---
title: "The Vessim app, in 42 seconds"
canonical: https://www.vessim.com/film
source: Vessim (www.vessim.com)
as_of: 2026-10-26
indexable: true
---

# The Vessim app, in 42 seconds

A real screen recording of the Vessim app, with no voiceover: a sentence typed into the search, the answer that fits it, why it is the answer, every seller of one product with a price watch, two products compared, and a photo search that finds the same product by its fingerprint. It runs 42 seconds; recorded October 26, 2026.

## Facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Length | 42 seconds |
| Recorded | 2026-10-26 |
| Size | 1920×1080 |
| Video | https://www.vessim.com/vesim-app-film.mp4 |

## Chapters

| At | Chapter |
| --- | --- |
| 0:00 | What are you looking for? |
| 0:03 | Typing the sentence |
| 0:06 | The answer arrives |
| 0:09 | Why this is the answer |
| 0:13 | Both sellers’ prices |
| 0:16 | Every seller, cheapest first |
| 0:19 | The fingerprint and a price watch |
| 0:24 | Two products into compare |
| 0:28 | Which one? |
| 0:35 | Find who sells it, from a photo |
| 0:39 | The end card |

## Transcript

[0:00] The app opens on its home screen. A headline asks “What are you looking for?”, over the line “Say it the way you would to a person. We find every store that sells it, and the cheapest one that fits.” The search box reads “a backpack under $25”. Below it, “What can I ask?” cards each show a real search and its count: “a backpack under $25”, 20 matches from $4.21; “ski goggles under $15”, 4 matches from $10.00; “a metal sign that ships from the US”, 6 matches from $9.00.

[0:03] The sentence is typed into the search a letter at a time, and the results change with every letter. From “a”, products appear with their prices. At “a ba” the suggested searches read “ba under $8”, 47 matches, and “ba that ships from the US”, 17 matches; at “a backpack”, “backpack under $8”, 10 matches, and “backpack that ships from the US”, 1 match. Half-typed, “a backpack under $2” briefly reads “No single seller meets everything”.

[0:06] The sentence is complete and the answer settles. It has become chips: “Looking for backpack” and “Under $25”, with an empty “+ Ships from” beside them. “20 products match.” The first answer is the Mountaineering Leisure And Tactical High-Capacity Backpack For Men And Women, marked “Cheapest that fits · 2 sellers”, at $19.10 from CJ Dropshipping, shipping from China, with both sellers’ prices as chips. Under it, “19 more matches” begins with the Business Travel And Commute Lightweight Shoulder Backpack at $4.21.

[0:09] “Why this?” opens a panel headed “Each thing you asked, and how it was met”, with three ticks. “You asked for ‘backpack’: every word appears in the product’s title. We ranked it first of 20 matches because it is sold by 2 sellers, which gives you the most to compare.” “Price at or under $25: CJ Dropshipping sells it for $19.10, $5.90 under your limit.” “The same product, every seller: we matched 2 sellers by their photos: listings whose 64-bit photo fingerprints are within 10 bits are treated as one product. A matching photo is strong evidence, not proof of the same pack size or colour.” At its foot: “Nothing here is sponsored. Some links earn us a commission, which never changes the answer or the order.”

[0:13] The panel closes. The pointer passes over the two sellers’ price chips, both CJ Dropshipping at $19.10, then a click on the product’s title opens its page.

[0:16] The product’s own page: “2 sellers · same price everywhere · ships from China, China → the US”, the chips “Item: backpack” and “Price ≤ $25”, “Cheapest that fits”, $19.10 at CJ Dropshipping, and the buttons “Go to the cheapest seller” and “Watch this price”. Scrolling down, “Every seller, cheapest first” lists both CJ Dropshipping listings at $19.10, each “delivery not reported”, then “How we know these are the same product”, a price history with “One reading so far: $19.10 on October 23, 2026”, and “About the seller”.

[0:19] Hovering the photo turns it into its fingerprint, the grid of bits it was matched by. “Watch this price” opens a small form with an alert price of $17.19; once set, the button reads “Watching · alert at $17.19”. The product is then added to compare from its own page, and its Compare button reads “Comparing”.

[0:24] Back on the results, the $4.21 Business Travel backpack is added to compare from the list, and the tray at the foot of the page reads “Compare 2”.

[0:28] The compare view, “Comparing 2 · Which one?”, “Judged on price, sellers and where it ships from.” Its verdict: “Best for you: B, Business Travel And Commute Lightweight Shoulder Backpack. $4.21 at CJ Dropshipping: the lowest price of the 2.” A table puts the two side by side: lowest price $19.10 and $4.21, 2 sellers and 1, both cheapest at CJ Dropshipping, both shipping from China and China → the US, delivery not reported for either, and a “Go to seller” button under each.

[0:35] The photo search opens, “Find who sells it: paste a product link, or use a photo. The photo is fingerprinted on this device and never uploaded.” A photo, photo.jpg, is dropped in. Its fingerprint appears as a grid with its 16 hex characters, and the answer: “Found it. One product in the index has this photo.” It is the same Mountaineering backpack, $19.10, 2 sellers, “identical photo”.

[0:39] The end card: the wordmark vessim.com and the line “Say what you want. Get exactly that.”

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Source: [Vessim](https://www.vessim.com/film), https://www.vessim.com/film. Vessim (vessim.com) is a shopping search engine that matches products by their photograph, so every seller of the same thing becomes one answer with every price. Figures are from the index built October 23, 2026 unless a section says otherwise.