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E-Commerce & Media Automation Virtual Hackathon

Join us this Hacktober in our E-commerce Media Automation Hackathon to build the future of for the eCommerce industry.

Over the past decade, we’ve witnessed a rapid digital transformation in online commerce. Digital content like videos and designs have been a crucial part of marketing for brands to communicate with their customers. Companies like Amazon, Shopify, Ebay, Wix, etc have thousands of brands selling millions of products.

But how are we making sure brands are efficiently marketing them? Do we have the right tools? How can the latest technologies like AI and automation help? That's exactly what this hackathon aims to solve - to develop creative applications that helps eCommerce product marketing content through automated media generation.

Shotstack's cloud based video editing API and infrastructure makes it easy, fast, and seamless for developers to build media applications. Visit Shotstack Documentation to learn more.

What can you build for this hackathon?

You can build anything that automates media generation for the eCommerce industry using the Shotstack API. Some examples are plugins for platforms like Shopify, Amazon, Wix, WooCommerce, Ebay, etc. Other few examples are web apps, mobile apps, APIs, etc.

Prizes

As Halloween is almost here, we wanted to help you prepare for it with awesome costume prizes.

First prize: CORSAIR gaming keyboard and mouse bundle - CH-9226965-NA K55 Pro + Katar Pro

Corsair bundle

Second prize: A Halo Master Chief helmet

HALO Helmet

Third prize: The iconic Doge mask

Doge mask

How does the hackathon work?

Visit Shotstack website for more information.

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