Platform profile

#paid

A creator marketing platform where creators set their own rates per collaboration, brands buy paid social rights through #paid, and creators are paid twice a month.

Updated Nov 7, 2026

hashtagpaid.com 1 of 9 pay models listed publicly

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Why brands pick HourlyUGC over #paid

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
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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#paid lists pay per video on its public pages. Hourly sessions, commission on sales, flat amount per order, share of ad spend, pay per 1,000 views, retainers, bonuses and product seeding 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	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 “the fees that Creator may charge to create content”
Commission on sales	–	Not listed publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026)
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	–	Not listed publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026)
Ads launched from the platform	✓ Yes	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 “Campaign Content will only be amplified or licensed exclusively through #paid”

Fees, attribution, payouts

How sales are attributed	Not listed publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026)
Platform fee	Not listed publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026)
Brand pricing	Not listed publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026)
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
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
Scale they publish	They say: They say their insights come from thousands of campaigns and creators. 1

Is #paid legit? What the public record shows

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

#paid runs at hashtagpaid.com and lists pay per video on its public pages, checked Nov 7, 2026, read on 9 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: #paid runs at hashtagpaid.com. 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.
How creators are paid: Pay per video listed publicly. 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.
What it says about its scale: They say their insights come from thousands of campaigns and creators.
Where we read it: 9 public pages on hashtagpaid.com and help.hashtagpaid.com, each linked under Sources below, checked Nov 7, 2026.
Not on its public pages: Hourly sessions, commission on sales, flat amount per order, share of ad spend, pay per 1,000 views, retainers, bonuses and product seeding. Not listed publicly is not the same as not offered.

Fits, from the facts

Brands that want creators to set their own rates
Buying paid social rights to creator content in the same place

Notes

Owned-channel use of campaign content is licensed for one year after posting, they say; longer or paid use is bought separately. Brand pricing and the #paid service fee are not published on the pages read.

Sources

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

#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”
hashtagpaid.com (#paid), home, read 2026-11-07 · hashtagpaid.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “before ever getting on a campaign.”
#paid help centre: My collaboration got cancelled, will I be paid out?, read 2026-11-07 · help.hashtagpaid.com, checked Nov 7, 2026