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Thirty seconds of video worth more than a review

“Tell us in thirty seconds what you loved — get $15 off.”

The promotion that produces an asset instead of a discount. Customers record a short video on their own phone, we prepare the caption, the hashtags and your mention for the platform they are posting to, and you approve before any reward is issued.

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A navy smartphone standing upright with a mint screen, a white play bubble, a teal share arrow and a mint heart. Soft three-dimensional illustration in Promotedly's mint, teal and navy palette.

What the customer sees

From scan to reward, step by step

No app, no account, no download. The whole journey happens in a mobile browser on your branded page.

  1. Scans the card and sees the prompt you wrote.

  2. Records a video up to the duration limit you set, right in the browser.

  3. Consents to publication if you require it before the video can be used.

  4. Gets the caption, hashtags and your social handle prepared for the platform they choose.

  5. Posts it, and the reward is issued once you approve the submission.

How to set it up

Configured in the builder, live the same day

  1. Write the prompt

    One specific question beats “tell us what you think”. Ask about the dish, the class, the stylist.

  2. Set the length

    Ten to one hundred and twenty seconds. Forty-five is the default and about right for social.

  3. Prepare the post

    Suggested hashtags and your @mention, added to the description on the customer's behalf for the platform they share to.

  4. Require consent and approval

    Publication consent and manual approval are both on by default, so nothing reaches your feed or earns a reward without your review.

  5. Deploy

    Tabletop cards at the end of the meal or the appointment, when the experience is still fresh.

What you can configure

  • Prompt and on-screen instructions
  • Maximum video duration
  • Consent to publish requirement
  • Suggested hashtags and mention
  • Automatic captioning
  • Reward type and value
  • Manual approval requirement

Why it works

A short video from a real customer outperforms anything you can shoot yourself, and it keeps working after the promotion ends. You end up with a library of usable content and a set of posts that reached audiences you never paid for.

The outcome for this promotion is decided on our server before the customer sees it, so the prize cannot be forced from the browser.

Runs well alongside

Promotions that work together

Add a campaign-type slot bundle and run these at the same time — one to acquire, one to bring people back.

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Questions

Review video questions

Is paying for a review against the rules?
Paying for a positive review or a star rating is, on every major platform and under the FTC's endorsement guides. This promotion rewards an honest video and disclosed sharing, not a rating — ask for candid feedback, keep the reward the same whatever they say, and require disclosure in the caption.
Do I have the right to reuse the video?
Only if the customer agreed. With the publication-consent requirement on, the consent text is shown before recording and the acceptance is stored with the submission, so your right to use the clip is documented.
What if somebody submits something unusable?
Approval is required by default, so nothing is published or rewarded until you have watched it. Rejected submissions are recorded with a reason and the reward is never issued.
Can I see how the posts performed?
Submission counts, approvals and shares by platform are reported per campaign. Reach figures depend on what each social network exposes, so treat them as directional rather than audited numbers.

Get started

Run a review video this week

Build it in the campaign builder, print the QR card, paste the pop-up snippet. The free plan covers your first hundred customers.

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