Anyone got a suggestion for the best webinar system?  i want to be able to record, sell and if possible allow documentation for download with these.

Of the most popular webinar platforms on the market (ON24, Webex, GoToWebinar, BrightTALKâ„¢, ReadyTalk, Adobe Connect, Thomson Reuters) none were designed with any native functions for paid webinars.  The reasoning behind this is that the majority of webinars are used to generate leads and awareness for businesses.  It's difficult enough to cultivate audiences for a free webinar let alone for a paid event.  Bottom line, the more barriers you create to access your content (registration pages, surveys, pay walls) the less audience you're going to have at your events. With that being said, my company—BrightTALK—does have a few clients who leverage our platform for paid webinars.  We are the only webinar platform on the market that offers an embeddable platform (for registration, live and on demand events) and a one-time registration for your audience. For example, one client in particular embeds our platform on their website and then builds a paywall over the player to restrict free access.  The only caveat there is that you would be entirely responsible for the set up and maintenance of the payment services.  Depending on your payment structure, your audience would  essentially have to register twice the first time they watch an event; once to make a payment and twice to fill out the user registration so you can capture engagement metrics and viewing habits (though registration is optional but not recommended).  The next time an attendee returned to watch an event they'd only have to register once (if that's how you're structuring your payments).  They would not have to fill out the user registration again because our technology cookies the user.  We're the only platform that can accomplish this.  With all other platforms, your audience would have to register twice for each event they watch (again depending on payment structure). This may seem a bit confusing, but I'd be happy to clarify on a call.  Feel free to email any questions to or call me direct at 415-625-1539. I hope this was insightful. Cheers, Liam

Dan Norris recently reviewed 8 different webinar services here: http://wpcurve.com/webinar-software/

I'd recommend MaestroConference.  I find they have the most interactive platform. This makes for a truly engaging experience during the social conferencing event.  If you are going to be recording a program series for future sale you want to create the best product possible the first go around.