Rellee — Short Video Sharing Creator Monetization SaaS Platform

Rellee is a premium, self-hosted short-form video platform built for creators, startups, and media businesses who want to own their content distribution and monetization stack. Powered by React 18, TypeScript, Vite, Tailwind CSS, and Supabase, Rellee delivers a production-ready, white-label video ecosystem — deployable in minutes with a guided Setup Wizard that requires zero manual database commands.

Whether you’re building the next TikTok alternative, a niche creator community, a branded video hub for your company, or an educational content platform — Rellee gives you everything out of the box.

Rellee ships with an intelligent 5-step Setup Wizard that automatically bootstraps your entire platform:

• Step 1 — Environment Validation: Automatically checks database connection, authentication service, storage service, and service role key. Blocks progression if anything is misconfigured — no more mysterious deployment failures.
• Step 2 — Super Admin Creation: Creates your first admin account with enforced password strength (8+ characters, uppercase, lowercase, number, special character). Uses secure server-side account creation — no manual SQL inserts needed.
• Step 3 — App Identity: Set your platform name, tagline, and support email. These propagate to the navbar, page titles, emails, and footer instantly.
• Step 4 — System Settings: Configure user registration (open or invite-only), default user role (viewer or creator), and maintenance mode — all toggleable later from the Admin Panel.
• Step 5 — Review & Launch: Confirm your configuration and launch. The wizard permanently dismisses itself and redirects you to the Admin Panel.

When no admin exists, the app automatically redirects all visitors to /setup. Once setup is complete, the platform opens normally. No edge cases. No confusion.

Complete Video Platform

Rellee isn’t a template — it’s a fully functional video platform with features you’d expect from a mature SaaS product:

• Video Upload & Management: Upload videos with custom thumbnails, frame picker, tags, descriptions, content ratings, and visibility controls (public, unlisted, private).
• Multi-Feed Discovery: Explore feed, Following feed, and Trending feed with algorithmic and chronological sorting. Infinite scroll with skeleton loading states.
• Advanced Video Player: Custom controls with playback speed, quality settings, picture-in-picture, mini player, keyboard shortcuts, and watch progress tracking (resume where you left off).
• Video Comments: Threaded comments with likes, pinning, editing, and real-time updates. Comment mode controls per video (open, approval-only, disabled).
• Playlists: Create, reorder (drag-and-drop), and share playlists. Public, private, and unlisted visibility options.
• Watch Later & Bookmarks: Save videos to Watch Later or organized bookmark collections.
• Watch History: Full viewing history with progress indicators and resume playback.
• Up Next Overlay: Configurable auto-play countdown with customizable duration.
• Video SEO: Automatic JSON-LD structured data for every video page. Search engine optimized with proper meta tags, canonical URLs, and semantic HTML.

Monetization Engine — 4 Revenue Streams

Rellee gives creators and platform owners multiple ways to generate revenue:

1. SUBSCRIPTION PLANS (STRIPE & PAYPAL)

• Create unlimited subscription tiers with custom pricing, features, and billing periods
• Stripe and PayPal dual-gateway support with live and sandbox/test modes
• Automatic checkout session creation, webhook handling, and subscription lifecycle management
• Customer portal for self-service subscription management
• Subscription event logging and PDF invoice generation

2. CREATOR TIPS

• Viewers can tip creators directly on videos with custom amounts
• Tip history tracking for both senders and receivers
• Stripe-powered tip checkout with instant creator earnings credit

3. AD CAMPAIGNS

• Three ad formats: Pre-Roll (video ads before content), Banner (display ads in feed), Sponsored Content (native placements)
• Creators can create and manage their own ad campaigns with budget, CPM, targeting (age range, tags), and scheduling
• Impression and click tracking with real-time analytics
• Third-party ad network integration support (Google AdSense, custom ad tags)

4. CREATOR FUND

• Admin-configurable milestone system: set view thresholds and bonus amounts
• Creators claim bonuses when they hit milestones (e.g., 10K views = $50 bonus)
• Fully managed from the Admin Panel with enable/disable per milestone