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I.M.Retired 15 years ago

Have you looked at vzaar | video hosting, for your website

They have both free and paid options.
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- Marty S 15 years ago
  
  Since you said free, Youtube is your logical choice. I personally wouldn't care about related videos playing - especially if yours is really well produced and entertaining in some way.
  
  If you use the right keywords, (research some high volume competitive videos on Youtube) you will actually get more exposure, not less. Youtube also has HD now which is really professional looking.
  
  Bottom line is, make a powerhouse video with a valuable message (even if you have to pay for it), then put it on all the free sites you can find.
  
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BeachCruzer 15 years ago

I use my own HostGator account to process all my vids. I have the package that costs $25 a month but I can put a ton of other websites and I have never had a bandwidth issue. In fact, I have recommended HG to other and have heard no complaints. Nonetheless, I wish you the best.

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nlanda 9 years ago

S3 is the best option, though it isn't free it is pretty reasonable. Someone here mentioned making your video on YouTube private, but then no one can see it...you could instead set it to unlisted.
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howtogurus 9 years ago

Hi, I use YouTube all the time, but not for sales videos. For my sales videos and for videos that I am selling I use sproutvideo.com. Very reasonable prices and loads of bandwidth.
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