18 Geskets wat moet stop jy ondertekening

Bestuurskontrakte word deur die agentskap geskryf, want die agentskap Lazlo en dieselfde klousule draai of dit 'n MCN is onderteken' n UTuber, 'n netwerk geteken' n stroomeerder, of 'n agentskap geteken' n intekening skepper. Hierdie is die persone wat betroubaar kos jy geld of beheer: wat elkeen doen, hoekom dit seer maak en die bewoording om terug te stuur.

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7 of these are deal-breakers. Hulle kan jou rekening, jou inhoud of geld kos wat jy reeds verdien het, as jy in jou kontrak is, teken dit nie soos geskrywe is nie.

Critical — do not sign

Guaranteed-earnings promise The agency promises you a specific income figure.
Personal guarantee or liquidated damages You are personally on the hook for money beyond the business.
Termination fee or exit penalty You pay money to leave.
The agency controls where your money goes Earnings are paid to the agency, which then pays you.
Upfront or setup fees You pay the agency money before it earns you anything.
You must hand over account passwords The agency gets the login to your platform account.
You sign away ownership of your content Rights to your content transfer to the agency.

High — negotiate before signing

Automatic renewal The contract renews itself unless you cancel in a specific window.
Commission above 30% The agency takes this percentage of what you earn.
Commission on income they did not generate Commission applies to everything you earn, including from fans you already had.
Non-compete extending past the contract Limits on what work you can do, and for how long after leaving.
Term longer than 12 months How long you are committed for.
They keep taking a cut after you leave Commission continues for a period after the contract ends.

Medium — understand what you are agreeing to

Disputes handled somewhere inconvenient Where and how disputes must be resolved.
No right to see the numbers Nothing entitles you to verify what you earned or what was deducted.
No specific deliverables What the agency actually has to do is undefined.
They can change the terms on their own The agency can alter the agreement without your agreement.
You cannot discuss the terms Confidentiality covering the deal terms themselves.

Waarom niemand anders dit publiseer nie

Soek vir raad oor skepper bestuurskontrakte en die meeste van wat terug kom is geskryf deur agentskappe. Hulle gaan nie vir jou sê dat 'n 50% opdrag nodig het om byna dubbel jou inkomste te verdubbel voor jy selfs breek, of dat' n kriminaal-transfer klousule hande oor jou hele besigheid.

Ons het geen instelling om te beskerm nie. Hierdie lys bestaan omdat dit binne ons kontrakressentensiering moet bestaan in elk geval illa sodat dit moontlik ook publiek sal wees.

Hoe om dit te gebruik

Read the ones marked critical first. Then either work through your own contract by hand, or paste it into the free reviewer and let it quote the exact clauses back at you with suggested replacement wording.

This is an automated review to help you spot common problems — not legal advice, and not a substitute for a lawyer. We can miss things, and a clause that looks fine in isolation can still be a problem in context. Have a lawyer review anything you are about to sign.