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Cleo Pay for Creator Agencies
The back-office stack purpose-built for creator and talent agencies. Invoice brand clients, pay your roster with the fastest payouts in the industry, file 1099s, and automate the whole money flow from one dashboard.
$0Transaction fees
Instant to 1-2 daysPayouts to creators
$7.5M+Sent on platform
Used by creator agencies running 7- and 8-figure brand deals.
See it in action
A real product, not a screenshot. Click anywhere.
Brand invoices on the left, talent payouts on the right, every approval, fee deduction, and 1099 accrual tracked in between. Drive it like it is yours.
Payments
View and manage all invoices paid out by your business| Display Name | Legal Name | Amount | Status | Priority | Approved By | Tags | Number | Issue date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldor Specialty Foods, Inc. | — | $884.10 | — No priority | DDuncan | IV101-0026088092 | Jan 12, 2026 | |||
| Wolcor | — | $126.33 | Awaiting Approval | — No priority | DDuncan | 1554785 | Apr 22, 2026 | ||
| Empire Merchants | — | $693.88 | — No priority | DDuncan | 10323537 RI | Apr 03, 2026 | |||
| Empire Merchants | — | $681.38 | Awaiting Approval | — No priority | — | 10323537 RI | Apr 03, 2026 | ||
| Empire Merchants | — | $1,295.38 | — No priority | DDuncan | Distributor | 10318697 RI | Apr 03, 2026 | ||
| Creatures Rooftop | Creatures Rooftop | $200.00 | — No priority | DDuncan | INV2026-0083 | May 14, 2026 | |||
| MANHATTAN BEER & BEVERAGEPending | — | $221.70 | — No priority | DDuncan | DJ | 18982143 | Feb 02, 2026 | ||
| Baldor Specialty Foods, Inc. | — | $670.39 | Awaiting Approval | — No priority | — | IV101-0027562999 | Oct 04, 2025 | ||
| UNION BEER DISTRIBUTORS | — | $4,209.28 | — No priority | DDuncan | 407273 | Aug 17, 2025 | |||
| Empire Merchants | — | $150.00 | Awaiting Approval | — No priority | — | INV2026-0092 | Apr 09, 2026 | ||
| Cleo Pay INC | Cleo Financial INC | $546.64 | Awaiting Approval | — No priority | — | IV101-0027562999 | Oct 11, 2025 | ||
| PHILADELPHIA SUBS LLC | — | $34.44 | — No priority | — | INV2026-0086 | May 19, 2026 | |||
| UNION BEER DISTRIBUTORS | — | $4,209.28 | — No priority | — | 407273 | Aug 17, 2025 | |||
| UNION BEER DISTRIBUTORS | — | $4,309.28 | — No priority | — | 407273 | Aug 17, 2025 | |||
| davidson+b | Davidson | $32.33 | — No priority | KKivanc | Security | asdasdasd | Mar 30, 2026 | ||
| Duncan Abdelnour 4 | Duncan Abdelnour 4 | $300.00 | Payment Scheduled | — No priority | — | Instructor | INV2026-0050 | Mar 12, 2026 |
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The problem
Creator agency back-office is held together with tape.
Brand clients pay late
Net-30 turns into net-60. You float cash, talent waits.
Spreadsheet payouts
Gross, fee, net, who cleared. One tab drifts and a creator gets paid twice.
January 1099 scramble
W-9s live in DMs. Year-end becomes a fire drill instead of a click.
Approvals with no paper trail
Slack threads and screenshots. Nothing audit-ready when it matters.
Invoicing
Branded invoices, sent the way each brand wants to pay.
One template per client, net terms baked in, pay links one click away. Sent under your agency’s brand. The brand client sees you, not Cleo.
White-labeled to your agency
Your logo, your brand, your reply-to. Clients see your agency, not Cleo. Every invoice carries your house style end to end.
Net terms or instant pay link
Send on net 15, 30, 45, or 60. Or drop a pay link in an email and get paid the same day a brand wants to clear the wire.
Auto-reminders keep accounts moving
Reminders fire on your schedule. Overdue invoices surface in the Overdue panel of your dashboard with a clear next-action button.
Automation workflows
Pay your talent the moment your client pays you.
Set the rule once per deal. Cleo handles invoicing the brand, waiting for funds to land, deducting your fee, and routing the net to your creators via ACH. Every step is logged, every fee is auditable.
01Invoice the brand
Cleo sends the invoice.
Net terms with a pay link. Auto-reminders keep accounts moving until funds arrive.
