Commerce

Flash Sale

A fast, product-led sale card for a steep discount that starts now and ends when it says it does.

Duration
4s
Frame
1080 × 1080
Export
MP4, GIF, MOV (alpha)
Resolution
Up to 4K

About the Flash Sale animation

Flash Sale gives the percentage most of the frame, with the item still visible and the code close enough to act on. Use it for a same-day promotion, limited inventory or a brief launch incentive. The caption should carry a concrete end time; vague urgency makes even good creative feel disposable.

Where it fits

  • As a same-day sale post on Instagram, with the discount and the code both in frame.
  • In a paid social ad where the offer has to land before the swipe.
  • On an in-store screen or a website banner loop during a limited window.

Filling it in

The discount is a counter, so type the final percentage and let it climb. Put the code and the end time together in the caption: TODAY ONLY, CODE FLASH40. An end time is what makes the urgency believable. Upload a product photo on a plain background so the number stays readable over it.

Format and timing

Flash Sale is built at 1080 × 1080, a square frame, which sits in a feed post without cropping and centres neatly over wider footage, and runs 4 seconds at 30 frames per second. It arrives in 1.5 seconds, holds for 2.1 and clears in 0.4, so cue it a beat before the moment it labels. Export it as an MP4 for a timeline or a feed, a GIF where video will not embed, or a MOV with an alpha channel to lay it over footage with nothing behind it. Renders go up to 4K, and the free plan exports at 720p with a watermark.

Who reaches for this

What it gets used for

What you can edit

  • Kickertext
  • Discountcounter
  • Captiontext
  • Product photoimage
  • Accentcolor

Questions about Flash Sale

What size should the product photo be?

A square crop around 1000 pixels works well, with the product filling most of it. The template scales the image to its slot, so a much larger file only slows the export.

Can the discount be a fixed amount rather than a percentage?

Yes. The counter accepts a currency symbol, so $20 OFF counts up the same way. Keep it to a few characters so the figure stays large in the frame.

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