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Rate Anchor
Fair rate ranges for Instagram and TikTok creator deals, from a handle
- Score
- 32
- confidence 42
- Evidence
- 3
- items on the page
- Rivals
- 0
- named in sources
- First version
- 30 d
- estimate
- Type
- Desktop app
- PWA: runs in the browser, installs on Mac and Windows
- Market since
- 2015
- Established market · AI estimate
ScreensConcept
Desktop app: Brands and agencies build campaign budgets, compare creators across multiple criteria, and negotiate terms during desk-based business work. Sample screens on a computer, in the proposed brand. Their numbers are sample data.
Rate lookup
Sample data$420–$680
About this appAI proposal
Rate Anchor turns a creator's Instagram or TikTok handle into a suggested price range for a sponsored post, with the engagement figures behind it. Brands and agencies get a number to open with, and a plain explanation of how it was reached.
Built for marketing teams and small agencies that now negotiate by gut feel. Save lookups to a campaign, compare creators side by side, and share a one-page rate brief with a client or the creator so both sides argue from the same figures.
Every range shows its inputs and how much weight each carries, so you can adjust for usage rights, exclusivity or format. It is a starting point for talks, not a verdict, and says so.
- Tagline
- Open every creator deal with a number you can explain.
- Voice
- PlainFairDirect
- Why this name
- An anchor is the first number in a negotiation. The name says the product gives you a sound opening figure, in two plain words.
In the first version
Members say which features they would use. It tells PWAS what people want; it changes no score.
Handle to price range
Paste an Instagram or TikTok handle and get a low, fair and high rate for a single post, with the figures used.
No member yet
Engagement snapshot
Follower count, average views, engagement rate and posting pace in one view, so reach claims are easy to check.
No member yet
Adjust for the deal
Add usage rights, exclusivity, rush timing or extra formats and watch the range move, with each change itemised.
No member yet
Compare creators
Line up several creators against one budget and see cost per expected view side by side.
No member yet
Brand identityAI proposal
Check the name against trademark registers before using it.
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Rate Anchor
PricingAI proposal
The material gives no competitor prices. These tiers are a starting point to test, including per-lookup packs as an alternative to subscriptions.
Free
Free
- 5 lookups a month
- Rate range and engagement snapshot
Team
$49 a month
- 100 lookups a month
- Deal adjustments and comparison
- Shareable rate briefs
- Campaign budget board
Agency
$149 a month
- 500 lookups a month
- Unlimited seats
- Offer history and exports
- Client-branded briefs
Would you pay Team · $49 a month?
Your answer tells PWAS which prices people accept. It changes no score.
No answers yet.
What it could be worthEstimate
What a software business making this much sells for today, from real deals. Pick a monthly revenue.
If it makes
Worth about
$190,000
Sale range $132,000 to $263,000
$120,000 a year in revenue
From 87 software businesses listed and sold on Empire Flippers in the last year, revenue vetted by the broker: they sell for about 19× their monthly revenue, most between 13× and 26×.
Measured on profit, the middle deal is 32× monthly net profit: about 2.7 years of profit.
An estimate, not an offer or financial advice. A real price depends on profit, growth, churn, how much of the work is the owner's, and the buyer.
How it would growAI proposal
How the product would reach new customers through its own use, and how the first ones would be found. A plan to test, not a result.
- Built-in loop
- Shared outputs. Users send a one-page rate brief link to creators and clients. It shows the range, the reasoning and the Rate Anchor name, so each recipient sees how the number was reached.
- Do they become customers?
- Creators and clients who open a brief mostly see it once; some agencies or brands among them may sign up. Test how many brief views lead to a signup, and whether creators ever pay.
- First customers
- Small social-first agencies with two to ten staff that book Instagram and TikTok creators for consumer brands, starting with the person who sets creator budgets.
- Where to reach them
- Hacker News and founder forums: Reply to threads about creator pricing and offer free lookups to people who say they negotiate these deals.
- LinkedIn outreach: Message agency owners and influencer managers with a sample rate brief for a creator they already work with.
- Marketing communities: Share a free rate guide in Slack and Discord groups for social media managers and collect signups.
- First milestone
- Ten agencies run at least 20 lookups each in a month, and five of them pay for a plan.
Why people already pay for this
- VerifiedHacker News post received 36 points and 11 comments
- Public claimBrands struggle to know what price to offer Instagram and TikTok creators for collaborations and creators often ask for rates that brands perceive as too high.
- Public claimA tool that converts an influencer's profile into suggested pricing with key metrics addresses the pricing and valuation gap.
Tech stack
Every proposal builds on the same PWA base, installable from the browser on any phone or computer. Dashed boxes are what this app adds.
- AppNext.js and TypeScript
- PWAManifest and service worker
- UITailwind CSS
- Data and authSupabase Postgres
- PaymentsStripe
- EmailResend
- HostingVercel
- This app · Creator data sourceLicensed social profile data providerPublic follower and view figures are needed per handle; scraping risks platform terms, so use a licensed source.
- This app · Background jobsQueue with scheduled refreshFetch and cache profile metrics, and refresh saved creators without slowing lookups.
RisksAI inference
- DataReliable engagement data for any handle may need a paid provider, and its cost per lookup could squeeze margins on the free and low tiers.
- PlatformInstagram and TikTok restrict automated access to profile data; a source that breaks terms could be cut off.
- AIWith no market rate data in hand, early suggestions rest on a formula that may miss real deal prices and lose trust.
- CommercialCreators may reject a tool-set price, and brands may see a rate guide as a free calculator not worth paying for.
- CommercialExisting influencer management platforms could add a similar rate feature to their own products.
Everything marked AI proposal or AI inference was written by a model from the evidence on the opportunity page. The proposed name must be checked against trademark registers before it is used.