Slate’s self-service contract publishing is free to use. There are no setup or recurring charges to submit content or manage your titles through this licensing pipeline.
At this time, we are not accepting new account set ups in the U.S. (Amazon.com), the UK (Amazon.co.uk), Germany & Austria (Amazon.de) or Japan (Amazon.co.jp). If you have an invite for another territory, submit your content to buy or rent in select marketplaces after setting up your account. We generally license professionally produced, feature-length movies and TV shows that have been theatrically released, broadcast on a major TV network, or selected by a major film festival. However, even if a title has one or more of these attributes, Prime Video may still choose not to license it. Conversely, Prime Video may choose to license a limited number of titles that haven’t been in theaters, broadcast, or selected by a major festival.
Content providers receive 50% of net revenue for titles that are available to buy or rent. For more information, see Compensation details.
To get started in the Prime Video self-service publishing pipeline, review the following summary of requirements and resources available to you in Slate. This support guide helps you deliver and manage your content in Slate and successfully publish your titles to Prime Video.
Set up payment and banking information
We electronically pay royalties to the bank account information you provide. Prime Video customers pay in local currencies, but we pay your royalties in the default currency of your bank account’s location (except Brazil). For supported locations, please see Electronic payments. We issue payments approximately 90 days after the end of the month in which the revenue event occurred.
Submit tax information
U.S. tax law regulations require you to submit information about your tax status. In your account, a secure tax questionnaire enables you to submit required tax information.
When your account is set up, you can submit titles for licensing consideration, promote accepted titles, and track their performance.
Submit content
Submitting content for licensing consideration and publishing is a key part of getting your videos to Prime Video customers. The process includes not only uploading the mezzanine (video) file, captions file, and key art, but also adding supporting metadata, configuring availability, and specifying monetization options.
Before a licensing decision can be made, we assess your submission through a series of automated and manual reviews. Your title remains in submitted status until selected for licensing in all requested territories and/or offer types. See Title management tools for more information.
Asset requirements
All Prime Video Slate titles are required to have a mezzanine, a captions file (depending on location), and images that fall within our technical specifications. See Global TVOD requirements for more information.
Promote your titles
We supply a number of free resources that offer tips and suggestions to help promote your titles and effectively drive engagement for your content on Prime Video.
Note: You can’t promote your title or announce its availability on Prime Video until it’s selected for publication. See Market your titles for more information.
Catalog Manager Dashboard
The Catalog Manager Dashboard is where you review streaming performance, revenue, and payment history. Review your dashboard to identify engagement trends, top performing titles, and more. Use these insights to bring additional selection and quality content for customers on Prime Video. See Dashboard reporting and compensation for more information.
