Glossary

Paid Media

Exposure a brand buys — ads, sponsored posts, whitelisted creator content.

Also known as: Paid media

Paid media is any exposure a brand pays for directly — ads, sponsored placements, and whitelisted creator content run as ads — one corner of the paid–owned–earned model.

In creator commerce, paid creator activity is measured the same way as everything else: by the attributed revenue it drives, not by the spend it consumes.