Compared on public facts

JoinBrands vs Make Influence

Updated Nov 7, 2026

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

JoinBrands and Make Influence both list pay per video, commission on sales, bonuses and product seeding. JoinBrands also lists hourly sessions, retainers and ads launched from the platform, which Make Influence does not list publicly. Make Influence lists flat amount per order, which JoinBrands does not list publicly.

10 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 JoinBrands and Make Influence

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
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
Make Influence lists pay per video, commission on sales, flat amount per order, bonuses and product seeding publicly. HourlyUGC also lists hourly sessions, share of ad spend and pay per 1,000 views, which Make Influence does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). Make Influence lists bonuses, which HourlyUGC does not list publicly. 1
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. Make Influence 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	JoinBrands	Make Influence
Hourly sessions	Time-based pay exists only for TikTok Shop Lives, priced at $1 per minute of livestream. Not hourly UGC sessions. 1	Not listed publicly
Pay per video	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	A fixed fee for agreed content on an agreed date, or a base fee plus commission, often with product included. 1 2
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. 1	Commission on tracked results: a share of sales, or a fixed amount per sale or per click. The brand chooses the basis: sales, clicks or leads. 1 2
Flat amount per order	Not listed publicly	A fixed amount per sale is one of the commission options. 1
Share of ad spend	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Pay per 1,000 views	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Retainers	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	Not listed publicly
Bonuses	Performance-based bonuses set inside campaigns, plus tips from brands; the 20 % creator fee applies to performance bonuses but not tips. 1 2	Top performers can get extra compensation as bonuses or invitations to private campaigns. 1
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. 1 2	Product-only collaborations: the creator receives the product and no fee. 1
Ads launched from the platform	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	Not listed publicly
Money and tracking	JoinBrands	Make Influence
How sales are attributed	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	A tracking link per creator with a cookie of up to 30 days, an IP fallback kept up to three months for in-app browsers, and per-creator discount codes on Shopify, WooCommerce, PrestaShop and Magento. Code sales show in the creator report, not the campaign report. 1 2
Platform fee	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	A service fee as a percentage of the commission paid to creators: 30 % (Entry), 25 % (Basic), 20 % (Growth), 15 % (Full Service Pro), charged only when results happen. The Danish page adds 10 % on fixed upfront payments and says the fee covers commission and UGC. 1 2 3
Brand pricing	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	A monthly subscription plus the service fee. English page: Entry 95 EUR a month (80 billed yearly), Basic 535 EUR (455), Growth 805 EUR (685), Full Service Pro from 1,205 EUR (1,025); optional onboarding 670 EUR. Danish page: 595, 3,400, 5,100 and 7,650 DKK a month. Their example: a 100 EUR sale at 10 % commission costs the brand 13 EUR on Entry. 1 2
Creator payout	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	Earned commission is paid to creators automatically by the platform; method and timing are not given on the pages read. 1
Regions	Creators: United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia and Canada, age 18+. Brand countries are not stated. 1 2	Based in Aarhus, Denmark, with the site in English, Danish and Swedish. A full country list is not given. 1 2
Scale they publish	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	They say: They say 1,500+ companies, 3,000+ campaigns, 5,000+ approved influencers, 930,000+ sales tracked, 500M DKK+ revenue generated (incl. VAT) and 60M DKK+ paid out in commission. 1 2

What the facts say

Where they overlap

Pay per video
Commission on sales
Bonuses
Product seeding

JoinBrands lists, Make Influence does not

Hourly sessions: Time-based pay exists only for TikTok Shop Lives, priced at $1 per minute of livestream. Not hourly UGC sessions.
Retainers: Monthly retainer campaigns: $100-500+ per month for a quota of 10-30 pieces (creator page); available to Level 2 creators and above.
Ads launched from the platform: 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.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Make Influence lists, JoinBrands does not

Flat amount per order: A fixed amount per sale is one of the commission options.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Which brand each one fits

From the models each lists, nothing else.

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

Make Influence

brands that can attribute sales and want to pay on orders
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 JoinBrands and Make Influence have in common?

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

What does JoinBrands list that Make Influence does not?

JoinBrands lists hourly sessions, retainers and ads launched from the platform. Make Influence does not list them publicly; that is not the same as not offering them.

What does Make Influence list that JoinBrands does not?

Make Influence lists flat amount per order. JoinBrands does not list it 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”
JoinBrands: JoinBrands creator page · joinbrands.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Benefit from our fixed pricing policy.”
Make Influence: makeinfluence.com: How it works (brands), read 2026-11-07 · makeinfluence.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “An agreed amount for agreed deliverables, on an agreed date.”
JoinBrands: JoinBrands, TikTok Shop affiliates page · joinbrands.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Earn a percentage of every sale your TikTok Shop content generates.”
Make Influence: makeinfluence.com: Pricing (English), read 2026-11-07 · makeinfluence.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “whether that is on sales, clicks or leads.”
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
Make Influence: makeinfluence.com: Priser (Danish pricing page), read 2026-11-07 · makeinfluence.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “10% service fee på upfront-betalinger”
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
Make Influence: makeinfluence.com, home, read 2026-11-07 · makeinfluence.com, checked Nov 7, 2026