UpShout for creators · free
One free account, two things in it. Paid brand collaborations with written terms, where you see the whole deal before you say yes and the money comes straight to you. And the community where creators swap shoutouts and collabs without cold DMs.
You pay nothing. Brands pay UpShout's fee; you receive the agreed amount in full.
A brand invites you. You read everything, including the fee, before you decide. What you agree is written down. When they pay, it lands in your account.
The invitation link shows the full terms: what they want, by when, how much, what rights they get. No account needed to read it. You join only to accept.
The brand pays UpShout's 5%, capped at $20. You receive the agreed amount in full, from the brand's card to your Stripe account in one transaction. UpShout never holds it.
Every version of the terms, every acceptance, every correction request is in a record you both can download as a PDF. Two correction rounds maximum, then the brand accepts or closes.
The app tells both sides whose move it is, reminds you two days before your post is due, and emails the brand when its check is running out. If something changes, say so in the chat; the brand can extend the date.
For pay-per-view you confirm the views you expect when you accept. Seven days after posting you send the count with a screenshot. How under- and over-delivery are paid is written into the terms before you accept, so there is nothing to argue about on day seven.
After a paid collaboration each side rates the other once. Brands' ratings show on their invitation page, so you know who you are dealing with before you accept.
Amber marks your moves. The rest is the brand's, and UpShout keeps them on time too.
By email, in the brand's name. Or a brand finds you in search and opens a brief for you.
Full terms at the link, fee included. No account to read.
Accept the version, or ask for a change in chat. Every version is kept.
Deliver from the collaboration page. Reminder two days before it is due.
Accept, or one correction round with a note. Silence counts as accepted.
Straight to your Stripe account. Rights transfer when payment is sent.
Exchange niche-aligned shoutouts or collabs with creators who are here because they want them.
About three minutes. Your platform, niche, size, language and audience.
Filter by size, platform, language, niche, demographics and rating. Send and receive invitations, not DMs.
Run the collab, rate each other, get advertised through Community UpShouts while you are new.
Targeted invitations to people who said yes to collabs. Outreach limits by size keep the spam out.
Credits reward larger creators for working with smaller ones. Earn by completing your part, spend to reach up.
One-sided shoutouts from the community for Sprout Members, creators with 500 subscribers or fewer.
Paid brand collaborations cost creators nothing, ever. The community has a free plan that never expires.
No. The invitation link shows the full terms, fee included. You create a free account only to accept. Joining takes about a minute.
The brand pays after its 48-hour check, with one click. The money goes from the brand's card to your Stripe account in one transaction; UpShout never holds it and takes nothing from your amount. You set up the Stripe payout account once, from the collaboration page.
No. UpShout's fee (5%, capped at $20) is paid by the brand on top of your amount. You receive the amount you agreed, in full.
They request a correction within 48 hours of delivery and say which line it misses. You fix it and a new 48-hour check starts. Two correction rounds are included; after that the brand accepts or closes.
Yes, any time before delivery, with a reason. It is recorded in the collaboration, and the brand is told.
Creators based in the United States. You say where you are based when you opt in. You can be on Instagram, TikTok or YouTube, or make content for a brand's own channels.
If you already work with a brand, you can bring them to UpShout with your personal link. For 12 months, collaborations between you two carry no UpShout fee, and you receive 50% of the fees UpShout collects from that brand on its other collaborations. You will find your link on your Brand collaborations page.
You earn a credit when you complete your side of a collab with a smaller member, and spend credits to invite larger ones. Your first collab with a similar-size member each month costs nothing; after that 1 credit. A larger member costs 3 credits. Credits reserved for an invitation are released if you withdraw it.
Sprout Members are creators with 500 subscribers or fewer. Community UpShouts are one-sided shoutouts the community gives them while they are new: 90 days of eligibility on the free plan.
Invitations, not messages. Outreach limits by size, so nobody can blast everyone bigger than them. Ratings after each collab. And everyone here opted in to being asked.
UpShout is a free collaboration platform for creators on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Brands invite you to paid collaborations with the full terms attached; you read them without an account, accept or negotiate in chat, deliver from the collaboration page, and are paid in full to your Stripe account when the brand pays. UpShout's fee is paid by the brand. The same account gives you the creator community: find creators who want collabs or shoutout exchanges, send invitations instead of DMs, and use credits to work with bigger creators.
Updated 8 November 2026.
Free account, about three minutes. Say yes to paid collaborations in onboarding and brands can invite you.
UpShout is a collaboration platform for creators and brands. Creators find audience-matched partners for shoutout exchanges and collaborations, free. Brands run paid creator collaborations step by step, with clear terms, a 48-hour check and a record both sides can see.