# Videos

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This feature is available on the **Grow** plan and above.
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### Adding a Video Widget

This widget allows you to add a video to your Homepage. This can help you to add a personal touch and take advantage of the best a mobile app has to offer! To add a video widget, go to your Shoppy Dasbhoard, click "**Add Widget**" and select "**Video**".&#x20;

From there, you can click **Actions -> Customize Widget** to personalize the details of the widget such as its title, image, and aspect ratio. For each video you add, you can insert a **destination link** that will take users to your location of choice once they click on it. You can direct users to a custom URL, pages, cart, or to specific product.

Here is a full list of all of the details you can autonomously change about the Video Widget:

* Title
* &#x20;Choose to show or hide the title
* Insert a video by uploading a file from your computer
* Insert a destination link of where to take your customers when they click on your video&#x20;
* Choose whether or not to have a border around your widget
* Change the aspect ratio of the video's image choosing between presets or the original&#x20;
* Choose the width of the lateral margins of your widget, choosing between one of the presets or set your own

### Publishing your Video widget:

**You can also choose to publish (show in) or hide your widget in specific markets.** To show the widget in a market, click **"Show in"** under **Markets**, then select the regions or countries of your choose from the drop down menu. Click **"Hide in"** under **Markets**, then select the areas where your widget should not be shown to only hide the widget from one or more locations of your choice.

You may also **schedule when your widgets should appear and disappea**r  by clicking the toggle next to "Schedule". From there, you can select the **start date and time** from the calendar, then click "Apply". Do the same for the **end date**, and make sure to save your changes!&#x20;

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Please note that widgets' timezone release are based on the timezone of your Shoppy Dashboard.
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This widget allows you to add a video to your Homepage to allow for a more customized experience for your store. If your video has sound, users will be able to hear it as long as they have their volume on their mobile device!&#x20;

Like with images, videos on the homepage can be linked to particular locations by using a **destination link.** You can direct users to a custom URL, pages, cart, or to specific product once your video is tapped on.

Watch the tutorial below to see how you can set this up on your Shoppy Dashboard:

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Watch this short clip below to see how link destinations can work with videos in your own app:

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{% tab title="Title" %}
![](https://2580671618-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FJPDzUzynACRbcxkhAEeE%2Fuploads%2F6AgdlEoziYU61OzmlVsw%2FFrame%201.png?alt=media\&token=ed009219-2cd5-49d2-adc2-6b0065032d29)

* ***Video Title***: an additional title you can give the widget, displayed above the video.&#x20;
* ***Don't Show the Title***: with this checkbox you can decide whether or not to show the title of the widget, added above the video.
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{% tab title="Style" %}
![](https://2580671618-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FJPDzUzynACRbcxkhAEeE%2Fuploads%2FvGFWGxrgGaZNjRPv2k2F%2Fvideo.png?alt=media\&token=6def90fa-21ec-40e0-811e-b19907635598)

* ***Choose video***: in this field you can upload a video to be displayed in the widget.
* ***Link***: you can choose whether to direct the user to a collection or to an external link when the image is tapped on.
* *Collection*: choose a collection to sent the user to when the image is tapped.
* *Personalized URL*: choose an external link to send users to when they tap on the image.
* *Cart:* send users to their cart when they tap on the image
* *Product:* send users to a product of your choice once the image is tapped
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{% tab title="Aspect Ratio" %}
![](https://2580671618-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FJPDzUzynACRbcxkhAEeE%2Fuploads%2FqEKeIo032paWcxo1OjVS%2FFrame%203.png?alt=media\&token=7ebbeaa5-3db2-4fbc-a503-ec9f30e4b300)

**Aspect Ratio**

Allows you to choose the aspect ratio of the image of the video's image:

* Original: use the aspect ratio of the original video
* Use Custom Dimensions: choose a custom aspect ratio of 1:1, 4:3 or 4:5
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With the addition of this feature on Shoppy, videos that you upload under Shopify under a description of a product can now also appear in-app!&#x20;
