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Sell more with video

Playbooks, tutorials and product updates — everything you need to get more from shoppable video, UGC and video SEO.

Playbooks

How long should an ecommerce video be?

The honest answer is shorter than you want it to be. What the length should be, per placement, and why the first two seconds decide the rest.

August 14, 2026 · 2 min read
Playbooks

Customer video or studio video: which sells more?

Polished video builds a brand. Rough customer video sells a product. Most stores need both, in different places — here is which goes where.

August 11, 2026 · 2 min read
Playbooks

Bundles that people actually buy

A bundle is not a discount with extra steps. It is a decision made easier — what separates bundles that lift order value from ones that sit there.

August 8, 2026 · 3 min read
Playbooks

Discount badges: useful, or noise?

A badge that is always there stops being information. How to use discount badges, sale ribbons and labels so they still mean something.

August 5, 2026 · 2 min read
Playbooks

What to do with video for things you can’t sell

A video of a sold-out product is either a dead end or a waiting list. The difference is a setting, and most stores never look at it.

August 2, 2026 · 2 min read
Playbooks

Running a seasonal campaign with video

A campaign is a beginning, a middle and — the part everyone forgets — an end. How to run a seasonal video campaign that unwinds cleanly.

July 30, 2026 · 2 min read
Playbooks

Video on collection pages: the underused placement

The collection page is the hardest page to merchandise and the one video helps most. Why it is skipped, and how to use it without slowing the page down.

July 27, 2026 · 2 min read
Playbooks

Merchandising video for the phone, first

Most video traffic is mobile and most video layouts are designed on a desktop. The gap between those two facts is where the conversions go.

July 24, 2026 · 2 min read
Performance

Adding video without slowing your store down

Video is the heaviest thing on most pages that have it. Four rules that let a store add video and keep its load time, with the reasoning behind each.

July 21, 2026 · 3 min read
Performance

Core Web Vitals, explained for people who sell things

Three metrics, what each one actually measures, and which of them video can realistically break. No jargon and no score-chasing.

July 18, 2026 · 2 min read