Vimeo OTT is a revenue share-based service, which means that it requires no upfront costs or subscription fees. We only make money when you make money.
Basic Fees
| Subscription (SVOD) | $1 / subscriber / month + merchant fees 2.5% + 30¢ |
| Buy & Rent (TVOD) | 10% + 50¢ / transaction |
For annual subscriptions, the fee will be $12 upfront per annual subscriber ($1 x 12 months).
All the fees that you might encounter will be clearly broken down in your dashboard. Here is an example of what you might see when you log in to your dashboard and hover over the “Expenses” heading at the top:
These fees are defined as follows:
|
Fee |
Definition |
Fee Charged** |
|
Merchant Fees |
Credit card processing fees for purchases made through the platform for SVOD (subscription) products (For TVOD (Buy/Rent) products, the merchant fee is included with the Revenue share and Fixed fee.) |
Fee deducted from Payout |
|
VHX Rev Share |
10% fee retained by Vimeo for the sale of TVOD products (Buy/Rent)* |
Fee deducted from Payout |
|
Fixed Fees |
$1 per subscriber per month for SVOD (including subscribers who redeem a 100% off promo) and the 50¢ per transaction for TVOD products retained by Vimeo OTT* |
Fee deducted from Payout |
|
Fulfilment Fees |
Fees associated with purchases fulfilled by API or branded apps. This includes users added for free. |
Fee charged to CC on file |
*Fees may vary across Enterprise contracts
**Not applicable to Standard Connect
You might also see fees if you have over 100 coupons redeemed or send over 100 screeners.
⚠️Note: Subscription (SVOD) fees are not charged for users on a free trial. Subscription promos are only applied after the trial period is over and the user starts paying for the fees unless they signed up via an app. This is due to a limitation in distinguishing between paying and trialing users who signed up using apps.
Enterprise sellers may have different fees depending on their contract terms.
If you offer your product in non-USD then our fees can be different due to differences in foreign exchange rates.
Read more about the statement and how to interpret it here.
How do I sell subscriptions? →
How do I sell purchases & rentals? →
Video Uploading
| Upload up to 1 hour of video | FREE |
| Upload up to 10 hours of video | $99 purchase as needed |
| Upload up to 25 hours of video | $149 purchase as needed |
| Upload up to 50 hours of video | $199 purchase as needed |
How do I purchase more video upload hours? →
Extra Features
| Marketing Tools Screeners, Coupons |
100 FREE / month Note: If you issue a promo for 100% off, we will still charge $1/subscriber fee |
| API Fulfillments & Add Customer | $1 / unit |
| Branded Apps & Live | Learn more |
*For Standard users, please see the article here as fees are deducted differently.