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Day 20 building ratecalc.fyi Activated the affiliate program today. Every Pro user gets a unique referral link. 20% commission. LemonSqueezy pays automatically. Share → someone buys → you earn. No manual requests. → ratecalc.fyi/affiliates

Day 23 building ratecalc.fyi shipped today: → 3 niche calculator pages live (fitness / beauty / finance) → lowball stat now dynamic per niche — finance brands: 84%, non-US creators: 91% → Pro login was broken (OTP bug). fixed and deployed. ratecalc.fyi

@daicandev Appreciate it! Will keep posting updates here, good and bad !

@ratecalc Hey that's a good approach! rooting for you!

Hello founders and builders, How did you get your first 10 users?

Fair point, the free tier trap is real. The way i tried to avoid it: the calculator gives you a number, but the pro tools (negotiation scripts, contract, invoice) are what you actually need to do something with that number. Different jobs, different value. Time will tell if the line is drawn in the right place lol.

@ratecalc No man, underrated by who? That's a great form of distribution! Always having care of not saturate the user with lots of value, cause they can start to see you as a free content, and may be a bit hard to monetize later. Just my opinion here.

@daicandev Exactly, free tool as distribution is underrated. The calculator brings people in, pro converts the ones who actually need to negotiate. Free traffic that self-selects is worth more than paid traffic that doesn't.

@ratecalc That was good, also free tools gives you good traffic for future apps.

@stefabrudan Building ratecalc.fyi, rate calculator for influencers and UGC creators. 3,300+ calculations done. Brands use it to benchmark deals, creators use it to stop undercharging. Always good to connect with other builders 🤝

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@DanielSmidstrup 4.6k is closer to brand deals than most people think. Brands care more about engagement rate than follower count. At your size with decent engagement: $100–250 per sponsored post already. Most creators at this stage don't even know they can charge.

4600 followers on day 64 🥳 Trying to hit 4.7k today! Let's see if we can do it!

@devXritesh 5k is the inflection point where brand DMs actually mean something. At this stage most creators are still guessing their rates. For your follower size: $150–400/post depending on niche + engagement. Don't undersell the milestone, ratecalc.fyi if you want exact numbers.

Finally crossed 5,000 followers 🔥 From 100 to 5k in a few months. Thank you for every reply, save, and follow ❤️

@UGC_Olivia_ Repeat clients before the first invoice clears = you priced it right. Most creators think lower rates = more clients. Reality: underpricing attracts one-and-done brands. The brands worth keeping always come back when the value is there.

When a brand comes back for a second video before the first project has even cooled off. 🙌🏻 This UGC example is from a repeat client who hired me again almost immediately after our first collaboration. Here's a look👇🏼 📧 oliviacastriota@yahoo.com #ugc #ugcexample #ugcneeded

@thisgirlpppaula Yes, but that's exactly how you know you're in the right niche. The creators doing their best work are also the ones charging the most. Not because they got lucky. Because they stopped underselling. Most UGC creators leave 40-60% on the table without realizing it.

If money wasn't a factor Would you still be doing UGC?

@timurthedevv Appreciate it! Will keep posting the updates here, day by day stuff, good and bad.

@ratecalc Keep up the good work, sounds really nice so far. I'm keeping an eye on this project 🔥

Day 22 building ratecalc.fyi Ran a full security audit on the site today. Fixed a bunch of issues. broke the whole site in the process. fixed that too. Shipping is iteration. security is iteration. same thing. → ratecalc.fyi

Honestly i didn't validate it the traditional way, i just saw hundreds of "how much should i charge?" posts on reddit with no good answers and built the thing. The validation came after: 3,200+ free calculations in the first 2 weeks. But in hindsight i got lucky that the problem was obvious enough that i didn't need to validate first.

@ratecalc That's a great approach! But how did you validate your idea?

@babayagatwt ratecalc.fyi, tells ugc creators and influencers what to charge for brand deals. 3,300+ calculations so far. free, no signup. Bbuilt it because the gap between what brands budget and what creators charge is massive and nobody talks about it.

Founders, Show me what you're building 👇 One project gets $200 worth of Google & Meta ads + free campaign setup. Tomorrow I'll pick one project publicly using Grok. Good luck. 🎉

@natiakourdadze Building ratecalc.fyi, rate calculator for ugc creators and influencers. Day 22, small tool, real problem. Follow if you like micro-saas build-in-public stuff.

I don't see lots of builders recently on my feed. Who should I follow?

@JSchneiderUGC Hello fresh is a proper brand deal. The brief/deliverable ratio they tend to ask for is intense though. Hope the rate reflected the scope.

Behind the scenes of working with Hello Fresh 🔥 #UGCCreator #ugc #ugccommunity

@UGCStevenM That's actually smart framing. Makes you less likely to discount or take underpaying deals just to move cash. Creators who watch the number tend to protect their rate better.

Am I the only crazy person who leaves money sitting in creator platforms because seeing the number get bigger is weirdly motivating? It drives my wife nuts. 😅 #ugc #ugccommunity #ugccreator

@justinbrianugc 80+ collabs is a real dataset. Curious, do your rates look different now vs collab #1? The creators I see with that many deals usually figure out they were undercharging for the first 20-30. Congrats on Cohley finally opening up.

I’ve done 80+ brand collabs. I’ve landed deals through inbound leads, Fiverr, creator platforms, and direct outreach. But there was one brief platform that always rejected me… Today, after all this time, I finally got accepted to a Cohley brief. Mark your calendars. History has been made. 😂 What’s the one platform, brand, or client that always seems just out of reach for you? 👇

The rate conversation is usually the last thing people nail. Everyone learns hooks, editing, outreach, almost nobody figures out what they should actually charge until they've already left money on the table. Just posted data from 3,300+ calculations on this ↓ x.com/ratecalc/statu…

the reason some creators scale faster isn’t because they’re more talented they’re just willing to keep learning long after they start getting paid i've said it time and time again, but the best investment i’ve ever made in my business was and will always be continued education!!! #ugc #ugccreator #ugccreators #ugccommunity

@Trevor_UGC Same logic applies to rates. When you've done the research, the number feels real to you first, and brands can tell the difference between someone who's confident and someone who guessed.

“Does it feel real?” matters more than “Does it look good?” #ugc #maleugc