# Shhots AI > Shhots AI is an AI ad and creative platform for ecommerce, advertising, and creative teams. One workspace gives access to video and image models including Veo 3, Kling 3, Seedance 2, ChatGPT Image 2, and Nano Banana Pro, alongside workflows for AI ads, product photography, UGC, image editing, and 4K upscaling. Enterprise teams use Shhots AI as a single contract over multiple AI model APIs. Shhots AI ships two surfaces under one platform: 1. A self-serve creative studio at [app.shhots.ai](https://app.shhots.ai) with monthly and annual subscription plans from $19/month. 2. An enterprise Model APIs layer at [shhots.ai/model-apis/](https://shhots.ai/model-apis/): AI model access through a single contract, dedicated capacity, private deployments, and a solutions architect. All outputs ship watermark-free with a full commercial license. ## Platform - [Homepage](https://shhots.ai/): Brand entry point. Overview of the promptless AI content generator: AI UGC videos, cinematic ads, product photoshoots and image ads, Real Estate Studio (listing photo editing, virtual staging, walkthrough videos), plus 4K upscaling and auto captions. Plans from $19/mo. - [Marketing Studio](https://shhots.ai/marketing-studio/): The workspace that combines Shhots AI workflows for ads, photography, video, and UGC into one system. - [Shhots Agent](https://shhots.ai/agent/): Waitlist page for Shhots Agent, an Agent chip inside the Shhots AI workspace that reads a brand's website (facts labelled found, supplied or suggested), proposes a bounded content plan with a credit estimate, and makes photoshoots, image ads, UGC, cinematic ads, virtual staging and property tours in one chat after approval. Included in the Scale plan ($99/month). It does not publish, schedule or buy ads. - [MCP Server](https://shhots.ai/mcp/): Remote MCP server that connects AI assistants, Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor, Perplexity, and any MCP-capable client, to Shhots AI, so users generate AI UGC ads, cinematic videos, and product photoshoots from chat. Included on Pro and Scale plans. - [Affiliate Program](https://shhots.ai/affiliates/): Refer Shhots AI and earn 20% of every payment a referred customer makes for 12 months from their first payment, on all plans (Starter $19/mo, Pro $49/mo, Scale $99/mo). 30-day cookie window; paid monthly via PayPal with a $100 minimum payout; tracked by Endorsely; instant approval, link issued immediately, free to join. Sign up at https://shhotsai-9fef.endorsely.com. - [Pricing](https://shhots.ai/pricing/): Subscriptions: Starter $19/mo (2,000 credits), Pro $49/mo (6,000 credits), Scale $99/mo (12,000 credits); annual plans are $199, $499, and $999 per year. Credits are one shared pool spent across any feature. A product image costs 11 credits plus 1 credit per shoot for analysis (a typical 4-image shoot is 45 credits). UGC ads cost 551 credits (10s), 826 credits (15s), or 1,651 credits (30s); product ad videos cost 577 credits (10s), 852 credits (15s), or 1,677 credits (30s). Auto-captions are unlimited and free of credit cost. Monthly credits reset each billing cycle (annual plans carry unused credits over within the year). Every plan is watermark-free with a full commercial license; cancel anytime. No free tier. Pro and Scale include the Shhots MCP server (https://shhots.ai/mcp/) for generating from Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor, and Perplexity; Creator Agent and Facebook Ads Library are coming soon on Pro and Scale. Includes a done-for-you package: 30 finished AI UGC and product videos a month for $499 flat, with a content plan you approve, 50 complimentary AI image generations, and a choice of four aspect ratios (9:16, 1:1, 4:5, 16:9). Each video is produced in one ratio, not all four, so the client sets the split up front. - [Done-For-You](https://shhots.ai/done-for-you/): Managed AI video service at $499/month. The Shhots team plans hooks, scripts and a shot list for approval, then delivers 30 finished AI UGC and product videos every 30 days plus 50 AI image generations. Each video comes in one of four ratios (9:16, 1:1, 4:5, 16:9) and the client picks the split. Cancel anytime. - [Use Cases](https://shhots.ai/use-cases/): Industry and team-level use cases: ecommerce, agencies, performance marketing, Shopify brands, and dropshipping operators. ## Model APIs (Enterprise) - [Model APIs for Generative Media](https://shhots.ai/model-apis/): The enterprise landing page for Shhots AI's Model APIs. AI model access, orchestration, private deployments, multimodal pipelines, and 24/7 support. Primary CTA is *Book a Call*. Targets *ai model apis*, *generative ai apis*, *video generation api*, *image generation api*, *multimodal ai platform*, and the model-specific keywords below. ## Generative AI Models - [All Generative Models](https://shhots.ai/models/): Hub page covering the models available on Shhots AI, including Kling 3.0, Seedance 2.5, Seedance 2.0, Veo 3, Nano Banana Pro, ChatGPT Image 2.5, and ChatGPT Image 2, with side-by-side comparison and routing logic. - [Google Veo 3](https://shhots.ai/models/veo-3/): AI video at 4K with native synced audio. Best for hero ads, brand films, and dialogue scenes. - [Kling AI 3.0](https://shhots.ai/models/kling-3-0/): Character realism, lip sync, image-to-video. Best for UGC ads and identity-consistent product shots. - [Seedance 2.5](https://shhots.ai/models/seedance-2-5/): ByteDance's 30-second video model with synced audio. Powers AI UGC ads and cinematic ads on Shhots AI. - [Seedance 2.0](https://shhots.ai/models/seedance-2-0/): Multi-shot scenes from a single prompt. Fastest video model