Know who you’re working with.
Every member’s experience with a brand makes the next collaboration safer for everyone. Check a brand’s record, spot fake offers, start on fair terms — and if a brand breaks the agreement, the union steps in.
- Open programs
- 1
- Creators seen promoting it (12 mo)
- 2
- Paid on time
- Not enough reports yet
- Disputes handled by IU
- None
Lower risk at every step of a collaboration
- Before you replyIs it real? What’s their record?Scam check and brand record.
- Before you signFair terms in writingThe Fair Deal and a contract check.
- While you workEverything on fileBrief, agreement, deliverables and invoice logged in one place.
- If it goes wrongThe union steps inFormal contact, and it goes on their record.
Is this brand real?
Fake sponsorship emails are how creators lose channels and money. Forward any offer to the union, or paste it below. We check the sender against the brand programs IU has found and checked, and tell you what we find.
No alerts yet. An alert goes out when several people independently report the same sender.
Start on fair terms: the IU Fair Deal.
Six terms the union stands behind. Brands that sign them are marked on every opportunity and ranked first.
Guidance from creators, not legal advice.- Article IPaid within 30 daysNet-30 from delivery, with a late fee after that.
- Article II50% up front over $1,000Bigger deals start with a deposit.
- Article IIIUsage has an end dateOrganic use is time-limited; paid ads and whitelisting are licensed and priced separately.
- Article IVTwo rounds of editsFurther revisions are billed.
- Article VExclusivity is paid forBlocking competitors costs extra and has an end date.
- Article VIKill fee if cancelledWork started is work paid — at least 50%.
Fair Deal brands
No brand has signed yet. When one does, its listings carry the Fair Deal mark and come first on the board.
Are you a brand? Sign the Fair Deal →If a brand breaks the agreement, the union steps in.
Unpaid invoices, content used beyond the agreed terms, last-minute cancellations. You report it with your agreement; IU contacts the brand formally in the union’s name.
- 1. You report it — agreement, deliverables, invoice
- 2. IU writes to the brand — formal notice, 14-day deadline, copied to you
- 3. We follow up — a second notice if there’s no answer
- 4. It goes on the record — the outcome is added to the brand’s record for every member
Our member delivered the agreed content on the date in the agreement. Under the agreement, the fee was due 30 days later. We ask that this be resolved within 14 days of this notice. The outcome will be recorded on IU’s brand record.
— InfluencerUnion, on behalf of our member