Everything about working with Tiniso
Short answers first — policies and formal docs below, as deep as you will ever want to go. If something is still unclear, [email protected] is answered by a human, usually within a few hours.
How much does Tiniso take?+
Nothing from your AdSense. Our revenue comes exclusively from the brand deals we negotiate for you — a pre-agreed share of each sponsorship, never a cut of your platform income. If no deal closes, you pay nothing.
Am I locked into a long contract?+
No. Rolling 90-day agreements with a 30-day notice period. No buyouts, no channel transfer, no minimum upload quotas. If we are not delivering, you walk.
How fast will I hear back after applying?+
Every application is reviewed by a human manager within 24 hours. You get an honest answer either way — including why a channel is not a fit yet and what to change.
What happens after I apply?+
Your channel goes into the review queue. We check content quality, retention, niche demand and brand safety manually. Then a manager sends a concrete offer with numbers to your email — not a template, a real proposal.
Do you require access to my channel?+
Never at the application stage. We only look at public data. Analytics access is requested later, under contract, read-only, and revocable at any moment.
Which niches do you accept?+
Tech and consumer reviews, gaming, finance, education, science, documentary and lifestyle. What matters most is retention and originality — smaller channels with strong watch time beat larger channels with weak engagement.
How do payouts work?+
Sponsorship budgets are held in escrow before the integration goes live. Funds release to you within 5 business days of publication. The deal amount is visible upfront — no hidden spreads.
Do you work with channels outside the US?+
Yes. We represent creators worldwide and pay in USD via wire, Wise or Payoneer. Non-English channels are welcome — the dubbing program adds Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese audio tracks.
Application & review
How the intake pipe works, what we look at, what we never do.
1. Application pipeline and queue mechanics [HC-0001]
Every submission enters the review queue at the second it is received. The queue is processed strictly in order of arrival, except for channels referred by an existing partner, which carry a priority flag. Queue position is not sold, traded or accelerated for a fee — any email promising paid queue advancement did not come from us and should be forwarded to [email protected].
A review pass consists of four manual checks performed by the same manager so context is never lost between hands: the last ten public uploads watched at normal playback speed; retention patterns read from public engagement signals and description structure; the niche scored against current advertiser demand in our pipeline; and a brand-safety pass over the comment section, past controversies and description link hygiene.
The average full pass takes between 40 and 90 minutes of manager time per channel. This is why intake is capped at five new partners per month — a queue processed slowly is worse than a queue not opened at all.
Applications are not rescored on request. If your channel was declined, the fix list states exactly which checks failed. Re-apply after the fixes are live; the second pass looks at the channel with fresh eyes and carries no memory of the first verdict.
2. Decline decisions and the fix list [HC-0002]
A decline is not a black mark. Roughly one in three accepted partners was declined on a first application. The difference is usually three specific, fixable things named in the decline email: an intro that loses viewers before the 30-second mark, packaging that undersells the content, or a niche framed so broadly that no advertiser can be matched to it.
The fix list is free and remains yours to use with or without us. We do not watermark it, do not require exclusivity on your fixes and do not gate re-application behind a paid consult. If a competing studio gives you better advice, use theirs — we would rather you grow than that we win.
Channels declined for brand-safety reasons receive the reason category but not the detailed evidence trail, for the privacy of third parties referenced in the review.
3. Analytics access: when it is requested and what we see [HC-0003]
At the application stage we see only what every viewer sees: uploads, descriptions, public engagement and the public parts of your About page. No Google account connection happens, no OAuth scope is requested, nothing is added to your channel permissions.
After a verbal offer and before a contract is signed, read-only analytics access may be requested through the official YouTube channel-permissions system — never through password sharing. The scope is Analytics read only; monetization editing, comment management and role changes remain untouched.
Access can be revoked by you at any second from YouTube Studio without notifying us, and no payment is conditioned on continuous access. If anyone requests more scope than Analytics read, refuse and report it — that request did not come from Tiniso.
Contracts & terms
What you sign, what you never sign, how it ends.
4. Contract structure in plain language [HC-0004]
The agreement is a services contract, not a network affiliation and not a channel assignment. Three sets of obligations: you keep making content and keep your voice; we deliver representation, production services and deal flow; advertisers pay into escrow for specific deliverables.
The commercial terms fit on one page: the sponsorship share percentage, the production scope per month, the notice period, and the list of services included in the base scope versus billed separately. If any version of the contract you are asked to sign cannot say the same in one page, do not sign it.
We do not sign channels currently under an exclusive MCN lock and we do not counter-sign existing MCN obligations. Resolve exclusivity first; applying while encumbered is declined at the contract stage regardless of channel quality.
5. Notice period, wind-down and handover [HC-0005]
Either side can end the partnership with 30 days of written notice. No penalty applies to the departing side, no monetization hold is placed on the channel, and in-flight sponsor deliverables already funded in escrow complete as scheduled regardless of who initiated the exit.
