Live streaming TV with Subscriptions - Any ways for Monetization?

[JohnnieGR]

Hello BHers, that is my first post on BHW and i m looking for some help.

i own a live tv website for one specific tier 2 country which work with subscriptions. I used to have paypal and stripe on it but i got banned from both because of copyrighted material.

My questions are:

1) is there any way to receive payments or monetize those kind of websites (i search on the forum, but no luck)?
2) Is there any payment gateway that ignore copyrighted material (Not DMCA, i don't streaming hollywood movies or USA channels)?
3) If i place Paypal donation button on that site and whoever donate i will give him manual access it will get me banned from paypal again (or i have to use other website to cover the real activity?)?
4) If none of 2,3 work, you guys think cpa content locker will (if yes which one accept copyrighted material)?

Thanks in advance!

 

[PrinceOnLine]

For streaming dull page ads always work well, talk to Admaven, I used them also on a streaming site and they tailored ads perfect for my site.

 

[JohnnieGR]

For streaming dull page ads always work well, talk to Admaven, I used them also on a streaming site and they tailored ads perfect for my site.

I do not want to use popups on that website. Any other suggestion?

 

[Sephrata]

I forget the name of the service, but it's a well known one for streaming sports.

They 'avoid' the detection of the payment services by doing two things:

1) They are fairly hidden, don't actively promote and only accept limited new people at a time

2) When they bill, they appear to be a webhosting company and you're buying a package for this.

 

[acapitalTee]

If you don't host the videos yourself, you can offer to sell them instructions on how to access the videos so technically you won't be selling copyrighted material so that you can use Paypal again.

 

[JohnnieGR]

I forget the name of the service, but it's a well known one for streaming sports.

They 'avoid' the detection of the payment services by doing two things:

1) They are fairly hidden, don't actively promote and only accept limited new people at a time

2) When they bill, they appear to be a webhosting company and you're buying a package for this.

That sounds great, its exactly what i need. But how can I find them?

 

[Sephrata]

That sounds great, its exactly what i need. But how can I find them?

Reddit - SmoothStreamsTV

 

[JohnnieGR]

If you don't host the videos yourself, you can offer to sell them instructions on how to access the videos so technically you won't be selling copyrighted material so that you can use Paypal again.

Reddit - SmoothStreamsTV

So if i do the following, do you guys think its a risk?

Build a woocomerce website that will appear eg as a webhosting company or directory and sell vouchers for the live tv website.

I send the instructions to the users after signing up for the live tv website how to buy a coupon for eg 1 month access.

 

[Sephrata]

Just see what SmoothStreams do now, that's your answer. These guys are big and popular in the US.

 

[JohnnieGR]

Just see what SmoothStreams do now, that's your answer. These guys are big and popular in the US.

I will, thank you for your help guys

 

[latinkreation]

Why don't you just accept bitcoin as payment?

 

[JohnnieGR]

Why don't you just accept bitcoin as payment?

Its safe to use bitcoins as payment gateway to sell copyrighted material? I never work with bitcoins.

 

[latinkreation]

Its safe to use bitcoins as payment gateway to sell copyrighted material? I never work with bitcoins.

You can sell ANYTHING if you accept Bitcoin.

 

[JohnnieGR]

I will give it a try. Can you please recommend me a couple bc sites i can start with? Thank you so much for your help!

 

[latinkreation]

I will give it a try. Can you please recommend me a couple bc sites i can start with? Thank you so much for your help!

There are many ways of accepting bitcoin. You can simply use your bitcoin wallet like Airbitz or a payment processor like bit pay. It's best to do a little research so you can see what fits your business best. I would go with Airbitz myself though. Unfortunately it doesn't allow me to drop a link here so you are going to have to google it.