> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.higherfrequency.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Getting started for creators

> This guide takes you from a new account to your first shared link and your payout setup.

This guide takes you from a new account to your first shared link and your payout setup. It takes about 10 minutes. You need:

* an email address
* a bank account you can connect through Stripe (you can do this later, but you need it before you can withdraw)

You don't need a website, and you don't need to pay or stake anything to join as a creator.

## Step 1: Create your account

1. Go to the sign-in page and choose to sign up.
2. Enter your email address and verify it. The Freeq Growth Network sends you a code or link to confirm the address is yours.
3. Finish the short registration form (see below).

### The registration form

The form has three steps:

1. **Choose Role**: you're asked "How will you use the Freeq Growth Network?". Pick **I'm a creator** ("I share products with my audience and earn on sales"), then choose **Next**.
2. **Your Profile**: enter your **Creator name** (required, for example "Ada Runs" or "@ada.runs") and an optional **Short bio**. Choose **Next**.
3. **Your Audience**: pick between one and four **Audience Tags** that best describe the people who follow you. Choose **Complete Registration**.

If you signed up from a link made for creators, the **Choose Role** step is skipped because we already know you're a creator.

> [!NOTE]
>
> **Why audience tags matter.** Brands see how well your audience matches their campaign. Good tags mean you get invited to campaigns that suit your followers. You can change them at any time: choose your name at the bottom of the menu, then **Edit Profile**.

When you finish, you land on **My Campaigns**.

## Step 2: Read the welcome guide

The first time you open **My Campaigns** with no campaigns yet, you see a welcome screen with five steps:

1. **Receive campaign invites.** Brands whose audience matches yours invite you, or you can ask to join campaigns on **Discover**.
2. **Accept or decline.** Accept the invites that fit your audience. Decline the rest. There is no penalty for saying no.
3. **Get enrolled.** Accepted invites become active campaigns on **My Campaigns**.
4. **Share your affiliate link.** Copy your personal link for each campaign and share it with your audience.
5. **Connect with Stripe.** Set up payouts so your earnings can reach your bank account.

Choose **Go to My Campaigns** to close the guide for now. Tick **Don't show this again** if you don't want to see it on this browser again.

## Step 3: Set up your profile

Two optional things help brands trust you and help shoppers buy:

1. Open **Settings** and go to the **Creator profile** section.
2. Under **Creator Bio**, write a short bio (up to 500 characters) and choose **Save bio**. This bio appears on your public shop page.
3. Under **Instagram**, choose **Link Instagram** to show your handle and recent posts on your shop page. You need an Instagram Professional (Creator or Business) account.

> [!WARNING]
>
> Instagram linking may not be available to every account yet. If it isn't open for you, the card tells you so.

See [Your links and shop page](https://docs.higherfrequency.io/creators/links-and-shop-page.md) for more.

## Step 4: Get into your first campaign

There are two ways in.

**Accept an invite**

1. Open **My Campaigns**. New invites appear under **Pending Invites**.
2. Each invite shows the campaign, your commission rate, its reward mode and when the invite expires. Invites last 7 days. In an **80/20 split** campaign, if another eligible creator first introduced the shopper, they receive 20% of the order commission. You receive the remaining 80%.
3. Choose **Accept**. For a few seconds the card shows "Syncing on-chain" while your place in the campaign is confirmed. Then the campaign appears under **Enrolled Campaigns**.

**Ask to join from Discover**

1. Open **Discover** in the menu.
2. Browse or search campaigns. Each card shows the commission rate, the reward mode and any discount your followers get.
3. Choose **Request to join**. The brand decides. If a card says **Instant join**, choose **Join now** and you are in straight away.

> [!NOTE]
>
> Discover may not be available to every account yet. If it shows no campaigns, wait for invites from brands instead.

Full details: [Invites and campaigns](https://docs.higherfrequency.io/creators/invites-and-campaigns.md).

## Step 5: Share your link

1. On **My Campaigns**, find the campaign under **Enrolled Campaigns**.
2. In the **Affiliate URL** column, choose **Copy link**.
3. Paste the link wherever your audience is: your bio, posts, stories, videos or newsletter.

Every shopper who clicks your link and buys the campaign's product can earn you commission. Your link only works while the campaign is active.

## Step 6: Set up payouts

You can do this at any time, but you can't withdraw until it's done.

1. Open **Earnings** in the menu.
2. In the **Available to withdraw** card, choose **Set up payouts**. (You can also start from the **Stripe Payouts** card on **Edit Profile**.)
3. Choose **Continue to Stripe**. Stripe, our payments partner, asks for your details and bank account on its own secure pages.
4. When you finish, Stripe sends you back to the Freeq Growth Network.

If the button later says **Finish payout setup** or **Review payout account**, Stripe needs more information from you. See [Earnings and payouts](https://docs.higherfrequency.io/creators/earnings-and-payouts.md#set-up-payouts-with-stripe).

## What happens next

* When a shopper buys through your link, the sale shows up on the campaign's page.
* Your commission is held for at least 30 days while the sale is confirmed. See [Holding periods and disputes](https://docs.higherfrequency.io/how-it-works/holding-periods-and-disputes.md).
* When the hold ends, the money moves to **Available to withdraw** (minus any share set aside in your reserve) and a green dot appears next to **Earnings** in the menu.
* Choose **Withdraw all rewards** to send it to your bank.


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