How you get paid for your clips
Follow one example clip from a stream to the bank: what you do, what the creator does and when the money moves.
- new views until a clip earns
- 2,000
- from submitting to the final count
- 7 days
- fee, only on what you earn
- 6%
- minimum for a clip’s payout
- $0.00
At a glance
Step by step
Rion streams and kai_cuts clips: the example follows one clip from the stream to the bank.
1Join
Find your community and campaign
Join a creator’s community through their link or the directory, then choose an open campaign.
Read the brief, rate and available budget before you cut.
Meanwhile at Rion’s endRion has already funded the campaign, so its budget is in place before your first clip.
Rion Plays1,284 membersJoinExample campaignBest reactions from Friday’s stream- Per 1,000 views
- $1.50
- Still available
- $4,000.00
2Join
Connect your own social account
Connect the channel you post from; without it, there is no way to submit a clip from your own published videos.
Complete payout setup in a supported country before you start: your account must be confirmed ready, not still under review.
Meanwhile at Rion’s endRion writes the campaign requirements your clip is checked against, and they stand on the campaign page.
Before you submit- Payout countrySupported
- Payout accountReady for payouts
- Social account@kai_cutsConnected
3Clip
Make a clip and publish it
Pick a moment from the provided video, edit it to the campaign requirements and publish it on your own channel.
In this example, kai_cuts cuts one reaction from Rion’s stream into a vertical clip and posts it on TikTok.
Meanwhile at Rion’s endNothing goes through Rion: the post, the channel and its audience stay yours.
Rion’s stream
kai_cutsYour own channel
4Clip
Submit your published clip
Choose the clip from your published videos and submit it to the campaign.
You select a post from your connected account instead of pasting a link, and its views at that moment become the starting point.
Meanwhile at Rion’s endYour clip appears in Rion’s review queue right away.
Choose from your posts@kai_cutsSelected clipCounts from 1,930 views
Submit5Get paid
Get approved and earn from views
The creator reviews your clip against the brief; after approval it starts earning at 2,000 new views since submission, paid per full thousand.
The 7-day window starts when you submit, and only verified growth since submission at settlement determines the final amount, up to your claim.
Meanwhile at Rion’s endApproving costs Rion nothing; from then on your clip claims budget each day for the views it delivers.
kai_cutsApprovedViews when submitted1,930Views on day 748,210The marker shows where earning starts, at 2,000 new views.
- New views since submission
- 46,280
- Clip earnings before fee
- $69.00
6Get paid
Get paid automatically
Your clip’s payout moves automatically, with no button to press and no minimum, after the 6% platform fee is deducted.
The transfer goes to your payout account first; the bank payout is the separate step that follows.
Meanwhile at Rion’s endRion’s budget goes down by what the clip earned, and the campaign lists the clip as paid.
- Clip earnings before fee
- $69.00
- Platform fee (6%)
- −$4.14
- Transferred to your payout account
- $64.86
Currency conversion, where needed, can reduce the amount received.
Bank payout
Automatically at around $35 in your account’s own currency, or after 80 days at the latest.
Bank processing follows; this is not a bank arrival date.
When the money moves
Day by day for the clip by kai_cuts, from submission to the bank.
- Day 0You submitThe post has 1,930 views at this moment; only views after it count.
- Day 1 in the exampleRion approvesThe clock starts when you submit, including the time spent in review.
- Days 1 to 7Your claim growsEach day, the approved clip claims budget for the views it has delivered.
- Day 7Final count48,210 views, so 46,280 new views count toward the payout.
- After the final countTransferred$64.86 go to your payout account automatically, after the 6% fee.
- From about $35Bank payoutYour payout account pays out to your bank by itself, after 80 days at the latest.
Review time is the creator’s and bank processing follows the bank payout, so neither has a fixed day.
The math of one clip
The clip by kai_cuts at $1.50 per 1,000 views, worked through with the rules the product pays by.
The clip by kai_cuts
- Views when submitted
- 1,930
- Views on day 7
- 48,210
- New views since submission
- 46,280
- 46 full thousands × $1.50
- $69.00
- Platform fee (6%)
- −$4.14
- Transferred to your payout account
- $64.86
This example assumes the final views, available budget and the clip’s claim cover the full amount.
Currency conversion, where needed, can reduce the amount received.
| New views | $1.00 per 1,000 | $1.50 per 1,000 | $2.00 per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,500 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| 2,000 | $2.00 | $3.00 | $4.00 |
| 5,000 | $5.00 | $7.50 | $10.00 |
| 20,000 | $20.00 | $30.00 | $40.00 |
| 50,000 | $50.00 | $75.00 | $100.00 |
Below 2,000 new views a clip earns nothing; from there, every full thousand counts.
How your views are counted
The rules behind every number on this page.
Straight from the platform
Views come from the platform through the account you connected, which also proves the post is yours.
Only new views count
Views from before you submitted never count; the payout follows the growth since submission.
From 2,000, per full thousand
An approved clip earns from 2,000 new views, paid at the campaign’s CPM for each full thousand.
