Tolstoy turns product videos, UGC, and static catalog imagery into shoppable on-site experiences, paired with an AI chat agent that handles pre-purchase questions. The platform targets DTC merchandising and ecommerce teams who want TikTok-style video feeds, quizzes, and carousels embedded directly on PDPs and collection pages. AI Studio generates variant imagery and video cutdowns from existing assets, reducing the production load on creative teams managing large catalogs across Shopify storefronts.
> pick this if
Pick this if you're a Shopify-native DTC brand with a library of video and UGC assets that currently sits on social but isn't converting on-site, and you want video commerce plus a pre-purchase chat agent from one vendor.
> look elsewhere if
Look elsewhere if you're on a non-Shopify stack, need true live streaming with host scheduling and multi-camera production, or want a post-purchase support agent rather than a merchandising-focused chat layer.
> Tolstoy is built for
- DTC apparel & fashion
- DTC beauty & cosmetics
> what it does for ecommerce
- Embed shoppable video carousels and stories on PDPs and collections
- Generate product videos and AI imagery from existing catalog assets
- Deploy AI Shopper chat agent for pre-purchase questions
- Capture attribution data tying video views to checkout conversion
- Run quizzes and interactive funnels tied to product recommendations
> how you'd use it
- DTC apparel brand, $10–40M GMV, 3–6 person ecommerce teamReplacing static PDP hero imagery with shoppable video carousels built from existing UGC and TikTok content, with AI Studio cutting long-form clips into 9:16 variants per product→ Lifts PDP-to-cart rate 8–15% on video-exposed sessions and cuts creative production turnaround from weeks to days
- Shopify beauty or wellness merchant, $2–15M GMV, 1–3 marketersDeploying on-site quizzes and an AI Shopper chat agent to handle ingredient, skin-type, and fit questions that previously went to email support or were abandoned→ Deflects 30–50% of pre-purchase support tickets and routes quiz-takers to higher-AOV bundles
- Mid-market home goods brand, $20–80M GMV, 4–8 person merchandising teamRunning always-on shoppable video feeds on collection pages and attributing video engagement to checkout, feeding results back to creative briefs→ Establishes which creators and video formats actually drive revenue, reallocating UGC spend toward proven performers
> Tolstoy use cases
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> Tolstoy pairs well with
IntercomFin handles post-purchase support tickets while Tolstoy's agent covers pre-purchase PDP questions.
- SCShopify Customer AccountsCustomer Accounts anchors logged-in shopper identity that Tolstoy video experiences personalize against.
Brandwise: AI Customer ServiceBrandwise moderates social comments on the UGC Tolstoy then repurposes into shoppable on-site feeds.