Compared on public facts

Levanta vs Shopify Collabs

Updated Nov 7, 2026

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

Levanta and Shopify Collabs both list commission on sales and product seeding.

6 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 Levanta and Shopify Collabs

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
Levanta 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 Levanta does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). 1
Shopify Collabs 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 Shopify Collabs does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). 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. Levanta and Shopify Collabs do 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

Start a campaign on HourlyUGCFacts checked Nov 7, 2026. HourlyUGC is held to the same sourcing rule as every other platform here.

Which pay models each one lists

Side by side

Pay model	Levanta	Shopify Collabs
Hourly sessions	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Pay per video	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Commission on sales	Brands set commissions on their products; the creator page shows example rates by category from 10 % to 25 %. Custom or private commissions and paid placements appear in the plan tables. 1 2	Creators earn a percentage commission on the sales they drive; the listing names custom, product-level and tiered commissions. 1 2
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	Not listed publicly
Bonuses	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Product seeding	Product seeding can be automated; sampling is listed among creator recruitment tools. 1 2	Merchants send creators product gifts or a discount on a purchase from the Gifts tab. 1 2
Ads launched from the platform	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Money and tracking	Levanta	Shopify Collabs
How sales are attributed	Affiliate links per creator, with clicks and sales tracked at the product level (a customer quote on the home page). Amazon plans list Best Seller Rank, New-to-Brand and Brand Referral Bonus reporting; some plans list creator discount codes. 1 2	Sales are tracked through each creator's affiliate links and discount codes in the merchant's Shopify store. Commissions sit in a holding period set by the merchant (default 30 days) before they are billed. 1 2
Platform fee	Creators pay nothing and Levanta takes no cut of their commissions. A brand-side fee is not published on the pricing page. 1 2	A 2.9 % processing fee on every automatic commission payment, shown on the merchant's Shopify bill. 1
Brand pricing	No prices on the pricing page; brands request a demo. A separate plan exists for qualifying Amazon sellers with under $3M a year in Amazon sales. 1	Free to install from the Shopify App Store; additional charges may apply, including the 2.9 % processing fee on automatic payments. Charges billed in USD. 1
Creator payout	Levanta pays creators automatically, in a single monthly payment covering all brands. 1099 handling is listed in the plan tables. 1 2	After the holding period the commission is added to the merchant's next Shopify bill, then paid to creators who activated automatic payouts (Hyperwallet: PayPal or bank transfer). Payouts run twice a month, in USD, once the balance is at least $25. 1 2 3
Regions	Marketplaces: Amazon, Shopify, Walmart and Wayfair. Countries are not named. 1	Not listed publicly
Scale they publish	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly

What the facts say

Where they overlap

Commission on sales
Product seeding

Levanta lists, Shopify Collabs does not

Nothing in the models we track.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Shopify Collabs lists, Levanta does not

Nothing in the models we track.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Which brand each one fits

From the models each lists, nothing else.

Levanta

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

Shopify Collabs

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

Questions people ask

What do Levanta and Shopify Collabs have in common?

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

What does Levanta list that Shopify Collabs does not?

Nothing in the pay models we track. Every model Levanta lists, Shopify Collabs lists too.

What does Shopify Collabs list that Levanta does not?

Nothing in the pay models we track.

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.

Levanta: levanta.io, home, read 2026-11-07 · levanta.io, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Set commissions, automate product seeding, negotiate flat-fee partnerships, and more.”
Levanta: levanta.io: For creators, read 2026-11-07 · levanta.io, checked Nov 7, 2026
Shopify Collabs: Shopify App Store: Shopify Collabs listing, read 2026-11-07 · apps.shopify.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Track & pay affiliate commissions automatically via your Shopify bill.”
Shopify Collabs: Shopify Help Center: Collabs, paying creators (merchants), read 2026-11-07 · help.shopify.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “commission earned by the creator is 10%”
Levanta: levanta.io: Pricing, read 2026-11-07 · levanta.io, checked Nov 7, 2026
Shopify Collabs: Shopify Help Center: Shopify Collabs, read 2026-11-07 · help.shopify.com, checked Nov 7, 2026
Shopify Collabs: Shopify Help Center: Collabs, getting paid (creators), read 2026-11-07 · help.shopify.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Automatic payouts are then scheduled to be paid out twice per month”