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Creator campaigns made easy.
Handle is self-serve: you post the campaign, vetted creators apply with verified past work, and you send the contract yourself. No agency fees, no retainer — Handle's platform fee is shown up front, before you fund the deal. Every campaign can end with a report of real clicks and conversions.
A $500 campaign is as welcome as a $50,000 one. No credit card to start.
1.0 — AI matching
Find the right creators in seconds.
Waiting for applications is optional. Tell us what you're launching and matching surfaces creators by niche, platforms, rates, past brands, and their Handle Score, not just follower count. Build a shortlist and invite them directly.
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Summer Capsule Launch
@claire-cooks × Aurora Labs
$3,800
ContractFilesMessagesPayment
Deliverables3 posts · 2 reels
DeadlineAug 15
PlatformsInstagram · TikTok
Brief approvedJul 12
Contract signedJul 14
Payment securedJul 15
Deliverables in reviewAug 1
PayoutAug 3
2.0 — Deal Room
Everything in one thread, disputes included.
Brief, contract, payment, deliverables, and revisions live in one shared Deal Room. E-sign in the browser; your budget is charged up front and held by Stripe, releasing milestone by milestone — when you approve the work, or automatically if the review window ends with no response after delivery. And if something goes sideways, a dispute is settled by the contract terms: evidence on file, not a support agent's judgment call.
ALAurora Labs: Tech LaunchLIVE
LD@lumen-devDev tutorials · 142KDelivered
KC@keyclickTech reviews · 218KDelivered
TP@tessa-protoHardware · 96KIn progress
NL@neonlynxGaming · 312KPosted
768K combined reachOne contract. One invoice.
3.0 — Cohorts
The reach of a macro. The conversion of a micro.
The catch with smaller creators is scale. You'd have to manage a dozen of them. Cohorts is the fix: one campaign fans out to a whole roster of vetted creators who execute in parallel. Combined reach that rivals a macro influencer, with the engagement rates only small, loyal audiences deliver.
4.0 — UGC
Content for your ads, not just their feed.
Need videos for your own channels and paid media? Run a UGC deal: the creator delivers the file in the Deal Room, you review a watermarked preview, and approving it releases the payment and your full-resolution download. Usage rights are written into the contract before anyone films — no rights ambushes later. Want it posted too? That runs as a posted deal with a draft preview first.
UGC bundle — 3 videos
Aurora Labs × @claire-cooks
unboxing-15s.mp4Yours
story-cut-9x16.mp4Yours
spring-hero-v2.mp4In review
Usage rights in the contract · approval releases payment + download
CampaignJust posted
Summer Capsule Launch
+ 12 applicants
What a campaign costs
Creator's rate$1,500.00
Creator receives$1,500.00 · 100%
Handle fee (12%)+ $180.00
You fund up front$1,680.00
Held by Stripe until you approve the work. Free to post — $0 until you fund a deal.
5.0 — Marketplace
Run a campaign today. No sales call.
No annual contract, no minimum spend, no agency gatekeeper. The enterprise platforms make you do all three. On Handle you post a campaign, vetted creators apply with their work attached, and you send a contract from the same view. A $500 campaign is as welcome as a $50,000 one. Pricing is one line item: the creator's rate plus Handle's platform fee, shown up front before you fund the deal. Creators keep 100% of their rate. No agency markup hiding in the middle. And every campaign can end with a shareable performance report: verified platform data, tracked clicks, attributed revenue. See a sample report →
6.0 — Long-term partnerships
Six-month partnerships without the enterprise software.
Ambassador programs usually mean an enterprise SaaS contract or a marketplace taking a cut of every repeat deal, forever. On Handle a retainer is just a deal shape: book a creator’s monthly package, fund it month by month — never prepay a whole term — and get a performance report every month built from platform APIs, not screenshots. Handle also watches the fine print: before usage rights or an exclusivity window expire, both sides are told — no more discovering an expired license from an invoice. And when the term ends, the full verified track record sits next to one button: renew.
Monthly retainer
Aurora Labs × @claire-cooks
$2,500/mo
Month 1 · JuneReleased
Month 2 · JulyReleased
Month 3 · AugustFunded
⏳ Usage rights expire Mar 12 — renew or wind the content down
Free to post. You only pay when you fund a deal.
Post a campaignNo minimums · No sales call
7.0 — How it works
Post to payout, four steps.
01
Post a campaign
Free, takes minutes. No retainer, no sales call.
02
Vetted creators apply
With work and Handle Score attached. Pick from applicants, or invite creators you find yourself.
03
E-sign and fund the deal
Held by Stripe. You see the all-in total before a dollar moves.
04
Approve the work
Payment releases on your approval, milestone by milestone.
8.0 — Handle Score
Follower counts lie. Handle Score doesn't.
Roughly a fifth of the average influencer's followers are fake, and follower count tells you nothing about whether they deliver. Every creator on Handle connects their real accounts and carries a Handle Score built from business ratings on completed deals: ease, communication, quality, results. Every closed deal leaves a public receipt (deliverables, dates, rating) you can read before you spend a dollar. Real audiences and real track records, not content-mill volume.
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FAQ
Questions, answered.
What does Handle cost?
Posting a campaign is free. You pay the creator’s rate plus Handle’s platform fee — the all-in total is shown before you fund the deal. No retainers, no subscriptions, no minimums.
Who holds the money?
Stripe — never Handle. When you fund the deal your payment method is charged the full amount and Stripe holds the money, and nothing is paid out to the creator until release: when you approve the work, or automatically if delivered work goes unreviewed past the post-delivery review window (we warn you before the clock runs out). How payment protection works on Handle →
What does “vetted” mean?
Every creator connects their real social accounts — follower counts come from the platforms, not a media kit. From there, every completed deal adds a business rating to their Handle Score — ease, communication, quality, results. You hire on a track record, not a media kit.
Can I get UGC for my own channels and ads — without a post on the creator’s page?
Yes. Run a UGC deal: the creator delivers the video file in the Deal Room, you review a watermarked preview, and approving it releases the payment and your full-resolution download — with usage rights already written into the contract. If you want the creator to post it too, that runs as a normal posted deal with a draft-preview step.
How is Handle different from hiring through Collabstr or a similar marketplace?
A marketplace’s job ends when the content is delivered. Handle starts earlier and finishes later: the creator’s audience is verified through the platform APIs before you book — not a media kit — and after the content ships, tracking links, promo codes, and a performance report show what it actually did, with every number labeled verified or creator-reported. One-off bookings and month-by-month retainers both run the same way: funded before work starts, paid out when you approve.
How do I know the campaign actually worked?
Every deal can ship with a verified performance report: views and engagement pulled from platform APIs (YouTube, Twitch; likes and comments for Instagram), clicks measured on Handle tracking links, and promo-code redemptions — with every number labeled verified or creator-reported, never mixed. How Handle verifies campaign results →
What if the content misses the brief?
Revisions and disputes run through the Deal Room and are settled by the contract terms — milestone-based partial release, evidence on file.
Is there a minimum spend?
No. A $500 campaign is as welcome as a $50,000 one.
How fast can I launch?
Post a campaign in minutes. Vetted creators apply with their work attached, and you can contract and fund the same day.
Can we run a long-term partnership, not just one-offs?
Yes. Book a creator’s monthly package and it runs as a retainer: funded month by month (never prepay a whole term), a verified performance report every month, alerts before usage rights or exclusivity windows expire, and one-click renewal with the full track record in front of you.
Ready to launch?
Post your first campaign in under five minutes. No retainer, no monthly subscription, no credit card to start.