$25,000Sent
02Brand pays
Funds land in your account.
Cleo recognizes the deposit, matches it to the invoice, and triggers the payout rule.
+$25,000Received
03Agency fee
Your cut, deducted.
20% of gross, or whatever rule you set per deal. Routed to your operating account automatically.
-$5,000Fee 20%
04Creator paid
Talent receives the net.
Instant to 1-2 day payouts, depending on your funding method. Lands on the bank each creator linked at onboarding. 1099 accrual updates automatically.
$20,000Paid
Custom rules
Every deal has its shape. Cleo bends to it.
Three of the most-used rules across our agency cohort. Build your own from the same building blocks.
- 01
Pay talent net 30 the day client funds clear.
The agency standard. Brand pays, fee deducts, creators receive.
WHEN invoice.status = paid THEN payout(creator, gross - fee) via ACH
- 02
Hold 30% reserve until campaign delivery confirmed.
For performance deals. Reserve releases when you mark delivered.
WHEN invoice.status = paid THEN reserve(amount * 0.30) UNTIL campaign.status = delivered
- 03
Split commission across multiple managers.
Manager + business manager? Split per creator, per deal.
WHEN payout.executed THEN split(commission, [manager_a: 60%, manager_b: 40%])
Creator payouts
Pay the whole roster from one batch run.
Cleo holds the queue of every approved payout across every campaign. You review, hit send, and creators receive funds instant to 1-2 days later, depending on the funding method. Every payout is tied to a brand invoice and a deal split, so the books reconcile themselves. Zero transaction fees.
Fastest payouts in the industry
Instant to 1-2 days, depending on your funding method. Lands directly on the bank each creator linked at onboarding.
Zero transaction fees
No per-creator fee, no per-batch fee, no platform clip on top of every transfer. Your fee schedule is one flat number.
Split per deal, per manager
Gross, agency fee, creator net, manager cut, business manager share. Cleo splits each payout per the rule you set on the deal.
Every payout linked to its invoice
Every payout carries the brand client, campaign, and source invoice. No ambiguity on which deal a creator is being paid for.
Creator self-service
Your roster onboards itself.
Creators get a single link. They connect their bank, sign their W-9, and verify their TIN from their phone in under three minutes. You get clean records. They get paid.
- Bank connectPlaid-verified bank rails. Creators link a checking account from their phone in under a minute.
- W-9 collectedMobile-first W-9 form with TIN verification against IRS records.
- 1099 readyEvery payout is tagged for year-end. 1099-NECs auto-prepare in January.
W-9s and 1099s
Year-end stops being a fire drill.
Every creator gets a W-9 link during onboarding. Every payout gets tagged. Every January, 1099-NEC filings auto-prepare from your real activity. You click approve.
- On onboardingCollect W-9Creator signs from their phone in under a minute. Form lives on the creator record, not in someone's inbox.
- ContinuouslyVerify TINWe check the TIN against IRS records the same day. Mismatches surface before they become a penalty.
- Throughout the yearTag every payoutEach payout you run through Cleo is tagged for 1099 reporting automatically. No manual classification at year-end.
- JanuaryAuto-prepare 1099-NECOn the IRS timeline, Cleo prepares 1099-NEC forms for every creator who crossed the threshold. You review, approve, file.
Not legal or tax advice. Consult a CPA for guidance specific to your business.
Features
Every part of your money flow, in one place.
Branded invoices
Invoices go out under your agency's brand, on net terms with a pay link. Auto-reminders keep accounts moving. The brand client sees your agency, not Cleo.
Fastest payouts in the industry
Instant to 1-2 day payouts, depending on your funding method. Pay the whole roster from one batch run with zero transaction fees.
W-9 and 1099 automation
Collect W-9s during onboarding, verify TINs against IRS records, and auto-prepare 1099-NEC filings at year-end. You review, approve, done.
Auto-pay rules
Set the rule once per deal. Pay talent the moment a client invoice clears, with your fee already deducted and routed to the right account.
Approval roles
Flexible permissions for owners, finance, account managers, and creators. Every payout carries a clean audit trail of who approved what and when.
QuickBooks sync
Every invoice, fee, and payout categorized and synced. Your books close themselves at the end of every month, with no manual reconciliation.
Book a Demo. See It in Action.
Walk us through your roster, deal shapes, and current stack. We will show you exactly how Cleo fits.
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Not legal or tax advice. Consult a CPA for guidance specific to your business.
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