Compared on public facts

#paid vs JoinBrands

Updated Nov 7, 2026

HourlyUGC is our product. Every fact links to its source. Methodology.

#paid and JoinBrands both list pay per video and ads launched from the platform. JoinBrands lists hourly sessions, commission on sales, retainers, bonuses and product seeding, which #paid 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 #paid and JoinBrands

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
#paid lists pay per video publicly. HourlyUGC also lists hourly sessions, commission on sales, flat amount per order, share of ad spend, pay per 1,000 views and product seeding, which #paid does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). 1
JoinBrands lists hourly sessions, pay per video, commission on sales, retainers, bonuses and product seeding publicly. HourlyUGC also lists flat amount per order, share of ad spend and pay per 1,000 views, which JoinBrands does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). JoinBrands lists retainers and bonuses, which HourlyUGC does not list publicly. 1 2 3
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. 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	#paid	JoinBrands
Hourly sessions	Not listed publicly	Time-based pay exists only for TikTok Shop Lives, priced at $1 per minute of livestream. Not hourly UGC sessions. 1
Pay per video	Creators set their rates and connect bank details before joining a campaign; the fee for each collaboration is set up front, and changes need both sides' written acceptance. 1 2	Fixed per-content prices: UGC videos, TikTok, TikTok Shop, Amazon, Shorts and Reels videos from $25 each, images from $10, with unlimited usage rights. Creator side: $60+ per video, $100+ per social post, $15+ per image; content deals $25-600+ per video. 1 2
Commission on sales	Not listed publicly	TikTok Shop affiliate commission of 15-30 % of sales from the creator's TikTok Shop content, paid monthly to the creator's wallet for as long as the video is live. 1
Flat amount per order	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Share of ad spend	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Pay per 1,000 views	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Retainers	Not listed publicly	Monthly retainer campaigns: $100-500+ per month for a quota of 10-30 pieces (creator page); available to Level 2 creators and above. 1 2
Bonuses	Not listed publicly	Performance-based bonuses set inside campaigns, plus tips from brands; the 20 % creator fee applies to performance bonuses but not tips. 1 2
Product seeding	Not listed publicly	Product sampling, gifting and seeding campaigns; products are shipped by the brand or bought by the creator and reimbursed, and the creator keeps them. 1 2
Ads launched from the platform	Paid social, digital and offline rights can be bought through #paid, and campaign content is amplified or licensed only through #paid; the platform is integrated with TikTok, Meta, YouTube, Pinterest and Snap. 1 2	TikTok Boost: brands boost any TikTok post their creators publish from the JoinBrands dashboard, content library or Ad Center through a built-in TikTok integration, minimum $20 per day plus a platform fee, maximum $1,000 per day. Spark Ads proper are launched in TikTok Ads Manager with the Spark code JoinBrands collects. Meta is covered only by an Instagram partnership ad code. 1 2
Money and tracking	#paid	JoinBrands
How sales are attributed	Not listed publicly	TikTok Shop GMV tracked per creator through the TikTok Shop integration and TikTok Shop analytics; Spark codes are generated for every video. No link or code attribution for other stores is published; the Shopify integration imports products for sampling. 1 2
Platform fee	Not listed publicly	Brand side: a platform fee added to each creator payment, 15 % on Free, 12 % on Start-up, 10 % on Pro, 8 % on Max. Creator side: a 20 % platform fee on job earnings and performance bonuses (15 % with Creator PRO), none on express jobs, tips or product reimbursements. 1 2
Brand pricing	Not listed publicly	Free $0 pay-as-you-go (15 % fee, no trial); Start-up $99/month (12 %, $30 roll-over cash); Pro $299/month (10 %, $90); Max $499/month (8 %, $150, agency features); annual billing 10 % off. Content on every plan: UGC images $10+, videos $25+ (UGC, TikTok, TikTok Shop, Amazon, YouTube, Reels), TikTok Shop Lives $1/min, AI videos $5. Roll-over cash is lost on cancellation. 1
Creator payout	Creator fees are paid on the 15th or the last day of the month, about 30 days after the work, to the method the creator chose, through a third-party payment provider; faster payment is offered for a fee. If a campaign closes before content is submitted the payout is 0 %; submitted but unapproved content gets 25-100 %, case by case. 1 2	Brands fund jobs upfront in escrow; payment is released to the creator's JoinBrands wallet when the brand approves the content. PayPal is the only payout method; withdrawals once a week on standard accounts and up to 7 business days to process. TikTok Shop commissions are paid monthly to the wallet. 1 2
Regions	Amounts on the platform are in US dollars; offices in New York, Toronto, Chicago, Los Angeles and Miami. The terms fall under Ontario, Canada law. 1 2	Creators: United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia and Canada, age 18+. Brand countries are not stated. 1 2
Scale they publish	They say: They say their insights come from thousands of campaigns and creators. 1	They say: They say, on the same home page, 'Trusted by 100,000+ brands' in the header and 'Trusted by 30K+ Brands' lower down, and '4 Million Creators'. The creator page says 20,000+ brands and agencies, 500K products sent and $10M paid out; the TikTok Shop affiliates page says $30M+ in flat fees, 3,000+ active brands and a 40K+ creator community. 1 2 3

