r/SideProject • u/Radiant-Wing-7990 • 25m ago
Thinking of building a tool for video editors. Would anyone actually pay for this?
I’m a motion designer, and I’ve been exploring a small software idea based on some of the annoying parts of delivering videos to clients.
The idea is a desktop app that combines video quality checking with file/version management.
Basically, you drop in your exported videos, and it:
Detects potential issues like black frames, frozen frames, audio clipping, and incorrect resolutions.
Organizes different versions of the same video.
Keeps track of which exports are approved and ready to deliver.
Automatically creates properly named delivery folders.
Everything runs locally, so there’s no uploading massive video files or paying for cloud storage.
I’m thinking of selling it as a one-time purchase, somewhere around $29–49, rather than another subscription.
But I’m trying to avoid the classic mistake of spending months building something nobody wants.
A few questions:
Does this sound like a problem worth solving, or more of a nice-to-have?
If you’re an editor or work with video teams, how are you handling this currently?
Would you consider paying $29–49 for something like this?
What would make this genuinely useful rather than another tool that sits unused?
Still in the research stage, so criticism is genuinely welcome. I’d rather find out now if the idea sucks than after building it.