Terms of Service

Operator: Sixth Degree Creator Marketplace Inc., an Ontario corporation (OCN 1001663664), operating as "Sixth Degree" ("we," "us," "the platform"). Last updated: August 20, 2026.

These Terms govern your use of Sixth Degree (app.sixthdegree.app), a marketplace connecting brands with content creators in Canada. By creating an account you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. Creators additionally agree to the Creator Agreement. If you use Sixth Degree for a business, you confirm you're authorized to bind that business.

1. Accounts and eligibility

• You must be at least 18 and able to form a binding contract.
• One account is one role (brand or creator), chosen at signup.
• Keep your credentials secure; you're responsible for activity on your account. Tell us immediately about unauthorized use.
• Information you provide (business details, handles, follower counts, samples) must be accurate. Misrepresentation is grounds for removal.

2. What Sixth Degree is (and isn’t)

We provide the marketplace: discovery, campaign tools, messaging around collaborations, payment escrow, and reporting. We are not a party to the collaboration itself: the agreement to create content is between the brand and the creator, on the terms shown in the campaign and collaboration record. We are not an employer, agent, or broadcaster. Creators are independent contractors of no one on the platform, including us.

3. How money works

• Escrow. When a brand funds a campaign, the creator fees plus our platform fee are charged through our payment processor (Stripe) and held. Creators are paid their quoted fee in full; the platform fee is charged to the brand on top.
• Release. A creator's fee is released when the brand approves and confirms the live post, or automatically 3 business days after the post is confirmed live, if the brand takes no action. Funding a campaign means accepting this auto-release mechanism.
• Cancellations. Either party can cancel a collaboration before funding at no cost. After funding, changes go through the dispute process (§6).
• If nothing is posted. If a funded collaboration still has no submitted content when the campaign's posting window ends, the escrowed amount, including the platform fee, is automatically refunded to the brand.
• Refunds. Refunds of escrowed amounts are issued at our reasonable discretion through the dispute process, generally where content was not delivered per the brief.
• Payment processing is provided by Stripe and subject to Stripe's own terms. Creators must complete Stripe onboarding to receive payouts.

4. Content and conduct

• Content rights between brand and creator are set by the Creator Agreement (summary: the creator owns the content; the brand receives an organic-use licence; paid amplification requires separate agreement).
• All content must comply with law, including the Competition Act's disclosure requirements for material connections (#ad / paid-partnership disclosure) and Instagram's terms. Our compliance tooling assists but does not replace your own obligation.
• No deceptive metrics. Follower counts, reach, and engagement you report must be genuine. Buying engagement, misreporting insights, or manipulating tracked links breaches these Terms.
• No off-platform circumvention of fees for relationships formed on the platform for 12 months after first contact.

5. Verification, metrics, and honesty labels

• Creator verification is decided by our team; automated tools assist but do not decide. Verification is a review at a point in time, not a guarantee.
• Post metrics submitted via screenshots are labeled creator-reported; conversion figures entered by brands are labeled brand-reported. We display traced results as a floor and do not guarantee campaign outcomes.
• We log clicks on platform-generated short links (see Privacy Policy) and may flag anomalies for human review. Flags are questions, not verdicts.

6. Disputes between brands and creators

Raise a dispute from the collaboration page. Our team reviews the record (brief, submissions, approvals, timestamps) and decides the escrow outcome: released to the creator, returned to the brand, or the collaboration cancelled with the escrow held while our team settles it with both parties. That decision is final as to the escrowed funds; it does not limit either party's legal rights against the other. We may require reasonable evidence and may take up to 10 business days.

7. Termination

You can stop using the platform anytime; funded collaborations continue to completion or dispute resolution. We may suspend or remove accounts for breach, fraud signals, or legal risk, and will release or refund escrowed funds per §3 and §6 when we do.

8. Disclaimers and liability

The platform is provided "as is." To the maximum extent Ontario law allows: we disclaim implied warranties; we are not liable for indirect or consequential damages, lost profits, or lost data; and our total liability for any claim is capped at the greater of (a) fees we earned from you in the 12 months before the claim and (b) CAD $100. Nothing limits liability that cannot be limited by law.

9. Changes

We may update these Terms; material changes will be notified in-app or by email with the new version number, and continued use after the effective date is acceptance. The current version always lives at app.sixthdegree.app/terms.

10. General

Ontario law governs; exclusive venue is the courts of Toronto, Ontario. If a clause is unenforceable, the rest stands. These Terms plus the Privacy Policy (and, for creators, the Creator Agreement) are the entire agreement with us about the platform.

Contact: Sixth Degree Creator Marketplace Inc., 650 King Street West, Apartment 405, Toronto, Ontario M5V 0H6, support@sixthdegree.app