Terms of Service
Effective Date: June 30, 2025
Table of Contents
Introduction
Who Can Upload?
How Uploading Works
Selling Your Video
Sharing Your Video
Viewer Guidelines
Getting Paid
Fees & Payouts
Content Guidelines
Video Expiration
Technical Details
Refund Policy
Support & Contact
1. Introduction
Buy.Video is a tool that allows digital files to be uploaded and facilitates video monetization by allowing uploaders to sell limited-time access to their content. We are not a Content Creator Platform as we do not offer creation tools, search or discovery. The uploader must distribute their content to their own audience via share link. Our core business offering is file upload and sharing. We are not a bank, payment processor, or money services business, and we do not operate as a financial custodian. All payments are processed by third-party providers in accordance with their terms and compliance obligations.
2. Who Can Upload?
To upload a video to Buy.Video, you must:
Be at least 18+ years old and a U.S. citizen.
Own all rights to the content in your video (this includes music, visuals, and likenesses).
Comply with all relevant laws and Buy.Video policies.
Prohibited content includes:
Weapons, adult content, gambling, illicit drugs, and false documentation.
Anything listed as restricted by Stripe: Stripe's Restricted Businesses
3. How Uploading Works
You must own or have rights to the videos you upload. You keep full ownership but grant Buy.Video a temporary non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to store your video and associated metadata to enable purchases, delivery, and payouts. Buy.Video will not sell or transfer this license to third-parties. This temporary license ends when your video expires and is deleted.
No account required. Just select your video, add a title and your name.
You'll be asked to agree to our TOS and verify your email, then given a share link.
Once a video expires or sells out, it is no longer accessible to purchase.
Your video files will be automatically deleted after it is no longer available for purchase.
Metadata like your name, video title, description, and thumbnail/artwork may be used by Buy.Video in connection with promoting your content or the platform. This may include use in marketing, press releases, newsletters, and social media posts before, during or after your video has expired.
4. Selling Your Video
You control the experience by setting the following:
When your video will publish (immediately or scheduled up to 14 days ahead)
How much you want it to cost ($3-$500)
How long the link will be active (up to 14 days)
How many times it can be bought (unlimited or set a fixed quantity)
5. Sharing Your Video
Promotion is up to you. Share your video link via:
Social media
Email newsletters
Messaging apps
Any other channel your audience uses
6. Viewer Guidelines
No account is needed to purchase.
Payment is processed at checkout.
After you pay the video autoplays on the same device where purchase is made.
There is no pause, rewind or replay.
Pay again to play again.
Buy.Video's built-in DRM protection prevents downloading, screen recording and mirroring.
7. Getting Paid
Once your video expires and meets our minimum payout threshold, you’ll be eligible to receive a payout based on your share of revenue from completed video sales. You will receive an email or text to claim your payout. Payouts are typically processed the same day.
To receive payment, you must:
Earn at least $50. If the minimum is not met, make new videos to combine earnings.
Claim your payout within 30 days (per terms of our payout partner)
Select your default payment method (PayPal, Venmo, Cash App, ACH, etc.)
Important to know:
If you earn over $600 USD in a calendar year you will be prompted to provide your SSN (for U.S. tax purposes) and issued a 1099 by our payouts partner by January 31 the following year.
If suspected fraud you will be asked to submit identity verification via our payouts partner (e.g., government ID + live selfie). Buy.Video does not collect or store this personal info.
Failure to claim your payout within 30 days will result in forfeiture of your right to payment.
8. Fees & Payouts
When someone purchases access to your video, Buy.Video collects the full payment and covers all costs required to deliver the experience—this includes:
Video Storage
Video Playback
Payment processing
DRM (copyright protection)
Security and fraud protection
Platform maintenance and support
As the uploader, you're eligible to receive a percentage of the net revenue from each purchase, after these costs are deducted.
Videos under 30 minutes the uploader earns 80% of the price your viewer/buyer pays.
For longer videos the delivery costs increase and we adjust the percentage you receive.
Payouts are issued after your video expires and processed through a third party service.
Buy.Video does not hold or control uploader funds in escrow, and does not transmit money on behalf of users or between users. As such, we are not a money transmitter and are not subject to money transmission laws or licensing requirements. All financial transactions occur through properly licensed third-party services.
By using Buy.Video, you acknowledge and agree that:
Buy.Video owns all funds from transactions that are received from viewers/buyers.
You acknowledge that as an “uploader” you are paid by Buy.Video for eligible uploader earnings based on your share of revenue from completed video sales, not owed money being held on your behalf.
We facilitate, but do not guarantee, the timing or success of payments issued by third parties. We are not liable for delays, reversals, or failures caused by third-party providers.
9. Content Guidelines
We welcome originality, but we enforce clear boundaries.
Prohibited content includes:
Adult or explicit material
Violence, weapons, or explosives
Fraudulent or copyrighted material you don't own
Hate speech, scams, or anything promoting illegal activity
Content used to sell drugs, tobacco, or counterfeit goods
Prohibited content requirements follow the Stripe Services Agreement and as well as Stripe's Prohibited and Restricted Businesses list.
10. Video Expiration
Each video automatically expires after the time limit you set (up to 14 days).
Once expired, videos cannot be accessed or rewatched.
We do not retain or archive your video after expiration.
If you do not meet the minimum threshold to claim your payout, consider re-uploading or publishing a new video to have your earnings combined.
11. Technical Details
Recommended export settings:
File Format: Export as .MP4 for best compatibility.
Runtime: Must be under 3 hours.
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 (landscape), 9:19 (vertical) or 1:1 (square).
Video Codec: Use H.264 (AVC) for best compatibility.
Audio Codec: Use AAC for reliable playback across devices.
Resolution & Bitrate: 720p or 1080p: Keep bitrate under 8 Mbps.
Color: Use SDR (not HDR) to avoid delays from re-encoding.
Keyframe Interval: Target every 2-10 seconds (5s ideal), with closed GOP enabled.
Frame Rate: Between 5–60 fps for best results (avoid 4K over 60fps).
Buy.Video will automatically adjust video quality based on each viewer's connection.
Currently, we do not support 4K video.
12. Refund Policy
We have a strict no refund policy. There are a few exceptions:
For Viewers/Buyers:
If you encounter a video that infringes copyright or is against our terms of service you are eligible for a refund. You can report videos from the playback controls or by visiting our
report form
.
If you experience issues during video playback related to our video delivery or are unable to watch the video you purchased please use our
contact form
.
Buy.Video offers one time purchases only (no accounts or subscriptions).
If you are an uploader and sell content that is against our terms of service then your video will be removed, you will have no right or claim to earnings, all viewers/buyers will be refunded and your access to upload new content will be restricted.
13. Support & Contact
If you have any questions or need assistance, please use our contact form.
Thank you for using Buy.Video.