Getting started for creators
StreetTeams pays local creators to make content for businesses in their city — restaurants, retail, fitness, and more.
Account requirements and safety
Section titled “Account requirements and safety”Creators must be at least 18 and accept the StreetTeams Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Community Guidelines, and Creator Agreement during signup. These policies remain available from Profile → Help → Legal & privacy in the creator app.
StreetTeams blocks a narrow set of high-confidence abusive, dangerous-link, and spam patterns in creator profiles, applications, messages, and content submissions. Creators and businesses can still report content for human review, and administrators review both user reports and automated flags.
Join the waitlist
Section titled “Join the waitlist”Apply at streetteams.com/join — tell us who you are and what your channel is about. That description is how we match you with local businesses, so make it specific: what you make and who watches. Add at least one social handle (TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube — whichever you’re biggest on) and your ZIP code, which sets your city for local matching.
New creators start on a waitlist:
- 10K+ TikTok followers? Connect TikTok in the app and you’re approved automatically.
- Under 10K, you’re a Nano creator — you’ll see your place in line, and every application is reviewed by our team.
Jump the line two ways:
- Use an eligible referral — redeem the code of an approved creator with 10K+ followers for instant approval. Eligible creators start with three invitations, can share their code and link from Profile → Invite Friends, and can see used and remaining invitations.
- Complete a challenge — open Creator Challenges from the pending screen or Profile, submit a public proof link, and track its review status. An approved submission takes you off the waitlist.
Once you’re approved, you’re visible to businesses and can apply to campaigns.
Signing in
Section titled “Signing in”Registration and sign-in use a 6-digit email code:
- Enter your email and display name (first time) or just your email (returning).
- We email you a verification code — it expires in 10 minutes.
- Enter the code in the app.
After signing in you can optionally enable passkey sign-in (Face ID / fingerprint) for faster access next time.
Complete your profile
Section titled “Complete your profile”Businesses see your profile when you apply — a complete one gets more work:
- Socials — connect TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube from Profile → Connected accounts. StreetTeams opens the provider’s secure authorization page and never asks for your social password. Verified handles and audience metrics are synced from the provider.
- YouTube — connect through Google to verify the channel and synchronize subscriber and video counts. You can also import the connected channel’s profile image.
- Niche and categories — choose the topics you create in (food, fashion, fitness, …) from Edit profile so campaign matching stays current.
- Location — set your 5-digit ZIP and discovery radius in Edit profile. StreetTeams derives your city and state from the ZIP; you don’t need to type them manually.
Connect payouts
Section titled “Connect payouts”Payouts are processed through Stripe. Open Profile → Payment Methods → Connect with Stripe in the creator app. Stripe securely collects identity and bank details; StreetTeams does not store bank credentials.
Activity and notification choices
Section titled “Activity and notification choices”The bell opens your account-backed activity inbox. Campaign invitations, application changes, messages, approval, and payout activity remain available across devices and can arrive as push notifications after you allow notifications on your device. Use Profile → Notification Settings to choose which kinds of updates you receive. You can also change system-level permission later in iOS or Android Settings.
Choose an appearance
Section titled “Choose an appearance”Open Profile → Appearance to choose System default, Light, or Dark. System default follows the appearance selected on your phone. A manual Light or Dark choice is saved on the device and remains active when you reopen StreetTeams.
Connecting Instagram
Section titled “Connecting Instagram”Open Profile → Social Accounts → Instagram to connect an Instagram professional account. Instagram requires the account to be a Creator or Business account; personal accounts cannot authorize the professional API. During StreetTeams’ Meta review and testing period, the Instagram account must also be assigned as an app tester and accept the invitation before it can complete authorization.