Booked as you go
What your clip has claimed stays yours until your holding window ends, and nobody can take it by posting faster.
Fake views come back out
If a platform removes fake views, the clip’s claim falls again and its final payout can be smaller.
Budget in place first
Every campaign is funded before it opens, so the money for your views is there before you cut.
What if…
Short answers for the cases the example does not show.
What do I need before submitting?
Connect a supported social account and finish payout setup in a supported country before you submit a clip; your payout account must be confirmed ready, not still under review.
Posting on Instagram?
Instagram provides views for professional accounts: switch to Creator or Business in Instagram’s settings, free of charge.
What if my clip is rejected?
The creator picks a reason, the clip earns nothing, and your other clips carry on as before.
What if the budget runs out?
A campaign that runs out of budget stops accepting new clips, so check before you cut; when the remaining budget cannot cover a daily allocation, claims are reduced proportionally.
Can the amount change?
What your clip has claimed stays yours until your holding window ends and nobody can take it by posting faster, but it falls again when a platform strips fake views from the count.
Which views earn money?
An approved clip earns from 2,000 new views since submission, including all of that growth, at the campaign’s CPM for each full thousand; a clip below the threshold earns nothing.
What if the campaign closes while my clip runs?
Approved clips still run to the end of their holding window and get paid, while clips still waiting for review are declined.
When is the amount final?
At settlement, verified view growth since submission is paid at the campaign’s CPM, up to the claim the clip already built, before the payout fee is deducted.
What if my payout account stops working?
An existing payout waits as a held payout if your account cannot receive it and never expires; new submissions require a ready payout account.
Glossary
Every term the app uses, each in one sentence.
Joining & campaigns
End date
The last day a campaign accepts clips, optionally set by the creator and only ever moved later once funded, while clips handed in before it are still reviewed and paid.
Requirements
What the creator asks of a clip in this campaign, written in the brief and the only thing a clip is judged against, so a clip that misses them is rejected.
Submit a clip
You pick one of your own videos from a connected account and send it in, and it earns nothing until the creator looks at it.
Active
The campaign is live: clips can be handed in, and once a day the budget is claimed by the reach the approved clips have actually delivered.
Closed
Intake has stopped, waiting clips are declined on a manual close but reviewed after an end date, and every clip already approved still runs to the end of its holding window and is paid before the rest of the budget is refunded.
Settled
Every approved clip has been paid and the unspent budget has been refunded, so the campaign is finished.
Review & clip status
Under review
The creator has not looked at this clip yet, so nothing is decided and it earns nothing until they do.
Approved
The creator accepted your clip, so it earns your CPM for every thousand views it delivers once it has passed the reach a clip needs, and the figure falls again when a platform strips views back out, all the way to nothing if that drops it under that reach.
Rejected
This clip missed the campaign’s requirements, so it never started earning and costs you nothing else.
Evaluated
This clip’s final view count has been determined. Its payment is tracked separately under Payouts.
Ended
This submission ended before its final evaluation because its campaign closed or its funding was lost.
Creator reviews
The creator checks your clip against the campaign’s requirements, and once approved it earns your CPM for every view it delivers.
Views & earnings
CPM
The rate paid per 1,000 verified views, counted once a clip’s holding window has passed.
Clipper cap
The most one clipper can earn in this campaign across all their clips, set by the creator in dollars and unlimited when the field is left empty.
Holding window
At the end of the window, seven days from submission, the first measurement determines the view growth since submission that can be paid.
Claim
What your approved clips have earned with the views they have already delivered, booked once a day and held for you until your holding window ends.
Verified views
Verified views are the view growth since submission on approved clips, never negative or capped; this ranks clippers on the leaderboard. Clips submitted before the change retain their previous calculation.
Money & payouts
Payout account
The Stripe account ClipRails transfers your money to, set up once and whenever you like, and until it is ready what you earn is held for you and never expires.
Bank payout
The step that carries what has gathered on your payout account on to your own bank — as soon as around $35 worth is on it in your account’s own currency, and after 80 days at the latest. It takes the whole balance.
Transferred
Money that has actually landed in your payout account, as against what is still held for a missing account or still claimed by a clip whose holding window is running.
Held payout
Money you have earned that has not been transferred yet because your payout account is not ready, and it never expires while it waits.
Paid
The holding window has passed and your verified views were counted once and paid at the campaign’s CPM, up to what this clip had already claimed.
Payout failed
This clip earned its money and the transfer did not go through, so the amount stays yours in full and ClipRails sends it again.
No payout · chargeback
The chargeback on this campaign’s funding was lost. This payout is closed without money and is no longer owed to you.
Payout pulled back
The campaign’s funding is being disputed by its Creator, so this payout was pulled back off your payout account while the dispute runs; the amount is still owed to you, and how the dispute is decided is what settles it.
No payout
At the end of the holding window this clip stayed under the number of verified views a clip has to deliver before it earns anything, so there was nothing to pay at the campaign’s CPM.
Payout
When the holding window ends your verified views are counted once and paid at the campaign’s CPM, and the amount goes to your payout account on its own.