Platform profile

Collabstr

An influencer and UGC marketplace where brands buy creators' preset packages or post campaigns, pay into escrow, and release the money on approval.

Updated Nov 7, 2026

collabstr.com 3 of 9 pay models listed publicly

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Why brands pick HourlyUGC over Collabstr

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
Collabstr lists pay per video, commission on sales and product seeding publicly. HourlyUGC also lists hourly sessions, flat amount per order, share of ad spend and pay per 1,000 views, which Collabstr does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). 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. Collabstr 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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Collabstr lists pay per video, commission on sales and product seeding on its public pages. Hourly sessions, flat amount per order, share of ad spend, pay per 1,000 views, retainers and bonuses are not listed publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026).

Pay models

Pay model	Listed publicly	Detail and source
Hourly sessions	–	Not listed publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026)
Pay per video	✓ Yes	Brands buy a creator's preset package or make a custom offer at the creator's price; a 10 % fee is added at checkout; the payment is held in escrow until the brand approves the content.1 2 “Collabstr holds your payment until you approve the work.”
Commission on sales	✓ Yes	Affiliate income may be offered to creators as an incentive on top of a required minimum flat fee of $50 per collaboration; the commission itself is agreed in the brief, not tracked by Collabstr.1 “you are welcome to offer affiliate income to influencers as an incentive”
Flat amount per order	–	Not listed publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026)
Share of ad spend	–	Not listed publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026)
Pay per 1,000 views	–	Not listed publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026)
Retainers	–	Not listed publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026)
Bonuses	–	Not listed publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026)
Product seeding	✓ Yes	Free product may be offered to creators, but a minimum flat fee of $50 is still required to collaborate through a campaign.1 “you are welcome to offer influencers free product”
Ads launched from the platform	–	Not listed publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026)

Fees, attribution, payouts

How sales are attributed	Not listed publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026)
Platform fee	Brands: a 10 % fee added at checkout on every order, reducible on a monthly plan. Creators: a 15 % commission on all order payouts. 1 2
Brand pricing	Searching and ordering is free with the 10 % checkout fee. Two subscriptions, Pro and Premium, are needed to post campaigns and raise how many campaigns can run each month; their prices are on collabstr.com/pricing, which sat behind a Cloudflare check we could not pass on 2026-11-07. 1 2
Creator payout	Once the brand approves the content the payment is released into the creator's Collabstr balance, minus the 15 % commission. Payouts by PayPal, gift cards or local bank transfer in 150+ currencies (ACH, RTP, Venmo, Cash App, Interac, SEPA, UPI, GCash and others). 1
Regions	Payout methods cover the Americas (US, Canada, Mexico), Australia, the UK and the Eurozone, Ukraine, Kenya, South Africa, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore, with PayPal in most countries. 1
Scale they publish	They say: Their influencer directory page is titled 'Top 76,574 Influencers' in search listings (2026-11-07); their help center says brands can search thousands of influencers. 1

Is Collabstr legit? What the public record shows

From Collabstr's own public pages, checked Nov 7, 2026. No verdict: what is public, and what is not.

Collabstr runs at collabstr.com and lists pay per video, commission on sales and product seeding on its public pages, checked Nov 7, 2026, read on 11 public pages. What is not on those pages is shown as not listed publicly. This site gives no verdict: it shows the public record, with a source and a date on every fact.

Company: Collabstr runs at collabstr.com. Payout methods cover the Americas (US, Canada, Mexico), Australia, the UK and the Eurozone, Ukraine, Kenya, South Africa, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore, with PayPal in most countries.
How creators are paid: Pay per video, Commission on sales and Product seeding listed publicly. Once the brand approves the content the payment is released into the creator's Collabstr balance, minus the 15 % commission. Payouts by PayPal, gift cards or local bank transfer in 150+ currencies (ACH, RTP, Venmo, Cash App, Interac, SEPA, UPI, GCash and others).
What brands pay: Brands: a 10 % fee added at checkout on every order, reducible on a monthly plan. Creators: a 15 % commission on all order payouts. Searching and ordering is free with the 10 % checkout fee. Two subscriptions, Pro and Premium, are needed to post campaigns and raise how many campaigns can run each month; their prices are on collabstr.com/pricing, which sat behind a Cloudflare check we could not pass on 2026-11-07.
What it says about its scale: Their influencer directory page is titled 'Top 76,574 Influencers' in search listings (2026-11-07); their help center says brands can search thousands of influencers.
Where we read it: 11 public pages on help.collabstr.com and collabstr.com, each linked under Sources below, checked Nov 7, 2026.
Not on its public pages: Hourly sessions, flat amount per order, share of ad spend, pay per 1,000 views, retainers and bonuses. Not listed publicly is not the same as not offered.

Fits, from the facts

Buying a creator's preset package with the money held in escrow
Campaigns that add free product or affiliate income on top of a $50 minimum fee
Paying creators in many countries and currencies

Notes

collabstr.com itself sat behind a Cloudflare check that our fetches did not pass on 2026-11-07, so every cell comes from their help center at help.collabstr.com and from page titles their site exposes to search engines. Their own help center says it is not possible to create a $0 order: free product or affiliate income can be added, but a $50 minimum flat fee is always required. Usage rights are not always included and can be requested at checkout.

Sources

Checked Nov 7, 2026. Send a correction with a public URL and we update the fact and its date.

Collabstr help center: How to Place an Order With an Influencer (updated 15 Oct 2025) · help.collabstr.com, checked Oct 15, 2025 · “Collabstr holds your payment until you approve the work.”
Collabstr help center: What is Collabstr? (updated 20 Aug 2025) · help.collabstr.com, checked Aug 20, 2025 · “connects brands with influencers for paid collaborations”
Collabstr help center: Post a Campaign (updated 22 Sep 2025) · help.collabstr.com, checked Sep 22, 2025 · “you are welcome to offer affiliate income to influencers as an incentive”
Collabstr help center: Supported Payout Methods (updated 9 Oct 2025) · help.collabstr.com, checked Oct 9, 2025 · “Collabstr charges a 15% commission on all order payouts.”
Collabstr help center: Choosing and Updating Your Subscription (updated 22 Sep 2026) · help.collabstr.com, checked Sep 22, 2026 · “Collabstr offers two subscription plans, Pro and Premium.”
collabstr.com: Find and hire influencers (page title as listed by search engines on 2026-11-07; the page itself sat behind a Cloudflare check) · collabstr.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Top 76,574 Influencers”