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Exact price on screen in second one
A viral cars format on TikTok and Instagram
Open a service or cleaning video with the exact dollar amount, or a 'someone paid me $X' line, so viewers stay to judge whether the job was worth it.
6
accounts it worked for
26x
median, times their usual
#5
of 41 in cars
Angle
Video, Voiceover, Talking head
Why it works
A specific number invites viewers to judge value and argue about it, which holds retention and drives comments. Several small accounts used it on routine jobs and beat their own price-free captions (e.g. '$1499 COATING' vs 'We ceramic coated a Porsche Cayenne').
Hook formulaPOV: $[price] [service] in [neighborhood]
How to make it
- 1Put the exact price (plus city or package if you have it) in the opening text or audio
- 2Show the dirty 'before' or the most extreme part of the job right away
- 3Run the full process montage so viewers can judge the price
- 4Optionally reveal a hidden extra mess around the 7-second mark to show the job was underestimated
Examples
Best first, one per account. Each links to the original post.
- @vip.cardetailing
24K followers, TikTok
“Someone just paid me”
51x their usual views, voiceover, detailing
- @offshoreusa4
159K followers, TikTok
“He Paid Me $1,000 to Clean His Car… But I Was NOT Ready for What Was Inside! 🤢🚗”
77x their usual views, voiceover, detailing
- @lynx.mobile.detailing
4K followers, TikTok
“$169 Full Standard Detail in📍Dr Phillips, FL”
92x their usual views, video, detailing
- @kingsautodetailing14k
134K followers, TikTok
“POV: $300 dollar detail”
38x their usual views, video, detailing
- @jemsignaturedetailing
7K followers, TikTok
“POV: 2 Hour Detail ST CHARLES, IA $499”
9.1x their usual views, talking head, detailing
- @xtramiledetails
79K followers, TikTok
“$1499 COATING”
3.4x their usual views, talking head, detailing
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