Terms of Service

1. The marketplace

PoweredBy, a PagePact company, connects brands with artists for sponsored audio ad-libs and shoutouts of 2–4 seconds at the intro or outro of music tracks. These terms describe the marketplace workflow; they do not replace a separately agreed campaign or licensing agreement.

2. Accounts and accurate information

Accounts are registered as an artist or a brand. Keep your account information accurate and your sign-in details private. Only submit material, stream information, and campaign instructions that you are entitled to provide. Do not impersonate another artist or brand or submit misleading proof.

3. Campaigns and submissions

Brands specify the campaign title, brand name, creative direction, target genre, currency, and CPM rate. Artists submit five stream counts, audio, and a Spotify proof link, and acknowledge the submission’s licensing terms.

Brands review submissions and may approve or reject them. Before paying, the brand must check that the artist is the intended artist and that the song includes the requested ad-lib. Submission alone does not mean approval or payment.

4. Pricing and platform fee

The median of the five submitted stream counts determines pricing. The gross campaign cost is median streams ÷ 1,000 × the campaign CPM. The default CPM is 15 in the selected currency. The artist’s net payout is 80% of the gross cost; PoweredBy keeps a 20% platform fee.

Approval deducts the gross cost from available campaign budget. Approval is blocked when the budget is insufficient. Stream history is a pricing input, not a guarantee of future reach.

5. Funding and artist payouts

Brands fund campaigns through Stripe Checkout. Budget is credited only after payment is confirmed. Artists complete Stripe Connect Express onboarding to receive payouts. Approval and payout are separate steps. Stripe processing, account eligibility, and currency conversion can affect payout availability and the amount received in a different currency.

Test-mode funds and payout accounts are separate from live-mode funds and accounts. Test transactions do not move real money.

6. Withdrawing unused budget

When a brand withdraws unused campaign budget, PoweredBy retains a 10% fee and refunds 90%. Withdrawal closes the campaign. Refunds are limited to refundable Stripe funding in the same payment environment; a manually entered budget is not a refundable payment. Refund completion depends on Stripe and the payment method.

7. Content and licensing

This page does not grant a brand ownership of an artist’s music or grant permission to reuse, edit, distribute, or sublicense it. Any agreed usage rights, duration, territory, exclusivity, release obligations, and permissions must be established in the campaign’s licensing agreement. The full PoweredBy Standard Licensing Terms still require separate owner review and publication.

8. Privacy and third-party services

Our Privacy Policy describes account, submission, payment, and visitor data. Stripe and Spotify have their own terms and privacy notices for their services.

9. Operator details and legal review

The operator’s registered legal name, address, support contact, applicable law, and dispute process have not yet been supplied. This draft does not establish liability exclusions, arbitration obligations, or a particular legal jurisdiction, and does not limit any mandatory rights.