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The Yap Method — a playbook for first-person brand video

A standalone playbook at /method on how modern video agencies run the human layer of brand content at retainer scale. Linked from the footer.

• The model: shoot days are the engine, yaps are the soul
• The five principles, including how the producer-client relationship evolves through stages
• Retainer math — price the volume, sell the consulting — plus the producer's weekly rhythm and the monthly client recap

Every export in one place — the new Exports tab

The editor has a new Exports tab next to Insights. It lists every render you've made for a yap — your edited cuts and the original recording — each with its duration, caption style, hook overlay, and file size. Re-download anything that's still around; exports you've already grabbed show as expired once they age out.

• Edited cuts and the original recording, grouped and labeled
• Re-download a recent render without re-exporting it
• Edited exports stay downloadable for 3 days after you download them; the original is always available

Annual Pro pricing — and an early-adopter coupon

Pay for Pro yearly and save about 25% — $29/mo billed annually instead of $39 month-to-month. For early adopters, the code EARLY-YAP stacks on top while supplies last.

• Annual Pro: $29/mo billed yearly — roughly 25% off the monthly price
• EARLY-YAP on annual: an extra 25% off your first year — $21.75/mo, billed yearly
• EARLY-YAP on monthly: 25% off your first 6 months — $29.25/mo, then $39
• Limited supply — first come, first served while the code lasts

Help center — searchable, with a Yapflo Connector guide

A public help center at /help with full-text search, six categories, and starter guides that cover boards, one-off recording links, the AI editor, captions, exports, and plans. Includes a step-by-step for connecting Yapflo to Claude or ChatGPT.

• Search the help center from anywhere with ⌘K — type a couple of words, hit enter on a result
• Getting Started articles get inline UI mockups so you can see what the producer and client surfaces actually look like
• Yapflo Connector setup covers Claude and ChatGPT side-by-side

Plan tiers are live — Cut mode, faster exports, sharper output

Pricing tiers are live. Exports are faster, paid plans can run more at once, and Pro jobs jump to the front of the queue. Free still gets a sharp 720p export.

• Cut mode in the editor — trim a yap by selecting the words to remove
• Hook overlays wrap cleanly so long titles never run off the frame
• Cleaner, sharper exports thanks to retuned encoder settings
• Editor + inbox tell you the moment your export is ready

AI cut credits, visible everywhere

Every plan comes with a set number of AI cuts per cycle. The remaining count shows in the editor, settings, and side nav. Paid plans refresh with the billing cycle, and a failed run gives the credit back.

• Failed AI cuts return your credit automatically
• Yaps under 10 seconds skip AI Cut — it wasn't useful that short anyway

CapCut-style export progress + draggable captions

Watch your export render in real time with a live progress bar and a cancel button. Captions are now a layer you can drag and resize right on the video — Yapflo remembers your layout per yap.

• Style-aware caption picker — top three styles surface first
• Toggle captions on and Yapflo re-exports automatically
• The Captions tab works even before you run AI Cut

Four polished caption styles, word-synced

Four caption styles ready to drop on — Classic, Karaoke, Highlight, and Subtitle. Pick one, preview it on your yap, render burned-in.

Exports are reliable now

We hunted down every way an export could get stuck and fixed them. Jobs that stall recover on their own, and anything that slips through gets picked up within a few minutes.

• Stuck exports retry automatically — no more spinning forever
• Clicking an MP4 always downloads cleanly to your device
• Old exports are cleared after 3 days to keep storage tidy

Edit the transcript word-by-word

Yapflo now flags words it isn't sure about with a wavy underline so you can spot them at a glance. Click any word to correct it inline. Older transcripts pick up the new view the first time you reopen them.

Yapflo from anywhere — Claude + ChatGPT connector

Hook Yapflo into Claude, ChatGPT, or any tool that speaks MCP. Bulk-create yap briefs, triage your inbox, and share recording links without leaving the chat. Inbox filters got simpler and the count badges are finally accurate.

Inbox, not Home

Home is now Inbox, reorganized around the way producers actually work: triage what's new, jump into a client, push to the editor. The usage meter shows how much storage you've used this cycle against your plan cap.

• Per-client stats and recent activity on every client page
• See when a client opens their board and first watches a yap
• Plan-based expiry badges replaced the old trash flow

Hello, world — Yapflo is open

Public beta. Recording links, transcription on every yap, a clean producer home, and a fresh look. The free plan covers a real workflow. We're shipping weekly — tell us what to build next.