Orty

AI that scores clients before you pitch 🎯
Budget · need · fit
Built by a freelance editor, for freelancers
No API key. Free + Pro $19.99/mo 👇

[Orty @getorty]

I sent 36 cold emails and every one went out as raw HTML code.

A founder I'd quoted still replied.

What I do before every batch now:
1. Plain text only
2. Test to a second inbox
3. 5 at a time
4. Check the quoted line is still true

[Orty @getorty]

Client offered double pay for an "urgent" 2-hour thumbnail.

Checking their channel history first revealed a habit of constant re-uploads and disputing invoices post-launch.

How requiring 100% upfront payment stopped a late-night headache: https://t.co/vuUXPPg8gx #freelance

[Orty @getorty]

Client promised 4 videos/month. Their channel history showed 13-week upload gaps.

Pitching a monthly retainer to an inconsistent creator is how freelancers get ghosted by month 2.

Here’s how counter-pitching a paid test video secured upfront cash in under 2 hours, Link in bio!

[Orty @getorty]

Changing music or swapping footage after a cut is locked isn't a revision—it's a re-edit. If you don't split your client feedback into Polish vs. Structural tiers before starting, scope creep will wipe out your margins. Audit prospective channels locally before you pitch.

[Orty @getorty]

Charging per video is why you're stuck working 60-hour weeks for transactional clients. Creators posting on strict schedules want output predictability, not individual invoices. Frame your offer around monthly retainers before you touch frame 1.

[Orty @getorty]

High-friction clients don't start at the revision stage—they start at the pitch.

If a creator's channel has zero visual hierarchy, they will turn a 1-day edit into 14 unbilled changes. Audit their assets before you send a message.

Filter bad leads locally ,link in bio!

[Orty @getorty]

"It's super simple, should only take 20 minutes."

That sentence is client code for: "I judge effort by video duration and I'm about to underpay you by 80%."

Stop letting prospects dictate visual complexity. Audit their technical frame density before quoting

[Orty @getorty]

"Hey! Just checking in on my quote from Tuesday."
That 8-word sentence is why most freelance video editors get archived the second a lead goes quiet.
Bumping a thread without new value signals zero pipeline density and complete desperation.
link in bio!

[Orty @getorty]

If you’re on round six of "tiny tweaks" for a client, you didn't get unlucky with a micromanaging creator. You sold a deliverable without defining a boundary.
Separate structural edits from creative polish. Lock pacing in round one, color/audio in round two.

[Orty @getorty]

Stop sending Google Drive links full of random edits to creators. They don't see talent; they see homework.

Audit one specific visual bottleneck on their channel and send a 3-sentence diagnostic pitch.

Run 5 free audits on Whop: https://t.co/vuUXPPg8gx

#videoediting #freelance

[Orty @getorty]

Stop pitching "better pacing" to creators whose real problem is thumbnail friction.
If their font contrast is broken, processing the title takes cognitive effort—meaning nobody clicks. Pacing doesn't matter if they don't click.
Audit channel hierarchy locally before pitching

[Orty @getorty]

Flashy kinetic captions aren't saving your client's retention—they're causing visual fatigue.
Placing bouncy text dead-center obstructs facial expressions and forces viewers to read instead of connect. Top creators are shifting to minimal lower-thirds to keep focus on the eyes.

[Orty @getorty]

Why do high-budget channels suffer low click-through rates despite top-tier video editing?

Visual Density Clutter.

When thumbnail text repeats the video title word-for-word, viewer cognitive processing load spikes—creating friction before they ever click.

[Orty @getorty]

Most freelance video editors get ignored in DMs because they pitch blind or write 500-word essays.
3 rules to actually land paid clients in 2026:
Point out 1 specific flaw (hook pacing, sound design)
Keep your audit under 2 sentences
Automate the channel research.

[Orty @getorty]

Freelance editors are getting bled dry by monthly subscriptions just to pitch $100 clients.
So I built Orty a local-first desktop app that scores creator leads & drafts custom outreach pitches using your own API key.
No SaaS rent. Buy once, own forever .
Free build in bio

[Orty @getorty]

Charging $29 upfront for my desktop app before letting editors test it was a mistake.
Today, I'm switching Orty to a 100% free daily model.
🤖 AI vision rates YouTube channels 1-10 ✍️ Generates custom pitch emails 🎁 5 free ratings every day (Pro unlocked for batching/unlimited)

[Orty @getorty]

Every freelancer knows this moment: a client says "tell me your price"
and you freeze.

Undercharge and you lose respect. Overcharge and you lose the client.

Here's what actually fixed it for me.

[Orty @getorty]

Why most new video editors never get replies:

1. Stop relying on Fiverr/YTJobs, almost nobody responds unless
you're editing for MrBeast
2. Stop targeting everyone, pick one niche you actually understand
3. Stop sending random DMs nobody reads, find their email instead

[Orty @getorty]

Most cold emails today are written by AI. Not the AI you think.

If you're opening a new ChatGPT/Claude chat every time and
re-explaining your whole portfolio, the AI isn't remembering you.
That's the actual problem.

Built Orty to fix exactly that.

[Orty @getorty]

Posted on Product Hunt. Opened my inbox the next day expecting
thousands of emails.

Got 2.

One offered free growth insights (with a paid upsell hidden in there).
The other offered a "free" feature, then followed up asking for $29.

Ask before you assume anything starts free.