in the stack, with the cheapest credit-per-second. - [Nano Banana Pro](https://shhots.ai/models/nano-banana-pro/): Google DeepMind's photoreal image generation and multi-turn editing model. Best for ecommerce product imagery and brand-safe edits. - [ChatGPT Image 2.5](https://shhots.ai/models/chatgpt-image-2-5/): OpenAI's newest image model. Sharper detail, steadier multi-turn edits and faster generation than Images 2.0, for image ads and product images. - [ChatGPT Image 2](https://shhots.ai/models/chatgpt-image-2/): OpenAI's image model. Best for design-led creative with accurate in-image typography: image ads, posters, and social tiles. ## AI Ad Generators - [AI Ad Generator](https://shhots.ai/ai-ad-generator/): Turn a product photo or product URL into ready-to-run image, video, and UGC ads. - [AI Video Generator](https://shhots.ai/ai-video-generator/): Turn a product image into an AI video ad: UGC, product motion, or brand film. - [AI UGC Ads](https://shhots.ai/ai-ugc-ads/): Creator-style talking-head ads with AI avatars for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. A video style step offers two formats from the same product photo: Human (live-action AI creator) and Animated (2D illustrated world with the real product in the scene, up to 30 seconds, with a user-written hook, scene-by-scene script, and CTA). Per-unit cost: 551 credits for a 10-second UGC ad (about $4.50 on the $49 Pro plan), 826 credits for 15 seconds (about $6.75), or 1,651 credits for 30 seconds (about $13.48); watermark-free with commercial license on every plan. Podcast ads are a separate 30-second format in the same studio: one or two AI hosts at microphones in a studio set, 1,651 credits (see the AI podcast ads launch post). - [AI Product Photography](https://shhots.ai/ai-product-photography/): Studio-grade product photos and lifestyle scenes from a single product image. - [Image Ad Generator](https://shhots.ai/image-ad-generator/): Static image ads for Meta, Google, Pinterest, and TikTok in every aspect ratio. - [URL to Ad Generator](https://shhots.ai/url-to-ad-generator/): Paste a product URL and Shhots AI generates ready-to-run ads (image and video). - [Facebook Ad Generator](https://shhots.ai/ai-facebook-ad-generator/): AI Facebook and Instagram ads from a product photo, image and video, in every Meta placement ratio. - [Dropshipping Ads Maker](https://shhots.ai/dropshipping-ads-maker/): Ad creative for dropshipping operators and product testers at volume. - [Shopify Video Generation](https://shhots.ai/shopify-video-generation/): AI video generation for Shopify products: paste a product page URL and get an ad-ready video. - [Social Video Ad Testing](https://shhots.ai/social-video-ad-testing/): Generate batches of social video ad variants from one product photo to run creative tests on Meta and TikTok, beat ad fatigue, and scale the winners. Includes a one-variable testing matrix (hook, actor, style, format, tested in that order) and per-variant cost math: a 10-second UGC variant is 551 credits (~$4.50 on Pro), a static image variant 11 credits (~$0.09), and a 10-variant weekly test batch about $45 inside the $49/month Pro plan. ## Creative Tools - [AI Image Generator](https://shhots.ai/ai-image-generator/): General-purpose AI image generation routed across multiple image models. - [Image to Video](https://shhots.ai/image-to-video/): Animate a still image into a short video clip. - [4K Image Upscaler](https://shhots.ai/4k-image-upscaler/): Upscale source product photos to 4K before sending them through any creative workflow. - [Video Caption Generator](https://shhots.ai/video-caption-generator/): Auto-captions for any video, in the styles social platforms convert on. - [UGC Prompt Generator](https://shhots.ai/ugc-prompt-generator/): Free in-browser tool that turns a product, audience, problem and ad style into a UGC ad script, five alternative hooks and a text-to-video prompt, for 10, 15 or 30-second ads. No signup. - [Aspect Ratio Calculator](https://shhots.ai/aspect-ratio-calculator/): Calculates the aspect ratio of any width and height, the matching pixel size for a target ratio (9:16, 4:5, 1:1, 16:9, 1.91:1 and others), and the crop and canvas sizes that fit it, rounded to even numbers for video export. Includes a table of recommended ad sizes by placement: Meta feed images 4:5 at 1440×1800, Meta Reels and Stories 9:16 at 1440×2560, TikTok and YouTube Shorts 9:16 at 1080×1920, YouTube in-stream 16:9 at 1920×1080, Google Display and LinkedIn landscape 1.91:1 at 1200×628. - [AI Faceswap](https://shhots.ai/ai-faceswap/): Identity swap between a reference photo and a target image or video. - [Faceless AI Video Generator](https://shhots.ai/faceless-ai-video-generator/): Makes faceless videos up to one minute long from a title and a story prompt, with AI visuals and voiceover, in 9:16, 16:9 or 1:1, for YouTube, Reels, TikTok and Facebook channels that never show a person on camera. - [AI Real Estate Photo Editing](https://shhots.ai/ai-real-estate-photo-editing/): Sky replacement, twilight conversion, virtual staging, and lawn enhancement for real estate listings. Delivered through Real Estate Studio, a per-property workspace on the Pro and Scale plans: photos auto-sorted by room type, promptless Correction / Staging / Removal presets that preserve the room's real structure, and 15-second narrated walkthrough videos generated from three or four listing photos. - [AI Virtual Staging](https://shhots.ai/ai-virtual-staging/): Virtual staging for listing photos. Three modes (stage empty room, restyle room, occupied to vacant) across eight named styles (Modern, Scandinavian, Luxury, Coastal, Farmhouse, Minimalist, Boho, Mid-century). Structure preserving: walls, windows, doors, floors, ceilings and sightlines never move, and the untouched original is kept beside every staged version for disclosure. 