Rates and Concepts

The Rate and Concept features let creators propose their own compensation and content ideas as part of a campaign application. You review their submissions before deciding who to accept, then create a cash incentive matching each accepted creator's quoted rate.

Enable Rate and Concept on a Campaign Application

1. In Later Influence, open your campaign and select the Setup tab
2. Select the Application sub-tab
3. Toggle on Require Concept and/or Require Rate

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5. For Rate: select the fulfillment method (offline or via Stripe if enabled) and the fulfillment stage (Pre-Payment or Post-Payment)

Review Submissions

Rate and concept submissions appear in each creator's Lightbox profile in the Applied stage.

1. In Later Influence, open your campaign and select the Workflow tab
2. Select the Applied stage
3. Select a creator's profile image to open their Lightbox
4. Review their rate and/or concept submission at the top of the page

5. Use the arrow icons or left-right arrow keys to move through all applicants in the stage

If a creator resubmits the application, the Lightbox updates to the latest version. A full history of all submissions — including each rate provided — is available in the History tab of the creator's campaign details.

Create Rate Incentives

Once you accept a creator, manually create a cash incentive for the amount they quoted.

1. In Later Influence, open your campaign and select the Workflow tab
2. Locate the accepted creator in the Confirmation stage and open their campaign details
3. Select the Incentives tab, then select + Add Incentive
4. Select Cash and enter the rate they proposed as the value
5. Select Save

Edit Rate Incentives After Negotiation

If you negotiate to a different amount:

Edit individually:

1. In Later Influence, open the creator's campaign details in the Confirmation stage or later
2. Select the Incentives tab
3. Select the ellipsis icon next to the incentive and select Edit Incentive
4. Update the value and select Save

Edit in bulk via import:

1. In Later Influence, select Incentives from the left sidebar
2. Filter for the relevant campaign, type (Cash), and status (Pending)
3. Export the incentives
4. In the exported CSV, edit the ARV column for the relevant rows
5. Save as CSV and re-import using the upload icon in the Incentives tab

For full import instructions, see Manage Incentives: Search, Export, and Edit.

What Creators See

Creators can't view their own rate or concept submission after submitting the application. They can reapply to update their submission, but their previous entry won't be visible to them. Once accepted, the rate incentive appears in their Campaign Manager the same way as any other cash incentive.