| The following is the FAQ from Commercial Creator.com, not Commercial Creator Plus. Q: |
| How does your service work? |
| How long does it take to order a commercial? |
| How long does it take to receive my commercial once I order? |
| What do I need to do before I order my commercial? |
| What kind of camera do I need to submit my own photos? |
| How do I get the commercial on TV? |
| Should I order a 30 second or 60 second commercial? |
| I want my company logo or personalized design to be incorporated into the commercial, is this possible? |
| Why is your service so much more affordable than the competition? |
| What do the terms on your page mean? |
| How do I know if I will find video clips, images, voiceover artists, and music that will work for me? |
What payment method do you accept?
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We give you creative control to produce a high-quality, low-cost television commercial. As the director of your commercial, you can customize your advertisement to best represent your business. Upload photos of your product, business, and logo; plus, choose from over 15,000 royalty-free stock videos, image clips, and music files to incorporate into your spot. Finally, decide who should be the voice of your business—select the voiceover artist who will tell viewers why your product is right for them. The entire ordering process takes place in our unique Commercial Creator Studio. In addition to choosing media for your advertisement, you can write out text for your titles and a script for your voiceover artist. The final step: produce a virtual edit of your spot. Review the components of your commercial and simply click, drag, and drop each into the correct sequence. The TV-ready version of your advertisement will be ready in a matter of days. We will provide a DVD copy of the commercial and a broadcast-ready Beta SP tape for your cable provider or if you are distrubuting your commercial online only, we will send you a quicktime movie ready for download |
| How long does it take to order a commercial? Once your photos are on your computer and you know what you want the voiceover to say, the ordering process can take as little as 10-15 minutes. We recommend you put a lot of thought into the creative end of your commercial. After all, you are the director. top |
How long does it take to receive my commercial once I order? |
| What do I need to do before I order my commercial? Absolutely nothing. All you need to do is pick a package. If you can't decide on all of your creative details right away, we give you up to two weeks to log in and complete your order. Just fill in all necessary information at the time of your order and fill in the rest later. If you want to do everything at once, you will need to have decided on your package, your add-ons, and all of your creative decisions. This will include choosing all photos or videos, deciding what your voiceover will say, and planning your titles. If you want two weeks to decide, you can still upload your photos, write your voiceover text, titles, or assemble your virtual edit. Anything in the Virtual Edit tab of the order can be filled in later. Stock images, stock video, music, and voiceover artists must be picked at the time of order. top |
| What kind of camera do I need to submit my own photos? Any 35mm still camera and most digital still cameras will do.
Please make sure the file sizes aren't too large. A photo should be no larger than 2 to 3 MB. If your image is any more than this please check the size of the image. Standard television resolution is 720 X 540. Ideally, the images should be at least double or triple this size so that we can pan and zoom without compromising the quality. If your images are any bigger than 4000 pixels in any dimension or much over 3MB, please make the image smaller.
Please remember that any photo you use must be your photo or one that you own all rights to. You can not scan photos from magazines or download them from websites and use them for television broadcast as this is illegal. |
How do I get the commercial on TV? We give you two options to get your commercial on TV. The first one is to buy your airtime through Commercial Creator. At the time of your order, you can tell us more about how you want to air your commercial. You aren't tied into buying any airtime, but we will contact you with more information including prices and plans. You can then go with us, or arrange for airtime elsewhere. While we have very competitive airtime rates, there is no obligation to go with us. You purchased your TV commercial from us, therefore you own it, not us. You can therefore air it however you would like. |
Should I order a 30 second or 60 second commercial?
To order a 60 second commercial, chose from any of our packages and pick the add-on to double the length of your commercial to 60 seconds. All of our base package prices are based on 30 second commercials. |
I want my company logo or personalized design to be incorporated into the commercial, is this possible?
If you want your logo to take up the whole screen or want to create a personalized ordering screen, you can create this image and upload it in place of one of your package photos. So if your package includes 8 images, this full screen image will count toward those. |
| Why is your service so much more affordable than the competition? We pride ourselves in providing an affordable service to our customers. We do not add extra charges or require you to buy airtime through us. We give you the freedom to create your commercial, therefore giving us more time to produce a high quality product. We offer a professional and affordable commercial unparalleled by any other company on the market. top |
| What do the terms on your page mean? If you do not understand some of the words on our site we have a dictionary page that can help you understand what many of the technical words mean. The page will explain items such as Beta SP, Pan and Zoom, 4/3 and Letterbox, and others. top |
How do I know if I will find video clips, images, voiceover artists, and music that will work for me? Visit our media gallery page to see all our selections. |
What payment method do you accept? Commercial Creator Plus uses Google Checkout for payments. We accept all of the following credit cards.
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