A person seated on a red carpeted floor, holding a white electric bass guitar, with a black guitar case open in front of them. The person is wearing a plaid shirt and gray pants, with a dark jacket. The room has a beige carpet, some boxes and furniture visible around.

Monetize performances, releases, and recordings — directly with your audience.

Streaming pays fractions of a cent per play, and social platforms turn your music into background noise. Even great videos — live sets, premieres, or behind-the-scenes sessions — get buried under ads, comments, and algorithms. For artists and labels alike, visibility doesn’t always mean value.

Buy.Video gives musicians, labels, and managers a simple way to earn directly from fans. Upload a live performance, rehearsal, or special release, set your price and viewing limit, and share the link wherever your audience already is. Every view becomes a paid, ad-free experience — you keep up to 80% of each purchase, with payouts arriving within 24 hours after the video expires.

It’s not a replacement for streaming — it’s a new layer that adds real revenue to what you’re already doing.

  • Live shows and concert broadcasts

  • Studio sessions and rehearsal footage

  • Music video premieres or “pre-free” drops

  • Visual album experiences or track-by-track stories

  • Archival or exclusive performances for superfans

  • Label showcases or artist launch content

What you share is up to you — here are a few ideas.

UPLOAD

Add your video file.

PRICE

Choose your price, views and expiration.

SHARE

Post and share your link anywhere — social, email, chat, skywriting, whatever.

EARN

Viewers pay to watch and you’re paid when your video expires.

Viewers can watch on any device, pay in seconds, and decide whether to view now or later (within 24 hours). Your video plays full screen, with no ads, interruptions, or pause. Each video stands completely on its own — your fans won’t see recommendations, distractions, or anyone else’s content. It seems obvious, but watching this way feels completely new — and honestly, kind of amazing.

UPLOAD VIDEO
  • A group of people wearing sunglasses and black clothing, standing in front of a white background with a red geometric shape. Overlaid text reads, 'Buy Paraboles, a Performance for the Space Age'.

    Paraboles - A Performance for the Space Age by Natasha Tsakos

    video coming soon
  • Blurry image of yellow autumn leaves with overlayed labels reading "BUY Daniel Sharp," a red circle, and "Prednisone."

    Prednisone by Daniel Sharp

    In 1950, Arthur Nobile used the bacteria Corynebacterium simplex to transform cortisone into prednisone. I took 200 milligrams of it while traveling during the spring of 2023 to fight a rash that bloomed across my arms, torso, and legs. This film was made during my recovery.

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  • A drawn Venn diagram on graph paper with circles labeled 'RELATIONSHIP WITH FEAR', 'YOUR TRIBE', and 'SOCIETY,' and handwritten notes including 'The Role of the Artist' and 'The Power of Art'.

    Train ChatGPT as Your Studio Assistant by TAAS

    A lecture on using ChatGPT as your studio assistant to support brainstorming, statements, grants, project planning, teaching, and more. Learn prompt-writing skills and hands-on strategies to bring AI into your practice with clarity and creativity.

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  • Black and white photo of a woman with long curly hair sitting in a room with posters on the wall behind her, holding a smartphone in her right hand. She wears a baseball cap backwards and a white t-shirt. There are text overlays on the image listing 'BUY Cheryl Dunn' with a red circle, and saying 'Everyone Street TV: Brock Fetish'.

    Everyone Street TV by Cheryl Dunn

    We teamed up with CNNCTD for a series on ground breaking diverse photographers . in this episode I talk to Brock Fetch whose intimate style of portrait photography captured burgeoning hip-hop artists in the early 2010s, including A$AP Rocky, Action Bronson, and Mac Miller.

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  • A person dressed as a clown lying on the stage floor with makeup and costume, surrounded by an audience and crew, with some members sitting and others standing, in a small theatrical performance setting.

    Late Performer Doesn't Realize He's Already On Stage by FunWithFritz

    It's great to get to your clown show early and prepare yourself. Whew. But oh no you're late. And can't get out of the green room?! Is the answer to this problem AND this political moment simply Wall-to-Wall carpeting?! Find out how the audience solves all. Shot in New York City at The Idiot's Hour.

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  • An elderly man with white hair is being hit in the face by a boxing glove. There are black labels with white text and a red dot covering his eyes. The labels say 'BUY', a red circle, 'Jesus Benavente', and 'Ecce Hombre'.

    Ecce Hombre by Jesus Benavente

    ECCE HOMBRE is a BRAND NEW work debuting in my exhibition at Reception Rome in Rome, Italy. If you cannot make it to Rome, you can watch this work exclusively here! The work uses AI to show the limits and violence inherent of the medium to show a lifetime of expecdefeat via a unrealpunch.

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  • A digital interactive menu overlay on a colorful background featuring a close-up of a cannabis bud with text options for purchasing, including a 'Buy' button, menu items like 'Now That's What I Call', 'Blockbusters Volume 1', and a price of $20.00.

    Now That's What I Call Blockbusters Volume 1 by Blockbusters

    video coming soon

  • In the Direction of Home by Lenworth McIntosh & Cory Evans

    Back in 2023 in Los Angeles, my friend Cory made the trip down from the Bay to document me creating the work for my solo exhibition with Pt.2 Gallery, Oakland. Sharing here for a limited time with all proceeds going toward funding the team who brought this project to life.

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  • “If we could sell 1,000 views of a live session for $10 each, that’s $8,000 directly to the artist. With Buy.Video, those moments stop being just promotion — they become part of the business.”

  • “I stream their stuff, buy merch when I can, but I’ve never caught them live. Watching their Buy.Video performance felt like the next best thing. It’s focused, special, and a another way to support.”

A man with long hair and a beard, wearing glasses, a black hat, a gray sweatshirt, shorts, and cowboy boots, standing in a snow-covered outdoor area and playing an acoustic guitar.
Screenshot of a webpage for uploading a video on buy.video, showing a form to select video, enter title, description, publish date, price, and other details.

The Buy.Video upload page and form.

Your video’s detail page.