A Geminar provides a rich conversational space around your videos.

Unlike traditional webinars or live sessions, a Geminar is designed to be:

• accessible at any time
• open to people joining and leaving at their own pace
• focused on discussion rather than video performance
• a place for authors to broadcast live audio to interested audiences

People come to a Geminar to watch, think, and listen to the author — not just to attend a scheduled event.

Geminars works best for:

• educators sharing knowledge
• professionals explaining tools or ideas
• business/product marketing
• 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.

Geminars intentionally avoids certain features seen elsewhere:

• It does not host videos by default (but we'll guide you on how/where you can host Videos)
• It does not enforce fixed schedules
• It does not control or repackage your content
• It does not monetize views or attention silently

These are deliberate design choices. Geminars focuses on interaction; not ownership of content.

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 a video link for a Geminar.
• Geminars simply plays the video inside the Geminar page.
• All viewers get to chat with each other on that video.
• You can also broadcast live audio to the audience, as you deem fit.

This means:

• you retain full ownership
• you decide how and where your video is hosted
• your hosting credentials never pass through Geminars
• The bandwidth for showing the video will be consumed by the host of that link

If you prefer, we also provide optional tools to help you upload videos directly to your own CDN — without you sharing credentials of that CDN with us.

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
• sharing on social media including preview, title and description of the specific Geminar.

This makes Geminars feel alive even when people are not present at the same time. As viewers come and go, some of them can beckon the author. A notification is sent to the author to join – who can come and either chat with other viewer and/or start a live audio broadcast to the current audience. Notifications are also sent to earlier viewers who may have posted chat messages there.

Thus Geminars does have a minimal amount of truly “live” broadcasting. However, it is in specific parts of the engagement. Viewers can truly benefit without the author's presence. And yet, at the point where the audience decides the author needs to be present, that is when the author's presence can make a difference. Moreover, such “live” broadcasting are not video. They are audio – so usually would not have bandwidth/Internet speed problems.

Watching Geminars is free. Payment is a pay-as-you-go system. So you can always suspend usage of your geminars by not refreshing the credits. New users get 100 credits free (1 credit = Rs 1 Indian Rupee)

Costs arise only when interaction happens:

• chat messages
• author “beckon” requests
• author live audio broadcasts

NOTE: Audio broadcasts are always paid by the author. Chats and beckons can be paid either by the author OR by the viewers – as per the setting made by the author for that respective Geminar. Beckons are charged ONLY if the author starts broadcasting audio within 2 hours.

Authors can choose:

• to pay for chats and beckons themselves (Called “Author Sponsored” 👑)
• to pass the cost of chats and beckons to viewers (Called “Viewer Sponsored” )
• to make it not only viewer sponsored but also add a markup and earn credits from the engagement

This keeps the platform fair:

• quiet videos cost nothing
• active conversations pay for themselves

Authors are responsible for:

• ensuring they have the right to share the video they link
• complying with applicable copyright and usage laws

Geminars:

• does not claim ownership of your videos
• does not redistribute or resell your content
• does not place any advertisements
• allow anyone to email a complaint (admin@geminars.com)

Clear ownership reduces confusion for everyone.

If you are setting up a Geminar yourself

• Create an account
• Create a Geminar using your video’s link
• Add a title and description
• Share the Geminar link to people you want to attract

If you are only viewing Geminars

• Creating an account (optional. But required if the author insists)
• Browse/search and click on the Geminar you want to view
• Optionally: Share the Geminar page's link with others

In both case (i.e. as an author or as a viewer), make sure that you have topped up your credits. If you run out of credits, some of the engagements that consumes credits (e.g. chats) would not be allowed. Note: Viewing videos are never charged and is always allowed.

NOTE: When you share the link on Whatsapp/FB/X/Blue Sky/etc it will show a useful title, description and a preview card to that audience.

New registrants are given some free credits.

That’s it. Enjoy!

People can now watch, chat, and engage — on their own terms.

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