55 credits per image, roughly $0.45, under a minute per generation, on Pro ($49/mo) and Scale ($99/mo). - [AI Day to Dusk Photo Editing](https://shhots.ai/ai-day-to-dusk/): Day to dusk photo editing and virtual twilight for real estate listings. Converts a daytime exterior into a twilight shot in under a minute for 55 credits, about $0.45 a photo, against $4 to $7.50 per image at editing services (Styldod $4, BoxBrownie $5, PhotoUp $5.00-$7.50, verified August 2026). Replaces the dusk sky, relights the scene, turns on window and exterior lighting, and cleans up lawn and landscaping, while roofline, windows, facade and driveway stay exactly as photographed. Covers MLS disclosure for altered skies and twilight conversions. On Pro ($49/mo) and Scale ($99/mo). - [AI Real Estate Video Generator](https://shhots.ai/ai-real-estate-video-generator/): Turns three or four listing photos into a 15-second narrated walkthrough video in 16:9 with an on-camera AI presenter. The script is written from the property record for 1 credit and stays editable to 1,800 characters, with individual toggles for address, beds and baths, price, and agent name. No per-video fee for additional walkthroughs. On Pro ($49/mo) and Scale ($99/mo). - [Bulk Real Estate Photo Editing](https://shhots.ai/bulk-real-estate-photo-editing/): Batch real estate image editing for brokerages, listing portals, property managers, and photography companies. Whole-shoot upload with automatic room-type classification across seven room types, per-property workspaces, named presets for consistency across staff, and no per-listing minimum. About $0.45 per generated image; Scale ($99/mo) covers roughly 218 generated images. - [AI for Real Estate Agents](https://shhots.ai/ai-for-real-estate-agents/): Category overview of the four listing-marketing jobs AI does today (photo correction, virtual staging, object and clutter removal, listing video), what each replaces, what it costs, and an explicit statement of scope: Shhots AI does not do CRM, lead capture, chatbots, valuation, or title work. ## Guides and Articles - [Best AI ad generator](https://shhots.ai/blog/best-ai-ad-generator/): Comparison of the leading AI ad generation platforms in 2026. - [How much does an AI ad generator cost?](https://shhots.ai/blog/ai-ad-generator-pricing/): The three ways AI ad generators charge (credits, per seat, per video), typical entry prices by tool type ($19/mo for all-in-one tools, $29 to $49/mo for UGC avatar tools, $20 to $35/mo for cinematic video tools, $110+/mo for enterprise platforms), what Shhots AI's Starter, Pro and Scale plans cover, hidden costs, and how to work out a real cost per ad. - [AI ad prompt library](https://shhots.ai/blog/ai-ad-prompt-library/): 20 copy-paste prompts for UGC ads, product photography, video ads (product, cinematic, faceless), image ads and real estate, each with its credit cost (a 10-second UGC ad is 551 credits, a product image 11, a real estate edit 55), plus prompts that fail and why. The Shhots web app needs no prompt; these are for driving Shhots from Claude, ChatGPT and other assistants through the MCP server. - [15 best AI commercials of 2026](https://shhots.ai/blog/best-ai-commercials/): Fifteen AI-made ads, including Coca-Cola's Holidays Are Coming, Toys R Us, Kalshi's NBA Finals spot, Airbnb, Heinz A.I. Ketchup, Google's Veo 3 Pixel ads and Klarna's AI CEO, with how each was made, the model behind it and how audiences reacted, plus what they share and how to make your own. - [AI cinematic ad styles](https://shhots.ai/blog/ai-cinematic-ad-styles-presets/): The ten visual presets for Shhots AI cinematic ads (Luxury Commercial, Apple Style, Nike Style, Cinematic Movie Trailer, Premium Product Film, Dark & Moody, Bright Lifestyle, Futuristic, Minimalist, Fashion Editorial), which product categories each suits, and the voiceover, music and accent options. - [AI animated video ads](https://shhots.ai/blog/ai-animated-video-ads/): Launch announcement (21 September 2026) for animated video ads inside the Shhots AI UGC ad generator. A Video style step offers Human (live-action AI creator) or Animated (2D illustrated world with the real product in the scene); Animated runs up to 30 seconds, with the hook, scene-by-scene script, and CTA written by the user, from the same uploaded product photo. Available on every plan from $19/month, watermark-free with a full commercial license. Four sample animated ads embedded, plus an honest note on where animated loses to live-action (social proof and product texture). - [AI animated ads launch, 3D Animated](https://shhots.ai/blog/3d-animated-ai-ads-launch/): Launch announcement (5 October 2026) for the 3D Animated video style in the Shhots AI UGC ad generator: 10, 15 or 30 seconds, same credits as Human UGC ads (551, 826, 1,651), editable AI-written script, on every plan from $19/month. - [Introducing 30-second AI video generation](https://shhots.ai/blog/30-second-ai-video-launch/): Launch announcement (September 2026) for 30-second AI video generation on Shhots AI, covering both UGC and cinematic ads. A 30-second generation builds six 5-second scenes into one continuous ad; costs 1,651 credits for UGC (~$13.48 on the $49 Pro plan) or 1,677 for cinematic (~$13.70); available on every plan in 9:16, 1:1, and 16:9, and through the MCP server on Pro and Scale. Four unedited 30-second sample videos embedded. - [AI podcast ads launch](https://shhots.ai/blog/ai-podcast-ads-launch/): Launch announcement (29 September 2026) for AI podcast ads, a podcast-style AI video generator for product ads. From saved or uploaded product photos (up to 3, 1 credit each to analyse), the user picks format (16:9, 9:16, 1:1), studio (Warm studio, Minimal, Home setup, Late night), camera (Multi-cam or Wide shot), Solo or Duo hosts, age range (18-24, 25-34, 35-44), gender and one of 10 ethnicities per speaker, one of 12 languages, and a conversation type (Story moment, Real debate, Fun fact, Honest reaction). Shhots writes an editable five-scene Host/Guest script (up to 2,000 characters) and renders a 30-second video; no prompt needed. 