Platform & performance

What is Spark ads?

TikTok's format for running paid ads from a creator's own handle rather than the brand's account. Meta's equivalent is partnership ads. The mechanism behind whitelisting.

Why it matters to your money

Granted through an ad code or platform permission, not by sending a file — so it is time-limited and revocable by design. Priced as its own usage tier above an ordinary short paid licence, because the brand is borrowing your identity as well as your footage.

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UGC usage rights, explained in plain English

What organic, paid, whitelisting, exclusivity, and perpetual buyout actually mean — the clauses to watch for, and language you can copy into your own terms.

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Related terms

All UGC terms

Know the terms, then use them

Save your usage-rights language, attach a licence window to every deal, and get alerted before one expires.

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