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That $150 brand deal almost felt fair until my friend did the math with me
I was chatting with a buddy who runs a small Twitch channel, maybe 2k followers, and he showed me this brand email offering $500 for a shoutout. Then he asked me why I keep accepting those $150 posts that take 3 hours of edits. He said, 'You are basically paying them with your time to be underpaid.' That hit weird because I tracked my last 12 deals and the average hourly came out to like $11, which is below minimum wage where I live. Now I check the math first and ask for usage rights, since one company repurposed my clip for a whole ad campaign last fall. Has anyone else added a clause about limited usage or just walked when the pay is too low for the work?
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nancyw971mo ago
Learning this lesson late is still better than never. The usage thing is huge and most people miss it. I put a line in my rate sheet now that says anything past 30 days or paid ads needs a new fee, and honestly half these brands just say okay because they know they were getting away with something. Your friend did you a solid. Walking away is scary but once you know your hourly number you can't unsee it.
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