What the facts say

Where they overlap

Pay per video
Ads launched from the platform

#paid lists, JoinBrands does not

Nothing in the models we track.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

JoinBrands lists, #paid does not

Hourly sessions: Time-based pay exists only for TikTok Shop Lives, priced at $1 per minute of livestream. Not hourly UGC sessions.
Commission on sales: TikTok Shop affiliate commission of 15-30 % of sales from the creator's TikTok Shop content, paid monthly to the creator's wallet for as long as the video is live.
Retainers: Monthly retainer campaigns: $100-500+ per month for a quota of 10-30 pieces (creator page); available to Level 2 creators and above.
Bonuses: Performance-based bonuses set inside campaigns, plus tips from brands; the 20 % creator fee applies to performance bonuses but not tips.
Product seeding: Product sampling, gifting and seeding campaigns; products are shipped by the brand or bought by the creator and reimbursed, and the creator keeps them.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Which brand each one fits

From the models each lists, nothing else.

#paid

brands that budget per approved video

JoinBrands

brands that can attribute sales and want to pay on orders
brands that want booked sessions ending in videos
brands that budget per approved video
brands that ship product to creators
brands running longer creator programs with retainers or bonuses

Questions people ask

What do #paid and JoinBrands have in common?

Both list pay per video and ads launched from the platform on their public pages (checked Nov 7, 2026).

What does #paid list that JoinBrands does not?

Nothing in the pay models we track. Every model #paid lists, JoinBrands lists too.

What does JoinBrands list that #paid does not?

JoinBrands lists hourly sessions, commission on sales, retainers, bonuses and product seeding. #paid 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.

JoinBrands: JoinBrands pricing page · joinbrands.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “TikTok Shop Lives: $1/min”
#paid: #paid: Terms of Service for Creators (last updated 6 Mar 2026), read 2026-11-07 · hashtagpaid.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “the fees that Creator may charge to create content”
#paid: hashtagpaid.com (#paid), home, read 2026-11-07 · hashtagpaid.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “before ever getting on a campaign.”
JoinBrands: JoinBrands creator page · joinbrands.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Benefit from our fixed pricing policy.”
JoinBrands: JoinBrands, TikTok Shop affiliates page · joinbrands.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Earn a percentage of every sale your TikTok Shop content generates.”
JoinBrands: JoinBrands help center, retainer jobs · help.joinbrands.com, checked Nov 7, 2026
JoinBrands: JoinBrands home page · joinbrands.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Set performance-based bonuses directly inside your campaigns.”
JoinBrands: JoinBrands help center, creator fees · help.joinbrands.com, checked Nov 7, 2026
JoinBrands: JoinBrands help center, TikTok Boost Ads · help.joinbrands.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Boost any TikTok post your creators publish”
JoinBrands: JoinBrands help center, TikTok Spark Ads · help.joinbrands.com, checked Nov 7, 2026
JoinBrands: JoinBrands help center, TikTok and TikTok Shop analytics · help.joinbrands.com, checked Nov 7, 2026
#paid: #paid help centre: My collaboration got cancelled, will I be paid out?, read 2026-11-07 · help.hashtagpaid.com, checked Nov 7, 2026
JoinBrands: JoinBrands help center, when will I get paid · help.joinbrands.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “PayPal payouts can take up to 7 business days to process”
JoinBrands: JoinBrands help center, joining from a different country · help.joinbrands.com, checked Nov 7, 2026