Micro creator brand deals, run like a business.
At ten to a hundred thousand followers the deals are real money, the retainers start, and so do the agency DMs. Price your packages, license the usage separately, invoice the brand directly, and keep every dollar. A flat subscription instead of a cut of the deals you found yourself.
Four things that separate a creator from a business.
- A rate card, not a guessPackages with a price, deliverables, and turnaround on your storefront, so 'what are your rates?' is answered before it is asked and every quote is the same number.
- Usage priced separatelyOrganic, paid ads, whitelisting, and term are their own line, accepted on a certificate before money moves. A brand that wants to run your face as an ad pays for that.
- Retainers that repeatAmbassador and monthly-content deals sit on the pipeline set to repeat, with each cycle's deliverables, code, and invoice tracked without re-logging.
- Invoices the brand actually paysA pay page per deal, paid through your own Stripe, PayPal, or Venmo, marked paid automatically when it lands. A receipt at the end for your records and theirs.
Packages a brand can order. A pipeline that holds the retainers.
A percentage costs more the better you do.
Illustrative numbers. An agency's cut runs 15 to 25 percent of every deal; Solo is a flat $19 a month whether you close one deal or ten.
Invoice it, license it, watch it flip to Paid.
Micro creator questions, answered
Should I sign with an agency at this size?+
Do the math on the deals you already find yourself. An agency that takes 15 to 25 percent of every deal costs more the better you do, and most micro creators source their own brands through DMs, inbound, and pitching anyway. Plug Pro is the back office for those deals at a flat monthly price with no cut, so the full rate stays yours.
How do I price as a micro creator?+
Price the deliverable and the usage separately. A 30-second video is one number, a set of hooks another, and paid-ad or whitelisting rights are a line on top with a term. The free rate calculator on this site gives a starting point by format, and your storefront turns it into packages a brand can order.
Can I run ambassador and retainer deals?+
Yes. A recurring deal lives on the pipeline set to repeat, so each month's deliverables, discount code, invoice, and payment status are tracked on their own cycle. When the retainer ends, the whole history stays on one record, including every license the brand accepted along the way.
What about brands that want to run my content as an ad?+
That is a usage license, and it is separate from making the content. Attach a certificate that spells out channels, paid-ad use, whitelisting, and term, priced as its own line, and both sides accept it before money moves. If they want it longer later, you extend it in place.
What does it cost?+
Free to start with no card: storefront, pipeline, invoicing, and a daily deck of brands. Solo is a flat $19 a month and opens the whole brand directory, unlimited AI pitching, Workbench, and the Near Me map. Neither plan takes a per-deal fee, so the subscription is the only thing Plug ever charges.
Pitch your next brand. Keep every dollar.
Run every brand deal you land from one link, keep 100% of what you earn, and let Plug handle the paperwork. Start free — no card.