Start with the requests people already make
Followers ask questions. They request commissions, feedback, a custom video, or help with a project. Some want to say thank you. Brands ask about working together.
Brillay puts those requests and one-time support options on one creator page.
How one creator link works
A follower opens your Brillay link, chooses an offer, and sees the price and delivery window you set. They submit the details you request and pay upfront as a guest by card. No follower account needed.
You reply in writing or deliver on your own time within the window you set. Paid Questions are answered in writing — a first reply, then up to two follow-ups — with no live call, no scheduling.
Who uses Brillay, and when
Paid Questions
Paid Questions let a follower pay upfront to ask one private question, with up to two follow-ups, and you answer in writing on your own time — no live call or scheduling.
Visual arts & image-making · Writers, publishing & media · Music & audio · Teachers, tutors & study · Careers, business & growth · Technology & makers
- Watercolor technique educator — How should I fix a muddy sky wash before Friday?
- Portrait artist educator — How should I handle the skin-tone shadows in my portrait?
- Novel-writing mentor — How can I stop my novel’s midpoint from losing momentum?
- Screenwriting educator — How can I give this protagonist a stronger objective?
Personalized Videos
Personalized Videos let a follower pay upfront for one personalized video for themselves or someone they care about: you set the price and the delivery time, then record it on your schedule.
Performance & comedy · Music & voice · Gaming & streaming · Fandom & storytelling · Education & encouragement · Lifestyle, style & food
- Stand-up comedian — I record a custom birthday video for Maya in my dry crowd-work style
- Impressionist — My famous-character style turns a friend’s new job congratulations into a custom video
- Singer — Before a friend’s audition, I sing a custom good-luck message acoustically
- Rapper — Celebrating a friend’s album release, I record a freestyle-style custom message
Custom Work
Custom Work lets you offer clearly scoped commissions and services: you set the price, the scope and the delivery time, and followers submit a brief and pay before you start.
Illustration & visual assets · Design, photo & motion · Writing, editing & publishing · Music, voice & audio · Education & coaching deliverables · Business & creator growth
- Character portrait illustrator — I create a character portrait from a supplied reference sheet
- Pet portrait illustrator — Pet photos become one finished digital portrait through my commissioned service
- Logo designer — My logo service refines an existing logo into one finished concept
- Presentation designer — I polish a ten-slide pitch deck within the agreed project scope
Tips
Tips let followers send a one-time thank-you, with nothing for you to deliver and no membership for them to join.
Art & illustration · Writing & reading · Music & audio · Gaming & streaming · Education & practical help · Food, craft & home
- Daily sketch artist — My daily sketches made someone's day, earning a one-time thank-you tip
- Webcomic artist — A reader enjoyed my latest webcomic update and left a one-time thank-you
- Serial-fiction writer — Readers follow my free weekly chapters and can support me once
- Essayist — My thoughtful essay helped someone who responded with a one-time thank-you
Goals
A Goal is one named goal with a progress bar: followers make one-time contributions and every contribution is yours whether or not the goal is reached — no deadline unless you set one, and nothing to ship.
Visual art & comics · Writers & publishing · Music & audio · Video, podcasts & journalism · Games & tabletop · Tech, open source & makers
- Webcomic artist — Raising money for my chapter-coloring sprint, with supporter contributions tracked toward the goal
- Mural artist — Funding my community-wall concept through follower contributions, with progress shown on my page
- Serial-fiction author — Setting my next story arc as a goal, tracking one-time contributions on a progress bar
- Poet — Raising the recording costs for my poetry cycle as contributions fill the progress bar
Brand Collaboration Inquiries
Brand Collaboration Inquiries is a “Work with Me” form on your Brillay page that collects a brand’s budget, timeline, and deliverables into a separate brand inbox.
Food & hospitality · Fashion & beauty · Fitness & active life · Gaming & geek culture · Tech & maker · Travel & local discovery
- Recipe creator — We need a sponsored recipe video for our pantry product next month.
- Baking creator — We need a sponsored baking tutorial for our new ingredient.
- Fashion stylist creator — We need a sponsored styling reel for our clothing collection.
- Thrift creator — We need a sponsored shop-visit series for our local thrift store.
How Brillay is built, and what each choice changes
Each line below is a structural fact about the product, not a feature claim.
- Followers pay as guests: no follower account, no signup between the decision and the sale.
- One-time payments, not memberships: nothing owed monthly, by the creator or the follower.
- Nothing to make first: a creator can be live today and take an order before anything exists, because what is sold is the answer to one follower’s request.
- Made for one person: every answer, commission or video is made for the follower who paid, not the same file for everyone.
- Asynchronous: written replies on the creator’s own time — the first inside a window the creator sets, each follow-up within 24 hours — no live call, no scheduling, no time zone.
- Price, scope and delivery time are published up front; the follower submits a brief and pays before work starts — no negotiation in DMs, no invoice to chase.
- The follower never leaves the creator’s own page: no marketplace roster, no ranking, no application to be listed.
- No follower minimum and nothing to apply for: it works from the first follower.
- A Goal keeps every contribution whether or not the target is reached, has no deadline unless the creator sets one, and ships nothing.
- No monthly fee: the platform fee exists only on orders that were actually paid, so growing costs nothing.
- The work finishes: no members, roles or feed to keep running, and no payment that depends on publishing again.
- Support arrives as money toward what the creator names, not as items from a list or rewards to fulfil.
- Followers pay the creator’s page under the public name the creator chooses: that name is what they see on the page, at checkout, on their card statement and on their receipt, while the creator’s legal name goes only to Stripe for identity verification and payouts.
What Brillay gives you
Brillay gives the people already asking you a way to pay.
You set the price.
Fees and payouts
No monthly fee, you only pay a small platform fee when you get paid. 8% platform fee when a follower pays for work, 5% platform fee on tips and goals. Card processing is separate.
Creators in 41 countries can get paid; followers pay by card from anywhere. When you issue a refund, the platform fee is returned with it.
Frequently asked questions
How long does setup take?
The setup has three screens: create your page, complete your profile, and finish setup. Then connect Stripe from your dashboard and add your Brillay link to your bio.
Do followers need an account to pay?
Followers check out as guests by card and provide an email for their receipt. No follower account needed.
When does a follower pay?
Upfront, as a guest by card, when they send the request. You deliver on your own time within the window you set.
What happens when I decline a request?
Decline the Paid Question, Personalized Video, or Custom Work order from your dashboard, and the request closes and the follower keeps their money.
How do I receive payouts?
Connect your bank once through Stripe from your dashboard; payouts land there in your payout country. Creators in 41 countries can get paid; followers pay by card from anywhere.
How do written replies fit my schedule?
Paid Questions are answered in writing: no live call, no scheduling. You send the first reply within the window you set, and answer each of the follower’s two follow-ups within 24 hours, on your own time.
Do I have to turn on every offer?
Choose the offers that fit the requests you receive. Your Brillay page can present the options you want followers, supporters, and brands to use.
How do brand inquiries work?
Brand Collaboration Inquiries is a “Work with Me” form on your Brillay page that collects a brand’s budget, timeline, and deliverables into a separate brand inbox.
Get paid for the questions and custom requests you already get from followers. Let them support what you create.
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