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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

Where to put video on a product page

Above the buy button, below the description, or in the gallery? The placement decides whether product video helps the sale or delays it.

September 1, 2026 · 3 min read
Playbooks

Should video go on your homepage?

A home page has about three seconds to say what a store is. Video can do that faster than a banner — or it can be the reason nobody gets past it.

August 29, 2026 · 2 min read
Guides

Your first shoppable video: a checklist

Ten things to have right before your first shoppable video goes live — and the two that, skipped, make the whole thing look like it isn't working.

August 26, 2026 · 2 min read
Playbooks

Seven mistakes that stop shoppable video working

Shoppable video that underperforms usually fails in one of seven predictable ways. None of them are about video quality.

August 23, 2026 · 3 min read
Playbooks

Product tagging: the ten minutes that decide everything

Tagging is what turns a video into a way to buy. It is also the step most often rushed. Here is how to do it so shoppers act on it.

August 20, 2026 · 3 min read
Playbooks

Tag the variant, not just the product

A shopper who watched the olive jacket should not land on a colour picker set to black. Variant-level tagging is a ten-second fix with a real payoff.

August 17, 2026 · 2 min read
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