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You film a podcast and want clips sent back ready to post

A podcast clipping service takes a full episode you have already filmed and sends back the short pieces that go on social and the text that goes with them: captioned vertical Shorts, teasers, thumbnails, a title, a description and chapters. You send the episode once, add a note if there is something about that episode worth knowing, and post what comes back from your own accounts.

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What you send

You send one episode you have already filmed, as a file upload or a link, from your account. The form has one optional box, "Anything we should know?", and it is worth filling in every time.

Three things belong in that box. The guest's name, so it is spelled right in that episode's captions, hooks and titles. A moment you already know you want as a Short, which is then favoured in the ranking. A topic or a time range you want left out, which is left out. The box applies to that episode only, so write it fresh each time.

Guest names, spelled the way the guest spells them
A moment to keep, with a rough timestamp if you have one
A topic or time range to leave out

What comes back

A package lands on a private page you can open on your phone, with an email to say it is ready. On Starter that is within a day, on Pro it is the same day, and a rush add-on exists for the week a launch is close. The package holds the Shorts, teasers, thumbnails taken from real frames of the episode, a title, a description, chapters and post text written for each platform.

Each Short carries a score and a plain reason for its rank, so you can see why one moment sits above another and go straight to the ones you trust. The package also includes a safety check, with a reason given for anything it flags.

Framing follows whoever is talking, with split screen when two people talk
Captions show the words as spoken and follow each word as it is said
Dead air and ums are trimmed and the voice is cleaned up
Thumbnails come from frames in the episode, so they match what the viewer will see

How you steer the work

Steering happens in three places. Before you send, you use the note box on the episode. In your settings, you keep a Spelling list for names and terms that come up in every episode, your logo, a caption style, and an end card that puts "Subscribe" and your handle on the last seconds of each Short; the end card is on for new accounts and one switch turns it off. After delivery, "Change this" on any clip takes a request in plain words, such as cut it earlier, drop the second half, or fix that word. Starter includes a few changes per episode and Pro has no cap.

Nothing you write in the episode box carries over to the next episode, and there are no per-guest settings or standing instructions. Put your show title, product names, recurring guests and any word that keeps coming out wrong into Settings > Spelling once, and they are spelled right from the next episode on. For the episode box, keep a short template in your notes app and paste it in each time with that week's guest and any cuts filled in.

Service, clipping tool, or freelance editor

The clearest way to tell these apart is by what sits on your desk afterwards. With a clipping tool, you open the episode, pick the moments, check the captions, choose the frames and export each file yourself, so the tool handles the cutting and leaves you the choosing. With a freelance editor, you write a brief, wait for a draft, send notes, approve a second draft and agree on a schedule, and you carry that exchange for every episode.

With a clipping service, the input and the output are fixed: one episode goes in, a finished package comes back on a known turnaround, and your work is the note at the start, a look through the page, and the posting at the end. There is no brief to write and no draft stage; you react to finished clips with "Change this" once you have seen them. If you like directing cuts shot by shot, a tool or an editor will suit you better; if you want to film, send and post, a service fits.

What to check before you pay any clipping website

Clipping websites vary more in what they leave out than in what they list. Ask these questions by email before you send a card, then send a test episode you have already posted yourself so you can compare the clips against what you would have chosen.

Does the package include titles, descriptions and chapters, or only video files?
Are the captions the words as spoken, or a rewrite?
How do you fix a clip you do not like, and how many times?
Who posts: you or them?
What is the turnaround, and is there a rush option?
Can a guest get a copy to post from their own account?

What a clipping service leaves to you

You post everything yourself; the service never posts. There is no approval step before delivery and no queue where clips wait for sign-off: the package arrives finished, you look it over, and you decide what goes up and when.

Keep your own posting calendar, since the service holds none for you. One workable rhythm is to post the Short ranked first on the day the package arrives, save two for later in the week, and run a teaser on the day the full episode goes live. "Share with your guest" gives your guest a read-only copy of the package, and they can post from it on their own accounts.

Where Ship Your Pod fits

If the editing is the part that keeps you from posting, send the episode instead. 8 to 15 Shorts come back within a day (same day on Pro), captioned, scored and ranked best first, with teasers, thumbnails from real frames, and the title, description and chapters. You post them yourself, full quality, no watermark. Pro is $149 a month for 12 episodes, 15 Shorts each, plus the Facebook cuts, the newsletter and the article. Starter is $59 a month for 4 episodes. The price goes down every month you stay. Month to month, cancel any time. Pro has a 14-day free trial for your first episode.

Pro: up to 180 Shorts, 36 teasers, 60 thumbnails and 24 Facebook cuts a month (12 episodes, 15 Shorts from each). Starter: up to 32 Shorts, 8 teasers and 12 thumbnails a month (4 episodes, 8 Shorts from each).

Pick the next episode you film, write the guest's name and any moment you want kept in the note box, and send it in. Judge the service on the first package that comes back, and on how easy it is to fix the one clip you would have cut differently.

Questions

What is a clipping agent?

The term is used loosely for anyone or anything that turns long recordings into short clips for social, and it covers freelancers, agencies and services alike. When you compare them, look at what you have to send, what comes back, how fast, and how you ask for a change.

Can I tell a clipping service which moments to use?

Yes. Put the moment in the episode's note box before you send and it is favoured in the ranking; put a topic or time range in the same box and it is left out. After delivery, "Change this" on any clip takes a request in plain words.

Does a clipping service post the clips for me?

This one never posts. You get the Shorts, thumbnails and post text on a private page and put them up from your own accounts, so nothing goes out without you choosing it.

How long does it take to get clips back from an episode?

Within a day on Starter and the same day on Pro, delivered as a private page plus an email. A rush add-on covers the times when the episode has to be out sooner.

What does Ship Your Pod cost?

Pro is $149 a month for 12 episodes, 15 Shorts each, plus the Facebook cuts, the newsletter and the article. Starter is $59 a month for 4 episodes. The price goes down every month you stay. Month to month, cancel any time. Pro has a 14-day free trial for your first episode. Pro: up to 180 Shorts, 36 teasers, 60 thumbnails and 24 Facebook cuts a month (12 episodes, 15 Shorts from each). Starter: up to 32 Shorts, 8 teasers and 12 thumbnails a month (4 episodes, 8 Shorts from each).

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Last updated 2026-10-16.