Creator industry admits that fee pricing is out of control, but can’t agree on a fix

Bigger budgets, bigger campaigns, bigger partners, bigger goals — marketers are starting to feel that the price to work with creators is out of control.

Half of marketers misprice creator fees and 40% of them feel like they overpaid, according to 1,000 marketing and procurement leaders surveyed by Billion Dollar Boy. Danielle Wiley, CEO of influencer marketing agency Sway, said anecdotally that brands pay too much 90% of the time, and though creators are happy to get more money than they may be worth, it creates an expectation problem.

“Imagine the real estate market where you could never look up what a house on your street sold for,” said James Nord, founder of predictive creator-marketing platform Fohr. “It’s about transparency and clarity and building more trust into this market.”

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Carhartt aligns with the NFL through the tradespeople building Highmark Stadium

This story was first published by Digiday sibling Modern Retail.

Carhartt is one of the latest brands to lean into sports advertising, finding a way to tap into football season that goes beyond partnering with the athletes themselves.

The 135-year-old workwear brand is tapping into NFL season with the latest installment of its “Made Possible” campaign. The 30-second spot highlights the construction workers and tradespeople who worked on Highmark Stadium, the new home of the Buffalo Bills that opened ahead of the 2026 season.

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