Platform profile

Trend

A self-serve content platform where brands buy prepaid Creator Credits, ship product to vetted creators, and receive a fixed number of licensed photos or videos per creator.

Updated Nov 7, 2026

trend.io 2 of 9 pay models listed publicly

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Why brands pick HourlyUGC over Trend

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
Trend lists pay per video and product seeding publicly. HourlyUGC also lists hourly sessions, commission on sales, flat amount per order, share of ad spend and pay per 1,000 views, which Trend 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. Trend 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

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

Trend lists pay per video and product seeding on its public pages. Hourly sessions, commission on sales, 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	Creator Credits at $9.16 each; hiring a creator costs 20, 40 or 60 credits by skill level and each hired creator delivers 2 videos or 5 photos. Packages from $550 for up to 6 videos.1 “Each creator you hire will produce 5 photos or 2 videos”
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	✓ Yes	Brands ship their products to the creators; creators earn cash and keep free products.1 2 “Ship your products to content creators”
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	None stated beyond the credits: no subscriptions, software fees or contracts; credits expire 12 months after purchase. 1
Brand pricing	Credit packages: $550 (60 credits, up to 6 videos), $1,045 (140 credits, up to 14), $1,980 (280 credits, up to 28), $3,872 (560 credits, up to 56). 100 % licensing and distribution rights to approved content. 1
Creator payout	Payment goes to the creator's PayPal account as soon as the brand approves the content; free for creators. 1
Regions	Not listed publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026)
Scale they publish	They say: They say over 1,000 brands; their home-page counters show 18,500+ videos created, 21,000+ photos created, 3,700+ creators in the network, 15K+ creators on the waitlist, 31,500+ videos delivered, 46,000+ images delivered and 20,000+ partnerships completed. 1

Is Trend legit? What the public record shows

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

Trend runs at trend.io and lists pay per video and product seeding on its public pages, checked Nov 7, 2026, read on 7 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: Trend runs at trend.io.
How creators are paid: Pay per video and Product seeding listed publicly. Payment goes to the creator's PayPal account as soon as the brand approves the content; free for creators.
What brands pay: None stated beyond the credits: no subscriptions, software fees or contracts; credits expire 12 months after purchase. Credit packages: $550 (60 credits, up to 6 videos), $1,045 (140 credits, up to 14), $1,980 (280 credits, up to 28), $3,872 (560 credits, up to 56). 100 % licensing and distribution rights to approved content.
What it says about its scale: They say over 1,000 brands; their home-page counters show 18,500+ videos created, 21,000+ photos created, 3,700+ creators in the network, 15K+ creators on the waitlist, 31,500+ videos delivered, 46,000+ images delivered and 20,000+ partnerships completed.
Where we read it: 7 public pages on trend.io, 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 and bonuses. Not listed publicly is not the same as not offered.

Fits, from the facts

Prepaid credits with a fixed output per creator
Photos and videos with full licensing and distribution rights

Notes

Only approved content is charged: they say you will not pay if a creator does not produce content. After the first delivery, more assets can be bought from the same creator with credits. A 10 % discount code on the first package was shown on the pricing page on 2026-11-07.

Sources

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

trend.io: Pricing, read 2026-11-07 · trend.io, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Each creator you hire will produce 5 photos or 2 videos”
trend.io: For creators, read 2026-11-07 · trend.io, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Free Products + Cash”
trend.io, home, read 2026-11-07 · trend.io, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Why over 1,000 brands trust us.”