I’ve long taught that educational videos…teaching people how to do stuff…can be one of the most lucrative forms of online video. \u00a0But what if you want to sell single “how to” videos, on a pay-per-view basis, instead of an entire course on a subject ?<\/p>\n
Pay-per-view video is still an emerging technology on the web…and setting everything up yourself can be a major headache. \u00a0It’s often easier to pay a service to do everything for you, where you only need to focus on the content in your videos. \u00a0And one such service worth looking at is MindBites<\/strong>.<\/p>\n MindBites caters to publishers large and small. \u00a0For as little as $14 a month, you can have up to 100 videos for sale, either through your own site or through a custom MindBites store. \u00a0You set the prices for your videos however you want. \u00a0When someone watches your videos, they’ll see the first few seconds and then be prompted to make a payment to watch more. \u00a0You can even set how many days after purchase that someone will be able to access your videos.<\/p>\n Keep in mind that MindBites is doing all the heavy lifting for you…they are doing the video transcoding, hosting the videos, delivering the videos, providing the video player, accepting the payments and providing secure access to the videos. \u00a0For this (in addition to a small monthly fee I quoted above), MindBites keeps from 30% to 35% of the sales price. \u00a0So if you’re selling a video for $5, you get around $3.25 and MindBites gets the rest.<\/p>\n