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Pricingthe whole business model, on one line

A flat 5% each side.
That's the page.

Creators keep 95% of the agreed price. Brands pay 5% on top of it. That's about 10% combined1 — disclosed to both sides, with no subscription before your first deal and no markup hidden in the middle.

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ViewStage

Deal receipt · shown to both sides

Agreed deal price
$1,000.00
Brand service fee (5%)
+$50.00
Brand pays
$1,050.00
Platform fee (5%)
−$50.00
Creator receives
$950.00
ViewStage keeps
$100.00
Subscription
$0.00
Hidden markup
$0.00

No middleman was paid
in the making of this deal

Receipt for a 1,000 dollar deal on ViewStage: the brand pays 1,050 dollars including a 5 percent service fee, the creator receives 950 dollars after a 5 percent platform fee, ViewStage keeps 100 dollars, and there is no subscription or hidden markup.

№ 02What the 5% covers

One fee, two halves.

Brand side

5% on top of the deal

The brand pays the agreed price plus a flat 5% service fee. That covers matching, the AI review on every submission, escrow, and payouts — there's no separate seat, retainer, or platform charge layered on after.1

Creator side

Keep 95% of what you agreed

A flat 5% comes out of the agreed price — and that's the only deduction. You see the brand's number, you see yours, and the difference between them is printed on the same receipt the brand gets.1

Payment is processed by Stripe, and those processing costs come out of ViewStage's share — not added to either side's line.1 Nothing is metered, nothing is upsold: the 5%/5% is the entire price of using ViewStage.

№ 03No subscription

You pay when a deal happens.

Most influencer-marketing platforms bill a monthly subscription whether you run a campaign or not. ViewStage doesn't. There is no seat to buy and no plan to pick — the 5% on each side is the only money that ever moves to us, and only when a real deal clears.3

What ViewStage does not charge

Monthly subscription
$0.00
Per-seat licence
$0.00
Retainer or minimum spend
$0.00
Listing or application fee
$0.00
Markup on the agreed price
$0.00

The only fee → 5% each side

№ 04How a deal gets priced

The agreed number is the deal.

ViewStage doesn't set deal sizes — you do. The price is whatever a brand and a creator agree on, and that's the exact figure the 5%/5% is calculated against.2

  1. The brand sets a per-creator budget

    When a campaign goes live it carries a budget the brand is willing to pay each creator — the ceiling for the conversation, visible up front.

  2. The creator proposes their rate

    Creators see the budget and apply with the number they want for the work. No blind bidding, no agent relaying figures back and forth.

  3. The agreed amount goes into escrow

    Once both sides accept a number, that amount is escrowed before filming starts — and released to the creator when the brand approves the work.2

№ 05The comparison nobody prints

The same $1,000 deal, elsewhere.

On ViewStage, a $1,000 deal costs the brand $1,050 and leaves the creator with $950 — every figure on the receipt above. Here's where the same deal goes on the platforms creators usually compare against.3

Through a talent agency
20–50% disappeared in the middle on our founder’s own deals — and he rarely learned the real number.
On Fiverr
Sellers keep ~$800 after the 20% commission; buyers pay another 5.5% service fee on top.
On Collabstr
15% from the creator and 10% from the brand — about $250 gone from the middle of a $1,000 deal.
On subscription influencer-marketing platforms
$300–$2,500+ a month — billed whether or not a single creator gets paid.

“They don't have to tell you what the deal is actually worth — as long as you agree to your number, they keep the difference.”

— Duke, founder · on agency deals3

№ 06Admission

Nothing to price out. Just start.

No plan to compare, no card to enter. Set up either side in a couple of minutes — the 5% only ever applies to a deal you've already agreed to.

The fine print (we mean it)

  1. 1.ViewStage's standard rate is 5% added on the brand's side and 5% deducted on the creator's side of the agreed price — about 10% of a deal combined, all of it disclosed to both parties. Payment processing is handled by Stripe, and those processing costs come out of ViewStage's share, not yours.
  2. 2.Each campaign carries a per-creator budget the brand sets; creators see it and propose their own rate. The number both sides agree on is what gets held in escrow, and the 5%/5% is calculated against that agreed amount — so the receipt is the deal, with nothing added later.
  3. 3.Sources, checked June 2026: Fiverr charges sellers a 20% commission plus buyers a 5.5% service fee (fiverr.com). Collabstr charges creators 15% plus brands a 10% hiring fee on its free tier (collabstr.com). Subscription influencer-marketing platforms such as Upfluence, Aspire, and #paid list plans from roughly $300–$2,500+ per month. The agency range is Duke's lived experience across years of sponsored video, not a market survey — talent agencies are not required to disclose the value of the underlying deal to the creator.