The E-Commerce Short-Form Playbook

The organic strategy behind Shorts, Reels and TikTok sales: UGC-first content, a creator network and no ad spend behind it

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On the call you'll receive:

• Viral-reach gap analysis for your product
• Creator-led formats already working in your niche
• Estimated install / brand-lift potential at scale </aside>

THE IDEA: Most brands post short-form like a catalog: product shots, discount banners, "new drop" clips. That content gets skipped. The brands selling on Shorts, Reels and TikTok do the opposite. They post content made by real people, find one hook format that holds attention, run it across a network of creator accounts, and connect every view to a sale. This playbook gives you each step, with a template and a ready prompt for Claude.

WHO IT'S FOR: DTC and Shopify founders, eCom managers and growth leads who want organic short-form to become a sales channel.

WHAT'S INSIDE

1. What to stop posting
2. UGC formats that sell products
3. One hook format across many creator accounts
4. Retention before polish
5. From view to sale, platform by platform
6. Ranking creators on revenue

THE RULES

• If it looks like an ad, it gets skipped. If it looks like a customer made it, it gets watched.
• Creator accounts, not only the brand account. Many real people beat one logo.
• Rank on orders, not views. Views are the signal; orders are the result.
• Real data only. Claude works from your numbers; missing data is marked [NEEDS INPUT].

Paste this at the start of every Claude session:

You are my short-form commerce strategist for an ecommerce brand. Work only from the products, videos, creators and order data I paste.

Rules:
- Never invent views, retention, orders, revenue or benchmarks. If something is missing, write [NEEDS INPUT: what].
- Every video idea shows the product in real use within the first seconds.
- Rank creators and videos on orders and revenue per 1,000 views, not views.
- Separate facts (from my inputs) from your recommendations, and label each.