Questions, answered
Everything creators and subscribers ask us. Every answer has its own link.
Earning
How do I earn money as a creator?
With every download of your content. At the end of the month we divide net revenue by all downloads of that month, that is the value per download. You get 30 percent of it, 50 as a Founding Creator. Packs come on top: same rate on the pack’s net proceeds.
How much is one download worth?
There is no fixed price per download. At the end of the month we divide net revenue by all downloads of that month, and you get your share of that. The value therefore moves with revenue and demand. We deliberately do not quote a range while the platform is new and we have no real months to compare. Your actual numbers appear in Creator Studio from your first month.
Does a repeat download by the same user count?
No. Anyone who downloaded a video once can download it again anytime, without a credit and without it counting for you a second time. That keeps the math clean.
Who sets the prices?
For downloads we do, through the subscriptions: buyers pay a flat rate, not per video. For packs you do, within a fixed range. The app shows you that range when you create a pack.
Who sets pack prices?
You do, within a fixed range. Prices are in credits: a pack costs about 45 to 80 percent of what its videos would cost one by one, and always less than the sum. A single download is always 1 credit. Subscribers pay less again on top. Your share is the same as on downloads: 30 percent, 50 as a Founding Creator.
What share does Creative Stocks keep?
70 percent of what your content brings in, 50 for Founding Creators. That covers hosting, streaming, payment fees and the platform. Your rate is locked per sale, a later change never touches past sales.
What is a credit?
One credit is one download, video or photo. Subscribers get credits every month and spend one per download. For you every download counts the same, whichever plan it comes from. Likes and comments bring visibility, never money.
Can I see what a single video earned?
Your Creator Studio shows views, downloads and earnings per month, plus your most downloaded videos. There is no price per clip, because the value only exists at month end, once revenue is in.
Does the platform cost me anything?
No. No subscription, no fee for applying or uploading. We only earn when your content is downloaded or bought.
How do packs work?
A pack is a selection of your approved videos at a fixed price. In the app you pay with credits, on the website by card. Subscribers pay less. You receive your rate on the pack's net proceeds, after store and payment fees, independent of the monthly revenue.
What about taxes?
You work as a freelancer, taxes are yours to handle. For payouts we need your identity and bank details, in some countries tax details too. Your Studio shows a monthly statement with downloads and amount.
Is there a referral program?
Yes. Every user has a referral link in the app. As a subscriber or brand: if someone subscribes through it and stays, you get a free month after their second payment, on the same plan and with its credits. For yearly plans it comes after 30 days. If you already have access, you get the credits only. As a creator: instead of the month you get money, 20% of what reaches us after Apple, Google or Stripe fees, on every payment for 12 months. It starts with the second payment, and the first one counts too. Each commission stays under review for 30 days and is then paid out on the 15th with your other earnings, from $20. If a payment is refunded, the reward for it is gone. Referring yourself does not count, and neither does a second account using the same payment method.
Payout
How do I get paid: Stripe, PayPal, Wise?
To your bank account, monthly on the 15th, once you have $20. We send the transfer ourselves. We hold 30 days against chargebacks first, so your first payout arrives 45 to 75 days after your first download. No PayPal, no Wise.
What if I stay under $20?
Your balance keeps adding up, nothing expires. As soon as it reaches $20 we pay out. In your Studio you can also choose to keep collecting if you prefer larger transfers.
Rights and license
Do I keep the copyright to my content?
Yes, fully. You remain the copyright holder of every upload. We only get the license to offer it in the library. Buyers receive a usage license, never the copyright.
What can a buyer do with my content?
Use it on their channels and for their clients: social media, website, advertising, worldwide, no credit required. Not allowed: reselling the file, passing it on or offering it as their own stock material.
Can buyers run paid ads with it?
Yes. The license covers paid advertising on Meta, TikTok and other channels, with no time or territory limit. What is not allowed: reselling the file or offering it as stock.
Is the license limited in time or by platform?
No term, no territory list. Resale is off limits — and with the Personal license, so are client work and large paid campaigns; that is what Business is for. Whichever applies to a download is recorded at download time and does not change later.
Do I have to be exclusive?
Only towards other stock and UGC platforms: while a video is live with us, the same video may not be offered there. Your own channels, portfolio, brand deals and direct clients stay completely free.
Can I sell the same content elsewhere?
To your own clients yes, anytime. On competing stock or UGC platforms no, as long as it is live with us. If you want to list a video there, withdraw it here, it goes offline after 30 days.
What happens if I break exclusivity?
If we find a video on a competing platform, you get a message with the reason and 14 days. After that we take the video offline. Your account stays, unless breaches pile up, then the warning rules apply.
Can I choose which videos I license?
Yes, every upload is your decision. Nothing is taken automatically, nothing is pulled from your channels. You upload what you want to offer.
Can I remove content again?
Yes, any time in your Studio. The video goes offline right away. For 30 days you can bring it back from Recently deleted, in the browser right now and in the app with the next update. Anyone who downloaded it before may keep using it, that is part of the licence they bought. What you earned with it stays yours.
What happens if I leave the platform?
Your content leaves with you. We own none of it, everything is offline within 30 days at most. Downloads already bought stay valid for the buyers.
Can I upload AI-generated content?
No. Only real footage you hold all rights to. In return, we never train AI on your content, that is guaranteed in the terms.
Agreement
Founding Creator
What do I get as a Founding Creator?
50 percent instead of 30, the Founding badge on your profile, house content without a subscription and a ranking bonus for your first three months. Anything on top we tell you when you are approved.
