FAQ
QUESTIONS,ANSWERED.
If a rule can cost you money, it is on this page and in the Terms, in plain words.
For creators
Getting paid
How is the payout calculated?
Verified views divided by 1,000, times the bounty's rate, up to the bounty's per-post cap โ then PaidHype's 15% comes off and the rest is yours. The default rate is $1 / 1k views, so 20,000 verified views is $20 of reach and $17 in your bank. Every bounty prints its own rate, cap and view floor before you claim, and your claim page prints the whole subtraction. We use the highest verified reading your post reaches, so a bad data moment never shortchanges you.
When do I get paid?
Your payout releases 14 days after you submit, once the post is approved, then it sits in that account's balance until you request a cashout at $25 or more. Stripe sends real dollars straight to your bank account, in USD. No tokens, no points, no crypto. Those 14 days are the measurement window, not a waiting room: your payout is calculated from the highest verified reading your post reaches in them, and your earnings screen shows the live curve and the exact release date the whole time.
What counts as a verified view?
A view we read ourselves from the post's public ๐ metrics. We snapshot every post hourly for the first 48 hours, then daily through the end of the hold, day 14 by default. Screenshots and self-reported analytics never count.
Why did my post earn $0?
Almost always the view floor: posts under 1,000 verified views earn nothing, and we say so everywhere before you claim. The other causes are listed under the rules: an edited or deleted post, a stale submission, or a post that failed the brief check.
Can a payout be frozen before it releases?
Yes. An automatic screen watches every post's curve, and a post whose views jump without matching engagement, or that lands far outside your own history, freezes at fraud review instead of releasing. A person then looks at it. Measurement keeps running while it is frozen, so nothing expires and a cleared claim is still paid on its highest reading. That same screen is what keeps bought views off the board you are posting on.
Can I post from more than one account?
Yes. Connect each ๐ account separately; each one is verified on its own and must meet eligibility on its own. Your earnings screen shows them together, but balances stay per account: each cashes out on its own and must clear the $25 floor on its own.
For creators
The rules
Why do I have to submit within 60 minutes of posting?
Two reasons. It kills the oldest scam in pay-per-view (submitting a tweet that already went viral), and it lets us record your view curve from near zero, which is what proves your views are real. Post, then submit right away.
Can I edit my post after submitting?
No. Any change to the text after approval forfeits the payout, down to fixing a typo, and so does deleting the post before the hold ends (14 days by default). We snapshot the approved text and check it on every fetch. Leave the post up and untouched.
Can I reuse an old tweet that already has views?
No. The tweet must be published after you claimed the bounty, and a tweet can only ever be submitted once, across all bounties, forever.
What links can I include?
Your issued tracked link or the brand's own site. Third-party shorteners are always rejected, and we re-resolve every link on every fetch, so swapping the destination after approval forfeits the payout.
Do I have to disclose that a post is paid?
Some bounties require the #PaidHype tag, and the bounty page says so before you claim. Beyond that, following ๐'s paid partnership rules and the disclosure law where you live is your responsibility, and the free draft check will flag a missing required tag before you post.
How do you know the post is mine?
Because ๐ told us. You sign in through ๐ itself, the claim binds to the handle that login proves you control, and a submitted URL is rejected unless the tweet came from that exact handle. We never see your password, and there is no field where anyone types in a handle they do not own.
What stops other people gaming the board?
Six rules, running on every post including yours: ๐ ownership verification, the 1-hour fresh-post window, one tweet to one claim forever, AI originality and compliance checks against the brand's rulebook and every peer submission, the 14-day measurement window, and a fraud screen that freezes anything that does not look human for a person to review. Each one is written up in full on the integrity page.
I claimed a bounty. Is my spot safe?
No. Claiming reserves nothing: a slot locks only when a post is submitted, first come first served. The bounty page shows a live slots-left count, and the submit screen warns you again. Post early.
For brands
Getting started
How do I get a brand workspace?
You open it yourself, in about a minute: sign in, give us your brand name, ๐ handle and website, and the workspace is live. It arrives with three example bounties as drafts, with real rates, caps and worst-case budgets, so you can see what a campaign costs before you open one. No sales call, no card, no waiting on us.
What does it cost?
Your bounty's rate, plus 15% of it to PaidHype. A post that delivers $10 of reach at your rate costs you $11.50. No minimums, no retainers, no seat fees, no card on file until a post is delivered. Creators pay the same 15% out of their side, so neither of you is subsidising the other. Your dashboard shows both numbers โ what creators earned and what you owe โ against delivered views, live.
Can I run more than one brand?
Yes. Each brand is a separate workspace under one login, with its own bounties, claims, tracking domain, reports, and API key.
For brands
Running campaigns
Can I control what creators say about my product?
Yes, twice. You write approved claims and hard rules on your workspace, and the AI referee checks every submitted post against them plus your brief. A creator's first-ever paid post also gets human review. Creators write in their own voice, inside your lines.
How do you stop fake views?
Every view is read off the post's own public ๐ metrics on a fixed schedule, never self-reported. On top of that: posts must be published after the claim and submitted within the hour, so nobody bills you for reach earned before your campaign existed; a tweet can back exactly one claim across the whole platform, forever; and a fraud screen watches every curve and freezes anything inhuman for a person to review rather than paying it. Payout runs 14 days after submission on a post that has to still be standing and unedited. The thresholds stay private, for the obvious reason; the rules do not, and they are all on the integrity page.
How do I know a creator owns the account they posted from?
๐ does the verifying. Creators authenticate through ๐ OAuth, the claim binds to that handle, and a submitted post is refused unless the tweet was published by it. There is no path onto your campaign for an account nobody proved they control.
Is there an API?
Everything the dashboard does is an API endpoint: post bounties, list creators, pull stats, read reports. Wiring PaidHype into your own tools is expected usage.
Both sides
The same for everyone
How the money and the numbers work, whichever side you are on.
Both sides
Trust and verification
Where do the numbers come from?
From the public metrics on the post itself, read by us on a fixed schedule: hourly for the first 48 hours, then daily through the end of the hold, day 14 by default. Both sides see the same numbers, so there is nothing to argue about.
How long until I get paid?
14 days from submission. Views keep climbing after a post goes up, so paying at hour one would pay on the worst number available; instead the payout uses the highest verified reading the post reaches across the window. Waiting never costs the creator views, and it is the same window that catches a post quietly deleted or rewritten after the fact.
Who reviews the edge cases?
People. Reviews, first posts from new creators, and disputes get human eyes. Everything routine is automatic, which is what keeps the platform self-serve.
What does PaidHype charge?
15% of what a post earns, from each side. Signing up, claiming, submitting and cashing out are all free โ the fee only ever comes off a post that actually earned. On a $20 post: the creator gets $17, the brand pays $23, and both numbers are shown before either side commits. The percentage is frozen to a claim when it is made, so a change never reaches a post already up.
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