The KDCC runs both one-off brand integrations and long-term partnerships, though we prefer long-term. One-off sponsored videos work when the fit is right and the timing is tight, and we will absolutely take the right one-off brief. But long-term partnerships compound over time across Andrew Kan's YouTube channel, the KDCC Discord, the Kan Do Newsletter, and blog.kdcc.social, which is where the real attribution data and ROI live. Pricing scales with scope, channel mix, and partnership length, not a fixed rate card. Every partnership, short or long, starts with a discovery call to understand your goals and a custom scope built around them.

Creator marketing is a form of brand partnership where companies work with content creators to reach their audience through trusted, native content instead of traditional advertising. The KDCC runs creator marketing as long-term partnerships across YouTube, Discord, newsletter, and blog channels rather than one-off sponsored videos. Andrew Kan and Ike Do built the model after working brand-side at major creator-economy companies, so partnerships are structured around outcomes and verified attribution, not impressions and vanity metrics.

Most influencer marketing agencies are middlemen who find creators for you, take a commission, and leave you to manage the relationship. The KDCC is built and run by operators who grew creator-economy brands from the buy side. Andrew Kan grew TubeBuddy's YouTube channel from 6,000 to over 530,000 subscribers and has led brand partnerships at scale since. Every partnership runs through The KDCC directly, with no agency layer, no commission stack, and editorial standards that keep recommendations real. You work with the people who are going to execute the partnership, not a sales rep who hands it off.

The KDCC tracks every brand partnership through proper UTM attribution, verified click counts, and conversion data confirmed inside partner dashboards. Partners receive a campaign recap report with impressions, click-through rates, verified clicks to partner landing pages, paying conversions where tracking is available, and qualitative notes on audience response from the KDCC Discord and the Kan Do Newsletter. The numbers on this page (50,000+ verified clicks driven, 2,000+ paying conversions, 10,000,000+ verified views across partner content) are the same attribution methodology we use for individual partner reports.

The KDCC works with brands serving working YouTube creators: creator tools, SaaS platforms, video and audio gear, editing software, monetization platforms, and creator-economy services. Current partners include OpusClip, Adobe Express, Elgato, StreamYard, Epidemic Sound, and TubeSpanner. We only partner with tools we actually use and recommend, and we do not work with direct competitors of our existing ambassador relationships. Every partnership has to pass the editorial test: would this genuinely help a working creator inside The KDCC, or is it just a media buy.

Fill out the partnership form at the top of this page and tell us what your brand is trying to accomplish. Andrew Kan or Ike Do will respond within two business days to schedule a discovery call, where we will map your goals to one of the six partnership types and build a custom scope from there. Every partnership starts with a real conversation, not a media kit download, because long-term partnerships need both sides to understand what success looks like before anyone signs anything.

Yes. The KDCC offers category exclusivity on any partnership. We agree not to work with direct competitors in your product category for the duration of the partnership, and exclusivity comes with a rate premium that reflects the opportunity cost. The scope of "competitor" is defined in the contract so both sides know exactly which brands are covered. Standard partnerships default to non-exclusive unless you specifically request exclusivity in your discovery call.

It depends on where the content lives. Content created on Andrew Kan's YouTube channel, blog.kdcc.social, the KDCC Discord, or the Kan Do Newsletter is owned by The KDCC permanently and stays on our channels as part of the creator education library. Content created on your brand's own channels is yours to keep, though paid media rights such as running ads, boosting, or whitelisting are limited to the active partnership duration. We draft this into every contract so both sides know what they own before work begins.

Timelines depend on format, channel mix, and how clearly scoped the brief is going in. A single sponsored YouTube integration typically goes from discovery call to live content in 3 to 4 weeks. A multi-channel campaign across YouTube, Discord, newsletter, and blog usually runs 4 to 6 weeks. Year-round integration and ambassador partnerships start within 2 weeks and continue indefinitely. When a campaign window is tight we can move faster if the scope is clear and the brief is locked, because we have run enough partnerships to know what can be compressed and what cannot. Quality scoping and FTC-compliant production still take real time, so we will tell you upfront if a timeline is unrealistic instead of promising something we cannot deliver.

The KDCC scopes every partnership conservatively, and when performance feels off our first move is not a makegood, it is a conversation. Brand partnerships take time to read. Week one data is noisy and week four data tells the real story, especially on long-form YouTube where search discovery and algorithm surfacing compound for months after the video goes live. Before anyone talks about fixing anything, we share the real attribution data, ask questions to understand what your team is actually seeing on your side, and give the content enough runway to tell us whether it is actually underperforming or just early. If the data does come in below expectations after a real window, we offer makegoods (usually additional distribution across the other channels or an extended campaign window) and walk through what we think happened so the next partnership is sharper. We would rather deliver fewer partnerships that actually work than chase volume and produce content neither side is proud of.