ManyVids is a Canadian adult entertainmentvideo hosting, live streaming, and e-commerce company headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ManyVids was co-founded in 2014 by CEO Bella French. French also held the title of chief financial officer until 2017. ManyVids' allows adult entertainment content creators to produce, promote and distribute their own content while retaining full copyright to their work. They are able to upload videos and pictures for members to purchase and download. They can also run an online shop, offer paid memberships, sell texting and phone call services, and set up crowdsourcing campaigns.
Products and services
The ManyVids brand supports a variety of additional products and services:
The MV Live platform allows adult-content creators to broadcast their own live cam shows hosted on ManyVids.com. Members are able to leave tips and unlock special statuses while chatting and connecting with the content-creators in real time.
MV Mag is an adult magazine that showcases professionally executed erotic photosets, in-depth interviews with celebrities, adult entertainers and content-creators, and fantasy stories. Available to download from ManyVids.com, it's free for members and their content creators.
The MV Podcast is a live show starring trans comedian Tranna. There have been 3 full seasons of hour long interviews with camgirls and pornstars that tries to show the world that sex-workers are smart, fun people with a lot of interesting stories to share.
The ManyVids YouTube series has mainstream, original content that is completely safe for work. MV Stars are filmed in both short, humorous videos and light, inspiring content.
Corporate affairs and culture
Environment
The ManyVids office is located in a loft-like space in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. No adult content is filmed in the ManyVids office.
ManyVids has been featured in articles by BuzzFeed, Men's Health, Mic, Motherboard, Vice, and Rolling Stone.
Campaigns and philanthropy
In November 2017, ManyVids launched the We Are Many campaign to help raise awareness of the issue of abuse against sex workers. The campaign culminated with a donation of US$11,800 to the Sex Workers Outreach Project-USA to help them end violence against sex workers. In December 2017, ManyVids donated US$5,000 to the Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection to demonstrate the adult industry's commitment to helping parents prevent children from viewing age-inappropriate content.
Industry recognition
In 2018, ManyVids was nominated for 3 XBIZ Awards: Progressive Web Company of the Year, Emerging Web Brand of the Year and Clip Site of the Year. They won the award for Clip Site of the Year; two of the company’s founders were on hand to accept the award. In 2019, ManyVids was recognised as the Global Web Brand of the Year at the XBIZ Europa Awards.
