Every X webmaster has a dream of building their own site, but if you want to build one, you must buy transcoding software, purchase video sources, buy high-performance servers for transcoding, and buy CDN services. Not only is the cost high, but the technical threshold is also steep.
If you use foreign cloud storage, we only need to find video sources, upload the videos to the cloud, and then embed the code into our website to get it done.
The advantage of this cloud storage is that by others clicking and playing the videos, the webmaster will earn advertising revenue. Moreover, there is no need to build a transcoding server, saving a lot of costs, and it can be done quite efficiently to set up a self-built site.
The biggest drawback is that videos embedded from cloud storage will pop up 7-8 ads during playback, leading to a user experience that is basically terrible, and SEO is likely to be affected as well. I currently do not have a good solution for this; if webmasters are interested, they can join our X webmaster group to research it together.
In the past few days, I have tested and filtered many cloud storage services, and finally, a few remain that I personally think are acceptable.
Doodstream#
This cloud storage offers unlimited space, fast upload speeds, and basically instant transcoding after uploading. It has a built-in player compatible with most WP themes, and it is divided into regular and premium accounts. The premium account costs $77.9 per year and offers ad-free experience, no expiration for files, a maximum single file size of 20GB, and supports cryptocurrency payments. However, I found some comments online saying that there are still ads after upgrading to a premium account, and I haven't paid to test it yet.
The website is entirely in English, and for everyone's convenience, I have translated it into Chinese using a web translator. After uploading the video, select the video, click the "Export" button in the upper right corner, and a code box will appear.
You can see that a file provides download links, embed links, embed codes, a single image (screenshot of the video at the beginning), and a startup screen (I can't open this link to see what it is).
We only need to use the single image and embed code. Download the image and then copy the embed code.
Log in to your WordPress site, in the backend, select "Write Post" on the left side, switch from visual to text in the editor, paste the embed code you just copied, then upload a featured image and click publish.
After publishing, you will see the thumbnail. The WP theme I tested does not support vertical thumbnails for mobile, so it looks a bit strange.
Clicking into the article, you can see that the video is in portrait mode and can be played in full screen.
Cloud Storage Registration Link#
upnshare#
This cloud storage has a very slow transcoding speed and offers services like video downloads, embed codes, and video previews. It has unlimited upload space but will periodically delete inactive videos. When I tested it, the player size of this cloud storage was very strange; I don't know if it was a setting issue on my part, so webmasters can research it further.
Cloud Storage Registration Link#
Streamtape#
This is a relatively new cloud storage service, with good upload and transcoding speeds, but there are too many ads, and the pop-ups are overwhelming. The only highlight is that when I clicked on my own video, I surprisingly found that there was paid growth... Interested webmasters can research to see if they can boost views and make money; if it works, remember to come back and take me along for the ride.
This cloud storage provides a lot of codes, and the thumbnails will take screenshots of the video content, which is quite nice.