1,651 credits per ad (~$13.48 on the $49 Pro plan, ~$15.68 on Starter), every plan, watermark-free. Captions via Add Captions on the finished video. Makes ads, not full podcast episodes. Four real 30-second samples embedded: instant coffee and a supplement (9:16), a cola in 16:9, and a cola on a round-table set (9:16). - [How to make a 30-second AI video](https://shhots.ai/blog/how-to-make-a-30-second-ai-video/): How to generate a finished 30-second AI video from one product photo, launched September 2026. Exact credit costs (1,651 credits for a 30-second UGC ad, ~$13.48 on the $49 Pro plan; 1,677 for a cinematic product ad, ~$13.70), four steps, three real 30-second sample videos embedded, when to use 30 seconds versus 10 or 15 (test hooks short, scale winners long), and a 2026 comparison of tools that support 30-second output (Shhots AI, Creatify, Arcads, raw-clip models). - [Best AI video generator](https://shhots.ai/blog/best-ai-video-generator/): Ten AI video generators compared with prices verified August 2026, split by category: finished-ad generators (Shhots AI $19/mo, ~$4.71 per 10-second product video on Pro; HeyGen $29/mo avatars; InVideo $17/mo) versus raw-clip creative model tools (Runway $15/mo 4K, Kling 3.0 human motion, Google Veo 3.1 native audio, Seedance 2.5 30-second single-pass clips, Pika $8/mo, Luma, Hailuo). Covers free-tier commercial-use restrictions and how to pick by job. - [Sora alternatives](https://shhots.ai/blog/sora-alternatives/): 10 Sora alternatives for 2026 after OpenAI wound down the Sora app and API, with the best pick for ecommerce ads. - [Runway alternatives](https://shhots.ai/blog/runway-alternatives/): 10 cheaper Runway alternatives for 2026 with pricing and the best pick for product ad video. - [Luma AI alternatives](https://shhots.ai/blog/luma-ai-alternatives/): 10 Luma AI alternatives for 2026, with commercial-use notes and the best pick for ecommerce. - [Kling AI alternatives](https://shhots.ai/blog/kling-ai-alternatives/): 10 Kling AI alternatives for 2026 with pricing and the best pick for product ad video. - [Google Veo alternatives](https://shhots.ai/blog/veo-alternatives/): 10 Google Veo alternatives for 2026, no Google subscription required, with the best pick for ecommerce ads. - [Higgsfield pricing](https://shhots.ai/blog/higgsfield-pricing/): Higgsfield plans, credits, free tier, Unlimited conditions and refund terms read from higgsfield.ai on 13 October 2026 (Basic $9, Pro $43 or $23 annual, $3 pass, Team $65 and Scale $150 a seat annual), compared with Shhots AI's $19 Starter. - [Topview AI alternatives](https://shhots.ai/blog/topview-ai-alternatives/): 8 Topview AI alternatives for 2026 with prices read from vendor pages on 4 October 2026, plus Topview's current plans, refund terms and review record. - [Zeely review and alternatives](https://shhots.ai/blog/zeely-review-and-alternatives/): Independent Zeely review for 2026: pricing as of 4 October 2026, refund and cancellation terms, Trustpilot and app store record, how to cancel, and 7 alternatives. - [Canva alternatives for ads](https://shhots.ai/blog/canva-alternatives-for-ads/): What Canva does and does not do for ads in 2026, and 7 alternatives with prices read from vendor pages on 4 October 2026, including free-tier options. - [Best AI image-to-video generator](https://shhots.ai/blog/best-ai-image-to-video-generator/): 12 image-to-video tools compared on one product photo, with prices verified September 2026, free tiers, watermark and commercial-use rules, plus the Shhots model pipeline (Veo 3, Kling 3, Seedance 2.5, Nano Banana Pro). - [Best free AI image-to-video generators](https://shhots.ai/blog/best-free-ai-image-to-video-generators/): 10 free tiers ranked by what they actually export: watermark rules, daily credits, clip length, and commercial use, with the cheapest watermark-free paid route ($19/mo Shhots AI) stated plainly. - [What is the best AI image generator?](https://shhots.ai/blog/what-is-the-best-ai-image-generator/): May 2026 comparison by use case: Shhots AI for ecommerce product photos, Midjourney v7 for creative work, GPT Image 2 for prompt accuracy and in-image text, Flux 1.1 Pro for developers, Stable Diffusion for open source and Adobe Firefly for commercial safety, plus the best free options (Ideogram, Firefly, Gemini, Stable Diffusion) and their limits. - [Affordable AI video for product listings](https://shhots.ai/blog/affordable-ai-video-for-product-listings/): Where to find the cheapest AI video for product listings in 2026, with real cost tiers, free-tier limits, and watermark-free listing videos from $19/month. Per-unit economics verified September 2026: a 10-second product listing video is 577 credits (~$4.71 on the $49 Pro plan), 15 seconds is 852 credits (~$6.96), 30 seconds is 1,677 credits (~$13.70); the $19 Starter (2,000 credits) covers about three 10-second listing videos a month plus a product photoshoot. - [Amazon listing videos with