Compared on public facts

Club (formerly Brandbassador) vs Launchpoint

Updated Nov 7, 2026

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Club (formerly Brandbassador) and Launchpoint both list commission on sales and product seeding. Launchpoint lists pay per video, share of ad spend, pay per 1,000 views, retainers, bonuses and ads launched from the platform, which Club (formerly Brandbassador) does not list publicly.

5 facts known on both sides. "Not listed publicly" means we did not find it on their public pages on Nov 7, 2026; it does not mean they lack it.

Why brands pick HourlyUGC over Club (formerly Brandbassador) and Launchpoint

HourlyUGC lists 7 ways to pay creators on its public pages: hourly sessions, pay per video, commission on sales, flat amount per order, share of ad spend, pay per 1,000 views and product seeding. A brand can combine them in one campaign. 1 2 3
Club (formerly Brandbassador) lists commission on sales and product seeding publicly. HourlyUGC also lists hourly sessions, pay per video, flat amount per order, share of ad spend and pay per 1,000 views, which Club (formerly Brandbassador) does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). 1
Launchpoint lists pay per video, commission on sales, share of ad spend, pay per 1,000 views, retainers, bonuses and product seeding publicly. HourlyUGC also lists hourly sessions and flat amount per order, which Launchpoint does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). Launchpoint lists retainers and bonuses, which HourlyUGC does not list publicly. 1 2
Meta Partnership Ads with the creators' videos, launched from inside HourlyUGC: the ad goes out from the creator's handle with the brand's budget. Club (formerly Brandbassador) does not list this publicly. 1 2
Who counts the sale: Counted either by the ad platform (Meta) or by HourlyUGC: a connected Shopify store or the Hourly Pixel, last touch within 7 days, with creator links and codes. 1 2 3

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Which pay models each one lists

Side by side

Pay model	Club (formerly Brandbassador)	Launchpoint
Hourly sessions	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Pay per video	Not listed publicly	A fixed fee per approved video on Performance UGC; Canvas UGC pays a per-video base the pricing guide puts at $20-40. 1 2
Commission on sales	Commission rates and rewards are set per ambassador group, and commission payments are automated. 1 2	Performance UGC pays creators a share of the GMV their ads drive, attributed from click to checkout; the blog calls it a GMV share on attributed sales after the ad launches. Rates are not published. 1 2
Flat amount per order	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Share of ad spend	Not listed publicly	Percentage-of-ad-spend pay on the budget behind a creator's video (page example: creators earn 3 % of spend), offered alongside base content rates and GMV share. 1 2
Pay per 1,000 views	Not listed publicly	CPM on verified organic views (home example: 1.2M verified views, $1,200) plus view-bonus ladders staggered at 10K, 50K, 100K views and up, which the Canvas UGC post says average out to a $2-4 CPM. 1 2
Retainers	Not listed publicly	A monthly retainer on Performance UGC that renews while ROAS holds above target; Canvas UGC pays a guaranteed weekly baseline plus view bonuses. 1 2
Bonuses	Not listed publicly	View bonuses (example: passed 1M views, +$500) and prompt-based bonuses (example: talking head, +$20), computed automatically with flat fees. 1
Product seeding	Automatic product seeding to creators; ambassadors can also be rewarded with gift cards and product. 1 2	Product seeding workflow: samples are refundable (creator pays at checkout and is refunded on approval) or free through a discount code, fulfilled via Amazon or FedEx; shipping is covered by the platform fee. 1 2
Ads launched from the platform	Not listed publicly	Meta Partnership Ads permission is requested and granted inside Launchpoint and the ad runs from the creator's handle; TikTok Spark codes are collected automatically on video approval; bulk Meta ad launch is part of the managed service. Also an invite-only Launchpoint Delivery Network placing creator ads in partner apps. 1 2
Money and tracking	Club (formerly Brandbassador)	Launchpoint
How sales are attributed	Affiliate discount codes and tracking links per ambassador (the Affiliate module lists a discount code engine and tracking links). 1 2	GMV share attributed from click to checkout; the brand imports its Shopify catalog so sales tie back to the right ad; a sale is attributed through a tracked code, link or ad; mobile installs via AppsFlyer, Branch, Singular, Kochava and RevenueCat. Views are verified with duplicate and fraud checks before payment; the terms pay creators on verified views within a two-week performance window. 1 2
Platform fee	Not listed publicly	A 10 % platform fee on top of creator pay, covering sourcing, contracting, 1099s, shipping, briefing, review, posting, payouts and reporting, with no upfront fees or contracts (blog, Jun 2026); the home page is not where the fee appears and lower tiers at higher spend are not published. The terms (11 Sep 2026) add a creative usage fee of 1 % of attributable ad spend for authorized paid media and 3 % for unauthorized use. 1 2 3
Brand pricing	No prices published; plans are scaled to the number of active ambassadors and missions, and a demo is booked for a quote. 1	No price list; demo-led (the /pricing page returns 404). Brands pay creator compensation plus the 10 % fee. The pricing guide's Canvas UGC benchmarks: per-video base $20-40, view-bonus ladder averaging $3-5 CPM, weekly baseline; one-off feed posts $60-300. 1 2
Creator payout	Not listed publicly	ACH, PayPal, Venmo or another method Launchpoint selects, to a verified payout method in the creator's legal name; due about 14 days after the performance window closes and no later than 30 days after the campaign ends; W-9 or W-8 collected before payment and 1099s filed where thresholds are met (terms). The home page shows a Venmo payout and says creators are paid when the numbers clear. 1 2
Regions	Not listed publicly	No country list; the terms say the platform may not be available in all locations and exclude sanctioned jurisdictions. US tax handling (W-9, 1099-NEC) is built in; the company is Launchpoint, Inc. with open roles in New York City. 1 2
Scale they publish	They say: They say 100+ ready-made ambassador missions and name Samsung, Celsius, Daniel Wellington and Fabletics as brands that use it. 1	They say: They say: trusted by hundreds of companies, a 20,000+ verified creator network, more than 2 billion tracked post views and 10 million+ paid-ad impressions; case claims include 350M+ organic views and 700+ creators for Higgsfield and 800+ creator videos in 30 days for Uber. 1 2 3

