Hi all,
I have some brands that are looking to gift creators with awesome products in exchange for a brief testimonial or product-use video.
No elaborate production needed, light editing, just a short video.
You choose which brands you want to work with, and the product's yours to keep either way.
Let me know if you'd like to participate and I'll share the link to get started.
We are launching our brand, a D2C luxury wellness brand featuring a weighted Tencel body pillow designed for deep sleep, grounding, and anxiety relief. I am looking for reliable UGC creators to produce high-converting ad creative and website assets for our launch campaign.
What We Are Looking For:
Deliverables Required:
I see a lot of new creators get discouraged in week one because their first few Canvas videos get 200 views, and they assume the brief is bad or they picked the wrong niche.
What people miss is that this is just how the model works in your favor over time, even if you're warming the account up properly.
And that's the part that trips people up: a proper warm-up and a flat first few posts aren't contradictory; they're actually two different signals doing two different jobs.
The pre-posting warmup (liking, commenting, following, reposting in your niche) tells TikTok what topic the account is interested in. It does not tell TikTok how good your actual videos are.
That second part can only be measured by testing real videos on a real, if small, batch of viewers, watch time, rewatch rate, and how many scroll past in the first second.
There's no shortcut around that, because it's data that literally doesn't exist until you post.
So here's what's actually happening when your first videos get 200 views despite doing warmup correctly:
In other words, warmup doesn't make the first few videos go viral; it makes the testing phase count for something instead of being wasted on the wrong audience.
The flat views aren't a sign the warmup failed; they're the account being tested before TikTok commits to showing it to more people.
This is honestly one of the most underrated parts of Canvas UGC. You get algorithmic distribution that would take years to build on a personal page, and you get it in weeks because the account is laser-niched from day one.
We've already hit 50m+ views on our campaign, and you will be joining a team of awesome UGC creators to make short-form content (TikTok, Instagram, Youtube) promoting our health app. Recurring, ongoing work — not a one-off.
Why creators like working with us:
Perfect for people who:
No experience needed. If you understand hooks and can make something feel native instead of like an ad, we'll give you everything else — formats, scripts, reference videos, feedback.
Formats:
What you'll make:
Interested?
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Hi! I’m the founder of Nudae Creative, a social media agency working with beauty, skincare, body care, and personal care brands.
I’m building a freelance creator roster and looking for reliable UGC creators, models, and photo creators ages 18+ of all backgrounds and experience levels.
UGC projects may include product demos, routines, testimonials, GRWMs, and aesthetic short-form videos. Photo creators/models will take lifestyle and product photos — Pinterest-style phone photography is welcome.
Pay starts at $150 per project. Projects are offered as they become available, and you can always accept or decline.
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Hi everyone!
We're ContentCam, an app that records vertical and horizontal at the same time — shoot once, get both formats ready to post. Perfect for creators!
If you make content for TikTok, Reels, or Shorts and want a faster way to film, we'd love to work with you.
We're looking to gift Lifetime Premium access ($49.99 USD) to creators who creators who'd genuinely get use out of the app.
🎁 What you'll get:
Lifetime Premium access via a unique code — all digital, so open to creators anywhere.
🎥 What we're looking for:
One short UGC-style video (15-30s) — post it on your own channels (TikTok + IG) and tag us. We may also repost your video to our brand socials (organic usage).
✨ What the app does (work in whatever feels natural):
Creators who are a great fit will be offered ongoing paid work — creators of all sizes welcome 🩵
If you're interested, comment your portfolio + location and we'll reach out! Thanks
There’s this whole trend that has blown up over the last couple years where brands pay normal users to make short form videos for them, is called UGC (user generated content)
They are not influencers with millions of followers, a lot of these creators start with tiny accounts, make content for apps or consumer brands, get paid per campaign or based on performance, and eventually turn it into pretty serious monthly income.
I recently watched a breakdown from Canyon and Drew, the founders of Sideshift. They've worked with and paid thousands of UGC creators and have also worked with a huge number of important brands (Apps, brands business, etc) creator campaigns, so they have a unique view of both sides of the market: what brands look for when hiring and what the creators making real money tend to do differently.
