We built Actorly because the math stopped making sense.

UGC ads work. That is not an opinion. It is what the data shows across TikTok and Meta campaigns for Shopify brands every single day. The format converts. The problem was never the format.

The problem was the invoice.

$60. $100. $150. Per video. Two weeks minimum. Back and forth on scripts. Creator cancels last minute. Reshoot. Repeat. For brands running paid ads at scale, that is not a workflow. It is a bottleneck with a recurring bill attached.

We saw this up close. Working across Shopify companies including Replo and Consentmo, we spent years inside the ecosystem watching merchants figure out what works and what bleeds money. UGC consistently worked. The creator procurement process consistently did not.

Then AI changed the picture. Avatar technology caught up to the point where a talking-head ad generated in 60 seconds is indistinguishable from one filmed in someone's living room. We tested it. The scroll-stop rate held. The ROAS held. The $150 invoice did not need to.

We started seeing merchants ask the same question on Reddit, in Shopify communities, in private DMs: “Is there an AI version of this? Can I just generate these?” The signal was clear before we wrote a single line of code.

Actorly is our answer. A Shopify-native app that generates 30-second AI UGC video ads from inside your dashboard. Pick a product. Get a script. Pick an avatar. Your ad is ready in 60 seconds. No film crew. No creator invoice. No waiting.