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Could anyone spit ball the cost of such a video?

I'll try: $100k (USD)

Higher or lower?

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From their FAQ [0]:

“Typically, $200K is a good starting point, though we’ll also work with a lot more. If you’re a startup with an idea we absolutely have to get behind, we can get creative with equity.“

[0] https://sandwich.co/faq/

Depends entirely on who you hire and how much you let them know about your budget. I am confident that I saw a HN post years ago that mentioned Sandwich starts at $250k but again client work is almost always very negotiable.

Wow, it’s good but $250k is a shedload of cash, you could hire 3 people in this field for a year for that (certainly in London). They could do all your training material too...

I'm sure it blows up when you need actors and studios.

I’m not sure you’ve noticed but there are more actors than there are jobs. The actual shoot time for something like this is what 2-3 days. Let’s budget a crazy $50000 for those things (reality - you’d be hard pushed to spend $20k).

The FAQ answer that says $200k should probably be authoritative, but... I'm just guessing Sandwich is actually surprisingly flexible about budgeting.

They do have a series where they shot three videos at three different budget levels ($1k, $10k, $100k) for the same product (https://sandwich.co/clients/wistia/). Take from that what you will...

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