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How to Replace a Video Without Changing the URL (Answered!)

Learn how to replace a video without changing the URL, and avoid losing traffic or compromising your audience’s experience.

How to Replace a Video Without Changing the URL (Answered!)

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Every content creator has needed to fix a video, whether it was published with an error or to improve its quality.

However, what may seem trivial to some can turn into a big headache for infoproduct creators.

After all, a new video requires updating its embedded links in member areas or landing pages.

Moreover, it's not uncommon for the same video to be embedded on two or more different pages – which increases the workload.

If you no longer want to deal with these situations, find out now how to replace a video without changing the URL.

Is it possible to replace videos while keeping the same URL on YouTube?

This is a very common question from users of the platform.

Source: YouTube Help

On YouTube, it is not possible to replace a video while maintaining the same URL.

While it’s possible to edit existing videos to trim parts or censor objects, any new content uploaded to YouTube will receive a new URL.

This happens because YouTube is a platform aimed at content sharing, not for hosting courses or VSLs.

Thus, allowing video replacements on YouTube would open doors to tampering with content and manipulating the audience.

Who Benefits from Updating Videos Without Changing the URL?

This solution is very useful for infoproduct creators, strategists, and edtechs who manage lessons and Video Sales Letters (VSLs).

Unlike YouTubers, this audience deals with multiple platforms to share their videos, such as:

  • Membership
  • Landing Pages for campaigns
  • Institutional websites

On each platform, there is a different login, password, and interface, which requires time and effort to make updates.

The excess of tools makes the process slow and prone to errors, as collaborators may forget to update one of the pages.

Updating Videos on Panda Video Without Changing the Embed Link

It was with all these issues in mind that Panda Video created the "Replace Video" function.

With it, users can access our platform and change the video without needing to alter the embed link, ensuring more speed and practicality in managing their content.

To replace a video, it’s very simple:

  1. Log in to Panda Video.
  2. On the Dashboard, click on the video you want to replace.
  3. Scroll to the bottom of the page, and on the left side, click on "Replace Video."

While the new video is being processed, the old one will continue to be displayed to avoid disrupting the audience's experience.

How the "Replace Video" Function Works on Panda Video

Benefits of the Function

Here are the main benefits of using the "Replace Video" function:

  • Maintaining the original link: Avoid updating embeds on multiple pages.
  • Metrics history: Preserve the analytics metrics of the original video.
  • Imperceptible corrections: Replace videos without impacting the user experience.
  • Content management centralization: Make quick changes on just one platform.

Start Using the Replace Video Function Today

If you’ve been looking for a solution to replace videos and keep the embed link intact, you’ve found it!

Start a free trial on Panda Video and bring your lessons and VSLs to the platform.

If your videos are on YouTube, no problem. Start the trial and use our Chrome extension to migrate your videos in bulk.

Start your free trial on Panda Video

What is Panda Video?

Panda Video is a video hosting platform with solutions aimed at businesses and infoproduct creators who need to:

  • Protect courses from piracy
  • Increase sales with VSL
  • Boost student engagement.
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