Clipper rules
Last updated 15 November 2026
What every clipper agrees to: post real clips on your own pages, label them, keep views real, and get paid every Friday.
01 Who can clip
- You are 18 or older.
- One plancks account per person. Each YouTube channel or Instagram account can belong to only one plancks account.
- You post only from pages you own and have verified with us. Instagram accounts must be Professional or Creator accounts so their views can be checked; switching is free.
- Joining is free. We never charge you to join, to get campaigns or for training.
02 What gets a clip approved
- A hook in the first 2 seconds.
- Captions burned in, readable on a phone, in the language the brief asks for.
- Real editing: cuts, zooms and captions. No raw reuploads of the footage.
- Only the footage the creator provided. No film songs or trending tracks unless the brief allows them.
- The tag and caption line the brief asks for, and a clear #Ad, #Sponsored or #Collab label on every paid clip.
- YouTube Shorts are 3 minutes or less.
- Nothing that breaks the brief, the law or the platform's rules. No Instagram Collab posts with the creator unless the brief allows it.
03 Posting and submitting
- Join the campaign first, then post. Clips posted before you joined do not count.
- Submit each clip's link on the campaign page. A post can be submitted once, to one campaign.
- Some campaigns ask for a draft first. Share it as a Google Drive or Dropbox link and post only after it is approved.
- For Instagram clips, share a link to a short screen recording of the reel's insights from your own Google Drive, and update it around day 7 and at the end of the campaign's tracking window.
- You can submit up to 20 clips a day.
- Keep approved clips live. Views stop counting when a clip comes down.
04 Real views only
Bought views, bots, view exchanges, engagement groups, fake or borrowed accounts and reposting someone else's clip are not allowed.
We look for sudden view spikes, very low likes for the views, brand new channels, and the same UPI ID or network used by several accounts. A flagged clip is held, and cannot be approved or paid, until one of us reviews it. If we confirm fraud we reject the clip, even after approval, take back what it was paid from future earnings, and may suspend the account. A suspended account cannot join campaigns or submit clips, and its payouts are held.
05 How you get paid
- A clip earns: views ÷ 1,000 × the campaign's rate, up to its cap per clip. A clip below the campaign's minimum earns nothing.
- Only views on approved clips, within the campaign's tracking window, count.
- Views become payable 10 days after we read them.
- We pay by UPI every Friday once you have at least ₹250 cleared. Smaller amounts roll into the next week.
- We pay only to a UPI ID we have verified in your name with a ₹1 test. Every payout shows its UPI reference (UTR) in your account.
06 Rejections and appeals
- Every rejected clip comes with a written reason.
- You can appeal a rejection once, within 7 days, from the campaign page, saying why the decision is wrong.
- We review the appeal and either approve the clip or keep the rejection with a written reply. That decision is final.
- For anything else, write to our grievance officer.
Questions about this page: write to contact@plancks.in or see our grievance officer page.