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What is the difference between a clipper and a UGC creator?
A clipper cuts moments from footage someone else made. A UGC creator films original videos about the product. Both get paid per view on The Creators Club, with different welcome bonuses.
3 min readUpdated September 11, 2026
Short answer
A clipper works with footage the brand or creator already made and cuts it into short clips. A UGC creator films their own original videos, usually on camera, about the product. Clippers can post 20 clips a day from one source video. UGC creators post fewer, slower, more personal videos. On The Creators Club you pick one at signup and it sets your welcome bonus, $25 for clippers and $50 for UGC creators.
Both make short vertical video for brands. The difference is where the footage comes from.
A clipper
A clipper is given source footage: a podcast episode, a stream, a product demo, a talk. They watch it, find the strongest moments, cut them into 15 to 60 second clips, add captions and post them. The clipper never has to be on camera. Their skills are spotting moments, writing the first line and cutting tight.
Clipping is fast. One two hour video can turn into 20 clips in an afternoon, and each one is a separate shot at going viral.
A UGC creator
UGC stands for user generated content. A UGC creator films original videos, usually with themselves in frame: unboxing the product, using it, talking about it, showing a before and after. Their skills are being watchable on camera, filming clean footage and telling a small story in 30 seconds.
UGC is slower. A good UGC video takes an hour or two, and a creator might post two or three a day at most.
How they are paid
On The Creators Club both are paid the same way: per 1,000 views, at the rate the campaign shows, up to the per clip cap. A campaign says on its card whether it wants clipping, UGC or either.
At signup you pick which one you are. It sets your welcome bonus: $25 for clippers, $50 for UGC creators, credited when you submit your first clip. The higher UGC bonus reflects the extra work each video takes.
Which one to pick
Pick clipper if you would rather edit than film, if you want to post a lot, and if the idea of being on camera makes you want to close the tab.
Pick UGC creator if you like being on camera, already film things, and would rather make five good videos than fifty fast ones.
Plenty of people do both from separate accounts. If you are not sure, start as a clipper. It is faster to learn and the feedback loop is shorter.
What brands want from each
Brands run clipping campaigns when they have a lot of good footage and want reach. They run UGC campaigns when they want the product shown by a real person, which converts better for things people buy after seeing them used.
The long comparison, including the money side by side, is in clipping vs UGC.
Keep reading
Post your first clip and get the welcome bonus
No follower minimum. Pick a campaign, post from your own account, and the views turn into a balance you can withdraw.