Sounds very promising. The preorder capability may be the deciding factor for distributing my new film- thetwilightangel.com/

The vision is coming true! I see way more in your future, Vimeo. Nice stuff here!

Hi, I just wanted you to check out this short animated film I have made with puppets! It is called The West Factory Rebellion.

It has been in two festivals here in the UK including the BFI and The Little Angel Theatre (the home of British puppetry).

I really hope you enjoy it :)

LINK: vimeo.com/59089425

A clever and exciting development -but it is Vimeo after all! ;)

is the video people can download in any way protected like on iTunes or could anyone just copy and reproduce it then?

Good question Augustin keen to find the answer to that myself! Will make a big influence for me whether to go itunes or VOD for distribution...

You're pushing Graceful Aging in the right direction. Aging well means planning well.

Future looks bright on Vimeo VOD. Thank You.

Thank you for this great update. One step closer in the direction of perfection. There is an improvement which you should consider as well as I'm sure it would be appreciated very much by Vimeo on Demand users/buyers:
People not registered with Vimeo should be able to buy/watch films as well by just filling in their Credit Card infos. This would extremely widen the number of possible viewers/customers who are just interested in watching the film but are not willing to take the whole registration process. We had several people interested in our films who told us, that they haven't been willing to overcome this little obstacle called registration...
If they would use VOD on a regular basis, I'm sure that after some time they would as well register automatically to Vimeo...
But....you should leave it up to them I think.

Thank you for your great work.

Is there any affiliate capability coming on stream or simple solutions that would allows us to create an affiliate distribution network for a Vimeo VOD release?

We loved the platform from the very first day it launched, and surely we couldn't miss the opportunity to check it out, so when we launched our feature adventure documentary, Hit The Road: India, this summer, this was one of the first platforms we launched the film on. And then we loved Vimeo On Demand even more, when we saw our title featured on the homepage among Amazing Adventures section!:)
Way to go guys, you're building the Film Industry 2.0.

Cool. Will check it out

We at TrailerPark Studios like this development a lot... this is where we should be heading.

Incredible!! Just as we were discussing ways of creating funds for our class this news arrives!! Wonderful!!

A great way for independent filmmakers to profit from their work. Your ahead of the game my friends.

Looking forward to figuring out how to make this work for us - thank you for the options!

I am considering using Video on Demand to sell short 1-2 min news video clips to web news services and TV. Do you thing it would be suitable.

I am loving the ideas vimeo is generating for independent distribution, hoping to have a whole bunch of videos online within the next year and while the challenge of marketing is always going to make or break a production, this is a fantastic means of distribution for the indy filmmaker.

Nice work Vimeo !

We wanted promo codes and you delivered, nice one!

Well, almost! Trying to set a discount amount and it seems locked to 100% (i.e. free). I expect there is a way of, having created the code, offering an amount like 25% off? Is that right (sorry btw if this is the wrong section to ask!) Thanks Vimeo.

I'm a pro speaker and am part of an industry that would use VOD a lot! Is it open to non-filmmakers? i.e. can i upload and sell talks / seminars etc to my clients?

Hi there; 14,000,000 users means 14mil oped in email addresses, a weekly or monthly news letter telling users what's new at Vimeo ON Demand, if it gets a 0.1% return that's 14,000 x 10% Vimeo's way is $1400 bucks and that email news letter shouldn't cost Vimeo vary much..

Great work on the upgrades. We're evaluating our VOD options for our release and I thought I'd mention some of the features I'd love to see on the roadmap:

1. Faster payments - Make payments more often (i.e. weekly) rather than waiting 30+ days after the calendar month ends.

2. Email addresses - Provide an opt-in at purchase so buying customers can join our film's mailing list and allow us to export those emails into our email marketing program.

3. Sales Conversions - See where customers are coming from (i.e. Twitter, Facebook, blogs) and which sites are converting best.

4. Currencies - Make sales possible in local currencies (i.e. GBP, EUR, CAD, AUD, etc.) rather than just US dollars.

5. Cross-sell merchandise - Be able to sell physical products like DVDs, t-shirts, posters, etc. to fans on the VOD sales page or with a custom domain. Any examples?

Love what you're building here. Thanks for helping empower indie filmmakers!

Hi, I can't find the "preorder" setting. Will that feature be introduced soon, or did I miss it somehow?

