How to build a website for your AI film studio
What a studio site needs to do, what it costs to assemble one from parts, and how to have one running this afternoon.
By The Generated Worlds editors · Published · Updated
A studio site needs four things: your episodes playing on the front page, a way to get paid when viewers want more, a way for brands and collaborators to reach you, and your own domain. You can assemble that from a website builder, a video host and a payment tool, or open a studio on Generated Worlds, where the site, hosting, per-episode payments and custom domain come together. Publishing on Generated Worlds is free (1 new series a month on the Creator plan); you see your studio site straight away, and launching it is from $39 a month.
How publishing on GW works
GW publishing facts reviewed 2026-10-10. Platform comparisons below keep their own source-check dates.
- Free publishing on GW
- The free Creator plan supports 1 new series a month, up to 100 episodes each. A paid studio site is optional.
- Your independent studio site
- Launch your own branded streaming site on Starter for $39 a month. Starter supports 3 new series a month. Publishing on GW and launching this site are separate steps.
- Review
- Episodes publish on GW as soon as they upload. GW reserves the right to take down any content, or suspend an account, that doesn't pass its review or the Community Guidelines. All published work remains subject to content and rights rules.
- Paid episodes
- Creators choose which episodes are free or paid. GW sets paid episodes at 10 tokens. The standard creator allocation is 80% of net episode revenue after processing; payouts start at $25. This is separate from brand-deal fees.
- Discovery and returning viewers
- Viewers can discover your work on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and GW. Send interested viewers to a recognizable series or studio destination where they can return for the story.
Generated Worlds publishes this guide and is one of the options in it. It is written for someone who has not decided yet, which means the other routes are described the way we would want ours described.
Most AI filmmakers start with a link in their bio pointing at a YouTube playlist. That works until the work starts to matter: a brand wants to know who you are, a viewer wants episode nine tonight, and a festival programmer wants one address that shows everything. That address is a studio site.
The steps
Decide what the first screen does
Your best series, playing. Not a logo and a paragraph. Visitors decide in seconds, and a vertical episode that starts on its own is the strongest argument you have.
Put every series one tap away
One poster per series, each opening onto its episodes. A visitor who liked the trailer should reach episode one without searching.
Say who you are
An About page with the studio's story and the people or tools behind it, your cast, and what viewers are saying. This is what turns a viewer into a fan and a brand into a conversation.
Open a door for business
A contact form for brand deals, licensing and collaborations that lands somewhere you will actually read it, not a bare email address that fills with spam.
Take payment where people watch
Keep the first episodes free and let viewers unlock the rest on the same page. Sending them to a separate store at the moment they are hooked loses most of them.
Collect the people who want more
A newsletter sign-up so a new episode or premiere reaches the fans you already have, without depending on an algorithm to show it to them.
Connect your own domain
Buy a domain at any registrar and point it at your site. yourstudio.com on a poster, a pitch deck or a festival submission reads as a studio, not an account.
Two ways to build it
Assembled from parts: a website builder for the pages, a video host for the episodes, and a payment or membership tool for the money. It gives you the most control over design and the most bills — and three dashboards that do not know about each other, so the viewer who paid on one sees a paywall on another.
All in one: a platform built for serialized video that includes the site. On Generated Worlds a studio gets a site at yourname.generatedworlds.com with dozens of templates built for AI drama, films and series, a site editor you click to change, a contact centre, a newsletter, per-episode payments and your own domain. Publishing and hosting episodes are free on the Creator plan, and 80% of net revenue is allocated to you, paid out through Stripe once your balance passes $25. You see and design the site before you pay; it is from $39 a month.
| What you need | Assembled from parts | Generated Worlds studio |
|---|---|---|
| Pages and design | Website builder, from about $19/month (Squarespace, billed yearly) | Dozens of drama and film templates, from $39/month |
| Episode hosting and player | A video host, or embedded YouTube with its ads and recommendations | Included — your episodes, no third-party recommendations |
| Charging per episode | A membership or store tool, usually a monthly fee plus a transaction fee | Included — viewers unlock episodes; 80% of net is allocated to you |
| Brand and collaboration inbox | A form plugin or your email address | Included — Contact center, or straight to your email |
| Newsletter | A separate email service | Sign-ups on every plan; sending from the Growth plan |
| Your own domain | Supported on paid plans | You buy the domain; connecting it works on every plan |
Third-party prices checked 18 September 2026 on each company's own pricing page; Squarespace from current published reporting. Prices change — follow the link on each name before you decide.
Common questions
Do I need a website if I already post on TikTok and YouTube?
Those platforms own the audience and the recommendation that follows your video. A studio site is the one place where the next thing a viewer sees is your next episode, where they can pay you directly, and where a brand can reach you.
What does a studio site on Generated Worlds cost?
Publishing episodes is free on the Creator plan, 1 new series a month. The studio site is what a plan buys: Starter is $39 a month, and also opens 3 new series a month. Growth is $99 and Scale $499 a month; Established is by contract, from $2,500. Growth adds newsletter sending and site analytics. On every plan, including the free one, 80% of net revenue is allocated to you.
Can I use my own domain?
Yes. Buy a domain from any registrar, add one DNS record, and your site answers on it. Until then it lives at yourname.generatedworlds.com.
Do I have to set up Stripe or a store?
No. Viewers pay Generated Worlds, and your share is paid out to you through Stripe Connect once it reaches $25.
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Publish here
Publishing is free: open your studio and upload your drama, and it is live on Generated Worlds right away with its own page and link. 80% of net revenue from viewer unlocks is allocated to you. When you want your own streaming site, launch your studio site on Starter for$39 a month.
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