Creator agreement

This agreement sits alongside the Terms of service and applies to you as a Creator on Yap Factory. Brands agree to the matching Brand agreement.

1. Your status

You are an independent contractor, not our employee or the Brand’s. You are responsible for your own tax. Stripe collects the details required in your country before your first payout.

2. What we promise

• No application caps, no paid tiers, no fees and no withdrawal fees. You keep 100% of your price.
• Saying yes to an offer does not start work. The Brand then chooses to start the deal; only then is their card charged, and Yap Factory holds the money before you film.
• Every offer is fixed before you accept; changes need a new version you re-accept.
• Your full fee is released when the Brand approves your draft. If the Brand does not respond within 72 hours of your draft, it is approved automatically. When the money reaches your bank depends on Stripe’s payout schedule for your account.
• If the Brand cancels after app access is delivered, you receive a cancellation fee of 50% of your fee for making the video from the held money. If they cancel after you submitted a draft, you are paid for that draft.
• Nothing is held without a written reason, and disputes are resolved within 5 business days.

3. What you promise

• The social accounts you link are yours and the videos you upload are your original work.
• You will disclose paid partnerships (#ad, paid-partnership label) as the law requires.
• You will deliver within the dates on the accepted offer once app access has been delivered.
• You will not sell the same video to two brands, and you will honour any category exclusivity you priced into an offer.
• You will keep deals, contact and payment with brands you meet here on Yap Factory for 24 months after you first connect (Terms 6b): no emails, phone numbers, handles or payment outside the platform. Breaking this can mean a warning, a pause on messaging, or suspension. If a brand asks you to go outside, report the message; you’ll never be penalised for it.

4. Drafts and revisions

• You upload a draft. The Brand reviews a watermarked preview; the clean file is released to them only when they approve it.
• 3 revision rounds are included. Each round is one consolidated note from the named approver, and you return the revised draft within 3 business days.
• A revision can be anything from a small edit to a full re-record. Each round after the included ones is paid to you at the extra-revision price you set on your profile. That price is fixed on the offer, and the Brand is charged before the round starts.

5. Rights

You keep copyright. The Brand may always post the approved video on its own channels. Running it as a paid ad is limited to the usage rights on the accepted offer, for the channels and term stated. You set your own price for each ad term on your profile: 3 months, 6 months, 12 months or forever.

When a licence reaches its end date, any paid-ad use after that date must stop unless you and the Brand agree a new licence.

6. ID check

You can verify your identity with a document and selfie check. It is optional and only adds a verified badge to your profile; you can find work, accept offers and get paid without it. How that data is handled is set out in the Privacy policy.

7. Reliability

On-time delivery, response time and dispute history feed a score used in matching. New creators start with a neutral prior, not a penalty. Your on-time rate shows on your profile.

8. Ending this agreement

Delete your account any time from Settings. Open deals complete first. We may suspend accounts for breach of this agreement with notice and a reason.