Quick answer: Vourly's video ad production in Seattle starts at $1,300 for a campaign, which buys three ad variations cut and formatted for Meta and YouTube, built for paid-media testing, delivered in about 2 to 3 weeks. This is paid-media creative, made to run as an ad and to be A/B tested, which is different from a commercial that lives on your website or a founder story video about the brand. Ad video costs across Seattle vary widely, and many studios will not put a number on their site, so the most useful price is the one a producer gives you up front. If your goal is to feed a media buyer three testable cuts rather than one polished hero film, the ad package is the product built for that job.
- Price: Vourly's ad campaign package starts at $1,300, published.
- Variations: three distinct cuts, built to A/B test against each other.
- Platforms: Meta (Facebook and Instagram) and YouTube, in the right aspect ratios.
- Turnaround: about 2 to 3 weeks from the creative session.
Most businesses that ask us about video ad production have a budget sitting in Meta Ads Manager and one big problem: they have no creative to run, or they have a single video that the algorithm chewed through in a week. Paid social and YouTube do not reward one perfect film. They reward variety, fast iteration, and a hook that earns the first second. That is a different production brief than a brand video or a website commercial, and pricing it like one is where most quotes go sideways. This guide lays out what ad video actually costs at Vourly, how the process runs, how long it takes, and what you hand your media buyer at the end. Vourly publishes the package price, so the number below is the same one on our pricing page.
How much does a video ad cost in Seattle?
Vourly's ad campaign package starts at $1,300. That price is published, and it is for a defined deliverable: three ad variations cut and formatted for Meta and YouTube, built so they can be tested against each other in a paid-media account. It is a flat package, not an hourly clock, because the output is well defined and repeatable.
Ad video pricing elsewhere in Seattle is genuinely hard to compare, and plenty of studios will not share a number until after a discovery call. Treat any quote as the price for a specific scope, and pin down three things before you compare anyone: how many finished cuts you get, which platforms they are formatted for, and how long it takes. A single hero spot and a three-variation ad set are not the same product, even when the headline number looks similar.
What is the difference between an ad and a commercial?
People use these words interchangeably, but for production they point at two different jobs:
- A video ad is paid-media creative. It is built to run behind ad spend on Meta or YouTube, to survive an A/B test, and to be swapped out the moment it fatigues. Hooks matter more than polish, and you want several of them.
- A commercial is usually owned-channel creative. It lives on your homepage, plays at the top of a sales deck, or anchors a campaign page. There is often one definitive cut, and production value carries more weight than testability.
- A brand or founder story is a third thing again. It explains who you are and why you do the work, and it tends to age slowly rather than burn fast in an ad account.
The ad package on this page is the first of those three. If you want the owned-channel version, our guide to commercial video production in Seattle is the better fit, and the founder story product is covered in our brand and profile video cost breakdown. Picking the right one up front is the single biggest thing that keeps an ad budget from buying the wrong creative.
Why three variations instead of one polished ad?
Because paid media is a test, not a launch. When you put one video behind ad spend, you are betting your entire budget on a single guess about what will land: one hook, one opener, one angle. If it underperforms, you have no read on whether the offer is wrong, the audience is wrong, or just the first three seconds are wrong.
Three variations turn that bet into an experiment. The $1,300 package is built around three distinct cuts so your media buyer can run them against each other and let the data pick a winner. In practice the variations differ on the levers that actually move paid performance:
- The hook. Different first-second openers, since that is where most of the scroll-away happens.
- The angle. A pain-led cut, a proof-led cut, an offer-led cut, so you learn what your audience responds to.
- The pacing and length. Variations that fit different placements and attention spans rather than one length forced everywhere.
You do not need a performance-multiplier claim to see why this works. More shots on goal, tested cheaply, beats one expensive shot you cannot iterate on. If your paid spend is going toward social placements specifically, see how social media video production cost breaks down in Seattle. For a wider look at how this fits a paid strategy, see our video marketing overview.
What platforms and aspect ratios are the ads cut for?
The variations are produced for Meta, meaning Facebook and Instagram, and for YouTube. That matters because each placement wants a different shape, and a single landscape master crammed into every slot is a common reason ad creative underperforms. Vourly delivers the cuts in the formats those placements expect:
- Vertical (9:16) for Instagram and Facebook Stories and Reels, and for YouTube Shorts. This is where most mobile paid impressions now live.
