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Dollar cap plus a second tight constraint
A viral money format on TikTok and Instagram
Pair the price promise with another limit such as minutes, ingredient count, one pan or only salt and pepper.
4
accounts it worked for
8x
median, times their usual
#21
of 36 in money
Angle
Voiceover, Talking head
Why it works
Two limits make the recipe sound more doable and more specific than 'cheap'. Examples are '$2 in 5 minutes', '3 ingredients under £1.50 for 12' and '$65 one-pan only'.
Hook formula[Dish] for $[X] in [Y minutes / N ingredients / one pan]
How to make it
- 1Pick a price cap
- 2Add a second limit (time, ingredient count, one pan or pantry)
- 3Put both on screen in the first second
Examples
Best first, one per account. Each links to the original post.
- @lauralegge_
33K followers, Instagram
“Dinner for $2 In 5 minutes”
56x their usual views, voiceover, frugal living
- @chat_n_chops
3M followers, TikTok
“FEEDING OUR FAMILY WITH $5.00 Ep 74”
7.7x their usual views, talking head, frugal living
- @jenneatsgoood
1.8M followers, Instagram
“turning $65 into 20 healthy meals”
2.9x their usual views, voiceover, frugal living
- @this.mum.cooks
253K followers, Instagram
“3 Ingredient Custard Tarts”
3.4x their usual views, voiceover, frugal living
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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.
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- 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.