18 eziya kukunceda uphume

Iikontraki zolawulo zibhalwe yi-ejensi, kwi-ejensi — kwaye iinkcazo ezifanayo zivela nokuba yi-MCN esayina umdlali weYouTube, inethiwekhi esayina umdlali we-streamer, okanye i-ejensi esayina umdali we-subscription. Ezi zizinto ezikubiza imali okanye ulawulo ngokunyanisekileyo: into nganye eyenzayo, kutheni ibuhlungu, kunye nokubhala ukuthunyelwa kwakhona.

Ukujonga ikontraka yakho Ingaba ixabiso lilungile?
7 of these are deal-breakers. Ziya kukunika ityala leakhawunti yakho, imixholo yakho, okanye imali osele uyifumanayo. Ukuba kukho enye kwisivumelwano sakho, musa ukuyityikitya njengebhaliweyo.

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.

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Ukukhangela ingcebiso malunga nekontraki yolawulo lomenzi, kwaye okuninzi okubuyayo kubhalwe zii-ejensi. Azikho phantsi kokuthetha ukuba i-50% yekomishoni kufuneka iphinde i

Akukho mbutho siwukhusela. Olu luhlu lukhona kuba kufuneka lubekho ngaphakathi komvavanyi wekontraki yethu naphi na - ngoko ke luya kuba bunjalo

Indlela yokusebenzisa ngayo

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.