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Getting your first campaign

5 min read•Updated Sep 2026

1Create your creator account

Sign up at /signup and choose the Creator role — email/password or “Continue with Google” both work. Then finish the onboarding wizard: your profile, a quick tier check, plan selection, and finally Stripe payouts.

You can browse and apply before payouts are set up, but you won't actually get paid until (1) your Stripe Connect onboarding is complete and (2) your tax form (W-9 / W-8BEN) is approved. Both live under Dashboard → Payouts.

2Make your profile work for you

  • Profile: a clear display name, a short bio, your niche, and a sample of past work — businesses review these before approving anyone.
  • Connect socials: link Google/YouTube to verify your subscriber count (that determines your tier: Small Creator 100k–999k, Moderate Creator 1M–9.9M, Big Creator 10M+). Instagram and TikTok connects are optional extras for social proof.
  • Reputation: reviews are two-sided and you have a right to reply. A strong rating is the fastest way to get approved.

3Discover and apply

Open Dashboard → Discover and filter by niche, budget, and campaign type (Fixed fee, Affiliate, or Hybrid). Each campaign shows what the business wants, how many deliverables, and the budget.

  • Apply with a short cover note — businesses see it in their Applicants queue.
  • Free tier: up to 2 active campaigns at once and 5 accepted per 7 days — paid plans raise both.
  • You can apply to the same campaign once — the platform enforces it.

4Deliver on schedule

When the business approves you, your deliverables appear in Dashboard → My Campaigns with individual deadlines. Each one has a 24-hour grace period before it counts as missed — after that the deliverable is kicked and your completion record takes a hit.

Fixed-fee campaigns pay on approval. Affiliate/Hybrid campaigns give you a unique tracking link: you promote it, and every attributed sale earns you 90% of the attributed revenue above the £10 minimum fee — the platform fee is a flat 10%.

  • Label it as an ad — every time. When you share your tracking link or post about a paid campaign, include a clear #ad (or “Ad”) at the very start of your caption or description so it is visible before anyone clicks or expands the post. This is a legal requirement under the UK CAP Code and CMA influencer guidance — “collab”, “partner”, or a buried disclaimer is not enough.
  • Keep the label untruncated: it must survive “more” folds on every platform, be in your audience's primary language, and appear on every post, story tag, bio link, and republish — not just the first one.
  • Attest when you submit. Affiliate and Hybrid submissions now require you to tick an #ad attestation checkbox before the Submit button unlocks — the platform rejects any tracked-campaign submission without it (a fixed-fee upload needs no attestation, since there is no link to share). Ticking it records when you attested, shown to the business during approval.
  • Why it matters: undisclosed ads breach the ASA/CAP rules and Adswish's Terms (section 5). Repeated non-disclosure is treated as a breach and can affect your account.
Copy-paste starter: “#ad — [your honest take on the product]. [Tracking link]” on captions, and “#ad” on the first line of any story or video description. Once your link is live, the campaign page shows per-platform templates (TikTok, YouTube, Instagram) you can copy in one click. Full rules: Terms of Service, section 5 (Advertising disclosure).

5Getting paid

  • Every conversion enters a 7-day hold (protects against refunds/chargebacks).
  • After the hold, revenue releases to your balance.
  • Weekly payouts pay out when your balance is at least £25 and your tax form is approved.
  • You get a downloadable PDF invoice for each payout month, plus a full ledger in Earnings.
Keep your card/account details and tax form current — a payout that can't be delivered gets paused, not lost.

6Protect your reputation

Use the in-app chat (PII-filtered) to negotiate terms and share updates. If something goes wrong, SLA disputes auto-resolve after 72 hours — so businesses are held to deadlines just like creators. Deliver on time, stay communicative, and the review system rewards you.

7Your privacy choices

Your cookie choice is shown on first visit and is always yours to change: use the “Cookie choices” link in the footer of any page to reopen the banner and withdraw or update consent at any time — no need to clear site data. Declining analytics keeps the platform fully functional; it only means no product-improvement telemetry is collected. Consent records are kept (anonymized) as proof that a lawful choice was made — see the Privacy Policy for exactly what is stored and for how long.

8Frequently asked questions

How do I get paid as a creator?

Every conversion enters a 7-day hold, then releases to your balance. Weekly payouts pay out once your balance is at least £25 and your tax form (W-9 or W-8BEN) is approved.

Do I have to label my posts as an ad?

Yes — every paid post needs a clear #ad at the very start of the caption or description, visible before anyone clicks. Affiliate and Hybrid submissions also require the #ad attestation before Submit unlocks.

Can I apply to the same campaign twice?

No — you can apply to the same campaign once; the platform enforces it.

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