Why You Should Never Charge "Per View": The Usage Rights Formula That 10x’s Brand Deals
Why Understanding This Changes Your Channel
Most creators calculate brand deal rates using simple CPMs: $20 per 1,000 views. They are leaving 90% of their contract value on the table. Here is how enterprise advertising teams evaluate usage rights and how to itemize them on your invoices.
What You'll Learn:
Act I: The CPM Trap (Why Views Are The Worst Metric to Price)
Here is the standard conversation between an unrepresented creator and a brand manager: The brand asks: "What is your rate for a dedicated 60-second video?" The creator looks at their average 25,000 views, multiplies it by a $25 CPM, and sheepishly replies: "$625."
The brand manager approves the invoice in 4 minutes flat. Why? Because the brand just bought an asset they will run as a paid Meta and TikTok ad for the next 9 months, generating $250,000 in revenue—all for six hundred bucks.
When you sell a sponsorship, you are acting as a full-service creative agency: casting, scripting, shooting, lighting, editing, and providing your personal likeness and trust. In the traditional advertising world, producing a 60-second high-converting commercial costs brands between $15,000 and $40,000 before running a single ad.
“Brands don’t pay creators for their subscriber count. They pay for the asset they can amplify across paid media channels.”
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