This was probably the clearest breakdown I've seen of how the progression works: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kk6jcv7l0Y&pp=0gcJCWoCo7VqN5tD&ra=m
so I tried to turn it into a roadmap:
1) Get good enough to be hired
When you’re starting, a few good videos are enough to show that you can talk naturally to camera and tell a story.
They specifically recommend having around three strong examples
2) Get your first real case studies
When you have zero results, being insanely picky about rates can slow you down a lot.
So for the first months accept also smal campaigns, short trial. These deals can be worth much more than the initial payout if it gives you an important case study you can show the next brand.
3) Take a lot of reps
In the first weeks the game becomes volume, you need to work with different brands, test formats, learn what performs and figure out what you're good at. The guys mention that someone chasing their first $10k month might initially be working across 10 campaigns at once. (Insame but doable)
Btw the point isn't to keep doing ten campaigns forever, but find the few where you're valuable.
4) Give brands a reason to keep paying you
Brands will keep paying you if your content is bringing results.
Views are nice, but if you're helping drive installs, signups or sales, the relationship becomes much more valuable. The creators who last are usually the ones who understand the product, bring new ideas and care about making the campaign work, not just delivering the videos.
5) Turn the best campaigns into long-term deals
Once you have proof behind you, you can start dropping weaker campaigns and focusing on the brands where you've already shown you can perform.
That's where better retainers, CPM deals, view bonuses and longer-term relationships start making a much bigger difference.
Canyon and Drew go much deeper into the whole process here, especially portfolios, CPM deals, campaign managers and what they see from the brand side so check the video.
The overall pattern is pretty simple: get good enough to be hired, build proof, take a lot of reps, learn how to make brands money and then turn the campaigns that work into longer term relationships.
Hi everyone!
I'm building out a creator program for Insight7 - an app to help improve speaking and communication and I'm looking for 4–5 UGC creators to work with us on an initial batch of short-form videos.
I'm looking for creators who can make natural content in their own style. Nothing overly produced, these should be easy, low-lift videos that can be batched together.
You won’t need to post on your personal accounts. We’ll provide the pages the content will be posted on, along with the direction for each video.
Compensation
What we’re looking for
We are specifically looking for creators who can follow through once they commit. We’ve had people sign on and disappear midway through projects before, so please only apply if you’re genuinely available to complete the batch and communicate with us.
Interested?
Drop a comment or DM me with:
We’re kicking this off ASAP, so I’ll be reaching out to creators quickly.
Excited to get started!
Hello! 🙂
I’m currently looking for video creators for ongoing UGC video projects.
Responsibilities & Deliverables:
– Record vertical videos (60 seconds)
– Follow instructions
– Ensure good lighting and clear audio
Requirements:
– Comfortable and natural on camera
– Ability to follow instructions and meet deadlines
– Access to a smartphone (having 2 devices)
Project Details:
$50 per video
Turnaround time: 1–3 days
Ongoing collaboration opportunities
To apply, please send:
Send your portfolio (or IG/socials) & email to apply
Hey guys! I found out about ugc 3 years ago, I immediately got interested by it but I couldn’t seem to start since them. I already know everything about ugc, Ive my niches defined, im not shy to post anything or to make things happen. But I find myself stuck on the portfolio part, I don’t know where to start, I don’t know how to make the videos and I don’t know how to fix that. Any tips to help me finally get started?
We are hiring UGC creators for an AI-powered English Speaking Learning App. We provide proven, winning viral video examples from other channels for you to replicate, making content creation straightforward and fast!
I see a lot of posts about how to start UGC, but not that many about what the path looks like once you want to turn it into real income.
And just to get this out of the way:
$10k/month isn't something you should expect in your first month.
Some people get there ridiculously fast, some take much longer, and a lot of people never get there because they treat UGC like random freelance gigs instead of something they're actually trying to get better at.
But after seeing how creators grow from basically zero to solid monthly income, I think the roadmap is pretty clear.
Before worrying about rates, retainers or whatever someone on Tiktok says you should charge, you need to give a brand a reason to take a chance on you.
And you really don't need much.
I'd start with 3 genuinely good videos, (dont make 20 mid videos)
Just pick products/apps you understand and make content around them like it was a real campaign.
