Where are you hosting your videos?

Shove them up to amazon s3.

You can use any number of players to give you complete control.

Oh...and it's dirt cheap.

I have used Wistia and very pleased about it.

Have you been using YouTube? If so, what was the problem? I use YouTube and make my course videos 'unlisted' and it seems to work fine.

I post a lot of mine on YouTube, but for courses I want to keep strictly for my blog subscribers, I have a WP plugin that integrates with DropBox.

Right now I'm paying $10 per month at DropBox, and I forget exactly how much storage that gives me, but I want to say 30 GB.

At any rate, I'm not using anywhere near that. I can compress a 15 minute video down to about 25 MB with no visible loss of quality, so 30 GB will host a lot of videos.

The plugin is very easy to use. It's simply a matter of grabbing the DropBox "share" link for the video file and inserting a simple shortcode in my blog post where I want the video to show.

It was a premium plugin but I think I only paid $10 for it and it can be used on multiple sites on up to 3 different domains I believe.

It works perfect for what I need. If you are somebody who does a lot of long webinars or lots of tutorial courses you might want to go with Amazon S3. I'm sure there must be a plugin that makes it easy to integrate that with your WP site, if that's​ where you want to display the videos.

I'm using Vimeo Pro to host member content. I tried Wistia a couple of years back, but they didn't allow HD quality videos (this may have changed now).

Vimeo is ok - generally 99% uptime in my experience, and the content loads fast. Downside is I feel like I'm paying quite a lot (£159 a year) for a service that is not as good as YouTube (which is obviously free).

It is a real headscratcher why YT won't compete with Vimeo Pro. I would gladly hand over my money if they did.

Wistia were good though, and their support / members area is full of useful stuff. They have a mailing list which is decent also.

If I didn't need to restrict my content down I'd be using YT all day long. I don't want to have to write extra code to handle securing my content so Vimeo has been the best solution I've found so far.

Also, I tried Daily Motion but found their service a little slow on certain devices, quite odd.

I use a service called Easy Video Suite. You can host the video on your S3 account and their software provides all the required tools to upload, manage and embed videos. You can also see statistics on the videos, split testing and more..

I personally have never had a problem with YouTube to host mine plus its free.

vimeo pro has worked best for me

As Imorama said

i use easy video suite for the video recordings and upload everything to amazon s3.

It's easy and it works for me

I use dropbox to host my videos and the video player I use is called voo video player. Look up voo video player on youtube. Go to https://vooplayer.com/ to find the video player. This is the URL to the video website I created using dropbox and voo video player: https://eatherblackass.com/

I am hosting my videos with Easy Video Player besides Youtube.

Another vote for YouTube or Amazon S3.

Amazon S3 + player = Dirt cheap and effective, but a little complicated to set up

YouTube - I wouldn't recommend you host your course videos on YouTube, many people will complain and ask for a refund saying they're not paying money for videos they can find on YouTube. I know it doesn't make sense, cause you're videos will be unlisted or private, but.. it is what it is.

Wistia - works great and smooth, many people use it, but it costs a little

Hello, guys, I'm new here. I feel so sorry that I can not follow most of what u said. Hope I can learn a lot from this web. Thanks.

For those who are using YT just be careful as at some time they will find them and delete the account
There have a lot of warriors who thought the same way hosting on YT and Bam gone in a flash and the videos you host and make it hidden but the resources it uses leaves a path so they are easy to find and delete , so like the others you may find the account gone one day

Would be better to have a plan b & c just in case

Jason

I wonder why YouTube would delete the videos / account for tutorials etc,assuming people are embedding with parameters like: modestbranding1&controls=0&showinfo=0.

I don't think it's violating their terms and conditions of use right?


Side note: I don't think customers really care where videos are being hosted lol it's the info that matters. Unless you're paranoid about people stealing your content but even then, it's pretty easy to download/distribute videos from Wistia, Vimeo and Youtube.

I once tried a paid Vimeo account for a video I had embedded on a site in order to take advantage of some features that were not available with YouTube. I only did that at the least expensive level. I thought it was great. If I had the need for such features now I would do it again.

I just use youtube and Vimeo Pro. Wistia seems great, but a little expensive for me, and that's the only reason why I keep using Vimeo.

Hosting from oissite.com and a2hosting.com are worthwhile.
Servers are solid and trustworthy and they are well-balanced.

There are many websites available. Some of them are:
1. Wistia
2. Amazon s3.
3. Oissite.com
4. a2hosting.com

I once stored my online course on my HostGator account and it all worked fine.
I sold quite a lot via Clickbank.
I would not recommend doing this now though.
Now I use Amazon S3 or YouTube for my videos.
People have mentioned DropBox and I may try that for future projects if S3 gives buffering problems.

I always use YouTube because you know it's free, reliable and fast, plus you get free exposure on one of the largest websites in the world. I don't see a reason to use another solution.

Hi Ron,

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Vidello.com yet. Reasonable monthly fee, and you can lock your videos to only play from domains you designate ( which can of course have the videos embedded inside a protected membership area. )

Jeff

You can try using Vimeo Pro, Wistia and Amazon s3.

Judging by the responses, i'm not sure if i understand the question. But i'll say this...

...upload them onto Youtube. Buy a terrabyte drive from walmart and keep your source video files on the terrabyte drive. There are alot of pastors who host their entire church sermons on Youtube. Let me know if i'm on the right track here.

Hi there, it looks like S3, Vimeo Pro, or dropbox are very common. This really depends on your strategy and your experience. If you have no experience, using ready made platforms, maybe something like "teachable" will work for you. If you are more technical, go for wordpress and integrate into your chosen storage platform. This may work if you are building your own sites or have a developer onboard.

Then there is monthly cost to think about. For as long as you utilise a service, you keep paying. This means if you are no longer making sales, you are still paying for hosting your videos.

Hope this helps.

Chris

I use YT unlisted videos, its free and easy to upload videos and embed on website.

Hostwinds.com and hostsailor.com are solid hosting providers which have stable and trustworthy servers. Prices are low and support is second to none.

I am always on Wistia and amazon s3 servers, if you are short on budget use AWS (amazons3)

YouTube and Vimeo work for me.

I am hosting all my videos on Youtube.

I use a platform that prevents folks from being able to download my videos and I love it. Not sure if I am able to mention the name but I will take the plunge and say it; Selz.

HOWEVER, Teachable is becoming a very interesting option for me at the moment.