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📘 How We Work — The Operating Manual

The platform in one paragraph

VideoSync is an AI video production studio monetised 4 ways: (1) service sales to creators / founders you source via Instagram, LinkedIn, Telegram, YouTube, and Twitch; (2) per-delivery x402 USDC unlocks on /delivery/:id preview pages; (3) monthly subscriptions — $15/mo creator tier + $99/$199 agency tier; (4) clipping-payout platforms (Whop, Reach.cat, etc.) where we post authorised clips and get paid per 1,000 views. Everything flows to USDC on Base — no Stripe, no contracts.

In this guide

  1. The 5 lead sources + who runs them
  2. The 7 services + pricing
  3. Your daily workflow (hour-by-hour)
  4. How the whitelisted clipping team works
  5. Payment rails + attribution + revenue share
  6. LLM QA review on renders
  7. The $15/mo creator paywall
  8. FAQ

1. The 5 lead sources — where leads come from + who runs each

Each source surfaces prospects you can pitch. Some run automatically, some need your attention daily.

You only

🎯 YouTube / Twitch

AI agent searches for creators by niche + audience size + content type. Runs when you fire it from prospect-finder → YouTube/Twitch. Leads land in the prospects table.

You only

💼 LinkedIn

Plain-English description → AI builds filters → PhantomBuster scrapes Sales Navigator OR regular LinkedIn Search depending on which phantom you have installed. Results import via prospect-finder → LinkedIn tab.

Whitelisted team (primary) + you

📸 Instagram

PhantomBuster hashtag search + per-user scoping. Team uses cmachine → Instagram Leads. You can also run it from the admin prospect-finder. Attribution per whitelisted user flows to the Revenue Ledger.

You only (automated)

✈️ Telegram (MTProto watcher)

Once you finish phone-code login on the Telegram tab, the userbot polls configured channels (cryptojobslist, web3_jobs, etc.) for "need editor / hiring / paying" posts, scores them with AI, and pings @videosync_sales_bot with a pre-written custom DM. You copy + send.

You only (passive income)

💰 Whop / Reach.cat / content-reward platforms

Not outreach — you post authorised clips from creator campaigns to TikTok/Reels/Shorts, get paid per 1,000 views. Highest-CPM niches: crypto/finance ($4-6/1k), creator campaigns ($1-3/1k). Monetization Guide has the current-picks list.

2. The 7 services — what we sell + what we charge

Every scored lead gets a service pick from the AI. You (or team members) can override it via the dropdown in the DM dialog.

🎬 Clipping
$297 – $899/mo

Long-form videos → 20–40 vertical Shorts/Reels/TikToks per month. Team-only service (whitelisted team fulfills).

🎞️ Animations
$50 – $150 each

Blender explainer scenes, data visualisations, LaTeX equations, lower-thirds, title cards. Best for educators + crypto / finance.

🖼️ AI Thumbnails
$25 – $50 each

Gemini picks best frame → title overlay → CTR-tested. Best for growing YouTubers.

📱 UGC / Product-demo Videos
$200 – $500 each

Vertical-first ad-style demo videos for Shopify / DTC / SaaS founders.

📦 Product Mockups
$100 – $300 each

3D Blender product renders on device or lifestyle scenes. Gemini synthesises the product shot.

🚀 Landing-Page Animations
$200 – $600 each

Animated SaaS hero mockups. Paste the client's live URL — we scrape their hero image and animate it. Great for Product Hunt launches.

⭐ Full Stack
$1,500 – $3,000/mo

Bundle of all of the above. Best for 100k+ creators + established brands.

3. Your daily workflow

You don't need to run every step every day — automation handles the watching. Your high-leverage time is DMing leads + closing + delivering.

Morning (~30 min)

1
Check Telegram notifications from @videosync_sales_bot Overnight payment pings + new opportunities from the MTProto watcher. Each opportunity already has a pre-written custom DM ready to copy.
2
Open /admin/dashboard Scan Recent Users (new signups overnight, trials about to expire), check health stats.
3
Open prospect-finder → Telegram tab Review AI-scored opportunities. Click Open in Telegram → paste the pre-written DM → mark as Contacted.

