creator-deal-pricing
Use when structuring creator compensation. Produces a deal structure with the risk sitting where it belongs. The one-line rule: pay flat when you're buying a message, pay per click when you're buying pipeline.
The economics of each
A €1,000 flat-fee post has wildly different unit economics depending on how it lands: 300 qualified clicks = €3.30 each; 60 clicks = €16.70; 15 clicks = €67. The buyer absorbs all of that variance. Under CPC (network range roughly €1.90–2.90 per qualified click), the same outcomes cost what they're worth — weak posts self-limit, strong posts scale without renegotiation. Flat fee caps the upside; CPC caps the downside at "you only paid for real clicks."
For context: LinkedIn Ads runs €8–15+ per click for B2B SaaS, and personal creator accounts reach 3–5× more than company pages — either creator structure beats ads on unit cost when the audience fits.
When flat wins
- narrative control matters more than clicks: launches, category narratives, awareness moments
- a scarce high-authority creator won't take performance terms — and their association is the asset
- the KPI genuinely isn't traffic
When CPC wins
- the goal is pipeline and the campaign runs across several creators
- budget predictability matters — unit cost stays fixed whatever each post does
- you want incentives shared: the creator earns on the same metric the brand reports