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Free Instagram Story Ads Maker
Browse Instagram story ad templates, start from one that fits your offer, and swap in your own product shots, copy, and colors.
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Turn a product shot into a scroll-stopping story ad
An Instagram story ads maker turns a product photo, discount, or countdown into a finished still ad sized for Instagram Stories, built for anyone running a sale, launch, or promo on Instagram. VEED's version is edited entirely in your browser, with nothing to download: pick a story ad template, then customize it for a flash sale, a new product drop, or a limited-time discount code.
On VEED, generate the ad artwork from a prompt with the AI image generator, or start from the story ad gallery, then edit the copy, swap the product shot, and adjust the colors until the offer looks right before you export.
How to make an Instagram story ad from a template:
Step 01
Browse templates and pick a story
Explore the gallery of Instagram story templates and choose one that fits your story. Select it to open it in the editor.
Step 02
Edit the template and swap in your elements
Replace the placeholders with your own. Rewrite the copy, drop in your photos, and adjust the colors to match your brand. Edit the prompt to change the artwork while the layout stays put.
Step 03
Resize and post to Instagram
Resize to Instagram story dimensions and export. Download your story, ready to share on Instagram.
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Watch how to make an Instagram story ad from a template
Change the offer without touching the layout
A discount ad should not need a redesign every time the code or price changes. Update the price, swap the product photo, or change the background color instantly, and edit the prompt to change the artwork itself, like the backdrop or the product shot, while the text and layout stay put. Nothing to download and no second app: the whole ad comes together in one browser tab.
A gallery built for ad creative, not campaign settings
Instagram's own ad tools push you toward Ads Manager screens for budgets, placements, and targeting, not a library of ad layouts to start from. This template gallery is filtered to Instagram story ads specifically, from discount-code banners to countdown-style promos, and every template opens straight into the editor instead of a settings form.
One sale ad today, a matching set for the next promo
Build a single story ad for this week's discount, or a run of frames for a multi-day sale that all read as one campaign. Start from a correctly sized blank story canvas, clean up a product photo with the background remover, then save your logo, colors, and fonts to a brand kit so every ad after this one matches. Once the story version is finished, resize the same creative for the feed with the image resizer.
FAQ
An Instagram story ad is a single still image sized for the Stories format, vertical at 9:16, 1080 x 1920 px, used to promote a product, offer, or event. Unlike a feed post, it fills the whole screen and usually pairs one clear visual with a short offer or call to action. VEED's story ad templates already start at this size, so you build the ad at the right dimensions instead of resizing later.
Instagram's own story tools offer a handful of generic stickers and layouts, not a searchable library built around ads. VEED's template gallery can be filtered specifically for Instagram story ads, so you can browse layouts built for discount codes, countdowns, or product launches, then open one straight into the editor instead of starting from a blank sticker menu.
Creating an Instagram story ad starts with picking a template or a prompt sized for the Stories format. In VEED, choose a story ad template, edit the prompt to change the artwork, swap in your product photo and offer text, then resize to story dimensions and export the finished ad, ready to share to your Instagram story.
Yes, a story ad does not need to start from a preset design. Build one from a correctly sized blank story canvas in VEED, set the layout and colors around your product or offer, then save the logo, colors, and fonts to a brand kit so the same look carries into your next sale or launch without rebuilding it from scratch.
Instagram's Ads Manager is built for budgets, targeting, and placements, not for browsing ad creative. VEED is built around the artwork itself: browse a gallery of story ad templates, edit the prompt to change the scene or product, and swap in text, photos, and colors directly in the editor before exporting a still ad sized for Instagram Stories.
Effective Instagram story ads keep one message per frame: a single product shot, a short offer, and one clear call to action, since viewers move through stories quickly. High-contrast text, on-brand colors, and a visible discount or deadline tend to perform best. VEED's story ad templates already follow this structure, so swapping in your product and offer keeps the ad readable instead of building the layout from nothing.
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With VEED I didn't need 15 tutorials - I jumped straight in and started editing.
Gwenne Wilcox
Founder,
Brand Brainery
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You can go beyond choppping things. VEED actually makes my videos look great.
Michael Glover
Demand Gen Manager,
ConvertFlow
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The first four videos i created with VEED got over 40,000 impressions on LinkedIn.
Travis Tyler
Senior Content Producer,
PandaDoc
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I found VEED at the right time: if you're making UGC ads and not using Eye Contact Correction and Noise Reduction on VEED you're missing out on ROI.
Sebastian Schurgers
Head of Growth Marketing,
Gronda
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With VEED I didn't need 15 tutorials - I jumped straight in and started editing.
Gwenne Wilcox
Founder,
Brand Brainery
“
You can go beyond choppping things. VEED actually makes my videos look great.
Michael Glover
Demand Gen Manager,
ConvertFlow
“
The first four videos i created with VEED got over 40,000 impressions on LinkedIn.
Travis Tyler
Senior Content Producer,
PandaDoc
“
I found VEED at the right time: if you're making UGC ads and not using Eye Contact Correction and Noise Reduction on VEED you're missing out on ROI.
Sebastian Schurgers
Head of Growth Marketing,
Gronda
“
The first four videos i created with VEED got over 40,000 impressions on LinkedIn.
Travis Tyler
Senior Content Producer,
PandaDoc
“
I found VEED at the right time: if you're making UGC ads and not using Eye Contact Correction and Noise Reduction on VEED you're missing out on ROI.
Sebastian Schurgers
Head of Growth Marketing,
Gronda
“
With VEED I didn't need 15 tutorials - I jumped straight in and started editing.
Gwenne Wilcox
Founder,
Brand Brainery
“
You can go beyond choppping things. VEED actually makes my videos look great.
Michael Glover
Demand Gen Manager,
ConvertFlow
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Start a story ad from a template or generate the artwork from a prompt, then refine it by editing the prompt to change the scene or product while your text and layout stay put. Brand it with the logo, colors, and fonts saved to a brand kit, so a flash-sale ad looks like your own team made it, then export it resized for Stories and for the feed. VEED is an AI image creation platform, and once this ad is live, reuse the same brand kit to build the next one: a follow-up discount code, a restock announcement, or a feed version with Instagram post templates for the same sale.