Base rate inputs
The starting point. Your floor before deliverables and rights are added.
- Primary platform & followers
- e.g. YouTube — 85k subscribers
- Average views / reach per post
- e.g. 40k views per video
- Engagement rate
- e.g. 6%
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Creator Pricing Worksheet
Pricing a brand deal by gut feeling leaves money on the table. This worksheet builds your rate from the factors that matter — audience, deliverables, usage rights, and your real costs — so you quote with confidence and stop undercharging.
What you get
- A base-rate calculator grounded in your audience and engagement
- A deliverables table that prices each output and add-on separately
- A usage-rights multiplier so you charge for what amplification is worth
- Editable CSV for Google Sheets or Excel, plus a branded print-ready PDF
How to use this template
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Start with a base rate. Set a base rate from your audience size, engagement, and niche. This is your floor before any deliverable is added.
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Price each deliverable. List every output the brand wants and price it individually, so bundling never quietly discounts your work.
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Add usage and exclusivity. Apply a multiplier for paid usage rights, whitelisting, or category exclusivity. These have real value, so charge for them.
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Sanity-check against costs. Compare the total to the hours and costs the deal requires. If your effective rate is low, raise the quote or trim scope.
What's inside
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Frequently asked questions
How should creators set sponsorship rates?
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Build the rate up: start with a base tied to your audience size and engagement, price each deliverable individually, then add multipliers for usage rights and exclusivity. Finish by checking the total against the hours the deal will take so you're not underpaid.
How much should I charge for usage rights?
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Usage rights let a brand run your content as paid ads, which has real commercial value, so they're commonly priced as an uplift of roughly 25-50% on top of the base deliverable fee depending on the term and platforms. Always time-box the rights rather than granting them in perpetuity.