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$299/mo
Hire up to 5 Creators
Briefs, rights & payouts handled in-app
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Trusted By Top Brands Worldwide:
The Benefits of UGC for Paid Ads
A New Way to Run Paid Ads in 2026
UGC for paid ads outperforms polished brand creative on authenticity, speed, and testing velocity, helping brands find winners faster and scale spend with more confidence.
Paid social works best when creative feels native to the platform. Instead of relying on studio shoots and long production cycles, brands can work with creators who know how to make ads that look and sound like the content people already engage with.
With SideShift, brands can source creators, generate multiple concepts quickly, and build a steady pipeline of ad-ready content for TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts, and more. The result is faster testing, fresher creative, and more chances to find the ads that actually convert.
More Winning Creatives
UGC gives brands more hooks, formats, and concepts to test so they can identify high-performing ad creative faster.
Faster Creative Refreshes
Creator-led paid social content helps brands replace fatigued ads quickly and keep performance from dropping over time.
Native Ad Performance
UGC blends into the feed more naturally than polished brand ads, which can improve engagement, click-through rate, and conversion rate.
Creator marketing starts
with proven talent
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Victor
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Larine
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One Platform for All Your UGC Campaigns
Source Creators.
No more cold DMs. Post once and creators from a 1M+ pool apply to you.
Stop Tracking In Sheets.
Every creator's views, engagement and cost in one place, not a spreadsheet somebody has to update.
Payouts Without The Weekend.
Pay twenty creators in one pass. Contracts, invoices and 1099s handled, so nobody has to own payouts as a job.
Fifteen Steps Down To Three.
Briefs, chat, approvals and payment in one thread per creator, instead of Slack plus email plus IG DMs.
Brands Love SideShift.
See why 3,000+ brands trust SideShift for creator-powered growth.
“Sideshift (and the team) are fantastic and real pros at UGC. They have a great talent network and comprehensive tool to allow someone of any experience level to launch a UGC campaign. The reporting tools are next level - we love having a single interface to see how everything is performing.”
Tyler Farley
Partnerships, Yik Yak
“The applicants have been super high quality! Unlike any platform I've used in the past.”
Luis Ocampo
Founding Team, Partiful
“We had no luck with traditional platforms to find high quality creator talent until we turned to SideShift. We filled all our hiring needs through the platform. SideShift is a cemented go-to for us whenever we need creators.”
Evan Dray
Co-Founder, Astra
“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 Lopez
Revenue Operations @ Replit
“SideShift was a huge help for us in the gen z hiring process. We were able to fill 100% of our creator hiring needs in just a few weeks through the platform. SideShift is a cemented go-to for us whenever we are in need of creators.”
Edward Tian
Founder, GPTZero
“SideShift has shown us how much of a multiplier authentic, organic short-form content can be. Their creator network helped unlock a new layer of growth that traditional paid channels never could. It's a playbook every high-growth company should have in their arsenal.”
Henrique Dubugras
Founding CEO @ Brex
The Numbers That Power SideShift
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$499/mo
Hire up to 15 Creators
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Built for high-volume output
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UGC Ads vs Traditional Ad Creative
UGC Paid Ads in 2026
High-volume UGC outperforms traditional ad creative on cost, speed, authenticity, and content rights — giving brands full control at scale.
Content Ownership
UGCFull usage rights
TraditionalOften restricted
Cost
UGCScalable, output-based pricing
TraditionalHigh per-post fees
Authenticity
UGCNative, organic style
TraditionalOverly polished, sponsored feel
Volume
UGC250+ videos/month possible
Traditional1-2 posts per influencer
Performance
UGCperformance analytics
TraditionalLimited
Rights Usage
UGCUse across organic and paid advertising campaigns
TraditionalCostly usage rights for paid advertising
High Volume UGC Ads
Traditional Ad Creative
Content Ownership
Full usage rights
Often restricted
Cost
Scalable, output-based pricing
High per-post fees
Authenticity
Native, organic style
Overly polished, sponsored feel
Volume
250+ videos/month possible
1-2 posts per influencer
Performance
performance analytics
Limited
Rights Usage
Use across organic and paid advertising campaigns
Costly usage rights for paid advertising
FAQs
Common questions about UGC for paid ad campaigns on SideShift.
What is UGC for paid ads?
UGC for paid ads is creator-made content that brands use in paid social campaigns. It is designed to feel native to the platform while still driving performance.
Which platforms can I use this on?
Do I get usage rights for the content?
How much creative should I test at once?
Is UGC better than polished brand ads?
How fast can I launch UGC ads?
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