What is performance-based marketing?
Performance-based marketing is paying for a result, a visit, a sale or an action, rather than for reach or for the work alone. A flat fee pays for content whatever it does; a pure commission pays only on sales, which most creators decline and which cannot see a store visit at all.
Onlure runs a hybrid: the creator's content fee is fixed and paid in two steps, and the performance pay on top follows the results Onlure counts. The brand knows every rate before publishing, and the creator knows the floor and the ceiling before applying.
What results does Onlure pay on?
Performance-based marketing on Onlure pays for three results: a verified walk-in (C$6 to the brand, C$3 of it to the creator), an attributed online sale (the commission you set), and views on the live post (C$2 per 1,000). The creator's content fee is fixed and paid 70% at accept and 30% at video approval; everything else draws from the campaign's performance reserve, within the ceilings each listing shows (walk-in pay up to C$80 and view pay up to C$50 per required post). No result, no performance charge.
Can creators earn a commission on online and in-app sales?
Yes: a brand with a connected online store or app sets a commission, and the creator earns it on every completed checkout or in-app purchase their Onlure link brings in, on top of their content fee and their C$3 per verified walk-in. Stores on Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Squarespace, Wix or Stripe connect from the Integrations page; apps report through RevenueCat. Each creator's trackable link counts clicks and online sales, never store visits; the walk-in is counted in the store. A click, a cart or an abandoned checkout earns nothing, and when the store reports a refund the attributed revenue and the commission on it are adjusted.
What stays fixed, and what is variable?
70% of the content fee when the brand accepts them, 30% when the brand approves the video (or automatically 72 hours after delivery), C$3 for every verified walk-in they send, view pay of C$2 per 1,000 views on the live post, and a commission on online sales when the brand sets one. The content fee is guaranteed; performance pay has ceilings: walk-in pay up to C$80 and view pay up to C$50 per required post, all within the campaign's reserve, and every listing shows its own earnings range before a creator applies. Marketplace campaigns pay the fixed public rate for the creator's tier; a direct booking from a profile pays the rate the creator set there.
How does a sales commission work?
Choose "Sell online" in the campaign builder and set the commission as a percentage of each attributed order; the listing shows it to creators on a line of its own. The content fee stays up front: a fixed public rate by tier, 70% at accept and 30% at video approval, inside your budget. Commission is paid from the campaign's performance reserve as orders come in, so the reserve is its ceiling, and you can top up a running campaign to raise it.
A completed checkout that a creator's Onlure link brought to your connected store qualifies; a click, a cart or an abandoned checkout earns nothing. When the store reports a refund, the attributed revenue and the commission on it are adjusted. Only the store's own order record counts, never a screenshot, and ordinary renewals in an app are recorded but not commissioned.
What happens when the reserve or a cap is used up?
Performance pay stops and the content fee does not change. A creator's walk-in pay stops at C$80 per required post and view pay at C$50, and all performance pay stops when the campaign's reserve is spent; a sales commission has no per-post cap, so the reserve is its only ceiling. Each listing shows the creator's range before they apply, and a brand can top up a running campaign to raise the reserve.
How is a result verified?
A walk-in is verified at the location and credited to the creator, flyer or ad that sent the customer; how the verification works is proprietary, and a demo shows it live. An online sale counts only when the connected store's own order record reports a completed checkout, and a refund adjusts it. Views are read from the creator's connected account on the approved live post. Nothing is modelled, sampled or self-reported.
What did it cost in practice?
Compare the all-in cost per verified walk-in with the cost per customer your other channels report, and check what each one counts. On Onlure, divide everything the campaign cost (content fees, walk-in charges and view pay) by its verified walk-ins: World Soccer Party came to about C$11.80 per walk-in and Simi African Foods to about C$13.50. Ad platforms report a cost per click or a modelled store visit, so put a walk-in beside a counted purchase or a counted visit, never beside a click.