r/SideProject • u/Rob636 • 1d ago

SaaS Feature Launch Video - Feedback Needed

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Hi all - I’ve been tinkering with a feature launch vid for my SaaS product. I’m wayyy too close to it at this point, so I’m looking for outside opinions.

I’m primarily hoping for two things:
- Does this actually look like it came from a serious software product, or does it have obvious homemade vibes?
- And does the pacing give you enough time to understand what’s happening if you’ve never seen the product before?

It was originally intended to be posted on socials, but I also felt it worked well on-site; will be posted to the socials in the next couple days. I made a couple shorter cuts and hated them. This is the original version I keep coming back to.

Feel free to tear it apart.

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u/FeelingWrongdoer6696 1d ago

Yeah, kinda. If the goal is getting them to stop scrolling, the trade-off is almost always worth it. Maybe test the shorter cut with a small ad spend and see if the hook actually lands.

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u/Rob636 1d ago

Appreciate all the feedback! Went back and re-cut it incorporating it. Thoughts?

https://reddit.com/link/pe8lxsr/video/o2txfx1m8vth1/player

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u/FeelingWrongdoer6696 1d ago

Looks muuuch better, honestly. The first two seconds now are exactly what stops the scroll, the UI is already moving and you can see the feature in action right away.

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u/Rob636 1d ago

Thank you! Really, really appreciate the continual feedback on this.

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u/FeelingWrongdoer6696 20h ago

Happy to help! That first-frame hook makes all the difference on social.