Buy Vimeo Views

Vimeo is where creative work lives

Vimeo is the video platform of choice for filmmakers, motion designers, animators, agencies and businesses that care about how their videos look. There are no ads before videos, the player is clean and high quality, and the community is full of creative professionals. When a director sends a showreel to a producer, or an agency shares a case study with a client, the link is often a Vimeo link.

Vimeo views raise the play count on one video, so the people who open your link see work that others have already watched.

Where views show up

Vimeo counts plays for every video, and you can see them in the video's stats and analytics. The play count can also be shown on the video page, depending on your settings; owners can choose whether to display it. If you want visitors to see the number, check the video's settings and turn on the view count.

How Vimeo views work

• Copy the video's link from the address bar or the Share button.
• Paste it on the order form, choose the amount and check out.
• Keep the video public while the order runs.

A video link looks like vimeo.com/123456789. The video's privacy must be set to Public. Private, unlisted, password-protected and "hide from Vimeo" videos cannot receive views from outside. You can change the setting back after the order if you need to.

Who buys Vimeo views

• Filmmakers sharing short films with festivals and producers.
• Directors and editors sending showreels.
• Motion designers and animators building a portfolio.
• Agencies sharing case studies with prospective clients.
• Musicians premiering music videos on Vimeo.
• Businesses with product videos and brand films.

Make your video page work for you

• Choose a strong thumbnail: Vimeo lets you pick a frame or upload an image.
• Write a clear title and description, with credits for everyone who worked on it.
• Add tags and a category so the video can be found in Vimeo's search.
• Upload the best quality you can; Vimeo viewers notice.
• Add the video to a showcase with your other work.

Staff Picks and the Vimeo community

Vimeo's curation team selects Staff Picks, short films and videos they admire, and a Staff Pick can bring a film a large audience and real recognition. Staff Picks are chosen on the quality of the work, not on view counts, so views will not get you one. What views do is make a video look watched when you share it yourself, while you submit to festivals, post in communities and send it to the people you want to see it.

Embedding on your website

Many people use Vimeo to embed videos on their own websites, because the player is clean and customisable. Plays from embedded players count as plays on the video. If you embed your showreel on your portfolio site, the views on the Vimeo video and the embedded player are the same number.

How many views look natural

Keep views in proportion to your account and the kind of video. A short film by a new filmmaker with 300,000 plays and no likes or comments looks odd. A few hundred to a few thousand plays on a showreel or short film looks like work that has been shared around. Likes and comments come from the Vimeo community; ask colleagues and collaborators to leave honest feedback.

A worked example

A recent film school graduate finishes a ten-minute short and uploads it to Vimeo with a careful thumbnail, full credits and a festival list in the description. Before sending the link to festival programmers and production companies, they order views so the play count looks like the film has been seen. They also share it in film communities and with everyone who worked on it. A production company that opens the link sees a well-presented film with an audience, watches it and invites the director to pitch.

Share your Vimeo link widely

Most views on Vimeo come from people who were sent a link, not from browsing. Put your video link in your email signature, your portfolio site, your social profiles and every festival or job application. Send it personally to the people you most want to see it, with a short note on why. A play count that already looks healthy makes those personal messages more convincing, because the recipient can see that others have watched the work too.

Respond to feedback

Reply to comments on your video, and thank people who like it or add it to a collection.

Before you order

• Set the video's privacy to Public.
• Use the link to one video, not your profile or a showcase.
• Do not delete or replace the video while the order runs.

What views do not do

Views raise the play count. They do not like, comment, follow you or add the video to collections, and they do not decide Staff Picks. Recognition comes from the work and the people who see it.

No password needed

We only need the public video link. We never ask for your Vimeo login, and nothing is posted from your account.