Dear VCC readers,

For nearly four years, the blog at Video-Commerce.org has been dedicated to bringing you the latest video commerce best practices and industry developments.  We’ve hired bloggers and blogged ourselves to make sure that the content posted here remains fresh and up to date.   As some of you may know, this blog is funded entirely by my company, Liveclicker.   In addition to this blog, Liveclicker also runs a separate blog at VideoRetailer.org.  VideoRetailer.org is a video commerce blog, but it’s more centered on Liveclicker while this blog remained a general industry resource.  Recently, we’ve decided that it’s no …

Is interactive shoppable video becoming more prevalent?

(And by interactive video I mean video containing clickable text overlays, interactive hotspots, buy buttons, product ratings and reviews, clickable descriptions of products or navigation to other videos in-video.)

It’s looking that way. Several ecommerce merchants have begun providing engaging, interactive video experiences to prospects in an effort to boost sales and conversions.

interactive video commerce examples

Advance Auto Parts
The auto parts retailer leverages customer reviews and ratings in-player via PowerReviews integration. Video product callouts include reviews that can be navigated within the clip along with a Buy option. This can be …

In this post, I’ll outline cost savings possible to achieve by using a video commerce platform. (In Part I, I explained what a video commerce platform was, Part II outlined primary revenue drivers, Part III the revenue calculations).

In my own view, I generally don’t believe that cost savings are the most compelling reason to select a video commerce platform compared to either an online video platform or even a content delivery network. That’s because video commerce platforms live “upstack” from these other two types of technologies and primarily exist to create new results and revenue. Of course, in …