Video Machine
A video SaaS I built and ran: type a few slides or paste a link, and get a finished video back, with a free trial and paid credits.
saas · video rendering · payments · background jobs
The challenge
Short videos for social and client updates are useful but tedious to make. The goal was a tool where you write the content and the design, timing, and rendering happen for you.
The approach
I built Video Machine from an empty repository to a product with a pricing page. You type a title and slides, pick a theme, shape, and pace, and watch a preview update as you type. It can also draft the slides for you from a website URL (as an SEO audit) or a list of stock tickers (as a market recap). Finished videos render in the cloud in vertical or widescreen and arrive by email.
The outcome
Video Machine ran as a live business: sign-up, three free videos, credit packs through a payment provider, and credits returned automatically when a render failed. Every layer, from the editor to billing, was mine to design and maintain.
What was delivered
- Live-preview video editor
- Cloud rendering pipeline
- Free trial and credit checkout
- Accounts and email notifications
For your project
If you want a product people pay for, not a demo, this is the full path: an editor people enjoy using, the heavy processing behind it, and checkout, trials, and credits handled correctly.
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