AI](https://shhots.ai/blog/amazon-product-listing-videos-with-ai/): 2026 Amazon listing video specs (16:9, 6-45s), cost, and a watermark-free workflow from a single product photo. - [Etsy listing videos with AI](https://shhots.ai/blog/etsy-product-listing-videos-with-ai/): 2026 Etsy listing video specs (5-15s, silent), cost, and how to make one from a product photo. - [Best AI photo to video generator](https://shhots.ai/blog/best-ai-photo-to-video-generator/): Turning still photos into AI video, with model comparison and ecommerce workflows. - [Best AI avatar solutions for UGC product ads](https://shhots.ai/blog/best-ai-avatar-solutions-for-ugc-product-ads/): AI avatar platforms compared for ecommerce UGC. - [Best UGC video software](https://shhots.ai/blog/best-ugc-video-software/): Tooling comparison for production-grade UGC. - [What is AI UGC?](https://shhots.ai/blog/what-is-ai-ugc/): Plain-English guide for DTC brands: what AI UGC is, how it differs from creator UGC (roughly $150 to $500 a video and days of turnaround, against minutes a clip on a credit plan), when to use each, what it costs, and disclosure basics. - [AI UGC creator options](https://shhots.ai/blog/ai-ugc-creator-characteristics/): How to choose the AI creator in a Shhots AI UGC ad: three age ranges (18-24, 25-34, 35-44), nine ethnicity options, three gender options (female, male, non-binary) and 12+ languages, and how to match each to the audience you sell to. - [Best AI UGC video editors for agencies](https://shhots.ai/blog/ai-ugc-video-editors-for-agencies/): Shhots AI, HeyGen, Creatify, Synthesia, Arcads and MakeUGC compared for agency volume, client workflows, white-label and API access, with per-client math: 40 ten-second UGC ads on two Shhots Scale plans cost about $198 (about $4.95 a video) against $150 to $300+ a video from human creators. Competitor prices as of August 2026. - [Best AI UGC video platforms for startups](https://shhots.ai/blog/best-ai-ugc-video-platforms-for-startups/): Six platforms (Shhots AI, Creatify, HeyGen, Topview AI, MakeUGC, Arcads) compared by price, speed and setup, with cost per UGC video: 551 credits for a 10-second Shhots ad (about $5.24 on Starter, $4.50 on Pro), about $11 on Arcads' $110 plan, and $150 to $300+ from a human creator. Updated August 2026. - [How to create TikTok video ads with AI](https://shhots.ai/blog/how-to-create-tiktok-video-ads-with-ai/): Five steps from a product photo or URL to a 9:16 TikTok ad: upload, set a 9 to 15-second length, pick the creator, voiceover and hook, then add captions and export an MP4 for TikTok Ads Manager. Covers cost, ad length and how many variants to test. - [How to make ecommerce product videos with AI](https://shhots.ai/blog/how-to-make-ecommerce-product-videos-with-ai/): Step-by-step guide for product video using AI models. - [How to create a Shopify product URL to video with AI](https://shhots.ai/blog/how-to-create-an-shopify-product-url-to-video-with-ai/): URL-to-video workflow for Shopify stores. - [AI video ads for dropshipping](https://shhots.ai/blog/ai-video-ads-for-dropshipping/): Playbook for dropshipping operators running AI ad tests at volume. - [Case study: AI product photoshoots for a D2C brand](https://shhots.ai/blog/case-study-ai-product-photoshoots-for-d2c-brand/): How generative media replaces traditional production cycles at scale. - [AI photoshoot templates launch](https://shhots.ai/blog/ai-photoshoot-templates-launch/): October 2026 launch of 18 prompt-free photoshoot templates for electronics, pet products, jewelry, home and furniture, and bags and accessories: upload one product photo and pick a template. Covers what each shot shows a buyer and the cost per image (about $0.09 to $0.11 depending on plan). - [Higgsfield AI alternatives](https://shhots.ai/blog/higgsfield-ai-alternatives/): Alternatives to Higgsfield AI for creative video. - [Creatify AI alternatives](https://shhots.ai/blog/creatify-ai-alternatives/): Alternatives to Creatify AI for AI ad creative. - [Arcads AI alternatives](https://shhots.ai/blog/arcads-ai-alternatives/): Alternatives to Arcads AI for UGC-style AI ads. - [MakeUGC alternative](https://shhots.ai/blog/makeugc-alternative/): Alternative to MakeUGC for AI UGC production. - [Real Estate Studio launch](https://shhots.ai/blog/real-estate-studio-launch/): Launch announcement for Real Estate Studio, promptless AI photo correction (9 presets), virtual staging (3 modes x 8 styles: Modern, Scandinavian, Luxury, Coastal, Farmhouse, Minimalist, Boho, Mid-century), object and clutter removal with privacy blur, and 15-second narrated 16:9 walkthrough videos from 3-4 listing photos. Structure-preserving by design; originals kept alongside every edit for disclosure rules such as NAR Article 12 and California AB 723. 55 credits per image on Pro ($49/mo) and Scale ($99/mo). - [Arcads AI pricing](https://shhots.ai/blog/arcads-ai-pricing/): The real Arcads cost per video, verified against its own docs, with 7 hidden costs. - [Arcads AI review](https://shhots.ai/blog/arcads-ai-review/): Honest Arcads review: capability, quality signals, reputation, and verdict. - [HeyGen vs Arcads](https://shhots.ai/blog/heygen-vs-arcads/): Head-to-head on pricing, avatar quality, and cost per UGC ad. - [Arcads vs MakeUGC](https://shhots.ai/blog/arcads-vs-makeugc/): Head-to-head on pricing, credits, trial terms, and cost per ad. - [Creatify vs Arcads](https://shhots.ai/blog/creatify-vs-arcads/): Head-to-head on cost per video, credit math, and refund terms. - [Creatify pricing](https://shhots.ai/blog/creatify-pricing/): Verified Creatify plans, exact credit costs, API rates, and the promo-code truth. - [AdCreative.ai