Guide · for creators and brands
You buy the post from paidpost, and paidpost pays the creator. The brand pays before the post goes out. We check the post stays up for the agreed days, then the creator earns the full price.
The idea
The brand doesn’t pay a stranger, and the creator doesn’t publish for one.
Your pick, per deal
The brand picks one before sending the offer. A creator can also switch an open offer to a Safe Deal, or take Safe Deals only.
Direct deal
You pay the creator yourselves, usually by their payment link. paidpost isn’t part of the payment.
The brand decidesFree
Propose a Safe Deal
You leave the choice to the creator: they take it as a Safe Deal or as a Direct deal.
The creator decidesCreator picks
Safe Deal only
The creator can only accept this offer as a Safe Deal. You buy the post from paidpost.
The brand decides7% by card
The deal
Who moves, what each side does, and what they see on screen.
Pick a time, write the post, choose how you’ll pay. An offer costs nothing to send, and nothing is charged if the creator declines it or you cancel it.
That binds nobody yet. Until the brand pays, either side can cancel at no cost, and the brand can change the offer for the creator to accept again. The time stays reserved for the brand.
Within 48 hours of the creator accepting, and at least an hour before the agreed time. By card it’s the price + 7%; from your Advance, just the price. Not paid in time, the deal closes, the time is released and nothing is charged.
Once the deal is paid, not before, and within an hour of the agreed time. The post goes out as in the accepted offer and is marked as an ad. Then the creator marks it published in the deal and adds the post link. A repost has no link to paste.
The post is checked automatically or manually during and at the end of the agreed period, up to 7 days. A check confirms the post is up on the right account and, for a pinned post, pinned.
When the last check confirms the post, and no earlier than 48 hours after it was published. Nobody has to confirm anything. The full price goes to the creator’s earnings.
Earnings become payable 48 hours after the deal completes. Request a payout from $100, 7% off, to a bank account through Stripe or to Payoneer. Or spend them on your own Safe Deals with no fee.
Each side rates the other. Reviews stay hidden until both are in, so nobody just returns the favor.
The clock
The app shows the exact times of your deal.
0 h
The creator accepts
The clock to pay starts. Nothing is charged.
48 h
Last call to pay
And at least 1 hour before the agreed time.
Agreed time
The post goes out
Within an hour. 12 hours later with no post, the deal is cancelled.
48 h+
The deal completes
After the agreed period and the last check, 48 hours after publishing at the earliest.
+ 48 h
Earnings are payable
Request a payout, or spend them on Safe Deals.
The money
7% when money comes in, 7% when it goes out, nothing in between.
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Sales tax or VAT is added at checkout where the law requires it, and shown before you pay.
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The 7% comes when you prepay: adding $100 to your Advance costs $107.
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Spend earnings on your own Safe Deals and no fee applies. The payment provider’s own fees may apply to a payout.
The limits
Who a Safe Deal is for, and how large it can be.
Honestly
Refunds of the price go to your Advance, ready for your next Safe Deal, and you can ask for them back on your card. The 7% card fee isn’t refunded.
Your pick, per deal
Same offer, same chat, same post. The difference is who the brand pays and who steps in.
| Direct dealfree | Safe Deal7% | |
|---|---|---|
| Who the brand pays | The creator, by their payment link or as agreed in chat | paidpost: the price + 7% by card, or the price from the Advance |
| Fees | None | 7% on card payments, 7% on payouts, nothing in between |
| When the brand pays | As you agree. We recommend before the post | After the creator accepts: within 48 hours and at least an hour before the agreed time |
| When the creator gets the money | When the brand pays | Payable 48 hours after the deal completes: a payout on request, or spent on Safe Deals |
| Who checks the post | The brand | paidpost, during and at the end of the agreed period |
| If something goes wrong | The chat is your record; reviews are public | Report a problem; paidpost decides, normally within 5 business days |
| Refunds | None through paidpost | The price goes to the Advance; the 7% isn’t refunded |
| Post types | All, reposts included | All, reposts included |
| Who can use it | Everyone on paidpost | Businesses buying; creators with a 90+ day X account and 100+ followers; no 18+ |
paidpost. You buy the post from paidpost, and paidpost buys it from the creator. The brand and the creator have no contract or payment between them, and your card statement says PAIDPOST.
When you pay, after the creator accepts. An offer costs nothing to send, and nothing is charged if it’s declined, cancelled or not paid in time.
7% when money comes in and 7% when it goes out, nothing in between. A brand pays $107 by card for a $100 post, or $100 from the Advance. The creator earns the full $100, and a payout of it sends $93.
A prepayment for your future Safe Deals. You prepay by card from $10, 7% added, and then pay for posts from it with no further fee. Refunds of the price land there too. You can ask for unused Advance back on the card it came from; the 7% isn’t refunded.
You get the price back, $100 in this example, to your Advance, so your next Safe Deal costs no new fee. You can ask for it on your card instead. The $7 card fee isn’t refunded.
The deal completes after the last check of the post, no earlier than 48 hours after publishing. The full price goes to earnings and becomes payable 48 hours later. Payouts start at $100, 7% off, to a bank account through Stripe or to Payoneer, up to $500 in total in the first 30 days.
Yes. A repost has no link to paste: the creator marks it published in the deal, and the check uses the access they gave when connecting their X account.
Yes. With “Safe Deals only” on, brands can only send that creator Safe Deal offers. 18+ creators take Direct deals only.
No. Views, clicks and sales aren’t part of the deal. A check confirms the post is up on the right account for the agreed period; the brand checks that it matches the offer.
This guide is a summary. The Safe Deal Terms are the agreement, and they decide if the two ever differ.
Find a creator and send an offer: it’s free, and you pay only after they accept.