Your UGC rate starts with a scope, not a price found online.

1

Count all the work, not only the seconds delivered

A video of 30 seconds may require several hours of work. Adds brief exchange, search, script, preparation, shooting, editing, validation exchanges and administration. If you only count camera time, you underestimate the real cost of the mission.

Choose an internal calculation basis adapted to your expenses, your billable time and your activity. This is not automatically the hourly rate displayed to the customer. Your price must also absorb unbilled periods and necessary expenses, without confusing turnover with disposable income.

Note direct costs: travel, specific accessory, rental, additional person or authorized subcontracting. Check what the brand provides and what's left of you. A received product is not automatically sufficient remuneration; the answer depends on the agreement and the work requested.

2

Distinguished additional versions and new creation

A deliverable must be described: indicative duration, orientation, language, subtitles, file format and number of versions. "A video" can hide a main mount, three hooks, two ratios and raw files. These elements do not all require the same effort.

Define a number of returns and what they cover. Correcting an error compared to the brief is not the same as changing the product or re-runing after validation. Predict how a field change will be encrypted before executing it.

If the brand requires urgent delivery, check that you can preserve quality controls and authorizations. A short time may move other missions; He does not justify promising the impossible. Also clarifies the date of receipt of the product and the date of validation of the script.

3

Ask questions about usage before sending an amount

Request where the content will be used: organic account, site, advertising, additional media. Also asks for how long, in which territories and with what options for modification. A request for exclusivity or advertising from your identity deserves a specific discussion.

These boundary issues are business benchmarks, not a ready-to-sign assignment model. Permissions for your image, third parties, sounds and other creations must be consistent with the intended uses. Have a large or complex agreement reviewed by a competent person.

The official French guide recalls the framework of rights and duties related to commercial influence. Check if your mission falls within this framework; a production for the brand account and a promotional publication on your own account should not be confused. This VIFLY guide does not replace personalized legal advice.

Check the reference elements: Ministry of Economy — guide influencers and creators

4

Presents a proposal that clearly compares

Structure your quote around the need and what is included, then options. A clear proposal can distinguish between the main assembly, a hanging variant and an extension to be discussed. Do not hide conditions that strongly change the value of the command in an unreadable note.

If the budget does not match the perimeter, first adjust the deliverables or uses: fewer versions, a simplified shooting, only one language. A price reduction without a reduction in work can make the mission untenable. You can also politely refuse a request that does not allow for proper work.

Before agreement, check the administrative and payment conditions applicable to your status. The amounts in the example below do not include a personalized tax calculation. Keep your assumptions to review your method after the mission: has real time exceeded planned, and why?