# Show the luxury price before testing the dupe

A beauty format, measured November 8, 2026 by Volume. https://tryvolume.app/working/beauty/show-the-luxury-price-before-testing-the-dupe

Open by anchoring on the expensive original's exact retail price, then test the cheap alternative against it. It worked for 4 accounts, with a median of 9x their usual reach. Type: Angle. Seen as: Talking head.

## Why it works

The price gap ($400 vs $40, $600 vs $30) creates stakes and a reason to wait for the verdict. Showing viewers the prices before the tester guesses adds dramatic irony.

## How to make it

1. Flash the luxury original's price (screenshot or on-screen text)
2. Unbox or blind-test the dupe live
3. Delay the verdict to the end

## Hook formula

This is a dupe of [luxury product] that retails for [$X], and I paid [$Y].

## Examples

- @thesistersandscents (35K followers, TikTok talking head): 20x their usual views. Hook: “$600” [Original post](https://www.tiktok.com/@thesistersandscents/video/7695044644912123149)
- @xiehk7 (11K followers, TikTok talking head): 25x their usual views. Hook: “i found a dupe for this popular $400 perfume” [Original post](https://www.tiktok.com/@xiehk7/video/7704591063075409165)
- @bykeatonn (10K followers, TikTok talking head): 8.7x their usual views. Hook: “Can the Best Winter Fragrance Be Duped??” [Original post](https://www.tiktok.com/@bykeatonn/video/7696974778858523934)
- @kevinscented (26K followers, TikTok talking head): 3.2x their usual views. Hook: “This fragrance is dangerous because apparently it is a dupe” [Original post](https://www.tiktok.com/@kevinscented/video/7698398376299203853)

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## How this is measured

- Every post is compared with its own account's usual reach, not with other accounts. "14x their usual" means the post got 14 times the median views of that account's recent posts.
- TikTok videos and Instagram Reels are measured on views. Instagram carousels have no view count, so they are measured on likes against the account's usual likes, and say so.
- A post makes the library at 2x its account's usual or more. A format is a repeatable move (what is said or shown, or how it is edited) that several accounts used in breakout posts. It is listed here once it worked for 3 or more different accounts.
- Formats rank on how many accounts they worked for and how far above usual, damped so a fluke on one tiny account cannot outrank a format that worked for ten.

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