A small SaaS turns blog posts into short promo clips

A small service built over about six weeks does one narrow job. A user pastes a blog post URL, and the service creates three short vertical clips that can be used to promote the post. A few content marketers are already paying for it, which shows that a narrow workflow can still become a .

The process starts by reading and summarizing the blog post into three short hooks. That step uses a normal call. A background visual is then created for each hook through the API, instead of building or hosting a .

Text and captions are added with ffmpeg and a fixed template. The main original work is the , caption styling, and pricing math that maps ’s credit cost per second back to the service’s own prices so each generated clip is not sold too cheaply.

Key points

  • The service turns one blog post URL into three short vertical promo clips.
  • The blog post is summarized into three hooks with a .
  • API creates the background visuals instead of a .
  • ffmpeg and templates add the text and captions.
  • The pricing depends on calculating the cost per second correctly.
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