Well I thought is was a good idea and Warning on Embeds

I Added about 10 odd of my videos to on demand and it nuked all of my embeds that were behind my paid membership area and just just started playing the trailer. So members can no longer see them.
I have no idea how to turn it off and have tried to send 3 emails to contact support with 3 different email address ( on 3 different servers to check it was not my spam filters) and not one seems to have got through. I thought it would have been nice to know this was going to be the case.

Edit Ok great I found the red cross and was able to delete all of the VOD videos.
Beware that the permissions are now all changed and every video privacy must be reset

Being a Vimeo Pro customer for a couple of years and never having to have contacted them. I have to say that I am VERY disappointed about how poor of an experience that I have trying to contact support. I still have no idea if any of my now 4 requested have been received.

This is awesome! I've been searching (and searching and searching) for the perfect VOD platform for my music instructional videos. Will fans of my videos be able to stream/purchase on their respective devices such as desktops, laptops, phones, tablets and TV's?

We just signed up a few days ago, and you added two features we really wanted to see. Please keep these improvements coming, we're really excited to be on board now! The next feature we'd really like to see is an Amazon Payments option

Not CC available, I'm right?

I would like to distribute my YOGAmazing Video series via Vimeo. I like the download to purchase as well as rental, but can you do a monthly unlimited service or a yearly unlimited streaming service? I currently have that set up with another company, but I would rather use Vimeo as I am a big fan of your product and I use it as well for my clients. It would be great to speak with someone on the phone in detail if that is possible. I have close to 100 videos to sell. Can this all be placed inside one master channel?

Very interesting. Look forward to learning more as I investigate this option for online distribution of my new film Out of the Fire. outofthefirefilms.com

Can I use these videos for commercial purpose ? If it suits my music or song ? The credits will be unchanged...

This is excellent news. The pre-order feature is definitely a welcome addition. Do you have plans to add options for alternate audio tracks (i.e. commentaries, foreign languages, etc.)?

Since you are not gonna allow purchase without registering Please offer signup/register with Facebook A.S.A.P....Vimeo is above board, Unfortunately common folks are not familiar with Vimeo as opposed to amazon etc. Registering with Vimeo is a huge impediment even with folks that have my free promo code they are just not willing to register especially on their phones... as opposed to a 1click register through facebook... BTW, I really enjoy Vimeo

If VOD now includes promo codes, etc., does that mean people might be able to purchase a rental or buy a downloadable version of the film and give it as a gift?

This is great update...Thanks

Where are your videos, which I can buy ? Ca I use it for commercial purpose ? Is your videos aalso available under creative commons ?

@matt schwarz. Hi My ondemand stats are not reflecting the amount of purchases. It's been indicating 1 purchase for the past 2 days Vimeo does contact me via email in real time when an actual purchase is made. It's just not showing in the ondemand stats.

This all sounds great but how come Promo Codes don't work and I have contacted your help several times with no response and with no phone contact number, I guess I'm out of luck. Really like Vimeo and the ability for VOD but customer service is lacking. :(

Can you give me any specifics on how transaction costs are calculated? I cannot seem to find any details, beyond they vary widely and depend on sale prices and methods of payment.
I'd like to base my pricing model factoring in transaction costs but it's rather hard to do that without being able to get the details on the transaction costs! :)

I've tried using the help/contact system but got no response -- and my assistant wasn't able to reach a human by phone, so thanks in advance for any information you can provide.

Are vimeo rental vídeos embeddable on other websites? Allowing people to rent/purchase from other sites?

We'd love our customers to be able to purchase our Vimeo VOD movie BLOKES ( blokesmovie.com ) in multiple file sizes (mobile .mp4, SD .mp4, full HD .mp4) depending on their playback device of choice, be it home computer, smart-TV or smartphone. Would love to see this option ported across to your VOD platform if it is at all possible. Kind regards, Adrian.

A buyer has to register to buy a video? That fact Should be part of the sales pitch vimeo . I never came accross that bit of extremely relevant information. and would not have signed up. Now I probably have to fight to get my Pro money back as that is a total deal breaker for me

Yep Bruce - it's not clear at all in the FAQs. I've been asked to develop a large VOD site for someone but this is probably the deal 'unclincher' for VIMEO which is such a shame as I would very much like my client to use the service.