Creators! You deserve better

I agree with the other reviews… Creators deserve better. This company is NOT creator-first. They care about the brands (tourism boards) way more than they care about the creators who even make their business possible. For starters, whoever approves the creative briefs clearly doesn’t write them, which causes unnecessary confusion, delays, and reshoots (reshoots are unpaid BTW.) Everything is on your own dime. They compensate you like $50 extra if the shoot requires extra cash to complete but only AFTER you go out and shoot. If you care so much about the shoot going perfect, please at least review the creative brief before you send it to creators. One of the biggest red flags 🚩 is that you are not protected, even if you follow the brief to a T but they don’t like your content. Then you’re just out of luck. Wasted time, and even wasted money buying food, gas, props, entrance fees, etc. You’re left out of the loop and all the blame falls on you when things go sideways, even if it’s not your fault. I’ve been embarrassed a few times when I show up to a shoot location and introduce myself and go over the shot list, only for the manager/owner/marketing manager to tell me “this is inaccurate” or “we don’t even have xyz here, who provided you with this brief..?” It’s a mess. I can’t recommend it.

Creators Beware

Warning Creators: I lost $1,000 because my assignments were not approved. The reason given was that my work ‘didn’t fit their aesthetic,’ which feels like discrimination against non-American creators. I invested significant time and money without receiving any compensation. DO NOT work with them, very passive aggressive and arrogance Company.

Beware

You’ll spend money just to earn money, and most times it’s not the return. They won’t provide full details on the shotlist and then say it’s not good enough when you submit. Don’t waste your time.

app is a black screen

app has never once opened for me

A nice way to make a little extra money….but

I am a content creator, so CrowdRiff is a great way to make a little extra money using skills I already have. And it’s honestly a relief not to have to edit or post anything. (I waited to write this until after successfully getting paid for 3 jobs) But I have some complaints. - the app has some bugs. Occasionally issues uploading. And one time we accepted a job that was already taken. Hopefully new updates fix this. - Some job requests have pretty unrealistic criteria. Like suggesting you “bring a friend” to some paid experiences, but everything you spend to accomplish the jobs takes away from your overall profit. It’s just not realistic to expect friends to “tag along” while you scrap for a couple hundred dollars. - they also sometimes say “drone footage allowed” like honey, drones are expensive, you ain’t paying enough for that. Not even to mention that technically any commercial drone work you do legally requires a Part 107 license ($). But most people probably ignore this FAA law. - and obviously whatever travel costs you incur take away from your net profit. So realistically you can only be profitable doing jobs near you. So I wish they had many more opportunities. I am fully nomadic and can travel for some of these. But at least around Colorado, there’s only a handful in all the surrounding states combined. (FWIW, we noticed there are lots more in the Midwest) So overall, it’s a nice way to make some extra money if you have the skills. And I appreciate that CrowdRiff finds these clients for us (wish there was more!) But I hope they could be more realistic about payouts when asking for extras, like friends included, drone footage, etc.