O.V — Open.Video
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Own Your Content.

A full YouTube-style channel on your own domain — free, with a 0% take-rate. Keep 100% of your revenue, your subscriber emails, and your rankings. YouTube for reach. Open.Video for business.

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100%
of ad revenue paid to you — Open.Video takes no cut
Zero
platform take-rate, forever
Free
import your channel, upload videos, export subscribers
Yes
monetization features free, optional, and built-in the day you start

Your Channel. Your Domain. Your Rules.

Your channel runs at yoursite.com/videos or yourchannel.video — the canonical home for every video you publish. The white-label player carries your colors and watermark, with no "up next" sidebar sending viewers to a competitor.

  • Your domain is the deed — every watch page and URL belongs to you.
  • Freedom and flexibility — from your brand's look and feel to the way you earn revenue, Open.Video gives you the power of choice.
  • Export subscribers — anyone subscribing to your channel can be added to your lists, exported, and notified according to your preferences.
https://yourbrand.com/videos
Yourbrand
The whole channel — on your domain
Creator standing beside a camera rig, mapped to your accent color
4:12 / 12:30

Interactive demo — type a domain, pick an accent, flip the theme. Header, tabs, player, thumbnails: the whole channel restyles live.

New

Run Your Own Vertical Feed.

The swipe-through feed your viewers already know — on your site, under your brand. A short-form audience on a channel you own, not an account you rent.

  • A scrollable, full-screen feed — no leaving your page.
  • Product stickers — any short becomes a storefront.
  • Likes and comments — engagement on your domain.
  • One embed, any page — publishes from your dashboard.

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yourbrand.com
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@yourchannel
Behind the scenes — full cut on the channel.
yourbrand.com
Featured productShop
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@yourchannel
Tag a product on any short — the sticker links straight to your store.
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@yourchannel
Likes and comments live here — on your page.

Your Feed. Your Domain.

Every swipe builds an audience you own.

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Scroll the phone — it's live. Product demo, illustrative content.

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Sync, Own, Capitalize On Best Of Both.

Finally use YouTube the way it uses you — for reach. Everywhere you share or get discovered, send people to the address where you control everything and keep every subscriber.

Browser address bar reading youtube.com Browser address bar reading yoursite.com with the O.V mark

Interactive demo — watch a library sync in.

Your Full Library, Live In Under An Hour.

Connect YouTube once — your library imports and new uploads stay in sync. Or point an MRSS feed at it, or upload .MP4, .MOV, and .MKV directly.

  • Activate in under 10 minutes.
  • A full library live in under an hour.
  • Keep your YouTube channel — Open.Video is additive.

Real Subscribers. Real Emails. Yours.

A YouTube subscriber is a number. An Open.Video subscriber is a real email on your list — captured on every watch page, exportable anywhere.

  • When the algorithm stops delivering, your list still does.
  • CSV / JSON export, always — the list is yours.
  • Works with your stack — CRMs, newsletters, automation.
your-subscribers.csv 4 subscribers
emailsourcetag
[email protected]watch pagegear
[email protected]vertical feedshorts
[email protected]watch pagetutorials
[email protected]channel homenewsletter

Interactive demo — nothing you type leaves this page.

$500
On YouTube today — your 55% share$500 / mo
YouTube keeps $409
Same ads on Open.Video — you keep 100%$909 / mo
$4,909
more in your pocket over a year — the 45% YouTube keeps today, kept by you instead.

Illustrative — assumes the same gross ad revenue on both platforms. YouTube's published long-form split is 55/45 (Reuters). Open.Video pays 100% of net ad revenue — Open.Video takes no cut. Payouts are quarterly with a $20 minimum; programmatic ads require a quick application to the ad stack, with no view-count minimums.

Interactive — drag the slider and do the math on your own numbers.

Keep 100% Of The Money.

YouTube keeps 45% of long-form ad revenue. Open.Video keeps 0% — 100% of ads, sponsorships, and memberships is yours, from view #1. No subscriber gates.

Ads run on Ezoic's stack — the ad infrastructure behind tens of thousands of premium sites and apps since 2010.

Revenue streamYou keepPlatform keeps
YouTube long-form ads55%45%
YouTube Shorts ads45%55%
YouTube memberships70%30%
Open.Video — every stream100%0%

YouTube splits: Reuters, YouTube partner terms. Open.Video: 100% of net ad revenue per our terms — we take no cut.

Your Videos Rank For Your Domain.

Every watch page ships ranking-ready — VideoObject schema, auto-submitted video sitemap, Key Moments markup. Google, Perplexity, and ChatGPT Search can crawl and cite your pages.

  • A YouTube embed sends authority to youtube.com. Your domain keeps it.
  • Multi-position results — watch page, article, and thumbnail together.
  • Answer engines cite pages they can read.
how to smoke brisket low and slow

watch-page markup VideoObject valid
{ "@type": "VideoObject", "name": "How To Smoke Brisket Low And Slow", "contentUrl": "https://yourbrand.com/videos/brisket", "publisher": "Yourbrand" }
0:00 The rub 2:14 Smoker setup 5:40 The wrap 9:05 Resting

Interactive demo — flip the toggle and watch who owns the results page.

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Run Your Channel Without Limits.

01

Customize Branding

Colors, layout, and player — drag-and-drop, no developer.

02

Monetization Setup

Ezoic ads, sponsorships, memberships — 100% yours.

03

Export Subscriber Lists

CSV or JSON — your email list, anywhere you want it.

Your channel agent
Connected via MCP

Interactive demo — pick a task and watch an agent run the channel.

Works with any AI agent

Run Your Channel From Your AI Agent.

A full API and an MCP server — Claude, a Custom GPT, or your own agent stack can publish, schedule, and pull analytics. Automation is welcome here.

  • MCP server + structured API.
  • MRSS in, agent out — wire your pipeline to a channel you own.
  • Built on open-source infrastructure, privacy-first.

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Already Building On Their Own Domains.

As covered by Yahoo Finance and State of Digital Publishing.

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Grow Your Brand Beyond YouTube.

Transform Your Channel Into a More Professional Business. Live in minutes, additive to everything you run.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much does it cost to get started?

Nothing. Open.Video is free — no subscription, no setup fees, and a 0% platform take-rate on ad revenue. Optional paid add-ons may exist in the future; none will be required to use the platform or its core features.

Can I still use YouTube?

Yes — keep it. Open.Video is additive: YouTube for reach, Open.Video for business. Connect your channel once and auto-sync keeps both in step. Your YouTube subscribers aren't going anywhere.

How long does it take to set up?

Most creators activate in under 10 minutes, and a full YouTube library is typically live on your domain in under an hour. If you ever want out, export everything — nothing is locked.

How will I build an audience with Open.Video?

Every watch page is built to rank — VideoObject schema, auto-submitted video sitemaps, and Key Moments markup — so search sends viewers to your domain. First-party subscriber capture then turns views into real emails you can export and reach any time. The new vertical feed gives short-form viewers a home on your site too.

Will Open.Video eventually try to charge for its services?

The commitment, straight from our FAQ: "Everything you use for free will remain free. In the future, we'll have paid features or add-on's but none of them will be required to use the platform or it's core features."

How do payouts work?

Quarterly, within about 35 days after each calendar quarter closes, once your balance passes $20. Our terms commit to paying no less than 100% of the net ad revenue attributable to ads on your content — Open.Video takes no cut. Programmatic ads require a quick application to the ad stack; there are no view-count minimums.