Order-by dates: four 15 s avatar clips cost the same as one 60 s

Four 15-second Avatar 1.0 clips cost 969.6 credits at the default plus quality, exactly what one 60-second job costs, since the rate card is 16.16 credits per second with no product image (4 x 15 x 16.16 = 969.6). So four separate order-by announcements are priced like one long video, and each one can be posted on its own date.

The dates themselves are yours: they come from your carrier and your own packing schedule, not from Sume. Put each in the script once, and re-record only the clip whose date changes.

Cost by tier

Totals are credits per second from the Sume pricing contract multiplied by 60 seconds in all.

Four jobs, four keys

Four accepted jobs fit in any plan, since a Free workspace accepts 6 at once. Use the same avatar and aspect ratio in each so they look like a set; only the script differs.

import asyncio, os
import httpx

SCRIPTS = {
    "a": "Order by the first date on our shipping page for ground delivery before Christmas.",
    "b": "Order by the second date on our shipping page for expedited delivery.",
    "c": "Order by the third date on our shipping page for overnight delivery.",
    "d": "Too late to ship? Gift cards are delivered by email the same day.",
}

async def main():
    headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['SUME_API_KEY']}"}
    async with httpx.AsyncClient(headers=headers, timeout=60) as c:
        for k, script in SCRIPTS.items():
            r = await c.post("https://api.sume.com/v1/avatar-1.0/talking-video",
                headers={"Idempotency-Key": f"orderby-2026-{k}"},
                json={"avatar_handle": "store_host", "aspect_ratio": "9:16",
                      "quality": "plus", "script": script})
            r.raise_for_status()
            print(k, r.json().get("id"))

asyncio.run(main())

Check each date before posting

Replace the placeholder lines with the real dates from your shipping page before you submit. A date spoken by an avatar cannot be fixed by a caption, so a wrong date means a re-render. To keep the cost of changes down, keep the date in its own short clip, as here.

Add burned-in captions with the inline captions setting, so the date is also on screen.

• Each clip must be 4 to 60 seconds by Sume's estimate.
• Use a stable Idempotency-Key per clip.
• Delete expired clips from your feed after the date.