About VSL Host Report

VSL Host Report is an independent editorial desk. We review video hosting for one specific job: carrying a video sales letter or sales video to cold paid traffic and turning that traffic into sales. That is a different job from storing a content library, and most "best video host" lists get it wrong by ranking general-purpose hosts at the top.

What we cover

We rank and review the video hosts that direct-response marketers, offer owners, media buyers and course sellers actually weigh against each other. We judge them on five things: how the player behaves on paid traffic, how deep the retention analytics go, how the tool attributes the sale, its pricing model, and what long-term users report.

How we work

We do not run these tools on live campaigns. We read what long-term users report in public threads and on review sites, work through each vendor's own documentation and pricing pages, and verify prices with the vendor before a verdict goes live. Every tool page shows the date we last checked. Our full approach is on the how we research page.

Who writes here

Reviews are written and edited by Mara Vance and checked by the VSL Host Report desk. You can see the full masthead on the authors page.

How we stay independent

Some of the links on this site are affiliate links, and we say so on every page that carries one. A commission never changes a ranking. We explain the model in full on how we make money. If something here is wrong, tell us and we will fix it and say that we did.