Platform profile

JoinBrands

UGC and TikTok Shop affiliate marketplace with fixed per-content prices, a platform fee on each creator payment, and creators in five countries.

Updated Nov 7, 2026

joinbrands.com 6 of 9 pay models listed publicly

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Why brands pick HourlyUGC over 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
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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JoinBrands lists hourly sessions, pay per video, commission on sales, retainers, bonuses and product seeding on its public pages. Flat amount per order, share of ad spend and pay per 1,000 views are not listed publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026).

Pay models

Pay model	Listed publicly	Detail and source
Hourly sessions	✓ Yes	Time-based pay exists only for TikTok Shop Lives, priced at $1 per minute of livestream. Not hourly UGC sessions.1 “TikTok Shop Lives: $1/min”
Pay per video	✓ Yes	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 “you will acquire unlimited usage rights”
Commission on sales	✓ Yes	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 “Earn a percentage of every sale your TikTok Shop content generates.”
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	✓ Yes	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 “Monthly Retainers”
Bonuses	✓ Yes	Performance-based bonuses set inside campaigns, plus tips from brands; the 20 % creator fee applies to performance bonuses but not tips.1 2 “Set performance-based bonuses directly inside your campaigns.”
Product seeding	✓ Yes	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 sampling, gifting, and seeding”
Ads launched from the platform	✓ Yes	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 “Boost any TikTok post your creators publish”

Fees, attribution, payouts

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
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
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
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
Regions	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, 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

Is JoinBrands legit? What the public record shows

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

JoinBrands runs at joinbrands.com and lists hourly sessions, pay per video, commission on sales, retainers, bonuses and product seeding on its public pages, checked Nov 7, 2026, read on 24 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: JoinBrands runs at joinbrands.com. Creators: United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia and Canada, age 18+. Brand countries are not stated.
How creators are paid: Hourly sessions, Pay per video, Commission on sales, Retainers, Bonuses and Product seeding listed publicly. 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.
What brands pay: 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. 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.
How sales are counted: 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.
What it says about its scale: 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.
Where we read it: 24 public pages on joinbrands.com and help.joinbrands.com, each linked under Sources below, checked Nov 7, 2026.
Not on its public pages: Flat amount per order, share of ad spend and pay per 1,000 views. Not listed publicly is not the same as not offered.

Fits, from the facts

Fixed per-video prices with usage rights included
TikTok Shop affiliate and livestream campaigns
Many quick UGC videos from creators in the US, UK, Germany, Australia and Canada

Notes

JoinBrands charges both sides: a brand-side fee on each creator payment (8-15 % by plan) and a creator-side 20 % fee on job earnings. Its scale claims are inconsistent across its own pages (100,000+ brands in the header, 30K+ and 20,000+ elsewhere; 4 million creators on the home page, 40K+ community on the TikTok Shop page). The 'hourly' value refers only to TikTok Shop Lives priced per minute, not to hourly content sessions. TikTok Shop commission rates are shown as 15-30 % on the creator page; the page does not say who sets the rate.

Sources

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

JoinBrands pricing page · joinbrands.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “TikTok Shop Lives: $1/min”
JoinBrands creator page · joinbrands.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Benefit from our fixed pricing policy.”
JoinBrands, TikTok Shop affiliates page · joinbrands.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Earn a percentage of every sale your TikTok Shop content generates.”
JoinBrands help center, retainer jobs · help.joinbrands.com, checked Nov 7, 2026
JoinBrands home page · joinbrands.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Set performance-based bonuses directly inside your campaigns.”
JoinBrands help center, creator fees · help.joinbrands.com, checked Nov 7, 2026
JoinBrands help center, TikTok Boost Ads · help.joinbrands.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Boost any TikTok post your creators publish”
JoinBrands help center, TikTok Spark Ads · help.joinbrands.com, checked Nov 7, 2026
JoinBrands help center, TikTok and TikTok Shop analytics · help.joinbrands.com, checked Nov 7, 2026
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 help center, joining from a different country · help.joinbrands.com, checked Nov 7, 2026