Services · Ecommerce development · Video streaming membership sites
Codeeo delivers video streaming membership website development in Manchester for artists, labels, venues, independent producers, sports creators and arts companies that want fans to pay for what they watch. We build the commerce side of streaming: membership tiers, livestream passes, a protected on-demand library, UK card and wallet payments, renewals, plan changes and an admin your team runs day to day. Codeeo works with Manchester clients remotely, holding discovery, reviews and handover over video call.
Manchester audiences are loyal, but they are fans first and customers second. A membership that feels like a tollbooth will be cancelled. One that feels like being closer to the band, the club or the company keeps renewing, and the website is where that feeling is won or lost.
200+ companies servedFrom a first store to an ADX listed developer
Platform features
Fans in Manchester already pay for streaming, gig tickets, football and a dozen apps. A new membership has to justify itself quickly: what do I get that I cannot find free on social media, and how easily can I stop paying if it is not for me? The platforms we build answer both questions on the first screen.
Video streaming subscription website development in Manchester usually starts with a livestream or a back catalogue and grows into a proper membership with perks beyond video. The features below are ordered roughly the way Manchester clients add them. We host and encode video with a specialist provider, keep the website focused on access and payment, and design every step for a fan arriving from an Instagram link on a phone.
Manchester also has one of the largest student populations in the country, spread across the University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan and the colleges around Oxford Road. Students are price sensitive, move house every year and share accounts freely. If they are part of your audience, a student tier checked against an academic email address, a monthly plan they can stop over the summer and sensible stream limits will do more for revenue than another promotional banner.
Sell a single gig, recording session or premiere as a pass, include it in a membership tier, or both. Buyers get a reminder before the start and a replay that stays available for the window your licences allow, then disappears automatically. Capacity limits can mirror a real venue if scarcity is part of the appeal. Ticket holders who are not yet members are offered a membership after the show while the experience is still fresh.
One show earns from fans who could not be in the room.
Presale codes for physical gigs, members-only merchandise drops, early access to new releases and discount codes for your shop. Perks are attached to tiers in the admin and delivered by email or in the account area, so members see value every month even when the video schedule is quiet.
Members renew for the whole package, not one video.
Apple Pay and Google Pay first, cards and PayPal as fallback, through a provider such as Stripe that handles Strong Customer Authentication. Account creation happens after payment, not before, and no field is requested that the membership does not need.
Fewer fans abandon the join page halfway through.
Each recording carries its rights: the territories it can be shown in, the date it must come down and the licences behind any music in it. Streaming performances of songs usually needs licensing through PRS for Music and, for recorded tracks, PPL. The admin shows what expires soon so nothing stays up by accident.
Rights holders see a service that respects their terms.
Moving from monthly to annual, or from a fan tier to a superfan tier, charges only the difference for the time left in the current period. Downgrades take effect at renewal. The member sees the exact amount before confirming, which keeps your pricing display in line with consumer law.
Upgrades become a one-tap decision rather than a support ticket.
A visible cancel button in the account area, a short optional reason, a confirmation email and access until the end of the paid period. The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 brings in subscription contract rules that are expected in 2027, and building a clear exit now avoids rework later.
Members leave on good terms and some come back.
Welcome series, renewal notices, perk announcements and win-back messages for lapsed members, sent from your email platform. Marketing messages follow PECR consent rules, while service messages such as renewal reminders go to every member because they relate to the contract.
Members hear from you at the right moments without breaking consent rules.
A cookie banner that genuinely blocks non-essential tags until the visitor agrees, plus server-side measurement of joins, renewals and cancellations that does not depend on cookies. You see which campaigns bring members who stay, not just clicks.
Reliable revenue reporting without ignoring the ICO's cookie guidance.
Limits on simultaneous streams, device lists members can manage themselves, signed playback links and alerts when one account appears in many places at once. You decide how strict to be; a family sharing a login in Didsbury is a different case from a link posted on a forum.
Sharing stays within limits you chose.
Who this suits in Manchester
Manchester's video economy runs from the broadcasters and production companies at MediaCityUK in Salford to rehearsal rooms in Ancoats and venues in the Northern Quarter. Video streaming paid membership platform development in Manchester looks different in each corner of that economy, so here are the four situations we meet most, and what each one needs first.
Across all four, the same rule holds: the membership has to make sense to a fan who has never heard of your business model. We write the plans page in plain language, show the full recurring price including VAT before anyone pays, and keep the number of tiers small enough that a visitor can choose in seconds.
Bands, DJs, labels and venues selling livestreams, archive sets, studio sessions and documentaries to fans. The membership usually ties into merchandise and ticketing, so we connect the platform to your shop and ticket provider where they offer APIs. Licensing for any music streamed is checked before launch, not after a takedown notice. Fan data collected through the platform belongs to you, not to a ticketing marketplace, which makes the next tour announcement far easier to sell.
Music licences are confirmed before the first show goes live.
Producers and crews who work for broadcasters and want a direct channel of their own for documentaries, comedy or factual series. They usually need rights tracking per title, a polished catalogue and a way to sell both memberships and single titles. Ofcom notification may apply if the service resembles television, so we raise it early. Screeners for commissioners and festival programmers can sit in a private area of the same platform.
Coaches, analysts and athletes selling training content, tactical breakdowns and behind-the-scenes series. Manchester has a huge sports audience, but match footage belongs to leagues and broadcasters, so these memberships are built on original content you own. Clubs and academies in Greater Manchester often add a parent account that pays for one or more young players. We design categories by sport, level and goal, and keep any content involving young players under safeguarding rules.
Arts organisations, including those programming in newer spaces such as Aviva Studios, recording productions and concerts for audiences who cannot attend. Their members often expect captions and audio description, and their boards expect clear reporting. We build both, and connect membership to the supporter schemes the organisation already runs.
Engagement options
Most Manchester clients start with a fixed scope build for the first release, estimated once discovery has pinned down tiers, livestream needs and integrations. A monthly retainer then covers new perks, campaign pages, plan experiments and catalogue tooling. Labels or producers with a steady release schedule may prefer a dedicated team that knows the platform well. All three run remotely from our team in Dubai, Riyadh and Karachi, with a named lead and regular video calls.
Codeeo has delivered 200+ projects across the UAE and the US and is rated 4.7 from 23 Google reviews. For Manchester clients that means a team used to working across time zones and handing over platforms that other people will run, with documentation written for your staff rather than for developers.
A defined build with a deadline
We agree what the product has to do, write it down with a price and a date, and build exactly that. Changes are priced before they are made, not discovered on the invoice.
A product that keeps evolving
Named engineers who work your hours, join your standups and stay on the codebase. You direct the backlog; we own the quality of what ships.
Something live that needs looking after
A monthly block of hours for improvements, fixes and the small requests that otherwise wait months. Unused hours carry for a quarter.
Technology
A fast web framework, a headless CMS for your catalogue and perks, a specialist video and livestream host, and a billing provider that handles proration and Strong Customer Authentication. Everything is set up in accounts your company owns, and we document how the parts connect. If you later bring development in house or move to another agency, the documentation and repository give them everything they need to carry on.
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The engine is the same, the offer around it is not.
Both need tiers, payment, access rules and renewals. A band's platform leans on livestream passes, perks and merchandise, and members join for closeness to the artist. A production company's platform leans on a deep catalogue, rights tracking and single title sales. We decide the balance in discovery and design the plans page around what your audience actually values.
Schedule a free consultation and get a written recommendation, with costs, before you commit to anything.
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