Izinhlamvu ezingu-18 ezizokuvimbela ekusayini

Isivumelwano sokulawula sibhalwe yi-ejensi, nge-ejensi — futhi isigaba esifanayo sivela noma ngabe i-MCN isayina uYouTuber, inethiwekhi isayina umsakazo, noma i-ejensi isayina umkhiqizi we-subscription. Lawa amanani abiza imali noma alawula: yini oyenzayo ngayinye, kungani ibuhlungu, kanye negama lokubuyisela.

Khangela isivumelwano sakho ngaphandle Ingabe isinqumo sifanele?
7 of these are deal-breakers. Zingenza ukhokhe imali ye-akhawunti yakho, izithameli zakho, noma imali ongayithola. Uma kukhona okuthile ekunkontileka yakho, ungasayineli njengebhalwe.

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.

Kungani akukho omunye umuntu oshicilela lokhu

Udinga usizo mayelana nomthetho wokuphatha umkhiqizi futhi ingxenye enkulu yomsebenzi ovela emuva ibhalwe yizinkampani. Akufanele bakulethe ukuthi i-50% ye-commission idinga ukuphindeka kwemali yakho ngaphambi kokuba uphuze, noma ukuthi i-credit-transfer clause inikeza ibhizinisi lakho lonke.

Asikho inhlangano esiyivikelayo. Lolu hlu lukhona ngoba kufanele lukhona ngaphakathi kwesivumelwano sethu sokuhlola noma kunjalo — ngakho kungase kube khona abantu.

Indlela yokusebenzisa

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.