pricing](https://shhots.ai/blog/adcreative-ai-pricing/): Verified AdCreative.ai plans, cost per creative, and the 2026 price rise. - [AdCreative.ai alternatives that do video](https://shhots.ai/blog/adcreative-ai-alternatives/): AdCreative.ai is built around static banners. This compares seven tools that make video and UGC ads (Shhots AI, Creatify, HeyGen, Topview AI, Arcads, InVideo AI, Icon) by best use, starting price and free option, with AdCreative.ai's credit math and refund terms. Updated August 2026. - [Kling AI pricing](https://shhots.ai/blog/kling-ai-pricing/): Kling credit costs, cost per video on every plan, and whether Kling 3.0 is free. - [Shhots AI MCP server for Claude and ChatGPT](https://shhots.ai/blog/shhots-ai-mcp-server-for-claude-and-chatgpt/): Launch announcement for the remote Shhots MCP server. Connect https://mcp.shhots.ai/mcp/ in an assistant's connector settings and generate AI UGC ads, cinematic videos, and product photoshoots from chat. No code, no API keys. Included on Pro ($49/mo) and Scale ($99/mo). - [AI ad stack 2026: 4 MCP servers](https://shhots.ai/blog/ai-ad-stack/): The four-layer MCP ad stack for 2026 - Shhots AI MCP for creative, Meta Ads MCP (29 tools, write access, OAuth scope tiers) and the read-only Google Ads MCP for distribution, Shopify MCP for conversion, and Claude as the operator. Includes setup order, credit costs, safety guidance on OAuth scopes, and real UGC ad output generated through the stack. - [ChatGPT Dots + Shhots AI](https://shhots.ai/blog/chatgpt-dots-shhots-ai/): How to use OpenAI's Dots (always-on ChatGPT agents, launched 29 September 2026, on ChatGPT Pro and Business Premium) with the Shhots MCP server at https://mcp.shhots.ai/mcp/. Covers the seven Shhots MCP tools (shhots_create_product_video, shhots_create_product_image, shhots_edit_image, shhots_get_generation, shhots_list_generations, shhots_get_account, product setup), credit costs (1 per product analysis, 11 per image, 551/826 for 10s/15s UGC, 577/852 for other formats), the six open-source Shhots skills, five jobs to give a Dot with credit math, and setup with a Custom Rule requiring approval before generation. MCP is on Pro ($49/mo) and Scale ($99/mo), not Starter. - [Claude AI video generator](https://shhots.ai/blog/claude-ai-video-generator/): How to turn Claude into an AI video generator for product ads by connecting the Shhots MCP server. Covers 2-minute setup, all 7 video formats (UGC, cinematic, animated, product speaking, storefront, lifestyle, unboxing ASMR) at 5/10/15/30 seconds in 9:16, 1:1 or 16:9, prompt patterns, credit costs, and three real generated ads. - [Jev AI + Meta Ads MCP creative loop](https://shhots.ai/blog/jev-ai-meta-ads-mcp-creative-loop/): A six-step loop inside Claude Code that tags every ad in your Meta account by hook, awareness stage and format with Jev (TypeSafe AI) for about $0.06 per 1,000 ads, joins the tags with spend and CPA from Meta's official Ads MCP, briefs winning and untested patterns, and generates the new creatives through the Shhots AI MCP server. Includes Jev pricing and limits, the cost of one run, and where the loop breaks. - [How to start a faceless YouTube channel](https://shhots.ai/blog/how-to-start-a-faceless-youtube-channel/): Pillar guide for faceless YouTube channels in 2026: what counts as faceless, YouTube Partner Program thresholds (1,000 subs + 4,000 watch hours or 10M Shorts views as of 2026, doubling to 8,000 hours / 20M Shorts views on Feb 1, 2027), niche selection, the AI production workflow (script, faceless video generation with voiceover and captions from $19/mo, multi-ratio export), the inauthentic-content policy line that gets faceless channels demonetized, and realistic running costs. - [Higgsfield MCP alternative](https://shhots.ai/blog/higgsfield-mcp-alternative/): Shhots AI MCP compared with Higgsfield MCP for product ads. Higgsfield aggregates 30+ general models; Shhots composites AI actors and scenes around a real product preserved from one photo, with claim safety enforced in the tool schema and a credit quote before every generation. - [What is virtual staging?](https://shhots.ai/blog/what-is-virtual-staging/): Definitional guide. What virtual staging is, the contents-versus-structure distinction that makes it legal, the three staging modes, the three price tiers ($0.45 AI, $16-$75 service, $1,500-$4,000 physical), disclosure obligations, and four cases where staging a photo makes a listing worse. - [Home staging cost in 2026: virtual vs real staging](https://shhots.ai/blog/virtual-staging-cost/): Both sides of the staging cost question. Traditional staging runs $832-$2,917 (average $1,849) and $3,000-$6,000+ for vacant homes, with $300-$700 per room and $100-$700 per room per month in furniture rental that keeps accruing while a listing sits; NAR's 2025 Profile of Home Staging puts the median at $1,500 through a service and $500 when the agent stages it. Virtual staging runs ~$0.45/image (Shhots AI) to $16-$75/image through a managed service. Includes a named-tool price table verified August 2026, hidden fees (revisions, rush, minimum orders, per-room versus per-image), a real-versus-virtual comparison table, room-level staging rates against NAR's data on which rooms buyers actually care about, and the honest caveat that NAR's price-lift figures are agent survey perception rather than measured lift. - [Virtual staging before and after](https://shhots.ai/blog/virtual-staging-before-and-after/): Six real listing before-and-after examples covering empty-room staging, HDR balancing, kitchen clutter removal, twilight conversion, sky replacement, and pool restoration, plus a