Your old videos should be selling for you.

We turn your YouTube back catalog into a guided library on your own site, so old videos keep finding viewers and sending them to what you sell.

A link, an @handle, or the channel name

Free preview from your videos in 48 hours, sent privately to the channel's owner. No card needed.

Before we send anything, we check the channel is yours: by the email listed on it, or a short code you add to your channel description.

We use your email only to send your preview and follow up about it. Privacy

The topic guides of the sample library: rows of photo cards, one per topic.
Sample library: a fictional creator, made to show how BackCatalog.me works. Images are AI-generated.

How one old video turns a stranger into a customer

1. Newcomers don't bounce

A short path for their level, in watch order, so one video leads to the next instead of back to YouTube.

A start-here path in the sample library, with its first video marked.

1They know exactly what to watch next

2. Answers in seconds, from you

Every video jumps straight to the moment that answers their question, so a 30-minute lesson still helps someone in a hurry.

A sample video page with its list of key moments; the 04:15 moment is highlighted.

2Tap 04:15: the answer, not the whole video

3. Old videos get found again

Viewers search in their own words and land on the lesson that answers them, even one you posted years ago.

Searching the sample library for “why do my pots crack”; the first result is marked.

3Their question, your old lesson

4. Watching turns into buying

Your offer, whether a course, coaching or products, sits next to the videos that lead to it, so viewers meet it right when they trust you most.

The end of a sample video page: related videos and the creator's course button, marked.

4Your offer, right when they're convinced

Already have a website? Good. This becomes its video library.

It lives at yourname.com/library or library.yourname.com, under your own menu and logo, with your offers linked on every page.

It doesn't replace your site. Your website sells, YouTube shows your newest videos, and neither helps someone find the right video from three years ago. This does.

The home page of the fictional sample library, Field Notes with Maya Chen, shown as the Library section of a creator's website.
Your library, as a section of your own site. Illustration: the frame and menu are drawn, the page inside is the fictional sample library.

Why creators want it

Found on Google
Every video becomes a readable page on your domain, so people searching for what you said can find it, not just your titles.
Viewers end up at what you sell
Every page links to your offer, next to the videos that lead to it.
One link for every “where did you talk about…?”
Answer comments and DMs with a link to the exact moment, instead of digging through old uploads.

How it works

  1. 1. Tell us your channel

    Your email and your YouTube channel. That's all we need.

  2. 2. Get a private preview in 48 hours

    Built from your videos, in your colours, with your links. Only you get the link.

  3. 3. Make it part of your site

    If you like it, it goes live as a section of your website (one DNS record on your side) and new videos are added within a few days of publishing.

Questions creators ask

What does it cost?

The preview is free. If you keep it, it's $49/month for founding creators. Cancel anytime by replying to any email from us.

Does this take views away from YouTube?

No. Every video plays through YouTube's own player, so views count on your channel.

Do I need a website?

No. It can live at its own address, or as a section of your site like yourname.com/library.

What do I have to do?

Nothing for the preview, unless we can't match your email to the channel; then you add a short code to your channel description for a few minutes. When you go live, you add one DNS record, or we walk you through it.

Does it update when I post?

Yes. Once you're live, new videos are added within a few days of publishing.

Who owns what?

Your videos and words stay yours. The library runs on your domain under your name, and if you cancel, we take it down.

See your back catalog selling for you.

A link, an @handle, or the channel name

Free preview from your videos in 48 hours, sent privately to the channel's owner. No card needed.

Before we send anything, we check the channel is yours: by the email listed on it, or a short code you add to your channel description.

We use your email only to send your preview and follow up about it. Privacy

Daniel Dawson

Daniel Dawson, former Product Manager for YouTube Studio

I built this to pull the key lessons out of a whole channel's worth of interview videos for myself. Once it worked, I saw that every creator's back catalog deserves the same: a way in for new viewers that leads to what they sell.

BackCatalog.me is run by Daniel Dawson. Questions or a quick hello: hello@backcatalog.me