You need to have a good pacing, a strong opening, knowing how to tell a story and then bringing the product into that story naturally.
Ur content need to make someone running a campaign think:
"yeah, I could give this person a brief and they'd probably make something usable"
This is probably where people disagree with me the most.
If you're completely new, I wouldn't sit around waiting for a $2k retainer.
Your first couple deals have value beyond the money.
You get:
i) a real brand work for your portfolio
ii) a case study
iii) experience reading briefs
iv) feedback from campaign managers
v) real data on what you're good at
I'd rather take a smaller trial or performance-based deal with a good company, absolutely crush it and use that to get the next opportunity
There is obviously a point where working for peanuts becomes stupid.
But when you have zero proof, optimizing exclusively for the highest possible rate is usually the wrong game.
At the beginning, you're doing the outbound, nobody knows who you are.
So apply, a lot. that's it
UGC platforms, brands directly, Twitter/X, agencies, wherever you're finding legit campaigns.
And don't send 4 applications and decide
"UGC is oversaturated."
One of the guys in this video said if he started from zero he'd probably apply to 100 campaigns a day.
100 is obviously pretty insane for most people, but the point is right:
When you have no reputation yet, you need shots on goal.
Once you have strong work and some wins, brands start coming to you.
Respond quickly, show up to calls, don't ghost and research the company before talking to them.
Come into the conversation with 2-3 ideas instead of asking them to explain their entire TikTok strategy to you.
This sounds ridiculously basic, but campaign managers notice it, and I'd start asking better questions too.
"what kind of content is converting for you right now?"
"what's the actual goal of this campaign?"
"are you optimizing for views, installs, signups, purchases?"
"what have your best creators done differently?"
You stop sounding like someone trying to collect a $300 check and start sounding like someone who might help grow the campaign.
This is probably the biggest jump.
Going viral and making absolutely nobody buy the product isn't useful to the company paying you.
The creators brands keep around are usually the ones thinking beyond views.
They reply to comments, make follow-up videos when people have questions, DM people who are interested*.*
They care whether the company is getting something back from the money it's spending and that's how a random one-month campaign starts turning into a 3,6 one year campaign.
And once you're producing revenue instead of just content, the "what should I charge per video?" conversation starts becoming way less important.
Something I didn't understand at first is how valuable the relationship with the person managing the campaign can become.
If you're easy to work with, consistently deliver and care about the campaign doing well, they have every reason to keep giving you more work.
And the longer you work together, the more valuable you become because you already know the product, audience, brand etc
The best situation is that you're still making content for them months later.
Your first decent month might be messy.
Different briefs, different accounts, different managers, different posting schedules.
That's fine while you're building.
But I wouldn't want to stay there.
The end goal should be finding the campaigns where:
i) you're good at the content
ii) the brand values you
iii) there is recurring work iv) the base pay is good
iv) there's upside from CPM/view bonuses/performance
Then start dropping the crap.
Making $10k from 3 really good relationships is a completely different business from making $10k by juggling 30 random $300 gigs.
And treat the accounts/content you build like assets
This was one of the more interesting things I heard recently.
Some creators build campaign accounts from literally zero to tens of thousands of followers.
Once you've done that, your negotiating position changes massively.
Now the brand doesn't want to lose you, your account, audience and everything you've learned about making that product work.
That's leverage and higher retainers become easier, bonuses get better.
Some creators even move into managing campaigns or running teams and that's where
UGC starts looking much more like a real business.
So if I had to simplify the whole roadmap:
1) Learn to storytell 2) make 3 strong examples 4) apply like crazy 5) take the first useful opportunities 6) get real results 7) become ridiculously reliable 8) understand the brand's business 9) turn wins into longer relationships 10) slowly replace small gigs with higher-value recurring campaigns.
Not sexy but IMO it's a much more realistic roadmap thanq: "buy a ring light, make a Canva portfolio and charge $500/video."
I got a lot of this from this UGC breakdown and it's worth watching because they go much deeper into the creator/business side than most beginner guides:
Hope this was useful and gives you a more realistic roadmap without getting sold on all the fake promises around UGC
Hey all — I'm putting together a small paid creator roster for a marketplace app, and I'm looking for one person per category rather than a big generic pool. If you're already making content in one of these niches, this might be worth a look.
