As of 16 Feb 2026, I see PreserveTube has a notice/warning to new users. We should rethink before submit YouTube video URLs
As of 13 March 2026, I see PreserveTube has DAILY LIMIT !!! We can't submit many YouTube URLs anymore.
Then, have a domain name and a web hosting (with MP4/WEBM video files supported) is something we can do when we can afford them.
hobune.stream and nyane.online are good examples that we STILL CAN archive YT videos if we can afford a domain name, a web hosting (with MP4/WEBM video files supported) and HTTPS protocol.
1. download video
2. copy channel name, date, description, etc.
3. create webpage with that video and that copied data
4. upload webpage and video file, make them online and web.archive.org-submittable
5. submit URL to web.archive.org/save/
6. Optional: After the video file and webpage really submitted to web.archive.org: reachable, watchable and downloadable via web.archive.org, we can delete the video file and webpage from our webhosting and then make link to the web.archive.org-archived instead.
As of 25 Feb 2026, archivable with web.archive.org (because they have HTTPS protocol) :
https://web.archive.org/web/20260225192945/https://preservetube.com/watch?v=ezieXiUgcME
https://web.archive.org/web/20231020055437/https://hobune.stream/videos/--u_i0b0_vE
https://web.archive.org/web/20260225175346/https://nyane.online/video?id=iycuhLXBkQU
In our cases, our web hosting disk space can be "not that big", because after we submitted the URL of an archive video page to web.archive.org (and web.archive.org really archived it, it is accessible), we can delete the video file and the page (if web.archive.org does not see our URLs as suspicious so web.archive.org does not delete ours). Then our site can list the archived video by pointing the link to the web.archive.org-archived instead of our uploaded video/webpage. (https://web.archive.org/web/................................/https://yourdomainname/yt_video_id )
For the domain name, if price is not problem, I like Dot Kim domain because I think Kim sounds similar to Com. When Dot Com is not available, we can try Dot Kim.
Dot Cam domain sounds good to me too, but the spelling of Cam is too similar to Com, can be looks like a suspicious website.
Dot Computer, Dot Company and Dot Community looks very good because it starts with .com...., but it is also a long word after the dot.
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