Creator terms

To join, which is unpaid and brings keys, news and early builds:

• You are 18 or older.
• You have at least one public Twitch, YouTube or TikTok channel that covers games.
• The channel is at least 90 days old (30 on TikTok).
• You have streamed or posted in the last 30 days.

To take a paid campaign, on the platform the campaign is for:

The studio checks every number before a paid campaign is approved: Twitch on SullyGnome or TwitchTracker, YouTube from a YouTube Studio analytics screenshot or Social Blade. Numbers you type in yourself are where we start; on their own they never qualify.

• It is live. Not pre-recorded, not a rerun, not looped.
• The game is on screen for at least the campaign's minimum minutes, in one broadcast: 60 for a 1-hour deal, 120 for a 2-hour deal.
• The stream category is set to the game.
• The stream title has the game's name in it, and "#ad" or "Sponsored".
• Your tracking link goes in chat at least 3 times: at the start, in the middle and at the end. A chat command such as !wickhouse is the easy way. A panel with the link is welcome too.
• The VOD stays public, not subscriber-only, for 14 days. Twitch deletes past broadcasts after 7 days on channels that are not Affiliate: if yours expire sooner, save the whole broadcast as a Twitch Highlight or upload it to YouTube in full, and keep that up instead.

• A dedicated video of at least 8 minutes, with the game on screen for most of it.
• The game's name in the title.
• Your tracking link in the first 3 lines of the description, and in a pinned comment.
• The video stays public for 90 days: not unlisted, private or deleted.

Every paid stream or video says plainly that it is sponsored. The US Federal Trade Commission's rules require it, and so does each platform's own policy.

• Twitch: tick Branded Content in Stream Manager, and say out loud that the stream is sponsored at the start and about every 30 minutes.
• YouTube, videos and live: tick "includes paid promotion", and say or show that it is sponsored in the first 30 seconds. A line in the description is not enough on its own.
• TikTok and YouTube Shorts: turn on the platform's branded content disclosure.

Wickhouse makes horror. Where a game calls for it, apply your platform's mature or violent content label. Each campaign brief lists what the game contains, such as gore, jump scares and flashing lights, so you can decide before you say yes. Your profile says what you are happy to show, and we do not invite you to a game that rules out.

Your opinion is yours. There is no script, and nobody at Wickhouse approves what you say before or after. The payment is for the deliverable, never for a verdict.

• No bots, bought views, viewbots or any other way of inflating the numbers.
• A key is for you. No reselling, gifting or giveaways of it.
• Private builds are not shared, and any embargo date in a brief is kept.

Breaking any of these forfeits the payment for that campaign and ends your membership.

• Send the link and a screenshot of its analytics from your campaign workspace: for a stream, the VOD within 3 days of going live; for a video, within 7 days of publishing.
• Once that is approved, you are paid within 5 business days, by Zelle or Wise as your profile says.

• Zelle for US bank accounts, Wise everywhere else.
• No payments to countries under US sanctions.
• A W-9 (in the US) or a W-8BEN (outside the US) before the first payment.
• You are an independent contractor, responsible for your own taxes.

• A deliverable that is not delivered is not paid.
• If part of it happened, the studio may pay part of the rate.
• If Wickhouse cancels a campaign after your build has been released to you, it pays half the agreed rate.

Wickhouse may link to and share your public content from the studio's own accounts. Using it in adverts, re-editing it, or using your face or voice needs your separate, written permission.

Either side can end membership at any time: write to us, or we will write to you. The studio can remove a member who breaks these terms. A campaign already under way is settled under section 9.