Selling downloads

Sell video downloads.
The buyer gets the file. Plan for that.

Selling a video download means the buyer pays and receives the file itself, to keep and play offline. It suits films, tutorials and footage people want to own. Once a file is downloaded no platform can take it back, so price downloads higher than streaming and offer both.

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By uncompressed.io · Updated September 2026

Uncompressed On Demand

Sell your films for $39 a month, 0% commission.

  • Sell streaming, downloads, or both, at your own price per film.
  • Buyers pay into your own payment account. We never touch the money and take nothing from any sale.
  • Your own shop page at yourname.uncompressed.io/on-demand, with a free preview whose length you choose.
  • Buyers need no account: they pay and the film opens from their receipt, on any device.
  • Films play as you exported them, with 20,000 viewing hours a month included.
Start sellingHow it worksCard processing fees of your payment provider apply. Works on any plan, free included.

Stream or download

Two products,
and what each leaves in the buyer's hands.

Streaming
Download
Buyer gets
Access to watch on the platform
The file, to keep
Works offline
No
Yes
Refund removes it
Yes, access ends
Only future access; a saved file stays
Usual price
Lower
Higher

Fees

What the store keeps,
at three download prices.

Per sale, before card processing fees on the flat-fee options.

uncompressed.io
Gumroad direct
Sellfy Starter
Monthly
$39 add-on + hosting plan
$0
$29
$10 download
$0
$1.50
$0
$25 download
$0
$3.00
$0
$50 download
$0
$5.50
$0
Sales cap
None
None listed
$10k a year, then 2% over or upgrade

Gumroad and Sellfy figures from their official pricing pages, fetched 25 September 2026.

At $25, Gumroad’s $3 a sale passes the $39 add-on at the 14th sale of a month. At $50 it passes it at the 8th. Below that, the percentage store costs less.

Who should pick something else

If you sell a few downloads a year, a percentage store costs nothing in the quiet months. If you want the platform to collect sales tax for you, Gumroad states it does; with us the charge is on your own account and tax is yours.

Setup

Four steps
before the first sale.

1

Export the download master

The buyer keeps exactly this file. Pick a codec and bitrate that plays on ordinary computers.

2

Set both prices

A streaming price for watchers, a higher download price for keepers.

3

Add a preview

A short free cut so people see the quality before they pay.

4

State the licence

Personal viewing only, no redistribution: say it on the page and in your terms.

Questions

Frequently asked

Can I stop a buyer sharing a downloaded video?

Not technically, once the file is on their drive. A licence in your terms, a fair price and a streaming option for people who do not need the file are the practical defences. Uncompressed On Demand does not add DRM or a per-buyer watermark to downloads.

What file does the buyer get from Uncompressed On Demand?

The file you uploaded, as you exported it. Nothing is re-encoded. Export the download at the quality you want the buyer to keep.

What happens if I refund a buyer?

You refund from your own payment account, and the buyer's access on uncompressed.io is removed at once. A file they already downloaded stays on their device.

Sell downloads with 0% taken.

Uncompressed On Demand is an add-on, $39 a month, 20,000 viewing hours a month included, 0% of any sale. Set a download price, a streaming price or both, minimum $1. Your payment provider's card processing fees still apply.