- Square or 4:5 for the Meta feed, which holds more screen real estate than a landscape video on a phone.
- Landscape (16:9) for in-stream YouTube, where the ad plays inside or before another video.
The point is that your media buyer should not have to re-crop and re-export a master just to fill the placements they want to test. Handing over correctly formatted variations is part of what the package is for.
What is the video ad production process?
The ad package runs as a defined sequence rather than an open-ended hourly engagement, which is why it carries a flat price. Your raw footage lands in your Vourly client dashboard the moment the shoot wraps, so you can see the captured material before a single cut is built and request changes there through the review round. The flow looks like this:
- Creative session. We lock the offer, the angle, and the hooks before anyone picks up a camera. This is the step that decides whether the ads have anything worth testing.
- The shoot. Captured on professional cinema cameras, with all raw footage delivered to your client dashboard so the assets are yours to keep.
- Edit and variation cuts. The three variations are assembled, each built around its own hook and angle, then formatted for the Meta and YouTube placements above.
- Review and delivery. You review the cuts, request changes through the dashboard, and receive the finished, platform-ready variations.
Because the structure is fixed, you know what you are buying before you book. For the full menu of formats and add-ons, the ad video production page has the detail, and every published rate sits on the pricing page.
How long does video ad production take?
About 2 to 3 weeks from the creative session to delivery of the three variations. That is longer than a same-week social reel, and the reason is the review cycle: paid-media creative goes through a script and concept stage before the shoot, then a round of edit review after it, because three tested variations are worth getting right. If you have a hard launch date, build that window in. A rushed ad set tends to skip the creative session, which is exactly the step that makes the variations worth testing in the first place.
What do you hand your media buyer?
If you run paid media in house or work with an agency, the handoff is the part that matters most. With Vourly's ad package, your media buyer receives:
- Three finished ad variations, each cut around a distinct hook and angle for A/B testing.
- Each variation exported in the aspect ratios the Meta and YouTube placements expect, so nothing needs reformatting before launch.
- All of the raw footage, delivered to your client dashboard, so future cuts and refreshes do not require a new shoot.
That last point is what makes the package keep paying off. When a winning variation eventually fatigues, your buyer can request a fresh cut from footage you already own instead of starting from a blank slate. Vourly films across more than 20 cities in the Greater Seattle area, covering King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties, in English and Spanish, so booking the shoot locally is straightforward.
The short version: Vourly's video ad production starts at $1,300 for three variations cut and formatted for Meta and YouTube, built for A/B testing, in about 2 to 3 weeks. It is paid-media creative, distinct from an owned-channel commercial or a founder story. You test the variations against each other, hand your media buyer correctly formatted cuts, and keep the raw footage for future refreshes. Compare ad quotes on cuts, platforms, and timeline, not just the headline number.
Frequently asked questions
How much does a video ad cost in Seattle?
Rates vary widely from one studio to the next, and many will not publish a number at all. Vourly's published rate for an ad campaign starts at $1,300, which gets you three ad variations cut for Meta and YouTube, built for paid-media testing, in about 2 to 3 weeks.
What is included in the $1,300 ad package?
A creative session to lock the angle and hooks, the shoot, and three finished ad variations cut and formatted for Meta and YouTube. All raw footage is delivered to your client dashboard, and the variations are ready to hand straight to your media buyer.
How many ad variations do you get?
Three. The package is built around three distinct variations so you can A/B test hooks, openers, and angles against each other instead of betting your whole budget on a single cut.
What platforms are the ads cut for?
Meta (Facebook and Instagram) and YouTube. The variations are exported in the aspect ratios those placements expect, so your media buyer is not stuck reformatting a single landscape master.
What is the turnaround time?
About 2 to 3 weeks from the creative session to delivery, since paid-media creative needs a script and review cycle. That is longer than a single same-week reel but still fast for a multi-variation ad set.
Ready to put testable creative behind your ad spend? See the full package pricing, read the detail on ad video production, compare it with an owned-channel commercial video production, or book a shoot directly.