On the effective end date you receive a handover pack: thumbnail source files from produced packaging, description templates, and the contact history with every advertiser introduced during the term. This pack is a contractual entitlement, delivered within five business days.
Deals signed during the term that publish after the end date are honored at the agreed share. There is no tail-commission clause, no clawback window and no retrospective fee adjustment.
6. Intellectual property: what stays yours [HC-0006]
One hundred percent of channel IP remains yours at all times: the channel, the content, the audience, the trademarks, the merchandise rights and the AdSense flow. Tiniso claims no ownership stake, no license beyond the limited right to promote your content in pitches, and no option to acquire.
Production assets created for you — thumbnails, motion graphics, dubbing stems — are delivered under a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free license. The internal tools used to build them remain ours; the outputs are yours from the second they are delivered.
Where a produced asset uses third-party elements (fonts, stock motion, music beds), the license chain is disclosed in writing in the delivery pack. We do not ship assets whose licensing we cannot document.
Money, escrow & payouts
How funds move, when they land, what can delay them.
7. The escrow lifecycle, step by step [HC-0007]
Step 1: the advertiser funds the campaign budget into a neutral escrow account before your integration script is written. The funds are neither ours nor theirs at that point; they are committed.
Step 2: you publish the integration per the approved brief. Publication is confirmed by a timestamped URL check, not by trust.
Step 3: within five business days of confirmed publication, escrow releases your share to the payout method on file. You receive the release confirmation showing gross, share deducted and net paid — every line visible.
If an advertiser disputes a deliverable after publication, the dispute is judged against the brief text, not against taste. The brief was approved by both sides in writing before production; taste-based post-facto disputes are rejected as a matter of policy.
8. Payout methods, currencies and timing [HC-0008]
Payouts run in USD by wire, Wise or Payoneer. The method on file can be changed once per calendar month; mid-cycle changes apply to the next cycle.
Wires arrive within one to three business days after release depending on correspondent banks; Wise and Payoneer typically settle same-day. Released funds are not held for float — release and payout are the same event in our books.
No minimum payout threshold exists. A fifty-dollar deal pays out with the same speed and paperwork as a fifty-thousand-dollar deal. Fractional amounts under one cent are rounded in your favor.
9. Invoices, tax documents and record keeping [HC-0009]
You receive a monthly statement of all deals in the cycle: gross, share, net, escrow timestamps and publication URLs, generated in your name or business entity name as registered in the contract.
We are not your tax agent and this documentation is not tax advice. Sponsorship income may be reportable depending on your jurisdiction; keep your statements and consult a local professional. Factual questions about amounts and dates are answered within one business day.
Records are retained for seven years and re-issued on request — including for partnerships that have ended.
10. Chargebacks, advertiser default and who carries the loss [HC-0010]
If an advertiser defaults before funding escrow, no loss exists to pass on: unfunded campaigns never enter production.
If a funded campaign is charged back after publication through advertiser-side fraud, the loss sits with Tiniso, not with you. Your payout for a published, brief-compliant integration is not conditional on the advertiser honoring their obligations. This is written into every contract.
Repeated advertiser fraud is reported to the payment networks, and campaign history is shared with other representation studios on request.
Production & packaging
Edits, thumbnails, turnaround guarantees and revisions.
11. Your production squad and what it does [HC-0011]
Every accepted partner gets a named squad: a lead editor, a sound designer and a motion artist. The same people, not a rotating pool. They watch your last uploads before their first assignment so your pacing is learned before your first edit is cut.
The scope per month is set in the contract: rough cuts, final cuts, or both, at a stated per-video volume. Additional videos beyond scope are quoted at the same per-unit rate as the base agreement — surge pricing does not exist in our vocabulary.
Raw footage stays on your storage of choice. We work on delivered media and return projects; we do not require you to mirror your archive to us and never hold footage during a dispute.
12. Turnaround guarantees and what counts as a delay [HC-0012]
Standard rough-cut turnaround is 36 hours from footage delivery to your review link. Final cut is 24 hours from your notes. These are contractual figures: a missed window without a force-majeure cause credits your next invoice.
The delay clock pauses only for causes outside the squad: late footage, missing brief approvals, or platform outages documented by status pages. A paused clock is reported in the same update message, never silently.
Holidays and squad leave are scheduled a quarter ahead and published in the partner calendar. A turnaround guarantee that quietly does not apply in December is a lie; ours applies year-round with pre-announced capacity limits instead.
13. Revision rounds and how notes work [HC-0013]
Two revision rounds are included per deliverable. Notes arriving as timestamps in any readable format are actioned verbatim; notes arriving as a general vibe are first converted into timestamped items by your manager, together with you, at no charge.
A third revision round on the same deliverable triggers a short call, because three rounds of notes usually mean a mismatch in the brief rather than in the edit. The call is free and usually shorter than a fourth round of notes would have been.
We do not action notes that change disclosed sponsorship content after advertiser approval — those go back to the advertiser for supplementary approval, so your published integration never contradicts the funded brief.
