Creator payments & payouts

Pay creators and track every payout in one place.

Keep payment terms, creator activity and payout status together. Review what is owed, approve payments and check the history without piecing together separate records.

  • Agreed payment terms
  • Campaign activity
  • Payout history
Maya C.$182.49
Paid
Robert V.$2,981.18
Paid
Sarah L.$182.49
Paid
Andre D.$946.20
Paid
Grace O.$1,408.75
Paid
Luke B.$327.60
Paid

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Creator payment operations

Set payment terms, review the work and pay creators.

Keep the operational details connected as your creator roster grows.

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Make the payment structure clear upfront.

Set deliverables, payment terms and content usage rights with the creator before work starts. Keep the agreement available when it is time to review the work.

  • Agree on deliverables and payment terms
  • Record content usage rights
Creator agreements provide the reference for delivery and payment.

Across the SideShift platform

Creator payouts, built into your workflow.

Handle approvals, contracts, and creator payouts from one protected platform. Keep payment status alongside the work.

Platform-wide totals across brands and creators.

$10M+

Paid to creators in the last 30 days

September 2026 snapshot

Across the SideShift platform

These totals cover brands and creators across SideShift. They are not results for one brand or a promise of what your campaign will earn. Each number uses the time period below.

Creator post views

71,472,850,048 total views on live posts created in the 90 days before September 8. This counts all views on those posts, including views earned outside that period.

The chart compares weekly snapshots of rolling 90-day post groups from April 27 to September 7.

Paid to creators

$10 million+ paid to creators over the past 30 days, reported September 26, 2026. The payment examples are anonymized records captured on .

Creator posts published

2,692,829 posts created in the 90 days ending September 7, excluding deleted posts. The tracking animation shows how the interface works.

Why high-volume UGC

More creators. A payment process you can keep up with.

As your roster grows, small payment tasks add up. Keep approvals, contracts and payouts connected so your team can spend more time on the work itself.

Agree before work starts

Set deliverables, payment terms and usage rights with each creator. Clear expectations help avoid chasing missing details after content arrives.

Pay approved work

Review the work and manage payouts from one protected wallet balance. Keep the approval step clear as the number of creators grows.

Keep the records together

Use payment history and the platform's tax-document workflow to reduce scattered admin. A repeatable process makes the next campaign easier to run.

Platform stories

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All customer stories
Olive

$1.34CPM

441 creators, 68,000 videos

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Koupon

$2.60CPM

10,692 videos in five months

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In their words
“Replit moves fast, and we needed a way to get in front of developers at scale without relying solely on ads. SideShift made that possible. The sheer volume of organic content we were able to push out through their creators turned into real distribution and traction for us.”
Horacio LopezRevenue Operations, Replit

Results from individual SideShift campaigns. Scope and outcomes vary.

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Make payment part of the campaign workflow.

Keep creator agreements, activity and payouts connected from the beginning.