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Geminars Quick Start!
What is a Geminar?
A Geminar is a conversational video space.
Unlike traditional webinars or live sessions, a Geminar is designed to be:
People come to a Geminar to watch, think, and talk — not just to attend a scheduled event.
What Geminars is designed for
Geminars works best for:
educators sharing knowledge
professionals explaining tools or ideas
creators building thoughtful audiences
teams discussing material asynchronously
communities that value conversation over broadcast
If your goal is engagement, not just views, Geminars fits naturally.
What Geminars deliberately does not do
Geminars intentionally avoids certain things:
It does not host videos by default
It does not enforce fixed schedules
It does not control or repackage your content
It does not monetise views or attention silently
These are deliberate design choices.
Geminars focuses on interaction, not ownership of content.
How videos work
Geminars does not take custody of your video files.
As an author:
you host your video wherever you choose (CDN, private server, etc.)
you provide an MP4 link to Geminars.
Geminars simply plays the video inside the Geminar page
This means:
you retain full ownership
you decide how and where your video is hosted
your hosting credentials never pass through Geminars
If you prefer, we also provide optional tools to help you upload videos directly to your own CDN — without sharing credentials.
How interaction works
Interaction is the core of a Geminar.
Each Geminar supports:
a live chat space (messages persist)
contextual discussion tied to moments in the video
an optional “Beckon Author” mechanism, where viewers can request the author’s presence
This makes Geminars feel alive even when people are not present at the same time.
Who pays for what
Watching Geminars is free.
Costs arise only when interaction happens:
chat messages
author fetch requests
Authors can choose:
to pay for interaction themselves
or to pass the cost to viewers
or to add a markup and earn from engagement
This keeps the platform fair:
Responsibility & content ownership
Authors are responsible for:
Geminars:
does not claim ownership of your videos
does not redistribute or resell your content
does not place any advertisements
provides a transparent complaint mechanism if concerns arise
Clear ownership reduces confusion for everyone.
Getting started in 5 minutes
That’s it.
People can now watch, chat, and engage — on their own terms.