Digiday·2026-09-04

Marketers say usage rights are driving up the price to work with creators

Creator pricing is a problem , and everyone is trying to determine the best solution. But one of the biggest hurdles that creators, their agents and the creator marketers looking to work with them face isn’t the initial price tag to get the partnership started, but the usage rights that are tacked on. Usage rights have become a major part of every creator partnership, dictating how the content wil

Creator pricing is a problem , and everyone is trying to determine the best solution. But one of the biggest hurdles that creators, their agents and the creator marketers looking to work with them face isn’t the initial price tag to get the partnership started, but the usage rights that are tacked on. Usage rights have become a major part of every creator partnership, dictating how the content wil