What is expected of me?
15 approved uploads per month, photos count like videos. No AI content, no third-party music. And one content piece on launch day, story or reel, your choice, with your referral link.
Is the 50 percent as a Founding Creator forever?
As long as you hit the 15 uploads a month. Miss it once and we let you know, nothing else happens. Miss it two months in a row and the standard rate applies and the spot opens up. Hit it again and everything comes back on the 1st of the next month. The month you join doesn't count.
Does an upload count if you only review it next month?
Yes. What counts is the day you submit. Anything with us by the end of the month counts for that month, even if we approve it later. Rejected uploads don't count.
How many spots are there, and until when?
100 spots. You can apply until November 15. After that only the standard rate is available.
When can I use the library?
Right when you are approved as a Founding Creator, not after your first pack. House content is unlimited for you, creator content costs credits for you too, because someone earns on it.
Do I have to post about Creative Stocks?
As a Founding Creator once on launch day, that is part of the deal. As a regular creator no. Anyone who posts uses their referral link and earns 20% on the payments of every referral who stays, for 12 months. Referrals for money are advertising, so label your post accordingly.
Applying and uploading
Who can become a creator?
Anyone who shoots their own videos or photos in social-media quality. A big account is not required. We look at the material, not the reach.
How do I apply?
On the creator page, in two minutes. We reply by email. If it is a fit, you get access to the app and submit three samples there. Only our team sees them.
What do you review?
Image quality, light, editing, and whether it fits one of our niches. If we decline, we tell you why.
What can I upload?
Short videos and photos without text overlays or third-party music, ideally with no sound at all. Better to avoid visible logos and brands. Portrait 9:16 is in highest demand, landscape works too.
How big can a file be?
Up to 200 MB per file, several at once are fine. A ten-second 4K clip fits easily.
My upload was declined, now what?
You see the reason in plain words on the video. Rework it and resubmit, right from your Studio. Deleting a video yourself is neither a rejection nor a warning.
What is a warning?
A message with a reason when an upload breaks the rules, like third-party music or material that is not yours. Three warnings in 90 days lock the account. A rejection for image quality is not a warning.
Do I have to upload my ID?
Yes, once in the app: ID and selfie. Without it you cannot publish and cannot get paid out — it is not an extra for the checkmark. Takes two minutes. Only our core team sees the data, every access is logged, it is deleted after a fixed period.
For subscribers
What is Creative Stocks?
A library of ready-made UGC videos and photos for social media. You search by niche, download and post. No shoot, no editing.
Why does the preview say Creative Stocks?
That is our watermark. It protects the clips from being copied. With a plan or during your trial our own clips show without it, creator clips keep it until you download them. The file you get is always clean and licensed.
Can I try Creative Stocks for free?
Yes, 14 days. During the trial you download from the house content, no credit card. The trial simply ends, nothing is charged.
Which plans are there and what do they cost?
Basic, Pro and Studio, monthly or yearly, plus business plans for teams. Current prices are on the pricing page of this website, the app shows the same.
What happens after the 14 days?
Your call. Without a subscription access ends, with one it just continues, creator content included.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes, any time, effective at the end of the paid period. In the app under Settings, Manage subscription. If you subscribed on the website, go to creative-stocks.com/billing. Whatever you downloaded until then stays yours to use.
Do I get a refund if I forget to cancel?
No. Cancelling is up to you, before the next charge: in the app under Settings, Manage subscription, or for website subscriptions at creative-stocks.com/billing. Once a subscription has renewed, we don’t refund that period. Access runs until it ends. Your statutory right of withdrawal is not affected (details in the terms). For App Store purchases Apple decides on refunds, not us.
Can I edit the videos and photos?
Yes. Crop, color-grade, add text, combine clips. Anything that fits your brand.
What are the usage rights?
A commercial license for your own channels and client projects: Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, websites, paid ads included. Not allowed: reselling or redistributing the raw files.
What am I not allowed to do?
Sell, share or upload the raw files to other stock sites, claim the content as your own footage, or use it for offensive, defamatory or illegal material.
What about quality?
Mostly portrait 9:16 in high resolution, made for social media. Format and length are shown on every video.
How often can I use a video?
As often as you like, across accounts and platforms. One download costs one credit, after that the file is yours to post.
Do my credits expire?
No. Whatever you do not use in a month carries over. And anything you downloaded once can be downloaded again anytime, without spending another credit.
Who makes the content, and how often is there something new?
Part of it comes from our team, the rest from vetted creators who earn on every download. A hundred-plus new videos and photos arrive every month.
Can I request content?
Yes. Community requests flow into the next drops. For videos with your own product there are custom packages: in the app under Profile → Request custom package. Usually delivered within two weeks.
What is a custom package?
We shoot videos with your own product. Request one in the app under Profile → Request custom package, in a few short steps. We get back to you within 24 hours for a quick call about look, scope and price. Then you send us your product, and usually two weeks later you get the finished clips as a link. You can follow the status in the app the whole time. Asking is free.
Are there licenses for teams and agencies?
Yes, the business plans come with team seats and a license for client channels.
I am a brand or agency. What applies to me?
The business plans with team seats. Videos with your own product come through a custom package, in the app under Profile → Request custom package. For central billing, apply for a brand account. We are building that out right now. Questions to contact@creative-stocks.com.
Where can I get the app?
On iPhone from the App Store, on Android from Google Play. On the website you see pricing and can apply as a creator.
Missing a question?
Send us an email. Whatever gets asked more than once ends up here.

