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How to set regional availability for my videos

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This article discusses setting the regional availability for your video on Vimeo. To learn how to set the geo-availability for your live event, visit How do I set regional availability for my live events?

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What is regional availability?

Setting a video's regional availability (also known as geo-blocking or geo-allowing) allows publishers to restrict video access based on viewers' locations. Location is typically based on the viewer’s IP address. 

When configuring Regional Availability for your videos, you can:

  • Allow Locations: Specify where the video can be viewed.
  • Deny Locations: Specify the locations where the video cannot be viewed.

Regional Availability helps content owners:

  • Comply with licensing agreements: Ensure that your content is only viewed in regions where you have the rights to show it.  
  • Protect content: Prevent unauthorized access to your videos.  

You can set a video's regional availability by region or country. Regional availability for cities and zip codes based in the United States is also supported. 

Setting regional availability by country or region

Owners, Admins, and Contributor + team members can set and manage regional availability on the Vimeo website. These settings are not available on the Vimeo mobile app. 

To set regional availability for a video: 

  1. Visit the video's settings page.
  2. Scroll to Availability and select Manage to open the Manage regional availability window. 
  3. Use the dropdown menu to select whether you want to Block in specific regions or Allow in particular regions.
  4. Select the checkmark next to each region or country to allow or block, depending on your setting type. You can also use the search bar to find specific countries and regions.
  5. Select Apply to apply the settings. 

Setting regional availability by US-based cities or zip codes

You can also set regional availability by using zip codes. Support for city and zip/postal codes is currently limited to cities and zip codes based in the United States of America.  

To set the regional availability for your video by city or zip code: 

  1. In the Manage Regional Availability window, select the World icon. 
  2. Select Enter US zip codes.
  3. Enter each 5-digit ZIP code and press Enter.
    • You can add multiple ZIP codes by separating them by commas (e.g., 10001, 10002, 10003). Press Enter to apply. 
  4. Select Apply to save your settings.  
  5. You can download your list of regions as a .csv file by selecting the download button at the bottom left of the window.

Setting regional availability using a .csv file

In addition, you can bulk allow or block regions using a .csv file. Learn how to format your file at ‘How do I format a .csv file to set regional availability for my video or live event?’

To import your .csv file. 

  1. Select the Upload a CSV icon in the bottom-left corner in the' Manage regional availability' window. 
  2. Select the CSV file from your device to upload. 
  3. Review the imported data.
  4. Click "Apply" to save the settings. 

What will viewers experience?

Viewers in geo-allowed regions can watch your video normally, without any indication that regional access restrictions have been applied. 

Viewers in restricted regions cannot view your video. They will receive an error message that it is unavailable in their region. Read more at 'What does “This video is not available in your region” mean?'

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