Step I
I
Apply
Request a seat.
Email and password, no portfolio required up front. A member of the editorial desk reviews every application — we write back within two business days.
Five steps,
the editor,
and your handle.
No bidding wars, no platform take-rate, no algorithmic matching. A small editorial desk reads every application and matches creators to campaigns the way a magazine commissions a writer.
Step II
II
Connect
Link Instagram when you're ready.
Meta's official OAuth, one tap on the consent screen. We never see your password and store only the long-lived access token, encrypted at rest. Revoke whenever.
Step III
III
Apply again
Write the editor about a campaign.
When a brief resonates, send a short note — why this fits your voice, any past work worth citing. Concise is better than polished. We read every word.
Step IV
IV
Publish
Once approved, we handle posting.
Timing, captions, first-draft scheduling — all from the brief you agreed to. You see and approve anything that goes live under your handle.
Posting requires an Instagram Business or Creator account. Authorized by Meta App Review · on the Authorized Partners Register · letter № NX-IGB-026.Step V
V
Paid
Flat payout on delivery.
Stated upfront in the brief. Paid within fifteen days of the campaign closing — no performance clauses, no clawbacks tied to metrics you don't control.
For brandsCommissioning
Commissioning
a campaign.
We currently operate as a single-editor desk. Brand partnerships are by introduction — write directly to brands@thenexusclub.org with a rough brief, budget, and timing. We'll confirm fit and open a campaign on your behalf. The standing terms are at /terms-brands; the data addendum is at /dpa.
Fees are a flat commission on the final payout — no retainer, no minimums.
On the ledgerWhere the
Where the
money goes.
Most marketplaces will not tell you this on a marketing page. We will. The standing form of a campaign payout is the table below — the brand pays one number, the creator receives the larger part, the desk keeps the smaller part. There is no platform take-rate hidden behind it; what you read is what runs.
The brand pays
100%
A single, flat fee, agreed in writing in the brief. Net-fifteen. No retainer, no minimums, no hidden platform tax.
The creator receives
85%
Stated upfront in the brief. Paid via Stripe Connect. Day-fifteen fronting from the agency where a brand is late.
The desk keeps
15%
The agency margin — pays the editorial desk, the publishing layer, the day-fifteen fronting, the disputes path, and the lights.
Payouts via Stripe Connect
W-9 / W-8BEN collected before first payout · 1099-NEC issued in JanuaryWhere a campaign sits outside the standing margin — extended use rights, high-cost production, exclusive long-form windows — the brief names the alternative split in writing. Members see the figure they will receive before the campaign opens; brands see the same figure they will pay. There is no third number on either side of either page.