UGC Marketplace Case Study

Audience Pool UGC Marketplace Platform for Brands and Creators

SDLC Corp helped build Audience Pool as a content marketplace and social platform where brands source authentic photos and videos, while creators earn through approved submissions, direct content sales, and wallet-based payouts.

  • Brand campaigns, tenders, content review, and media purchases.
  • Creator submissions, content sales, wallet earnings, and withdrawals.
  • Admin moderation, transaction tracking, fees, and platform control.
Audience Pool UGC marketplace dashboard for brand campaigns, creator content, payments, and administration
Project Snapshot

Audience Pool At a Glance

A quick view of the platform category, core workflow, user roles, and delivery scope covered in this case study.

Industry
Creator Economy
Built around brand, creator, and content collaboration.
Platform Type
UGC Marketplace
A marketplace model for brands to source authentic creator media.
Core Workflow
Campaigns & Tenders
Brand briefs, creator submissions, reviews, revisions, and purchases.
Delivery Scope
Web & Mobile Platform
Marketplace workflows, role access, wallet records, and admin tools.
Project Focus
Brand-Creator Content Flow
Campaigns, tenders, protected previews, and review workflows.
Technical Reviewer
Chief Technology Officer and Cofounder, SDLC Corp
Operating Model

How Audience Pool Works Across Each Role

The marketplace gives creators, brands, and admins separate workflows while keeping briefs, submissions, approvals, payment records, and moderation connected.

Creator / User

Create, submit, sell, and request payouts

Creators set up profiles, join campaigns, bid on tenders, upload media, sell approved content, and request withdrawals.

Profiles Submissions Payouts
Brand

Brief, review, approve, and purchase

Brands create campaign and tender briefs, review creator work, request revisions, approve final media, and download purchased files.

Briefs Reviews Purchases
Admin / Back Office

Oversee users, finance, reports, and trust

Admins manage accounts, campaigns, tenders, reports, transactions, withdrawal approvals, fee settings, moderation, and analytics.

Moderation Finance Analytics
Brief Brands publish campaign or tender requirements.
Submit Creators upload media or place tender bids.
Review Brands approve content or request revisions.
Settle Payments, earnings, and withdrawals are recorded.
Client & Project Overview

About the Audience Pool Marketplace

Audience Pool is a UGC marketplace and social platform where brands source authentic photos and videos from creators through campaigns, tenders, and direct media purchases.

SDLC Corp built the product workflows for creator onboarding, brand briefs, submission review, protected media previews, wallet records, withdrawals, moderation, and admin-managed operations.

Creator, Brand, Admin Roles
Campaigns, Tenders, Reviews
Wallets, Payouts, Moderation
Marketplace Briefs · Media · Wallet Brand Wallet Creator Admin
The Challenge

What Audience Pool Had to Solve

Audience Pool needed one marketplace system for brand briefs, creator submissions, protected media access, payment records, withdrawal review, and moderation.

Core Challenge

Unifying content requests, creator work, payments, and trust controls

The build had to connect campaign briefs, tender bids, creator uploads, brand approvals, media purchases, wallet records, payout requests, and admin decisions without splitting operations across separate tools.

Campaigns and tenders needed clear budgets, dates, media formats, rights, and revision rules.
Media previews needed protection before purchase and full-quality download.
Wallet activity, withdrawal requests, reports, and moderation needed admin visibility.

Brief and Tender Structure

Brands needed controlled requests with budgets, timelines, creative rules, review steps, and usage rights.

Creator Earning Flow

Creators needed a clear path to submit work, track approvals, sell media, receive ratings, and request payouts.

Protected Media Access

Previews had to stay watermarked until purchase, while full-quality downloads needed purchase records.

Marketplace Oversight

Admins needed visibility into accounts, transactions, withdrawals, reports, moderation, fees, and analytics.

Our Solution

The Solution: Source, Submit, Protect, Settle

SDLC Corp built Audience Pool as a connected marketplace for brand briefs, creator submissions, protected previews, media purchases, wallet records, and admin oversight.

Audience Pool marketplace interface showing brand briefs, creator submissions, wallet records, and admin oversight
01 · Source

Campaigns and Tenders

Brands can create briefs with budgets, dates, media needs, review rules, and usage rights.

02 · Submit

Creator Submissions

Creators can join campaigns, bid on tenders, upload work, manage revisions, and track approvals.

03 · Protect

Protected Media Access

Watermarked previews protect media before purchase, while full-quality downloads are recorded.

04 · Settle

Wallet and Payout Records

Wallet flows record deposits, purchases, creator earnings, fees, and admin-reviewed payout requests.

