# Running client video without hosting it yourself

Keep the video in one platform account you control, embed it into each client site with domain-locked embeds, and report from per-video retention and lead numbers. Client hosting then serves no video bytes, a client site redesign cannot break the player, and handover is a matter of moving one account rather than migrating files.

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## The problem with per-client hosting

Video uploaded into each client's WordPress means: their bandwidth, their upload limits, their backups, and a separate blind spot per site. You cannot answer "which video works" across a portfolio, and every new site starts from zero.

## The workflow that scales

1. **One account, projects per client.** Videos grouped by client, so a handover is a scoped export rather than an archaeology exercise.
2. **[Domain-locked embeds](/docs/privacy)** per client site, wildcards for staging (`*.staging.example.com`). A leaked embed code plays nowhere else.
3. **Unbranded player** on paid plans, styled to each client's accent colour and radius — the player reads as theirs, not as a vendor widget or yours.
4. **The [WordPress plugin](/docs/wordpress-plugin) per site**, with one API key each so you can revoke a single site without touching the others.
5. **Reporting from per-video analytics** — plays, retention, CTA click-through and leads — which is the artefact clients actually value at the monthly call.

## What this costs

Agency is $29/month or $290/year for unlimited plays and unlimited videos, with no overage and no bandwidth meter. For most agency portfolios that is a rounding error against a single client's monthly retainer, and it is a simple number you can quote in a proposal.

## Handover

Decide the story before you sign: either the client gets their own account and you rebuild the embeds there, or the videos stay with you as a service. Both are legitimate; the failure mode is not deciding, and discovering the question at the end of the engagement.

## What to promise clients

- No video bytes on their hosting.
- Consistent playback on any platform they later migrate to — the embed is plain HTML.
- Retention and lead numbers per video, monthly.
- No promises about search or AI visibility. See [AI search and video](/blog/ai-search-and-video) for why guarantees in this area are not honest.

## FAQ

### Can one account serve several client sites?

Yes. Group videos per client, domain-lock each embed to that client’s hostnames, and use a separate API key per WordPress site so any one site can be revoked alone.

## Related

- [Private video: passwords, domain locking and unlisted](https://videokr.com/docs/privacy)
- [WordPress plugin: install, connect, embed](https://videokr.com/docs/wordpress-plugin)
- [Plans, plays and limits](https://videokr.com/docs/plans-and-limits)
- [Who is Videokr for?](https://videokr.com/answers/who-is-videokr-for)

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