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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

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
Performance

Why your page jumps when video loads (and how to stop it)

The most annoying loading problem, and the most fixable. What causes layout shift in video widgets, and why reserving the space is harder than it sounds.

July 15, 2026 · 2 min read
Performance

Lazy loading video: what it means and when it hurts

Loading video only when it is needed is the single biggest speed win on a video page — and there is one place where doing it costs you.

July 12, 2026 · 2 min read
Performance

Compressing video for a store without ruining it

Resolution, bitrate, codec and length all trade quality against speed. Where to spend and where to save, for video that plays on a product card.

July 9, 2026 · 2 min read
Playbook

Where to put a shoppable video on your Shopify store (7 high-converting spots)

The seven best placements for shoppable video on a Shopify store — homepage carousel, product-page videos, stories, floating bubble, the video hub and more — and why each one converts.

July 7, 2026 · 2 min read