Early access

Paid creator partnerships, with the money secured up front.

Neither side can change the terms alone. The fee sits secured until the work is approved.

Already have a deal in progress? Bring it here.

01 · Bring a deal you already have

You do not have to move where you find work.

Most deals start in a DM, a WhatsApp thread, or through a manager. Keep all of that. Once you agree terms, run the deal through Handsel: the fee is secured before work starts, and it releases on approval.

02 · One deal, two sides

Neither side is exposed.

Both sides see the same terms and the same secured money before the work begins.

The creator

Post before you're paid and you're exposed.

With Handsel, the fee and the terms are settled before the work begins. Approval releases the money.

The brand

Pay before you see the work and you're exposed.

With Handsel, the fee is committed against named deliverables. It moves when those arrive and match what was agreed.

How it works

One partnership. Six states.

Handsel is in early access. This is how a deal is built to work, and it opens with the first cohort.

How it startsProtected workflow

How it starts01
The opportunity opens.
02
Creators discover. Then pitch.
03
A partner is chosen. Terms are set.
Protected workflow04
The money is secured.
05
The work is delivered.
06
Approval releases the money.

03 · The record

One deal should not live in seven places.

A DM holds the terms. A spreadsheet holds the invoice. Nothing holds the money to the work.

04 · Inside the deal

The whole bargain stays together.

Four parts of one bargain, attached. Change one and the others still hold.

AThe agreement: What is being made. When it is due. What it is worth.
BThe secured money: The brand commits the full fee before production begins.
CThe delivered work: The work is judged against the terms both sides accepted.
DThe release condition: The approval condition attached to the agreed work.

The creator never starts on a promise.

The brand never pays for an assumption.

05 · Approval

Approval is not a matter of taste.

The question every creator asks next: what stops a brand from never approving.

Measured against the agreement: Work is checked against the deliverables both sides accepted. Not against taste, not against how it performed, not against a change of mind.
Revisions are bounded: Revisions are limited to what the agreement allows. Once those are used, the work stands as delivered.
The window is still being set: How long a brand has to approve, and what happens when that time passes, is being settled before the first cohort. Both will be published before anyone signs a deal here.

Before your next deal.

Handsel opens in cohorts. Leave one address and we'll write when yours opens.