An edit that earns nothing is almost never a bad edit. It is usually a good edit that broke a rule somebody could have read in ninety seconds.
Worth being blunt about the order of operations here. The brief is not a formality you skim after making something. It is the specification, and the edit is the deliverable. Making the edit first and then looking for a campaign it might fit is how most wasted evenings start.
Read the brief as a checklist
Every campaign splits its requirements into what gets an edit approved and what gets it rejected. Those are the brand's own words, not our paraphrase of them, and they are the thing an edit is measured against at the end.
Read the rejected list first. It is shorter, it is more specific, and it is where the campaign tells you what it has already been burned by.
The rules that catch people out
These are mechanical. None of them is a judgement call, and all of them are avoidable.
- Post from a connected account. Only an account you have linked can be read, so an edit posted from anywhere else cannot be counted at all.
- Post after the campaign started. A post that predates the campaign cannot be submitted to it.
- One post, one campaign. A post can only ever earn on a single campaign, however the link is shortened or rewritten.
- Check the platform. A campaign names the platforms it runs on, and posting somewhere it does not run means the submission is refused.
- Follow any caption rule the campaign sets. Some ask for a specific word or tag, and the check for it is exact.
- Watch the per-account cap. Campaigns can limit how many edits one account may submit, and submitting past it does not earn more.
Minimums are set by the brand, not by us
A campaign can require a minimum view count before an edit earns at all, a minimum engagement rate, a follower floor, or a minimum duration. Where those are set, they are printed on the campaign page.
We impose no follower minimum of our own. If you see one, it belongs to that campaign, and a different campaign may not have it.
Do not buy views or engagement
This is the one that ends badly. Bought engagement is checked for, and an edit flagged for it earns nothing.
It is also pointless in a way that is worth spelling out. You are paid on views a brand is paying for, and a brand that pays for views nobody had does not come back. The campaign you are farming is the campaign you are killing.
What review at the end actually is
Your edit is accepted the moment you submit it, and it starts earning at six hours old. There is no queue and no waiting for approval before the counter starts.
The check happens at the other end. When the campaign finishes, a person reads every edit on it against the brief. Anything that met the brief is released into your balance. Anything that broke it earns nothing, and the brand is not charged for it.
A rejection carries a reason where there is one to give, so do not assume silence means something specific. If an edit was rejected and the reason is not clear, ask in the Discord.
After you are paid
A paid post has to stay up, and stay as posted, for 30 days. Deleting it or editing it inside that window breaks the deal the payment was made under.
That is the whole obligation. Keep it up, and the money is yours.