The fastest-growing channels on YouTube in 2026 post Shorts consistently — 3 to 5 per week, every week. The problem: a single well-edited Short takes 1–2 hours to produce manually. At 5 Shorts per week, that's 10 hours of your time just on editing. EditBuddy's YouTube Shorts editing service delivers professionally edited, captioned, and formatted Shorts for $15 per video, with 48-hour turnaround — so you get the algorithm without sacrificing 10 hours a week.
Get your first Short edited for $15
Hook selection, animated captions, 9:16 reframe, B-roll, and music — all included. Send your raw footage and get a finished Short in 48 hours.
Order a Short →What's Included in Every Short
$15 Per Short — Everything Included
- Hook moment selection from long-form
- Silence and dead air removal
- Animated word-by-word captions
- 9:16 vertical reframe
- Smart face tracking crop
- B-roll over jump cuts
- Royalty-free background music
- Hook text overlay
- 48-hour delivery
- Unlimited revisions
- Upload-ready .mp4 export
- Works for Reels & TikTok too
How Do We Pick the Best Moments for Your Shorts?
The hardest part of making a Short isn't editing — it's finding the right 60–90 seconds in a 60-minute video. Most editors do this manually by scrubbing through footage. We use AI.
EditBuddy's AI analyzes the full transcript of your video and scores every segment on three factors:
- Hook quality — does the opening sentence make someone want to keep watching? Segments that start with a problem, counterintuitive claim, or direct statement score highest.
- Completeness — does the segment have a clear beginning and end? Clips that start mid-thought or end abruptly score low.
- Energy — sentence density, speaking pace, and word specificity indicate whether a segment is likely to hold attention.
The top-scoring segments become your Shorts. You can also specify topics or timestamp ranges if you know what you want — we'll use your judgment over the AI's.
What Makes Captions That Actually Perform?
Captions aren't an afterthought — they're the single most important visual element in a Short. 70%+ of Shorts are watched without sound. If your captions look like stock subtitle blocks, people scroll past.
EditBuddy's shorts include:
- Word-by-word highlighting — each word pops as it's spoken, forcing viewer attention
- Styled typography — bold, high-contrast fonts with black outlines that read on any background
- Keyword emphasis — key phrases appear larger or colored to create visual anchors
- Safe zone placement — captions positioned where YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram UI won't overlap them
What Is the Bulk Pricing for Creators Who Post at Scale?
| Volume | Price per Short | What Changes |
|---|---|---|
| 1–9 Shorts | $15 each | Standard 48-hr turnaround |
| 10–24 Shorts | $12 each | Batch delivery within 5 days |
| 25+ Shorts | $8 each | Weekly batch, priority queue |
Creators who repurpose long-form content at scale (podcasters, educators, business video channels) often order 20–40 Shorts per month. At $8 each, that's $160–$320 for a month of daily Short-form content — far cheaper than a part-time social media editor.
Can You Create Shorts from Every Content Type?
From Podcast Episodes
A 60-minute podcast typically yields 6–10 viable Shorts. We scan the full transcript, select the best moments, and deliver all Shorts in one batch. This is the most efficient use of done-for-you editing — one recording session produces a month of Shorts content.
From YouTube Long-Form Videos
Tutorial videos, vlogs, commentary, and talking-head content all convert well to Shorts. The AI identifies the most self-contained advice moments — the "here's the one thing that changes everything" moments — which perform better than generic clips.
From Zoom Interviews and Webinars
Client stories, expert interviews, and webinar highlights are high-authority content that performs well as Shorts. We handle multi-speaker layout, removing the side-by-side Zoom view in favor of active-speaker focus.
From Short Vertical Footage (filmed specifically for Shorts)
If you film content directly for Shorts (talking to camera, vertical format), we still add significant value: captions, B-roll, music, color grade, and tight editing to remove every dead moment.
10 Shorts = $150. A month of content, delivered in 5 days.
Stop spending weekends editing. Send one batch upload, get 10 finished Shorts back in 5 days. Animated captions, B-roll, and platform formatting all included.
Order Shorts Editing →How to Send Your Content
- Upload your raw video to Google Drive, Dropbox, or WeTransfer
- Share the link via our order form
- Specify: number of Shorts, any preferred moments, caption style preference
- We confirm receipt and estimated delivery time
- Finished Shorts delivered to a shared Google Drive folder
- Request any revisions — unlimited rounds
Most orders need no back-and-forth after the first delivery. We study your style on the first batch and maintain consistency on repeat orders.