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Build a UGC business from home, without a following

UGC creators film product videos that brands run in their own ads. The brand posts it, not you — which is why nobody checks your follower count.

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No following neededFilmed on your phonePaid per video
Ana AndradeBen BurnettJackie CanoSorymar Castillo
Joined by 150+ students

I was averaging about $1,000 a month. After joining Creatorhive, $4,000. And one month I did $6,000. Before this I was calling it a side hustle. That mindset shift has really helped.

Allison
AllisonProject Manager + Full Time Mom

Most UGC coaches have never hired a creators.

CreatorHive came out of HeySocial. Everything below happened on the buying side of the industry, before we taught anyone.

350+brands worked with
$1M+paid out to creators
150+CreatorHive Students

Why this exists

We paid UGC creators for four years before we taught anyone

Most people teaching UGC learned it as creators, fairly recently, and started teaching it. We came at it from the other direction. CreatorHive grew out of HeySocial, a UGC agency — we were the ones hiring creators, writing the briefs, reviewing the footage and rejecting the work that did not convert.

That changes what we can tell you. When we say a brand will not book you off that portfolio, it is not an opinion about your work. It is what we said to creators pitching us, for years, with money on the line.

$1M+ has gone out to creators through the agency so far, across more than 350 brands. Those relationships did not disappear when we started teaching — they are the pipeline our students get access to.

Some of our Students UGC work

Every clip here was filmed by a student on their own phone, in their own home, for a brand that paid them for it.

Sofia$1,200/mo retainer
MarcusFirst deal in 3 weeks
Amara4 brands, one month
Jackie$850 + product
NoahRetainer since March
Janelle3 videos a week
AnaTwo brands on retainer
DerekFirst deal in 18 days

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The CreatorHive Method

Four stages, in order. Everyone runs the same path. What changes is how fast you move through it.

01

Camera Presence

You shoot ten videos before anyone sees your work. Then you put video one next to video ten and a Career Strategist tells you what changed.

02

Creators Corner

Five to seven spots in your home. Kitchen, car, outside. Each one set up for light, framing and audio. You shoot test footage in every spot and a coach signs it off before it goes into your portfolio.

03

Applying to Brands

Backstage profile live, then five to ten applications a day. You get coached on the pitch, the follow up and the negotiation, and you keep adding a new video example every week while you wait.

04

Paid Deals

First $1,000 month, then $3,000, then $5,000. The jump comes from re signing brands at the start of every month and locking in retainers, so you are not starting from zero each time.

Who becomes a UGC creator

Almost nobody here
started out as a UGC creator

Allison Vale

Alex Shebar

Adrian Porcelli

Alexis McElroy

Jackie Cano

Ben Burnett

Beth

Heidi Champlain

Sorymar Castillo

Ana Andrade

Kelsi Zhang

Agneta

Charlie G

Darian

Alexis Magalei

Inna Saakian

The people who will
actually be reviewing your work

These four are in the weekly calls and in the Slack. Not a support inbox, not a chatbot.

Mykel Anthony

Head UGC Coach
Founder of HeySocial

Caroline Green

UGC Coach
UGC Creator

Angelica Toro

UGC Creative Strategist

Valentina Delgado

Accountability UGC Coach

Community and accountability,
in one app

We built the CreatorHive app so everything lives in one place your deals, your money, your coaching and the people doing this alongside you.

TRACK DEALS AND GET PAID

Every deal, invoice and payment in one place

Deals move through a pipeline from pitched to paid. The app tells you what's owed, what's overdue and who to chase, so nothing quietly slips. Hit a threshold and your tier moves up.

POST AND GET FEEDBACK

Put your work up, a coach tells you what to fix

Post a hook, a draft or a question and get a real answer back — not a thumbs up. Wins, questions and content reviews are separated, so the feed stays useful instead of turning into noise.

LEARN AT YOUR OWN PACE

The whole method, broken into lessons you finish

Short modules that follow the same four stages the coaching does. Your progress is tracked, so you always know the next thing to do rather than staring at a library of videos.

SHOW UP AND BE ACCOUNTABLE

Every call with your coach, already in your calendar

Live calls, one-to-ones and workshops are listed with who is running them and what to bring. Accountability is the part most people are missing — this is the part that supplies it.

Students Changing Their Lives with UGC

Jackie Cano3:42 PM

When I say, I can't even flipping believe that I was able to crack nearly 5K last month I probably would've hit it if I didn't get sick for 5 days last week.

It's only my second month here at Creator Hive and I can't even really count the first month because it was during the transition. Now as I'm going into my third month it is absolutely insane. I am probably projected to make over 8K and that is me being pretty moderate.

And let me just say this right now @Angelica Toro is the content GOAT, she helps me understand content and briefs when my brain is like spinning.

I have also been able to turn $50 deals into $2000 retainers.

It's possible when every other side hustle I've ever done, including being a children's author, has made me money but nowhere near the freedom and money that I have had doing this. The wow effect is real.

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Ana Andrade8:36 AM

Hey guys I want to share my wins, I was quite discouraged until my last conversation with @Myke Anthony last Thursday and right after @Angelica Toro helped me reorganize my videos I'm getting a lot of contact backstage!

