How do I raise my effective hourly rate as a creator?

Cut the unpaid hours, keep the price. One link in bio collects every brand DM and email in one place, sorted and prioritised; Oika screens each inquiry against the rate and terms you set, negotiates from your floor and never goes below it, filters out underpriced, off-brand or unacceptable asks, and once terms are agreed drafts three scripts to the brand's brief. The time that went on reading and replying is no longer spent, and the rate does not drop in the negotiation.

No results are promised here: how much your hourly rate changes depends on your inbound and your rate. What Oika controls is that the rate is held and the hours are not yours.

Oika costs $19.00 a month or $149 a year (prices as of 2026-10-19).