Commerce

3-Second Product Hook

A three-second product open built to stop the scroll: a kicker, a bold headline and a price tag landing before anyone can swipe past.

Duration
3s
Frame
1080 × 1920
Export
MP4, GIF, MOV (alpha)
Resolution
Up to 4K

About the 3-Second Product Hook animation

Product Hook is the first beat of a product ad, not the whole thing: the kicker sets context, the headline carries the drop or restock, and the price tag closes it before attention moves on. Keep the headline to a word or two that reads instantly, use a real product photo, and let the price tag colour match the rest of the campaign. Cut straight from it into footage or a second card. It is built to open, not to hold.

Where it fits

  • As the first three seconds of a product ad on Reels or TikTok, before any footage.
  • As the open of a restock post, cut straight into the product in use.
  • In a sequence of hooks, one per colourway, tested against each other.

Filling it in

Keep the headline to a word or two that reads instantly and put the context in the kicker: NEW DROP, RESTOCK, LAST CHANCE. The sub line carries the detail and the price tag closes the beat. Use a real product photo and match the tag colour to the campaign. It is built to open, not to hold.

Format and timing

3-Second Product Hook is built at 1080 × 1920, a 9:16 portrait frame, the shape Reels, TikTok, Shorts and Stories fill from edge to edge, and runs 3 seconds at 30 frames per second. It arrives in 0.9 seconds, holds for 1.3 and clears in 0.9, 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
  • Headlinetext
  • Sub linetext
  • Pricetext
  • Product photoimage
  • Tag colourcolor

Questions about 3-Second Product Hook

Why is it only three seconds?

Because that is how long a scroll gives you. The hook exists to stop the thumb, and the footage after it does the selling. Anything longer is asking for attention it has not earned yet.

Can I use it as the whole ad?

Not really. It has no call to action beyond the price. Cut into product footage or a second card, and put the link ask there.

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