Does FirstSlate host my video files?

No, and that's deliberate. Your cuts stay wherever you already host them (Frame.io, Vimeo, Google Drive, your own storage), and FirstSlate organizes the links, versions, feedback, and approval record around them.

How do payment-gated finals work?

Flip one toggle on the delivery. The final download links stay hidden from the client until the project's invoice is fully paid, checked live against the invoice, and they unlock automatically the moment it is.

What happens when the client asks for changes?

They submit the request in writing on the delivery page, attached to the exact version they watched. It uses one of the included revision rounds, you're notified, and you post the next cut when it's ready.

Does approval automatically bill the client?

Approval puts the sign-off on record and notifies you immediately. If there's an outstanding invoice, FirstSlate prompts you to collect, but you stay in control of what gets sent and when.

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Delivery That Ends With a Sign-Off, Not a Shrug

Send cuts on a review link, track revision rounds, and get the final approved on record, with final files unlocking when the invoice is paid.

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The end of a project is where the workflow usually falls apart. The cut goes out as a bare link in an email. Feedback comes back in three formats across two threads. Nobody can say which round of revisions this is, and 'approved' is a vibe, not a record. Then the final files leave your hands before the final invoice is paid, and the leverage leaves with them.

FirstSlate's delivery flow gives the last mile the same structure as the rest of the job. You post each cut to the project's delivery page (the video stays wherever you host it: Frame.io, Vimeo, Drive) and send your client one branded link. They watch, then either request changes in writing or approve by typing their name, recorded with a timestamp.

Revision rounds are counted against what the project included, so 'just one more small thing' has a number attached. And if you gate finals on payment, the download links stay locked until the invoice is actually paid. Scope has a record, approval has a name on it, and the finals ship the moment the money lands.

How it works

Scene by scene.

SCENE 00:01

Post the cut

Add the cut's link (Frame.io, Vimeo, Drive, wherever you host) with a label and a note, and send the delivery link. One page per project, versions stacked in order.

SCENE 00:02

Client reviews on the record

They watch the cut and either request changes in writing or approve. Feedback lands attached to the exact version it's about.

SCENE 00:03

Rounds are counted

Each change request uses a revision round, counted against what the project included. When rounds run out, everyone can see it, and the extra work becomes a change order instead of a favor.

SCENE 00:04

Approval unlocks the finals

The client signs off by typing their name, recorded with a timestamp. If you've gated finals on payment, the download links unlock when the invoice is paid, automatically.

Why it matters

What you actually get.

Approval is a record, not a vibe

The final sign-off carries a typed name and a timestamp. Six months later there is no debate about whether the client approved the cut.

Revision rounds have a number

Included rounds are counted down in the open. The third 'quick tweak' is visibly round three, which makes the change-order conversation easy.

Finals wait for the money

Optionally keep final download links locked until the invoice is fully paid. It's checked live against the invoice, so a bounced payment can't sneak files out.

You host, FirstSlate organizes

Videos stay on the hosting you already use. FirstSlate holds the links, versions, feedback, and approvals, not gigabytes of media.

Feedback attached to versions

Every change request is tied to the exact cut it was about. No more archaeology through email threads to reconstruct round two.

The last step prompts the next

When the client approves, you're notified immediately, and if there's money outstanding, FirstSlate points you straight at the invoice.

Who it's for

Whether you shoot alone or with a team.

Producers burned by revision creep

When rounds have numbers and approvals have names, scope conversations stop being awkward.

Studios that deliver before getting paid

Payment-gated finals flip the default: the client gets the files the moment the invoice clears, and not before.

Anyone managing feedback across threads

One delivery page per project replaces the email-plus-text-plus-call feedback pile.

Common questions

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