Vimeo On Demand is closing on 20 November 2026. Here is what to do, in order.
Vimeo is retiring its On Demand storefront. If you sold or rented videos through it, sales stopped on 21 September, the final payouts were due by 24 September, and on 20 November your buyers lose access. This is the checklist we walk every migrating creator through — it applies whichever host you move to.
The dates
22 August 2026 — Uploads stopped (passed)
No new titles can be added. Existing On Demand pages stay live.
21 September 2026 — Sales stopped (passed)
No new purchases, rentals or subscriptions. Buyers keep what they already have until 20 November.
24 September 2026 — Final payouts due (passed)
Vimeo pays all eligible revenue automatically, including balances under the usual threshold. If yours has not arrived, contact Vimeo Support.
20 November 2026 — Full shutdown
Every On Demand page and storefront goes offline and buyers lose access. A rental ends sooner if its own window runs out first.
Vimeo itself is not shutting down. Only the On Demand storefront closes.
Checked against Vimeo's shutdown notice and seller FAQ on 27 September 2026.
The checklist
- 1
Export your title list and your sales data
In Vimeo On Demand, open each title and note the video IDs, descriptions, pricing and which videos belong to which package. There is no bulk export of the storefront structure, so a spreadsheet you build now is the only record you will have after 20 November. Vimeo also suggests exporting your sales data from the analytics dashboard before that date — do both at once.
- 2
Get the original files out before the download links lapse
Vimeo's download links expire. Download your originals now — or use a host that fetches from your Vimeo links for you — rather than a few at a time over the coming weeks. If you only have the Vimeo-encoded copies, that is still fine; keep the highest rendition available.
- 3
Download your buyers' emails while you still can
Anyone who bought a title through Vimeo On Demand loses access on 20 November. Vimeo will not give you a full buyer list, but you can download the addresses of buyers who opted in to updates: open your VOD page settings, go to the Audience tab and click “Export email addresses”. Vimeo is emailing viewers about the shutdown itself, but it only points them to your new home if that home is Vimeo OTT — anywhere else, that message is yours to send, and a notice on your On Demand page reaches the rest while the page is still up.
- 4
Pick where payments will happen — separately from where video lives
This is the decision people get wrong. Vimeo On Demand did two jobs: it took money and it streamed video. Most replacements do one. Stripe Payment Links, Gumroad, Teachable, Kajabi, Podia or a membership plugin on your own site can take the money; a protected video host serves the files. Choose both, and check the two work together (the host must let you embed a protected player on your checkout platform's pages).
- 5
Insist on real protection this time
Your paid videos were behind Vimeo's rental window; on your own site they are behind whatever your new host offers. Signed, expiring playback URLs and a domain whitelist are the minimum. For a course or a paid library, DRM (Widevine, PlayReady and FairPlay) is what stops downloaders: there is no unencrypted file to take. Where the viewer's device has hardware DRM — Safari on a Mac, iPhone and iPad, Edge and Chrome on Windows 11, most Android phones — a screen recording comes out black as well; Chrome on a Mac and Firefox decrypt in software, so a recorder still sees the picture (which browsers block screen recording). Ask any host whether it offers DRM on your price tier, not only on ‘Enterprise’.
- 6
Re-embed, then redirect
Once the library is re-hosted, update every embed and link on your site and in your emails. Keep a list of your old Vimeo On Demand URLs and, if your site can redirect, point each one at the new page so old links from social posts and search results still land somewhere.
- 7
Tell people twice
Once now — 'this is moving, here is where' — and once after the move with the new link. Buyers who ignore the first email will act on the second one when their old link stops working on 20 November.
If you move to StreamVault
Steps 2, 5 and 6 are done for you: paste your Vimeo links, we fetch and convert every file, generate subtitles, and put the library behind DRM, signed URLs and domain whitelisting — free, at any size. We host and protect; you keep taking payments wherever you already do. Plans from $12/mo with a 7-day trial and no card.
Questions people are asking
Is Vimeo shutting down?
No. Vimeo continues. What is closing is Vimeo On Demand — the storefront for selling and renting videos. Your videos remain in your Vimeo account; the shop, and your buyers' access through it, is what ends on 20 November 2026.
What are the exact dates?
Uploads stopped on 22 August 2026 and sales on 21 September 2026. Vimeo's seller FAQ says final payouts were expected to be completed by 24 September 2026. Storefronts go offline, and buyers lose access, on 20 November 2026.
Will my buyers keep access to what they bought?
Until 20 November 2026, yes — they watch at vimeo.com/purchases, and a rental still ends when its own window runs out. After that, no: access closes with the storefront. Keeping past buyers watching is on you: reach them, and give them a new place to watch.
Can I get my buyers' email addresses?
Only for buyers who opted in to updates from your VOD page: in your VOD page settings, open the Audience tab and click Export email addresses. Vimeo does not hand over full buyer lists, for privacy reasons, so export what you can before 20 November.
My final payout has not arrived. What now?
Vimeo says all eligible revenue is paid automatically to your registered payment method, including balances below the usual threshold, and that final payouts were expected by 24 September 2026. If yours is missing, contact Vimeo Support — no other company can see or change Vimeo payouts.
What does Vimeo recommend instead?
Vimeo points sellers to Vimeo OTT, which can import your existing Vimeo videos; content and subscribers do not move over automatically, and Vimeo will tell your past buyers where you have gone only if you move there. Anywhere else is a fresh start, which is why the buyer-email export matters.
Can I move my library to StreamVault?
Yes. Paste your Vimeo links and StreamVault fetches, converts and subtitles every video, then puts it behind DRM, signed URLs and domain whitelisting. The migration is free at any library size. StreamVault hosts and protects video; it does not take payments from viewers, so you keep selling through your own site, Stripe, Teachable or your LMS.