Every creator has gotten the "we'll pay you in exposure" DM. I built the fix — launching here Sept 1

Hey Product Hunt 👋 I'm Suryansh, the solo founder of Creatorly.

Every creator I know has gotten the same DM: "We don't have a budget, but it'll be great exposure." Or the classic — "we'll pay you in 90 days." They do the work, the brand keeps the money, they get a tag. Exposure doesn't pay rent.

The middle is broken too: agencies take 40-55% of a deal for introducing two people who could've just DM'd each other.

So I built Creatorly — a brand posts a funded campaign, a creator applies, and the creator gets paid directly, in full, the second they post. No agency cut, no ghosting, no 90-day invoice chase. I built the whole thing solo (iOS + Android, the marketplace, funding, payouts): no team, no funding, launching in Canada first.

We go live here on Product Hunt on Sept 1 — and before then I'd genuinely love this community's input:

• Creators: what's the worst "exposure" or get-paid-later story you've got?

• Brands & founders: what would make you trust a marketplace like this enough to run your first campaign?

Building in public — every bit of feedback shapes what ships 🙏 getcreatorly.com