What the facts say

Where they overlap

Commission on sales
Product seeding

Club (formerly Brandbassador) lists, Launchpoint does not

Nothing in the models we track.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Launchpoint lists, Club (formerly Brandbassador) does not

Pay per video: A fixed fee per approved video on Performance UGC; Canvas UGC pays a per-video base the pricing guide puts at $20-40.
Share of ad spend: Percentage-of-ad-spend pay on the budget behind a creator's video (page example: creators earn 3 % of spend), offered alongside base content rates and GMV share.
Pay per 1,000 views: CPM on verified organic views (home example: 1.2M verified views, $1,200) plus view-bonus ladders staggered at 10K, 50K, 100K views and up, which the Canvas UGC post says average out to a $2-4 CPM.
Retainers: A monthly retainer on Performance UGC that renews while ROAS holds above target; Canvas UGC pays a guaranteed weekly baseline plus view bonuses.
Bonuses: View bonuses (example: passed 1M views, +$500) and prompt-based bonuses (example: talking head, +$20), computed automatically with flat fees.
Ads launched from the platform: Meta Partnership Ads permission is requested and granted inside Launchpoint and the ad runs from the creator's handle; TikTok Spark codes are collected automatically on video approval; bulk Meta ad launch is part of the managed service. Also an invite-only Launchpoint Delivery Network placing creator ads in partner apps.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Which brand each one fits

From the models each lists, nothing else.

Club (formerly Brandbassador)

brands that can attribute sales and want to pay on orders
brands that ship product to creators

Launchpoint

brands that can attribute sales and want to pay on orders
brands running Meta ads with creator videos
brands that budget per approved video
brands paying for organic reach per 1,000 views
brands that ship product to creators
brands running longer creator programs with retainers or bonuses

Questions people ask

What do Club (formerly Brandbassador) and Launchpoint have in common?

Both list commission on sales and product seeding on their public pages (checked Nov 7, 2026).

What does Club (formerly Brandbassador) list that Launchpoint does not?

Nothing in the pay models we track. Every model Club (formerly Brandbassador) lists, Launchpoint lists too.

What does Launchpoint list that Club (formerly Brandbassador) does not?

Launchpoint lists pay per video, share of ad spend, pay per 1,000 views, retainers, bonuses and ads launched from the platform. Club (formerly Brandbassador) does not list them publicly.

Where do these facts come from?

From each platform's public pages, linked next to every fact with the date we checked. A fact without a public source is not shown.

Sources

Each fact above links to one of these. Checked Nov 7, 2026.

Launchpoint: Launchpoint, Performance UGC page · launchpointhq.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “A fixed fee per approved video”
Launchpoint: Launchpoint blog, pricing guide · launchpointhq.com, checked Jun 5, 2026
Club (formerly Brandbassador): club.co, home, read 2026-11-07 · club.co, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Set personalised rewards and commission rates for each group.”
Launchpoint: Launchpoint blog, GMV share creator commission guide (updated 2 Sep 2026) · launchpointhq.com, checked Sep 2, 2026
Launchpoint: Launchpoint blog, ad spend share deals (updated 7 Sep 2026) · launchpointhq.com, checked Sep 7, 2026 · “We support percentage-of-ad-spend pay alongside base content rates and attributed-GMV share.”
Launchpoint: Launchpoint home page · launchpointhq.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “CPM 1.2M verified views $1,200”
Launchpoint: Launchpoint blog, Canvas UGC: what it is, how it works · launchpointhq.com, checked Jun 2, 2026
Club (formerly Brandbassador): club.co: Pricing, read 2026-11-07 · club.co, checked Nov 7, 2026
Launchpoint: Launchpoint terms of service · launchpointhq.com, checked Sep 11, 2026