"SMAPIT understood our product like an internal team. The animation made our appliance feel premium and launch-ready."
Commerce & Lifestyle
D2C ranges move faster than a shoot calendar. We model each product once, then render the listing set, the launch creative and the ad variants from the same file, so a new colourway or a new marketplace is a re-render rather than another booking.
Brands we’ve built for here
- Agaro
- Lifelong
- Mivi
- Styleuplift
What d2c & ecommerce demands.
The details this category lives or dies on, and how an accurate 3D master solves each one instead of fighting it on a set.
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A catalogue, not a hero shot
Dozens of SKUs need the same lighting and framing. One rig across the range keeps a storefront consistent instead of drifting shoot to shoot.
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Variants without reshoots
New colourways, bundles and pack sizes come off the existing scene, so the range expands without shipping samples again.
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Built for every marketplace
Amazon, Noon, Shopify and your own PDP each want different crops and backgrounds. All of them export from one master.
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Ad creative that matches the page
The product in the ad is geometrically the same product on the listing, so paid creative never oversells what ships.
The d2c & ecommerce questions we get.
Real fit-check, format and cost questions from brand teams in d2c & ecommerce. Answered with the numbers, 2026 category signals and named-client work we actually ship against.
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How do you make Amazon 3D-badge and Rufus-ready product content?
By building one 3D master per SKU that exports as a static A+ image set, a GLB or USDZ file for the Amazon 3D badge, and semantically rich alt-text and feature bullets for Rufus. Rufus (Amazon's shopping AI, 60% higher purchase intent per Amazon) reads image OCR, A+ text, reviews and Q&A. We ship every listing pack with alt-text and machine-readable spec files ready to paste into Vendor or Seller Central, plus a low-poly LOD sized under 5MB for the 3D badge. Brands running this setup are seeing 20 to 35% CVR lift on Rufus-optimized listings in 60 to 90 days.
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Can SMAPIT deliver Zepto, Blinkit and Instamart creatives at scale?
Yes. Quick-commerce square formats for Zepto, Blinkit and Instamart export from the same 3D master used for Amazon and Shopify. Indian quick-commerce GMV hit roughly ₹11,000 crore in January 2026 alone, roughly 2x YoY, with combined ad revenue tracking to ₹4,900 crore in 2026. FMCG brands need dozens of platform-native creatives per SKU per week. Our AI Creative Engine re-crops the same hero render into 1:1, 4:5 and 9:16 formats sized for each platform, with variant copy layers per campaign.
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What does a TikTok Shop UGC-style AI video look like?
A 15 to 30 second product-in-scene video that mimics creator-style pacing, filmed in CGI with an AI-generated UGC overlay, sized 9:16 for TikTok Shop. The product stays pixel-accurate to the SKU (shape, colour, packaging), while the environment and framing feel native to TikTok. We ship these in batches of 10 to 30 per hero, ranked by AI Ad Optimizer before publish and shipped with the TikTok AI Content disclosure label attached to stay policy-compliant.
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How much cheaper is CGI + AI vs a full product shoot?
Traditional shoots run $500 to $2,000 per image for a 50-SKU catalogue. CGI + AI runs $60 to $250 per hero once the 3D master exists, plus $3 to $25 per AI variant. The payback point sits around 20 SKUs or the first colour-variant refresh. Brands typically cut total production cost by up to 70% versus a traditional shoot at scale. SMAPIT rebuilt a brand film that would traditionally cost ₹40 to 60 lakh in CGI + AI for a fraction of that.
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Which D2C brands has SMAPIT worked with?
50+ consumer brands. Named D2C clients include Agaro, Lifelong, Mivi and Styleuplift. The roster spans beauty, home appliances, consumer electronics, baby and kids, fashion, fitness and automotive. Every project runs off one 3D master, with the same file feeding Amazon listing sets, Shopify PDPs, Meta and TikTok ad variants, and quick-commerce square creatives.
Real reviews from the
brands we build for.
Feedback from brands we've delivered for across India, the US and the Gulf.
"Easy to work with, beautifully animated, and very flexible. Exactly what we were looking for."
"The 3D renders replaced our entire photoshoot. Faster, cheaper, and easy to recommend."
"Clean, modern, and reliable. Clients notice the quality immediately and always ask how it was made."
"The animations feel natural and responsive. This saved us hours of custom motion work for our launch."
"Exceeded all our expectations. Best decision for our brand content, every star deserved."
"Absolutely love this! The CGI ad stopped the scroll completely. Best creative decision ever."
"The 3D detailing was flawless. They captured every material perfectly, making it indistinguishable from real photography."
Questions, answered.
The things brands in this space ask before the first brief. Anything else, just email us.
Yes, and it is the case CGI is strongest for. Each product is modelled once, then the whole range is lit and framed on the same rig, so a fifty-SKU catalogue stays visually consistent in a way separate photoshoots rarely manage.
Available for new projects
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