six-point checklist for grading a staged image before it reaches the MLS. - [Is virtual staging legal? State + MLS rules, verified](https://shhots.ai/blog/is-virtual-staging-legal-mls-rules/): Maintained compliance guide, verified against primary sources August 2026. Virtual staging is legal everywhere in the US; disclosure is required almost everywhere. Includes a per-MLS requirements table (CRMLS, San Diego MLS, Bright, Stellar, MRED, NorthstarMLS, ARMLS, Canopy, label wording, placement, original-photo requirements, fines), a state-law table (California AB 723 / B&P Code 10140.8 in force since Jan 1 2026 requiring conspicuous disclosure plus a link/QR to the original unaltered image; Wisconsin Act 69 effective Jan 1 2027; NY and NJ bills pending), plain-language AB 723 mechanics including its exemption list, NAR Article 12 / SOP 12-10 / Article 2 specifics, Zillow's published portal policy, a safe/conditional/prohibited edit taxonomy, and a reusable disclosure template. - [Virtual Staging AI alternatives](https://shhots.ai/blog/virtual-staging-ai-alternatives/): Seven alternatives to Virtual Staging AI (virtualstagingai.app) compared with prices verified August 2026: Shhots AI (~$0.45/image inside a full listing workflow, $49/mo), REimagineHome (from $14/mo), StageHQ ($19 one-time for 20 photos), Collov AI, AI HomeDesign, BoxBrownie ($30/image human service), and Styldod ($16-$23/image). Covers photo caps, yearly-billing pricing caveats, turnaround, watermark policies, and MLS disclosure notes. - [Real estate advertising guide](https://shhots.ai/blog/real-estate-advertising-guide/): Media buyer's playbook for listing ads in 2026, verified against Meta's own developer documentation. Covers what the Housing Special Ad Category removes (age fixed 18-65+, no gender selection, ZIP and metro-area targeting prohibited, 15-mile minimum radius, all exclusion targeting removed, lookalikes unavailable) and what survives (approved interest list, customer list custom audiences, Advantage+ Audience). Corrects three widespread errors: Special Ad Audiences were removed in October 2022 and never replaced, detailed targeting is only partially removed, and the January 2025 customer-list restriction was cancelled in May 2025. Includes per-listing creative economics (a fully worked listing is about 1,706 credits, roughly $14 on the $49/mo Pro plan, against $500-$2,000 through vendors). - [Best virtual staging software](https://shhots.ai/blog/best-virtual-staging-software/): Eight virtual staging tools compared with prices verified August 2026: Shhots AI (~$0.45/photo on $49/mo Pro, staging plus correction and listing video on shared credits), StageHQ ($19-$69 one-time packs, credits never expire, MLS-compliant output advertised), REimagineHome (from $14/mo, true monthly billing), Virtual Staging AI (from $16/mo billed yearly, photo-capped), AI HomeDesign (from $19/mo annually, ~$0.49/photo), Collov AI (virtual tours and 360), BoxBrownie ($30/photo human service), Styldod ($16-$23/photo human service). Discloses that Styldod and REimagineHome are the same company, flags which vendors advertise annual rates as monthly, and states plainly that first-hand testing covers Shhots AI only. - [BoxBrownie alternatives](https://shhots.ai/blog/boxbrownie-alternatives/): Seven alternatives to BoxBrownie's per-image editing service compared with prices verified August 2026: Shhots AI (~$0.45/image on a flat $49/mo plan vs $30/image staging), Styldod ($16-$23/image human service), Virtual Staging AI, REimagineHome, StageHQ, Collov AI, and AI HomeDesign. Includes a worked full-listing cost comparison ($185 at BoxBrownie list prices vs ~$16 of credits), screenshots of every vendor, a demo of the AI walkthrough video BoxBrownie has no equivalent for, the finding that BoxBrownie's services page was running 20% under its own list prices, and the disclosure that Styldod and REimagineHome are the same company. - [AI avatar tools for real estate walkthroughs](https://shhots.ai/blog/ai-avatar-tools-real-estate-walkthroughs/): Seven AI avatar options compared for listing video, split between general avatar platforms that produce a presenter clip and property-specific tools that assemble the whole walkthrough. Includes an honest read on 2026 avatar quality limits. - [AI UGC video for real estate](https://shhots.ai/blog/ai-ugc-video-for-real-estate/): Six creator-style video formats that work for property marketing, where AI generation is legitimate (generated delivery over real property visuals) and where it is not (generated interiors, fabricated testimonials), plus a repeatable weekly content plan. Includes a tool comparison for real estate UGC with prices read from each vendor's live pricing page in August 2026 (Shhots AI $49/mo Pro for 6,000 credits, HeyGen $29/mo Creator and $49/mo Pro, Creatify $39/mo Starter and $99/mo Pro), and states plainly that Arcads publishes no pricing page at all rather than repeating a third-party figure. Per-video cost math: a 15-second listing video is 825 credits plus 1 for the script, about $6.74 on Pro, and a full listing package of 20 corrected photos, 6 staged rooms and one video is 2,256 credits, about $18.43. - [Real estate reels: 10 formats that work in 2026](https://shhots.ai/blog/real-estate-reels-ideas/): Ten short-form video formats ranked by retention against production effort, each with a hook line, target length and per-reel cost (price anchor tour ~$6.74, before-and-after staging ~$0.90, day-to-dusk reveal ~$0.45, narrated walkthrough ~$6.74 at 825 credits, phone-filmed formats free). Grounded in Instagram's own published ranking explanation: the most important