What We Built

What We Built for the Audience Pool Marketplace

SDLC Corp built connected marketplace modules for onboarding, brand sourcing, creator submissions, protected media sales, wallet records, moderation, and admin operations.

Audience Pool marketplace build scope Audience Pool marketplace connected to six platform modules: onboarding and security, campaigns and tenders, marketplace and rights, social and discovery, wallet and payouts, and admin back office. Audience Pool Marketplace System Onboarding and Security OTP · Privacy · Bank details Campaigns and Tenders Briefs · Bids · Revisions Marketplace and Rights Watermarks · Purchases · Downloads Social and Discovery Posts · Search · Chat · Reports Wallet and Payouts Ledger · Fees · Withdrawal review Admin Back Office Moderation · Fees · Analytics
Build Scope

Six connected build areas

The build combined onboarding, content sourcing, media sales, community engagement, wallet records, and back-office controls into one managed UGC marketplace.

Onboarding and role setup
Protected media records
Admin finance review
Key Features

Six Core Features Built Into Audience Pool

Audience Pool includes the core marketplace features needed to onboard users, manage brand requests, protect media, record payments, support discovery, and control operations.

Feature 01

Sign-up and Role Setup

Users can join by phone, email, or social login, verify accounts, manage profiles, and add bank and currency details.

Feature 02

Campaigns and Tenders

Brands can publish campaigns and briefs with budgets, dates, media formats, bid flow, usage rights, and revisions.

Feature 03

Protected Media Sales

Images and videos stay watermarked until purchase, while full-quality downloads are recorded for rights visibility.

Feature 04

Wallet and Payout Records

Wallets record deposits, purchases, creator earnings, fees, tender payments, withdrawals, and transaction history.

Feature 05

Social and Discovery Layer

Posts, follows, likes, comments, saves, hashtags, search, featured content, chat, reports, and notifications support engagement.

Feature 06

Admin Back Office

Admins manage users, brands, campaigns, tenders, finance records, withdrawals, fee settings, moderation, subscriptions, languages, and analytics.

Technical Architecture

Technical Architecture Behind the Audience Pool Marketplace

The platform combines React interfaces, Node.js APIs, PostgreSQL records, protected Amazon S3 media, Stripe payments, and secure role-based authentication.

Layer 01

Frontend Applications

React Next.js TypeScript

Delivers responsive creator, brand, and administrator interfaces with role-specific screens and multilingual support.

Layer 02

Backend and APIs

TypeScript Node.js REST APIs

Runs campaign, tender, submission, review, purchase, wallet, moderation, notification, and administration workflows.

Layer 03

Database and Records

PostgreSQL Audit Records

Stores user accounts, briefs, submissions, approvals, purchases, wallet entries, payout requests, and administrative history.

Layer 04

Media Storage and Protection

Amazon S3 Server-Side Watermarking Signed URLs

Stores original assets separately, generates protected previews, and provides controlled access to purchased full-quality media.

Layer 05

Payments and Creator Payouts

Stripe Stripe Connect Wallet Ledger

Processes brand payments, records creator earnings and platform fees, and tracks withdrawal and payout activity.

Layer 06

Authentication and Access

JWT OTP Verification Role-Based Access

Protects creator, brand, and administrator accounts through secure sessions, account verification, and permission-based access.

React and Next.js Interfaces TypeScript and Node.js APIs PostgreSQL Records Amazon S3 and Stripe JWT and Admin Controls
Business Value

Business Value Delivered by Audience Pool

Audience Pool gives brands, creators, and platform teams a clearer way to source UGC, protect media access, record money movement, and manage marketplace trust through one connected system.

1 Connected Marketplace Content, payments, media, and administration
3 Role-Based Workspaces Creator, brand, and administrator access
6 Core Platform Modules From onboarding through back-office control
11 Interface Languages Multilingual access for marketplace users
For Brands

Reliable UGC Sourcing

Brands can replace scattered creator outreach with structured campaigns, tenders, reviews, approvals, and protected media purchases.

  • Clear briefs, budgets, formats, and timelines
  • Connected review, revision, and approval flow
  • Recorded access to purchased original media
For Creators

Safer Earning Path

Creators get one place to find paid opportunities, submit work, sell approved media, track wallet activity, and request payouts.

  • Campaign, tender, and media-sale opportunities
  • Protected previews before brand purchase
  • Visible earnings and withdrawal status records
For Operations

Controlled Marketplace Oversight

Platform teams can manage accounts, finance activity, withdrawal reviews, reports, moderation, fees, promotions, and analytics from one back office.

  • Transaction and withdrawal-review visibility
  • Content reporting and moderation controls
  • Administrative control over fees and settings
Structured UGC sourcing
Visible payment records
Protected media purchase flow
Moderated marketplace operations

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