UgcBoard lets a dropshipping store hire US UGC creators for short product videos you can run as ads while you test a product. You post a brief for free, creators apply with their rate, you fund the campaign into escrow and pay only for videos you approve. There is no monthly plan, so a store that tests one winner at a time spends on that product and nothing else.
A dropshipping test lives or dies on the first creative. Stock supplier clips are already running on a hundred other stores, and a buyer who has seen the same video twice scrolls past it. A real person using the product on their phone, with a hook written for your offer, is what gets a cold audience to stop. On UgcBoard you order three to five of those videos for one product, run them as separate ads, and put more budget behind the hook that gets watched. If the product dies, you spent on one batch and not on a plan. If it works, you reorder from the creators who delivered.
Most dropshipping suppliers can ship one unit to a creator. Send it, and the creator films the real item, which avoids the mismatch between a supplier clip and what the customer receives. Pick a supplier with fast delivery for this, because the creator's deadline starts when the sample arrives.
Order three to five creators on the same offer. Different faces, voices and openings give you variants for Meta and TikTok, where creative wears out fast and you need fresh angles every week or two.
Dropshipping stores live on paid traffic, so the license matters more than for an organic brand. State the channels, the term and whether you want the creator to authorize the ad from their handle. See UGC contract and usage rights for what each right adds to the price.
Say what the video may claim and what it may not. Supplier descriptions often overpromise, and the brief is where you cut that down before the video exists.
You choose the payout per video, with the typical US range shown in the campaign builder, instead of accepting a menu price. The UGC rates page shows how rights change the number.
Product, price, the hook angle, format, the claims allowed and the ad rights. The UGC brief guide has a structure creators can film from.
Pick a payout per video and fund the campaign into escrow. The money is held until you approve a video.
Creators apply with a portfolio and a rate. You choose and ship the unit to each of them.
Ask for up to two revision rounds. On approval the payout goes out, your license starts and you upload the video to your ad account.
Say you test a $39 kitchen gadget and want three hooks at a $100 payout each, with organic and paid use for three months. Planning for the rights at +40% of the base, the campaign budget is $420.
| Line | Amount |
|---|---|
| Production, 3 x $100 | $300 |
| Paid use 3 months, +40% | $120 |
| Total funded into escrow | $420 |
| Platform fee inside the budget, 15% | $63 |
| Creator payouts, 85% | $357 |
Each creator receives $119, and no fee is added on top of the $420. If you sell the item at $39 with $14 of cost, you need roughly 17 orders to cover the creative at a $25 margin, before ad spend. That number is the test: if three videos and your ad budget do not produce it, stop. The figures are an example, not a quote or a prediction. The rights add-on follows the planning ranges on the UGC rates page.
Prices of other platforms come from their public pages in October and November 2026 and change often, so confirm before you buy.
| UgcBoard | Per video service | Prepaid credit pack service | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly plan | None | None, prepaid balance | None, packs expire after 12 months |
| Who sets creator pay | You, per brief | The platform | The platform |
| Fee | Flat 15% inside the campaign budget | Included in the price per video | Included in the credit price |
| Ad rights | Written per brief | Check the terms | Check the terms |
| Best for | A batch of 3 to 10 videos for one test product | A menu price, no negotiation | 28 or more standard videos a year |
Detail for each: Billo alternative, Trend alternative and the best UGC platforms roundup.
Buy a batch, see which hook gets watched, then order more of that angle. No subscription sits behind the test.
When a product proves out, the same brief grows into a product page set. See UGC for Shopify brands.
The vertical clip works in the feed and for the shop listing. See TikTok Shop UGC for the Spark Ads rights step.
Post a campaign on UgcBoard with the product, the hook angle, the payout and the deadline. US creators apply with a portfolio and a rate. You choose, ship one unit, review the video and approve it. The file and a written license are yours.
You set the payout per video and pay one flat 15% platform fee inside the budget. Paid ad rights add to the base fee. A three video test with three months of paid use is a few hundred dollars. The UGC rates page has a worked budget.
Yes if the brief and agreement say so. Choose a paid ads term and, if you want to run the ad from the creator's handle, ask for that authorization in the brief.
No. There are no subscriptions, packs or seat charges.
You do. Send the sample to each chosen creator. Shipping and product cost are separate from the campaign budget.
Post the brief, fund it when you are ready, and pay creators exactly what the campaign card says.
Post a paid UGC campaign or apply to one.