Mid-morning (~2h) — revenue work

4
Run 2–3 LinkedIn smart-searches Focus on niches you can close fast. Describe your ideal client → AI builds filters → PB scrapes → leads import with AI scoring.
5
Post Whop / Reach.cat clips Take yesterday's authorised source videos → auto-clipper produces ~20 Shorts per source → post to burner TikTok / Reels / Shorts accounts with tracking links.

Afternoon (~3h) — fulfilment

6
DM top-scored IG / LinkedIn leads Click each lead → generate DM → attach sample (Blender render or URL-driven landing-page mockup) → the DM body automatically includes the /delivery/:id link. One-tap "Copy & Open Instagram" handles the rest.
7
Close via DM or delivery unlock Big deals: invoice direct in USDC (your Base address). Smaller one-offs: client unlocks the HD delivery on the delivery page at the sample's market-aligned price. Both attribute correctly on the Revenue Ledger.

Evening (~30 min) — triage

8
Mark leads: replied / won / lost Keeps the funnel honest + updates the revenue ledger's conversion numbers.
9
Reply to any DMs @videosync_sales_bot flagged for human review The bot auto-answers simple questions; it forwards complex ones to you.

4. How the whitelisted clipping team works

Your 15-person team operates through content_machine. They have their own scoped view — each user only sees the leads they sourced.

  1. Log in → Instagram Leads page.
  2. Run Auto-Discover (AI picks hashtags for their niche) OR Manual Search.
  3. Leads come in scored with an AI-picked service type. Team pitches mostly clipping but can sell any service — dropdown in the DM dialog overrides the pick.
  4. Click lead → Attach sample → Copy DM & Open Instagram → paste, send.
  5. Status moves: newcontactedrepliedconverted.
  6. When converted, fulfilment happens inside VideoSync's main app.
Team members pay NO subscription — they're grandfathered. Their work generates revenue → admin splits 50% on delivery unlocks via the Revenue Ledger.

Team members can see the How It Works tab inside their own Instagram Leads page — covers the same workflow from their side.

5. Payment rails + attribution + revenue share

Payment rails

Attribution (who sourced who)

Revenue share

6. LLM QA review on every render

Before any rendered output (Blender thumbnail, animation, landing-page scene, or auto_generate_video pipeline) is returned to a client, Gemini reviews it against the original prompt.

7. The $15/mo creator paywall

New signups (from Twitter ads or direct) get a 7-day free trial. After that, paywalled endpoints return HTTP 402 with upgrade_url: /subscribe until they pay.

What's paywalled (for regular users)

What's NOT paywalled

Existing users (signed up before April 16, 2026) are subscription_status = 'grandfathered' — they stay free forever. Only NEW signups hit the trial + paywall flow.

8. FAQ

What if Gemini is down — does the platform stop working?

No. LLM calls are fail-open: scoring returns a neutral score, QA review returns "pass with score 0", DM generation returns a default template. The pipeline never blocks on LLM infra.

What if Telegram revokes my MTProto session?

The watcher logs the error to telegram_sessions.last_error and stops. Visit prospect-finder → Telegram tab → status panel shows the error → re-run phone-code login.

How do I add new watched Telegram channels?

POST to /api/admin/telegram/channels or edit the telegram_watch_channels table directly. Default list: cryptojobslist, cryptojobs, web3_jobs, SaaSFounders, directoryofmarketers, contentcreators_hub.

How do I price custom deliveries?

On /admin/deliveries set unlock_price_usdc per delivery. New lead-generated samples default to market-aligned pricing: lightweight Blender samples start around $19, while website-driven presentation videos start around $197 and can go much higher.

A team member sourced a lead that paid $500. What do I owe them?

$250 (50%). The Revenue Ledger shows this as "Pending payout".

Where do I see payment notifications?

Telegram DMs from @videosync_sales_bot. Every successful x402 settlement (subscribe, api-access, delivery unlock) pings you with the amount + tx hash.