Subscriber Models & Hosting (for Newbs)
Background: Launching podcast later this year, and the initial concept was to release audio episodes free via major platforms and offer full, unedited videos of episodes on the podcast website for paid subscribers.
Questions/Concerns: When exploring hosting for the show's website, I realized that I would be responsible for all of the storage space for the videos. Am I right that this method would be prohibitively expensive and complicated? I could aways iframe the videos from a video hosting site, but I don't know how I could keep it "subscribers only" if that only applies to the website. The ecosystem seems to be so built-out that sites like Patreon or YouTube (Channel Memberships) may be better options for rev. generating content. Any veterans have advice for newb?