Guides and resources
Clipping guides, comparisons and pricing
What clipping costs, how it compares with the alternatives, how to turn long videos into short clips, and how our services work for different kinds of creators and brands. Written from running campaigns and reviewing clips every day.
Services
- Music clipping campaigns for new releasesHow a release-week clipping campaign works, and what to send us.
- Podcast clipping agencyWhat a podcast clipping agency does, and how our campaigns run.
- Clipping campaigns for streamers and gamingTurning streams and VODs into reach across 7 platforms.
- Done-for-you Shorts for YouTubers2 to 4 clips a day on your own accounts, from $2,000 a month.
- Clipping for artist managersOne team for short-form across your roster and release calendar.
- Clipping for coachesWebinars, calls and talks into daily clips that bring in leads.
- Clipping for comediansDaily clips from your sets and podcast, and campaigns before tour dates.
- Clipping for course creatorsSingle lessons from your course turned into daily clips.
- Clipping for DJs and producersThe drop, the crowd and the studio moment, posted every day.
- Clipping for doctors and clinicsPatient-education videos turned into clear, rule-safe clips.
- Clipping for esports teamsTournament highlights and player moments, out while they're fresh.
- Clipping for foundersPodcast appearances, talks and interviews posted as daily clips.
- Clipping for record labelsRelease-week campaigns across your roster, with one brief format.
- Clipping for SaaS companiesWebinars, demos and founder talks turned into daily clips.
- Clipping agency in IndiaA Delhi-based team working with Indian and global creators and brands.
- Fan page managementWe build and run fan pages for you, and you keep 50 to 100% of the ad revenue.
Comparisons
- In-house editor or clipping agency?What each gives you, what it costs, and when to use both.
- AI clipping tools vs a clipping agencyWhat AI clippers solve, what they miss, and when you need people.
- ClipAffiliates alternativeWhat a marketplace fee covers vs what a managed fee covers.
- Clipping agency vs social media agencyContent calendars and design vs short-form volume from your videos.
- Clipping vs influencer marketingOne big post vs many accounts posting your content at once.
- Clipping vs paid adsBought placement and targeting vs organic-looking reach.
- Clipping vs playlist pitchingFor musicians: one placement vs the hook on many feeds.
- Clipping vs UGCReusing your own footage vs paying creators to film new content.
- CPM clipping vs retainer clippingYour own pages vs clipper pages, and when to run both.
- Clip it yourself or hire an agency?The real time cost of doing it yourself, and when to hand it off.
- Fan page vs main accountWhy artists and creators run fan pages, and what goes where.
- Hire a short-form editor or an agency?Freelancer, full-time hire or agency: costs and trade-offs.
- Meme page promotion vs clippingPaying for posts on big pages vs paying per view across many accounts.
- Opus Clip vs a clipping agencyAn AI clipping tool vs people who cut, post and distribute.
- TikTok vs Reels vs Shorts for clipsHow the three big short-form apps differ for clips.
- Vyro alternativeA self-serve clipping marketplace vs a managed clipper pool.
- Whop Content Rewards alternativeRunning a clipping campaign yourself on Whop vs having it managed.
Pricing
- How much does a clipping agency cost?Retainers, CPM clipper pools, and what to check before you pay.
- Clipping budget calculatorPool size and rate in, estimated views and total cost out.
- CPM clipping pricingHow clipper pools, rates per 1,000 views and fees fit together.
- How much to pay clippersTypical rates per 1,000 views, and what moves them.
- How much a short-form editor costsFreelancer, full-time hire or agency, compared per clip.
Guides
- How to turn a podcast into short-form clipsFinding moments, cutting hooks, and the mistakes that sink clips.
- How many clips can you get from one long video?Our working numbers, and what pushes the count up or down.
- Hook formats for music clipsSeven ways to open a music clip, and what footage each needs.
- How to clip comedy podcasts and stand-upCutting setups, keeping the laugh, and not spoiling the punchline.
- Clipping brief templateThe rule sheet every clipping campaign needs, ready to copy.
- How to clip interviewsQ&A cuts, keeping the guest fair, and two-camera crops.
- How to clip Twitch streamsFinding moments in VODs and cropping gameplay to vertical.
- How to grow a fan pageNiche, posting rhythm, content and staying within the rules.
- How to promote a comedy tourA clip schedule that sells tickets without spoiling the set.
- How to promote a song with clipsA release-week plan for TikTok, Reels and Shorts.
- How to repurpose long-form videoOne long video into a week of clips, step by step.
- How to run a clipping campaignSource videos, rules, rates, review and payouts, step by step.
- How to spot fake viewsThe five checks we run on every clip before it's paid.
- Is clipping legal?Permission, copyright, music and ad disclosure, in plain English.
- Short-form video hooksTen ways to open a clip, and the mistakes that kill it.
- What is clipping?Clipping marketing explained in plain English.
For clippers
- How to become a clipperHow the pay works, what you need, and how to pick a network.
- The best niches for clippersWhere the campaigns are, and what each niche needs.
- Clipping Discord serversWhat a good clipping Discord looks like, and the red flags.
- How much do clippers make?Realistic earnings maths, without the hype.
- How to get your clips approvedThe three reasons clips get rejected, and how to avoid them.
Glossary
- Clipping glossaryPlain-English definitions of the terms used in clipping.
- What is CPM in clipping?Cost per 1,000 views, how it's calculated and what it buys.
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