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action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home4/scienrds/scienceandnerds/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114Source:https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/03\/27\/slack-videowise-shoppable-video-commerce\/<\/a><\/br> The concept of \u201cshoppable videos\u201d has been around for at least a decade, with some big companies, like Showroom, Firework<\/a>, Vimeo<\/a>, YouTube<\/a> and Klarna<\/a> getting in on the action.<\/p>\n There have also been startups embracing this space<\/a> that have received some attention from investors in the past, like Cinematique<\/a>, which gave it a go in 2017, Clideo<\/a> and, more recently, Kahani<\/a>, which doesn\u2019t exactly describe itself as doing \u201cshoppable video,\u201d but its concept of content videos for e-commerce brands can certainly be considered adjacent.<\/p>\n The latest attracting investor attention is e-commerce video platform Videowise<\/a>, founded by Romania-born product designer Claudiu Cioba in 2021. The company now has a cash infusion of $3 million in a round that closed earlier this year.<\/p>\n Slack Fund led the round and was joined by Founder Collective, Underline Ventures, MuVentures, Ratio Ventures, Stan Chudnovsky, Javier Olivan, Ed Baker, Scott Belsky and Gokul Rajaram. The new investment gives Videowise a total of $4.1 million in venture-backed funds, Cioba said in an interview.<\/p>\n After working for over a decade in product design for companies, Cioba decided to embark on his own entrepreneurial journey, focusing on e-commerce. In talking to founders in the sector, he learned that the \u201cNorth Star\u201d for driving sales was conversion rate.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you can create a product that can affect the bottom line of these e-commerce operators, you could find product market fit quite easily,\u201d Cioba said.<\/p>\n Though video creation and video consumption on sites like TikTok and Instagram took off during the global pandemic, many e-commerce brands had a \u201cvery basic video experience, very horizontal and traditional, nothing that was customizable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Cioba said he saw an opportunity to build a better product that was specifically designed for direct-to-consumer brands and online retailers. In 2022, Videowise launched its video platform product that helps online stores manage and publish videos, at scale, on an unlimited number of product pages, collection pages or blogs, versus one video per page like other companies.<\/p>\n What differentiates Videowise from some of its competitors, like Vimeo or Firework, is its swipe-up video playlists and infrastructure that Cioba said offers automation and insights from advanced video analytics while also protecting page speed. Videowise is able to deliver loading times up to five times faster than traditional video players, he added.<\/p>\n The company\u2019s first integration was with Shopify, where the concept has caught on: Videowise is currently working with more than 600 Shopify and Shopify Plus brands. It has generated over $1 million in added revenue from purchases happening straight in its video player and driven over $25 million in revenue at conversion rates of up to 328% since 2021 from video shoppers spending up to four minutes more per page, Cioba said.<\/p>\n
\nSlack backs Videowise\u2019s approach to creating interactive, shoppable videos<\/br>
\n2023-03-27 22:01:34<\/br><\/p>\n