--- title: "TikTok Shop vs Creator Fund vs Brand Deals - what pays best? - TikTok Creator Hub | SideHustlr" description: "Curious about everyone's experience with monetization. I've been doing mostly brand deals but TikTok Shop seems like it could be more passive income. Is..." lang: en json-ld: | [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "DiscussionForumPosting", "@id": "https://sidehustlr.ai/forum/tiktok-creator/tiktok-shop-vs-creator-fund-vs-brand-deals-what-pays-best-ecd66e7f", "url": "https://sidehustlr.ai/forum/tiktok-creator/tiktok-shop-vs-creator-fund-vs-brand-deals-what-pays-best-ecd66e7f", "headline": "TikTok Shop vs Creator Fund vs Brand Deals - what pays best?", "text": "Curious about everyone's experience with monetization. I've been doing mostly brand deals but TikTok Shop seems like it could be more passive income. Is the Creator Fund even worth it anymore? 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I make more from affiliate commissions than I ever did from Creator Fund. Brand deals are good but inconsistent. If you can get approved for Shop, definitely do it.", "datePublished": "2026-01-08T01:36:13.162634+00:00", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "ZaraVibes", "url": "https://sidehustlr.ai/u/ZaraVibes" }, "interactionStatistic": [ { "@type": "InteractionCounter", "interactionType": "https://schema.org/LikeAction", "userInteractionCount": 0 } ] }, { "@type": "Comment", "@id": "https://sidehustlr.ai/forum/tiktok-creator/tiktok-shop-vs-creator-fund-vs-brand-deals-what-pays-best-ecd66e7f#comment-53db2972-6b06-490c-83dc-7fba159b0c4b", "text": "Creator Fund pays like $0.02-0.03 per 1000 views now, so unless you're getting millions of views it's not much. 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Brand deals are good but inconsistent. If you can get approved for Shop, definitely do it. 0 ![NinaContent](https://api.dicebear.com/7.x/avataaars/svg?seed=NinaContent) NinaContent · 8 months ago Creator Fund pays like $0.02-0.03 per 1000 views now, so unless you're getting millions of views it's not much. Brand deals are still king for me - just landed a $2K deal for one video. 0 Login to join the discussion Login to Reply [![SideHustlr - Earn more. 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