14. Thumbnail and title testing lab [HC-0014]
Each upload in the standard scope receives three thumbnail variants and two title variants, built from your existing footage without staged shoots unless quoted separately.
Variants are tested natively through the platform test-and-compare feature where available, or through sequential windows where it is not. Test results, click-through rates and hold rates are reported in the monthly statement.
We do not run outrage-bait or mismatched-thumbnail experiments. A click gained by deception is returned by the audience as a dislike, a comment and a shortened watch time, which costs more than the click earned.
Dubbing, Content ID & rights
Multi-language tracks, fingerprinting and DMCA.
15. The dubbing program: mechanics and languages [HC-0015]
Selected uploads receive native-quality voiceover tracks in Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese. Voice casting is approved by you before the first track is recorded; a voice you dislike is replaced without debate.
Translated tracks are published as multi-audio streams on the same video, not as re-uploads, so watch time, comments and recommendation signals consolidate on one URL instead of splitting across clones.
Dubbed tracks typically add a long-tail audience worth between five and forty percent of the original-language view count depending on niche. These are roster averages, not guarantees; your review manager gives a niche-specific range.
16. Content ID protection and the 24/7 shield [HC-0016]
Original uploads are fingerprinted so re-uploads within the platform are claimed automatically. Claims route revenue from the infringing copy to you, and a takedown option is preserved for cases where revenue is not the point.
Off-platform copies — mirror channels, file lockers, shady streaming mirrors — are swept on a schedule, not on a hunch. Confirmed hits receive takedown notices within one business day of detection.
Fingerprinting never blocks legitimate use: reaction channels operating within fair-use norms, press embeds and your own cross-promotions are allow-listed on request, and allow-listing decisions are reversible within the hour.
17. DMCA: takedowns and counter-notices [HC-0017]
If someone copies your work, we prepare and file the takedown under the DMCA process, with your authorization recorded in writing before submission.
If you receive a takedown you believe is wrong, we prepare a counter-notice. A counter-notice is a legal document with real consequences for false statements; we tell you plainly when a counter-notice is strong and when it is not, instead of filing to see what happens.
The full DMCA procedure, including repeat-infringer handling, lives on the dedicated DMCA page of this site. Nothing in this help center narrows or overrides that page.
Privacy, data & conduct
What we store, what we never store, and the rules that keep advertiser money flowing.
18. Data minimization as an operating rule [HC-0018]
We store the minimum required to operate the partnership: contact email, payout identifiers, contract documents, deal records and analytics access tokens while the contract is active. We do not store your Google password, your identity documents or your home address.
Analytics data pulled under read-only access is used for internal pitch materials and performance reporting. It is never sold, never shared with advertisers in raw form and never used to train anything — a human reads it or it stays in the vault.
Advertiser pitch decks contain your public metrics and privately shared numbers marked as confidential. Sharing private analytics with a prospective advertiser requires your written consent per deal, not a blanket checkbox buried in a contract.
19. Retention windows and deletion requests [HC-0019]
Active partnership data is kept while the contract is live and for seven years after, matching financial record obligations. Marketing email consent is kept until you unsubscribe; unsubscribing removes the address from campaign sends within seventy-two hours.
You may request a copy of everything stored about you at any time. The export arrives within thirty days as plain files, not as a proprietary format designed to be unreadable.
Deletion requests remove everything the law allows us to remove. Financial records survive because the law requires their survival; everything else, including pitch materials containing your data, is destroyed and the destruction is confirmed in writing.
20. Brand-safety baseline for partners [HC-0020]
Advertiser budgets avoid four adjacency zones: targeted harassment, medical misinformation, financial get-rich content and manufactured outrage. A partner video that drifts into these zones risks the specific deal, not the partnership; a pattern of drift risks the partnership.
Sponsorship disclosure follows platform rules and your local advertising law. Undisclosed paid promotions put your channel and our pipeline at legal risk in most jurisdictions, so disclosure language is provided with every deal and its use is contractual.
Controversy on the channel is not automatically a violation. Journalism, criticism and reporting on a controversy are fine; manufacturing one is not. The distinction is applied by humans who watch the actual video, and partners can always ask for the reasoning.
21. Dispute resolution and account security [HC-0021]
Disputes move in three steps: a written exchange with your manager, which resolves most disagreements because the brief and timestamps usually answer the question; a joint call with the studio lead within five business days, summarized in a written confirmation; and arbitration in the venue stated in the contract, if ever needed. We do not bill partners for dispute time — charging you to argue with you is an incentive we refuse to create.
We never ask for your Google password, two-factor codes or a screen-share of your login. Any such request is phishing or a policy violation, and in both cases we want to hear about it immediately.
Team access to your channel, when granted, uses the platform role system with named individuals — never a shared login. Names, scopes and grant dates are recorded in your contract appendix.
If a security incident on our side ever touches your data, you hear it from us first, in plain language, within seventy-two hours of confirmation: what happened, what data, and what we did about it.
Still deciding?
The application takes 20 seconds and costs nothing. Worst case — you get a free channel review.