Upload your videos with Vimeo
With our Vimeo integration, you can upload gated videos directly to Lookhu posts. This means exclusive content for your members without the fear of link sharing.
Important: You'll need a Vimeo Standard account (or above) to upload videos with our integration and a Vimeo Advanced account for Livestreaming. If you don’t have a paid subscription to Vimeo, you can sign up for a free 30-day trial for the Standard and Advanced plans. Additionally, Lookhu creators can use this link to receive 10% off their first year of Vimeo Advanced
Connecting your Vimeo Standard account to Lookhu
You can connect your Vimeo account to Lookhu through any of the following sections of your account:
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When selecting Video while creating a new post
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In the Connected Apps section in your Profile Settings
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In the Apps section of your Creator Settings
Selecting the Connect Vimeo button in any of the above sections will prompt a message asking for permission to connect your Vimeo account.
After selecting Allow, Lookhu will connect your Vimeo account.
Now you can post member-only videos or embed your videos when making a new video post by clicking the Create button → Video.
You can also disconnect and reconnect your Vimeo account in the same manner anytime. Lookhu can also prompt you to reconnect your account if Vimeo reports that your connection has expired.
Posting member-only videos with the Vimeo integration
When uploading, please ensure that you have enough storage/bandwidth quota within Vimeo and are uploading using a minimum of a Vimeo Standard account.
1. Click on Create from the left-hand navigation
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2. Select Video at the top of the post editor
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3. Make sure you have Make this a drop turned off — You can learn more about Drops here
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4. Select Connect Vimeo — It will prompt you to Log in to Vimeo and connect your Vimeo account to Lookhu if you haven’t already
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5. Select Upload to Vimeo
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6. In a moment, your member-only video will be uploaded and embedded. How fast this happens depends on how fast Vimeo prepares the video, so if the video does not get embedded, just wait a few minutes and refresh the page as the on-screen instructions explain
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7. If you're uploading on a desktop, once your video has uploaded, you can preview your post before publishing by clicking the Preview post icon.png button
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8. Fill out the rest of the details and Publish your video post
If you change the thumbnail for a video on Vimeo, it will also update on Lookhu.
You can also upload a video directly to Vimeo and then copy and paste the video link into the textbox of a video post on Lookhu.
Embed videos using the From Library feature
If you do not have a Vimeo Standard account we recommend uploading from your library easily embed your existing videos or the videos you recently uploaded directly to Vimeo by using the post editor while making new video posts.
While embedding a member-only post via this feature, you may end up with gray thumbnails due to this feature being aimed at embedded public videos from your library. If you wish to have the video be member-only we recommend first making the video at Vimeo Public before embedding it with the From Library feature and then changing the video settings at Vimeo to member-only again.
1. Click on Create from the left-hand navigation
2. Select Video at the top of the post editor
3. Make sure you have Make this a drop turned off — You can learn more about Drops here
4. Select Connect Vimeo — It will prompt you to Log in to Vimeo and connect your Vimeo account to Lookhu if you haven’t already
5. Select a video from your Vimeo library
6. When you find the video that you want to embed, click on it to embed it to the post. Your video will be embedded and ready to post
7. Give your post a title and description, and let us know who can see the post
8. On desktop, you can preview your post before publishing by clicking the View Post button
9. You can Publish it right away, Schedule it to go live at a later date, or simply exit the post editor and we’ll save your draft
Livestreaming with Vimeo
If you have a Vimeo Advanced account, you can go live with your members with our integration. Lookhu creators get 10% off their 1st year of Vimeo Advanced.
Ready to go live? Here's our article to help you set up a member-only exclusive Livestream: How to Livestream with Vimeo
How will my videos show up?
Eligible members can view your video on the Lookhu website and mobile app. If members have post notifications enabled, we'll send them an email with a preview of your video.
How will this display on Vimeo?
For creators:
Your video will populate in your Vimeo library, with privacy settings already configured so that only members who can access a particular post can check out the video. (Not to worry, though — you can always change the settings if you need to!)
For members:
Since videos uploaded via Lookhu will automatically be whitelisted (protected), these videos will not show up when a member visits your Vimeo page. Videos will only be accessible on Lookhu.