What it is:
It has active listings across electronics, watches, gaming, collectibles, and art/photography. We need short vertical videos (9:16) that feature a real listing from the app — think unboxing/review/"look what's on this marketplace app" style content, whatever fits your normal format. Nothing scripted, we want it to look like your regular content, not an ad read.
The contract:
- 1 month, ~100 videos over that time (~25/week, roughly 3–4 a day)
- ₹10,000–15,000 for the month depending on category/experience, paid in two milestones (mid-contract + completion)
- You Crosspost everything through Instagram, Facebook reels. youtube shorts, X, threads
Performance bonus, on top of the base pay:
If a video takes off within 7 days of going up:
-50k views- 500
- 100K views → ₹1,000
- 500K views → ₹2,500
- 1M views → ₹5,000
- 2.5M views → ₹10,000
What we need from you:
- Consistent daily-ish output through the month, not everything batched at the end
Limited Spots
To apply: drop a comment or DM with a couple of recent videos and which category you'd cover. Direct creators only, no agencies/managers.
Something I think new creators consistently underestimate: what "active" actually looks like once you're in a Canvas UGC program.
1-3 posts a day. 30+ videos a month per account, minimum, for accounts that are actually being taken seriously by brands. That's not a side hustle you do once a week, at least not if you want the CPM math to add up to anything meaningful.
Not saying this to discourage anyone, just to set the expectation honestly before someone joins a campaign expecting light output and real income at the same time.
Hey everyone!
We're looking for UGC creators to make videos for a fast growing D&D/TTRPG app.
We'll provide:
The goal is to create videos that feel natural and authentic.
Payment will be made monthly via PayPal or Wise after the content is posted.
Apply here:
https://forms.gle/u9QuAfZCptASpDfd6
Please apply through the form rather than DM so we can keep applications organised.
Hey everyone,
I’m a full-stack engineer with a few years of experience building and shipping digital products (both B2B SaaS and B2C mobile apps).
Right now, I’m starting to build a consumer-facing (B2C) app engineered specifically for the US market. The UI/UX is clean, the tech stack is fast, and the product is built to convert.
I’m based outside the US. Because of TikTok’s strict SIM/IP geofencing, pushing organic short-form content directly into US feeds from here creates unnecessary algorithmic friction.
More importantly, the AI UGC / TikTok Photo Slideshow / Carousel meta moves fast, and it works best when operated by someone physically in the US who understands native hooks, viral formats, and trending pacing.
If you already know how to make REALISTIC AI UGC CONTENT and short-form edits run numbers, but you're tired of mediocre affiliate offers and want a real, scalable product behind your traffic:
Drop a comment or DM me with:
Let’s connect and make money.
Looking for people who are willing to post high quality ugc / informational videos regarding our research peptide products. Very high commissions can be earned in this peptide bull run which is sweeping the high ticket affiliate marketing space.
If this is something that interests you, comment ‘READY’ and we’ll send you a message 🎯
Hello, I'm the Talent Manager for Ask-Maeve, an AI tool that helps students study faster, our tool is growing rapidly and we are ready to scale up on Social Media.
We are launching our new Canvas UGC Program.
WHAT YOU WILL DO?
You will create a brand new account on Instagram and TikTok and post UGC videos.
You will be followed by one specialized coach for your country and the videos will be natural, spoken and with a simple script (we gave you everything from reference to script)
WHO CAN APPLY?
- Students or people young enough to seem like a High school - college student (16-25 yo)
- must be based in EU/Australia/Canada/US ‼️ ‼️ ‼️
- can meet the deadlines
- must have a good camera phone
COMPENSATION 💵
There's a fixed fee per video (depending on the Country) + a bonus performance based on views up to $450 per video.
The average creator earn between $1000 - $1500 per month.
HOW IS THIS LEGIT?
Just search for #askmaeve on Tiktok or Instagram and you will see hundreds of Ask-Maeve sponsor videos in various countries.
HOW TO APPLY?
You can apply by Dm me with: name, age, if you have experience and country.