prediction is whether a viewer watches the reel all the way through, so completion rate is the target and duration is only the lever; 15-30 seconds and three posts a week is the working benchmark, and Instagram states it prioritises original content over reposts. Flags the widely repeated 3-second rule as practitioner convention rather than a published threshold. Includes five hook patterns, weekly cost math (about $88 a quarter for 39 reels), and a Fair Housing section covering steering language in neighbourhood reels and Meta's Housing Special Ad Category on boosted posts. - [HDR real estate photography: bracketing vs AI](https://shhots.ai/blog/hdr-real-estate-photography/): Why listing photos need exposure balancing (window vs interior dynamic range), how bracketed HDR (3-5 exposures, tripod, 1-3 hour edit cycle per shoot) and flambient (flash + ambient hand-blend) work, and how single-exposure AI HDR compares at ~$0.45/image in under a minute against $1.10-$2.25 outsourced with 12-48h turnaround. Includes a three-method comparison table (gear, frames, edit time, cost, color fidelity, handheld phone support) and the honest cases where a photographer should still bracket: irreplaceable hero shots, flambient color work, and very large print output. - [Real estate photo editing outsourcing: 2026 costs and math](https://shhots.ai/blog/real-estate-photo-editing-outsourcing/): Rates verified against each vendor's own published pricing in August 2026: AutoHDR from $0.37/image (20-30 min), Shhots AI ~$0.45 (under a minute), offshore human correction $0.20-$0.50 (24-48h), PhotoUp $1.10-$2.25 credit-based (24h standard), BoxBrownie $2 image enhancement with day to dusk $5, item removal $5-$10 and virtual staging $30 billed separately, rush tiers $1.50-$5.00, high-end retouching $5-$15. Break-even math for a photographer shooting 15 listings a month: 450 photos is about 22.5 hours of editing, roughly $1,200 in shoots not taken, against $167-$900 to outsource. Covers where each option breaks, the revision-rate correction most comparisons omit, a five-file vendor test (backlit interior, high-ISO room, flat-grey exterior, clutter removal, a file you edited yourself), and the hybrid mix most working photographers land on. - [Real estate video marketing guide](https://shhots.ai/blog/real-estate-video-marketing-guide/): Playbook covering the four video types worth making, which channel each cut goes to, publishing cadence, the correct production sequence (correct, stage, then film), measurement beyond view counts, and a 30-day starting plan. - [How to make a real estate video](https://shhots.ai/blog/how-to-make-a-real-estate-video/): Five-step workflow for building a listing video from photos, covering photo correction first, staging, photo selection and tour order, script structure for a 15-second cut, and vertical versions for social. - [Real estate videographer cost vs AI](https://shhots.ai/blog/real-estate-videographer-cost-vs-ai/): What a listing videographer costs versus generated video, where each genuinely wins, the coverage argument (one excellent video on ten listings versus a decent video on all of them), and a five-step method for pricing it against your own pipeline. ## Blog Index - [How to make AI microdramas in 2026](https://shhots.ai/blog/ai-microdramas/): What an AI microdrama is (serialised vertical fiction, 1 to 3 minutes an episode, made with generative AI), the short-drama market behind it (Sensor Tower: 850M downloads and $750M in-app revenue in Q1 2026; Reuters: 221,900 AI shows on Douyin in H1 2026, 1,055 past 100M views), a documented comparison of Seedance 2.5, Kling 3.0, Veo 3.1, Runway Gen-4 References, StoryShort and an open-source pipeline, an 8-step workflow for a 60-second pilot with reusable character references, a dated cost example (about $0.72 a generation on Higgsfield Pro, October 2026), publishing and YouTube policy, and what Shhots AI does and does not do: product ads today, microdramas planned for Shhots Agent. - [How to use the Shhots AI MCP server in Lovable](https://shhots.ai/blog/lovable-shhots-mcp/): Five-step setup of the Shhots MCP server (https://mcp.shhots.ai/mcp/) as a custom chat connector in Lovable, OAuth, no API key, available on every Lovable plan; Shhots Pro ($49/month, 6,000 credits) or Scale ($99/month, 12,000 credits) required. Lists the 11 tools (5 create, 6 read), credit costs (product image 11, UGC ad 551/826/1,651 for 10/15/30 seconds), Lovable's approval cards and Always allow, a launch workflow, and the limit that published Lovable apps cannot use chat connectors (use the Model APIs instead). Verified October 2026. - [Blog (all articles)](https://shhots.ai/blog/): Full Shhots AI blog index: guides, comparisons, alternatives, case studies, and tutorials on generative AI for ecommerce and advertising. ## Contact - [Contact](https://shhots.ai/contact/): Reach the Shhots AI team by email or WhatsApp, book a 30-minute call, request a feature or send feedback. - [Book a Call](https://calendly.com/shhotsai/30min): Talk to Shhots AI about enterprise Model APIs access, dedicated capacity, private deployments, and integration. - [Login](https://app.shhots.ai/auth/login): Existing customer sign-in. - [Get Started](https://app.shhots.ai/auth/signup): New account creation for the self-serve studio. ## Optional - [Privacy Policy](https://shhots.ai/privacy-policy/): How Shhots AI handles uploaded product images, generated outputs, and personal data. - [Terms of Service](https://shhots.ai/terms-of-service/): Commercial license, acceptable use, and platform terms. - [Sitemap](https://shhots.ai/sitemap-index.xml): Full XML sitemap index.