1. lumiverse has reddit-like discovery system, so it will be a great way for creators to be discovered, being on the front page brings you a lot of traffic and subscribers.
2. Building your audience on a platform is much easier than building traffic to your own website. Basically I want video creators to be able to focus on making great videos, and not have to worry about self promotion, monetization, and other business aspects.
3. We will have a convenient system for selling video series, which makes it much easier and more convenient than doing it on your own website. Users connect their card/paypal once, and then can buy videos in one click.
4. I want lumiverse to be generally a much better place for hosting videos than youtube. Better interface, no nonsense ads, intelligent and friendly community, high quality content, etc. I focus on building the perfect platform instead of trying to manipulate people's attention. Youtube has a lot of flaws, and it's time to make a better alternative.
6. Not all video creators want to develop and host their own video subscription website. It may make sense to you, but I think that most people will prefer to use a platform, if it's really awesome and convenient.
7. You can have both. You can sell your videos on lumiverse and on your own website. Or you can build your audience and subscribers on lumiverse, and put a link in the header to drive traffic to your site if you prefer.
8. Perhaps we will have pro accounts, allowing people to buy their own domains and create their own easily customizable websites. So if you want your own design with some extra features/services, it might be an option. Though I am not sure that we will go in that direction.