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BS “I charge my clients $14,630 per video edit” — the number exists nowhere on earth except this ad, including the plugin vendor’s own pages
The claim“I charge my clients $14,630 per video edit…” thanks to two ‘AutoEdit’ AI plugins for Premiere Pro. “Comment ‘SUITE’ to get these 2x AutoEdit AI plugins.”
We went looking for $14,630 and found nothing: no pricing guide, no rate card, no invoice standard carries it — and neither do the vendor’s own product and marketing pages, which make zero income claims. Real freelance video-edit project rates run $300–$1,500 typical and $2,500–$7,500 for large multi-deliverable campaign work; $14,630 for one edit is two to ten times the top of the professional range. The oddly-specific figure (not $15K — $14,630) is a known ad-copy trick: fake precision reads like a real invoice. The plugins behind the comment gate are real — Music Video Mode at $179.99 one-time and Creator Mode from $9.99/mo — both sold by the vendor as rough-cut tools you refine by hand. The products are ordinary and affordable, which is exactly why the ad needed an imaginary invoice.
What holds up
- The two plugins are real, shipping products: AutoEdit Music Video Mode ($179.99 one-time) and Creator Mode ($9.99–$79.99/mo or one-time credit packs)
- Rough-cut automation genuinely saves editing hours — the vendor’s honest pitch is time savings
- High-end campaign editing can legitimately reach $2,500–$7,500 per project
What doesn’t
- The $14,630 figure appears nowhere — not in any rate guide, and not on the vendor’s own pages, which make no income claims at all
- Typical per-project edit rates are $300–$1,500; the claim is 2–10× the top of the real professional range
- Fake-precision pricing plus a comment gate (‘SUITE’) is lead capture dressed as a case study
The catch
When the vendor’s own sales pages are more honest than the ad, the ad is the product. The plugins cost under $350 combined; the invoice is fiction.
How to actually do it
- Price editing work off real market rates ($300–$7,500 by scope) and real client budgets, not a reel’s POV caption
- If rough-cut speed is your bottleneck, the one-time credit pack is the cheap honest test before any subscription
- Raise rates by moving up client tiers and deliverable quality — no plugin has ever moved an editor from $500 to $14,630
Real ~$180-and-under plugins, invented invoice — the $14,630 exists only in the ad. See #239, #238, #227.
- Confidence
- High
- Posted by
- Eleven Percent LLC
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