Thanks also to @Caroline Green who sent me some opportunities and I closed a contract of $600 per month with a language application. I also closed two videos for $500 for the credit Acceptance company through a backstage contact and also a simple video for $120 and I also delivered two more videos for 100 to a toothpaste company.

Wow and I forgot I also have the Khloud Foods with 15 videos per $800 a month 😍. I'm very happy, thank you all 🌼🤍🙌

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Hillary H2:52 PM

Just wanted to share that yesterday I scored my first PAID travel UGC collaboration! I've done restaurant UGC and other travel experiences that were comped, but this time I'm being PAID, and the brand is covering accommodations and experiences for my husband and I to enjoy a couples getaway! And the funny part is that I almost didn't apply! 😂

It's such a good reminder that you never know which application will be the one that says YES.

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Raiza11:18 AM

Hiii all, I received an inbound from a marketing agency for a Helix campaign and officially got selected! 🥹🙌

The campaign is $850 paid + a Helix mattress valued between $1,500–$3,000 that I get to keep! Deliverables are 6 unique videos + 2 photos, with an in-store visit.

It feels SO good to see the consistency paying off — especially having brands/agencies start reaching out to me directly. 🥹❤️

Another win for the books! 🎉

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Cindy Mendez5:43 PM

It feels so good to be barely on 8/3 and have collected 1.6k and contracted 2k — this feels so surreal to me and also super motivating to just keep going. I never would soak in wins bc I'm so hard on myself but I'm celebrating this one.

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Sunnie M1:26 PM

Hey guys! I've been looking forward to finally getting my first brand deal and I'm so excited to be able to finally share a win and announce I'VE LANDED MY FIRST BRAND DEAL!!! It was an inbound for $375, I'm still applying on Backstage. I'm rooting for everyone in here and for more wins to come and thank you to @Myke Anthony and @Angelica Toro I appreciate you all! 🥳🫶

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Melody L6:08 PM

Hello @channel, excited to share that I received an inbound for a paid offer video plus $1200 worth of spa treatment. This was a couple hours after talking with @Caroline Green and her suggestion that got my profile to 10/10. Thank you @Caroline Green!! 💗

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Gigi Knight1:42 PM

Hey guys I'd like to share a win — I've recently started actively pitching my dog Rylo for pet UGC and he's officially contracted $500 total first month of pitching 🥳 I'm nervous and excited to see how he'll cooperate lol

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Karen Bradford8:12 PM

I am super excited to say - I have crossed the first checkpoint and have been paid $1128 so far this month!! 🙌

Big thanks to Myke and Angie, and all the other creators for sharing their experiences and showing me it is possible!

Can't wait to cross the next one 🎉

Dhea12:46 PM

Just finished submitting all the vids last week for the 3 inbounds I got last month! I've been so busy and wasn't able to pitch but thankfully still get inbounds! Also, they're higher paying than my usual brand deals 🙌

$800 Who Gives A Crap
$400 Clarins (this deal has been in the talks since March, finally completed!)
$500 Wampole

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Rey310:50 AM

Thanks to you @Valentina Delgado, @Angelica Toro and our very own @Myke Anthony — $600 plus previous $770 = $1370. Hustle Bee you guys 🙏

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Valentina Delgado4:40 PM

Big shout out to @Karen Bradford for hitting over 2k this month!!! Congratulations!!! 🙌🎉

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Kimberly Thibodeaux10:46 AM

Hi all! I was just offered a small job (2 videos for $140) for a Korean skincare company! I didn't do any pitching—in fact, I think they found me through TikTok as I have my email address in my Bio.

A couple others have reached out by email, but I haven't heard back from them yet.

But I'm excited!

Tanya GB5:46 PM

GO @Cindy Mendez!!! As a fellow person who is also hard on herself, you deserve to celebrate ❤️🎉

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Have questions?
We have answers

Do I need a following to do this?
No, and this is the thing most people get wrong. Brands are licensing footage to run on their own accounts and in their own paid ads. They are buying the video, not access to your audience. Plenty of people in the community earn steadily with a few hundred followers.
What equipment do I need?
A phone. We will show you how to get usable light out of the room you already have and which free apps handle the rest. Brands consistently prefer footage that looks real over footage that looks produced, so a polished setup can actively work against you.
How long before I land a first deal?
It depends almost entirely on how much you actually do. Some people land one within weeks of finishing their portfolio, others take longer. The sequence is the same either way, which is why we teach it as stages rather than a timeline.
Is UGC still worth getting into in 2026?
Brand demand for volume creative has gone up, not down. More brands are running more video tests than at any point so far, and every one of those tests needs footage that a production company is too slow and too expensive to supply.
How is this different from other UGC programmes?
We hired and paid creators before we taught anybody. That means the standards we hold your work to are the standards we applied when we were the client, and the brand relationships from the agency side still feed opportunities to students.
What does it cost?
We go through pricing on a call, once we know which track actually fits you. Payment plans are available, including interest-free options.
Do I have to be on camera?
Usually, but not always. Product-in-hand filming and voiceover work both exist, and some creators build most of their income on those without ever showing their face.
What if I have never filmed anything before?
That describes most people who start here. The first stage exists precisely because nobody arrives with a portfolio.

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