Videos: what plays and where
One video per listing: which links work, where to set it, and how it plays.
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Your videos
On a paid launch, which has the full profile, videos play right on the listing. If the listing is free, its video section stays locked. A single main video is placed at the top of the screenshots.
What you can paste
YouTube in all its forms (normal, youtu.be, Shorts, embed, live), Vimeo with private links, Loom, Wistia, Vidyard, Dailymotion and TikTok all work, as does an .mp4 or .webm on your company's website. A playlist, a channel link or an X/Twitter post is not accepted; you will see why on the form.
Setting your video
In /account/listings, open the listing with Edit and look for Video. Paste the link, wait a moment for the title to appear under the box, and save. Under Profile sections > Video you will find the same link, with room for your own title and a one-line summary.
Only one video is shown per listing, so saving a new link replaces it. Remove it with the Remove button or by saving an empty box.
One video
Nothing loads from the video site until a visitor presses play, which keeps the listing fast and private (youtube-nocookie, Vimeo do-not-track). The video lists what the host provides - title, description, length, upload date - and a 'Watch on <site>' link.
On Seen Here First and beyond
Every site listing the company shows its videos. The video is described with structured data, listed in the video sitemap and named in llms.txt.
When a host changes
Every week we check the video. If it was removed, made private or had embedding switched off, it is hidden and the owner gets one email; when it is available again it returns on its own.
Questions people ask
- Can I upload a video file?
- You can link an .mp4 or .webm file on the company's own website.
- Does the video slow my listing down?
- No. Nothing loads from the video site until a visitor presses play.
- How many videos can my listing have?
- A single video. Replace it any time with a new link.