If you want creative control over your UGC work, setting your own rates as a UGC creator with Trend is a big draw. Trend is a free creator marketplace where brands source short-form video and photo content, and you decide which collaborations to take and what to charge, all without needing any social media following.
How Trend Works
Trend is a curated marketplace that helps brands quickly find vetted creators for short video and photo content. You apply to join through the Trend site or app by tapping Apply To Join Now and submitting your information. Because Trend is selective, the review can take some time as the team works through applications, but you do not need a set follower count, or even any social media at all, to be accepted. Once you are in, you browse brand projects updated daily in the app and apply only to the ones that match your personal aesthetic. You set your own rates and choose the partnerships you actually want. When a brand picks you, you shoot the content following their brief and deliver it through the platform, then get paid for the work. Trend is 100% free for creators, so you keep what you earn.
- Cost to join: Free to apply and free to use for creators
- How you get paid: Per project at rates you set, paid through the platform
- What you do: Shoot short-form video and photo content for brands you choose
- Best for: Creators who want to set their own rates and pick their own brands
- Why it stands out: No follower requirement and full control over your rates and projects