What you’ll create and what you need
A vertical 9:16 UGC-style video for Instagram Reels, TikTok or YouTube Shorts: a person on camera shows or talks about your product, with a hook, a body and a call to action. You make it in the Content Factory, the built-in agent that generates images, video and audio from plain-language requests.
You need:
- A plan with an agents budget. MyChatBot Standard is the cheapest, and no add-on is required. The 3-day trial budget of about $1 covers a few images, not a video.
- A sharp, well-lit product photo, or a link to the product page.
- Optional: your own photo if you want a real face as the presenter, and a short script.
Step 1: Open the Content Factory and add your product
- Go to Agents and pick Content Factory from your agents list.
- Click the quick-start for a UGC talking-head reel, or type your own brief.
- Attach your product photo or paste the product page link.
Step 2: Choose the format and write the brief
There are two ways to get a UGC look:
- Video ad formats: ask for Selfie testimonial (a customer shows it off, selfie style), Direct-to-camera (a presenter recommends it), Hands-on demo, Unboxing or Tutorial snippet.
- Talking Presenter: a person on camera speaks your exact script. Use your own photo or let the agent generate a presenter. Voiceovers work in Ukrainian, English and 20+ other languages.
In the brief, name the format, the aspect ratio (9:16), the setting, the lighting and the mood. For a presenter video, give the exact script with your hook, body and call to action. If you only have a topic, the agent drafts a short script and confirms the wording with you before anything is synthesized.
Example: Make a selfie testimonial video ad for this serum, 9:16 for Reels, bright bathroom, casual tone.
Step 3: Confirm the cost and wait for the render
- For a single clip the agent adds a one-line price note and runs. For a higher-quality video, a longer presenter video or a batch, it shows a cost breakdown first: reply proceed or change the ask.
- Read the estimate before approving. There is no mid-run stop: once a run starts, it finishes.
- A video ad starts with a styled still frame from your photo, a cheap checkpoint, before it is animated into a clip with sound.
- Video renders take roughly two minutes, with periodic ‘still rendering…’ lines.
Step 4: Download and check your spend
When the render is done, you get result links to download. Every job draws from your agents balance and appears as its own line in Usage. A default-quality video ad (8 seconds, with sound) is about $1.25; a 30-second presenter video is about $2.25. The agent always tells you the exact price of a job.
Options that matter
- Quality tier: a budget tier (shorter, no sound, lower resolution) or a cinematic final for polished ads. The agent always confirms before the expensive tier.
- Camera moves: ask by name, for example slow push-in or selfie vlog cam. One move per clip reads best, two at most.
- Reels Factory: one brief gives three vertical reels with different hooks, a caption for each, optional background music and scheduled publishing to your connected social accounts. You see the plan and total price first; a rejected reel is regenerated alone.
Common problems and how to fix them
- The chat went quiet after a couple of minutes. Send any short message, such as ‘done?’. It pulls the finished result into the chat; the media itself is safe.
- The agent asks for another photo. The label is unreadable in your source image. Upload a sharper, better-lit shot.
- The result looks generic. Add the setting, lighting, mood and aspect ratio to the brief and run it again.
- Video will not run on a trial. The trial budget is about $1. Convert to a paid plan first.
- A scheduled batch never arrived. A scheduled run into an empty balance is skipped with a note. Top up and keep a buffer.