The onboarding wizard turns a short series of questions into the profile brands browse. This page covers every step, the limits the wizard enforces, and how to update your profile after you finish.

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What the onboarding wizard asks

The wizard is a short series of questions that becomes the profile brands browse. Most steps are required; a couple are optional and never block you from finishing.
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Your full name

Required. This is the name shown on your creator profile.
2

Where you're based

Required location and country. This helps brands find creators near them.
3

Phone number

Required, in international format. Brands may use it to reach you about urgent campaign updates.
4

Confirm your phone (verification optional)

You can verify your number now by requesting a 6-digit SMS code (you can resend after a 30-second cooldown), or tap Continue to skip. Verifying shows brands a green Verified check and builds trust, but it never blocks you from moving on.
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Stage of life

Required. Pick the option that fits you: it helps tailor opportunities to your schedule.
6

Your socials

Connect your TikTok and Instagram handles, entered as plain @usernames.
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Confirm your profiles

If you added handles, NewWave shows live previews of your TikTok and Instagram profiles so you can check they’re right (go back to edit if needed).
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Share some of your work

Add links to your videos (TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and more), and/or upload video files directly, so brands can see a few samples of your work.
9

How you heard about us

Required: select all that apply. A referral code captured from your sign-up link is applied here automatically if you have one.
10

Content preferences

A short set of questions that powers campaign matching: your weekly availability (1–40 hours), the types of videos you enjoy making (pick 1–3), and the topics you create around (pick 1–5).
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Bio (optional)

Optionally write a short bio so brands can get to know you. You can finish without it.

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Rules for socials and sample work

These are the limits the wizard enforces, so it helps to know them going in:

Connect your handles

Add your TikTok and Instagram handles so brands can find and review your profiles.

Plain usernames only

Enter just the username: the part after the @ in tiktok.com/@yourname or after the slash in instagram.com/yourname (so yourname). No @, no spaces, and no full URL. Letters, numbers, periods, and underscores only: up to 24 characters on TikTok, 30 on Instagram. Invalid entries show an inline error and block the step. (Paste a profile URL and NewWave pulls the handle out for you.)

Portfolio items

Links plus uploads, combined. Uploaded files can be MP4, MOV, WebM, or MPEG, up to 500MB each.
Where do Facebook and YouTube fit? Your sign-up flow and personal profile manage TikTok and Instagram handles only. You can enter Facebook and YouTube handles per campaign from Connected accounts in the campaign workspace. Where channel connections are available for your account, campaign setup also lets you authorize a Facebook Page or YouTube channel, or choose an account already connected in My channel. The setup step shows native NewWave cards and saves your campaign account only after you choose it and save. See connecting your accounts for a campaign for campaign handle formats.

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Connecting channel accounts

Open Calendar, Comments, or Insights under My channel, then choose Connect an account. Once an account is connected, use + Add account beside your account chips to add another platform or retry a connection. Adding an account does not require disconnecting an existing one. Choose an available platform and finish its authorization screen. Routes marked Coming soon are not yet open for your account. For Facebook, choose Connect a Page and select exactly one Page in Facebook’s picker. For YouTube, sign in with the Google account that owns the channel. After a successful connection, your account lists refresh. If authorization is cancelled or fails, you can retry from the same picker. Entering a campaign handle alone does not grant NewWave access to the platform account.

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Editing your profile later

Onboarding isn’t a one-shot. After you finish, your profile is fully editable: upload an avatar, change your name or bio, and add or update your TikTok and Instagram handles. Changes auto-save as you go; invalid handles block saving the same way they do during onboarding.

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After you finish: review

After onboarding you’re on the creator waitlist. A person on the New Wave team reviews each profile. Marketplace will unlock once you’re approved. Until then, Marketplace shows your waitlist status. A reminder also appears on general creator pages; it stays hidden on campaign details and inside campaign workspaces. There is no set date for a review. When you’re approved, we email you at the address you signed up with. While you wait, you can still open a campaign page, but applying unlocks once you’re approved. The exception is a private campaign link a brand sent you: its access code lets you apply. The most useful thing you can do while you wait is keep your profile strong. Reviews look at your TikTok and Instagram handles and your sample work, so keep your handles public and current, keep posting strong new work, and add your best recent work to your portfolio. A profile with real handles and a clip of you talking to camera is far easier to review than a sparse one. You can keep editing it the whole time you’re waiting.

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Frequently asked questions

There is no set date. A person on the New Wave team reviews each profile, and we email you when you’re approved.What helps is a profile with real work on it: keep your TikTok and Instagram handles public and current, keep posting strong new work, and add your best recent work to your portfolio. A profile with nothing to look at is harder to review than one with real work on it.
Almost always because your account hasn’t been approved yet: the marketplace is hidden until then, so it isn’t that there are no campaigns, it’s that they aren’t shown to you yet. You’ll see the waitlist page in its place. If you’ve been approved and the marketplace still looks empty, that’s a different problem worth writing to us about.
Yes. Connect your TikTok and Instagram handles, and add a few portfolio samples so brands can get a sense of your work. For example, include a short clip of yourself talking clearly so they can see and hear you.
Enter just the username (for example, yourname): not a full link and not an @ symbol. Use only letters, numbers, periods, and underscores (no spaces or dashes). If you paste a profile URL, NewWave tries to pull the handle out automatically; if it can’t, delete it and type the username by hand. Invalid entries show an inline error and block the step until they’re fixed.
For channel features, use Connect an account in My channel, or + Add account beside an existing connection, when Facebook or YouTube is available for your account. To enter a handle for a campaign, open Connected accounts from the campaign workspace banner after you join. For handle formats, including Facebook Pages and profiles with no username, see connecting your accounts for a campaign.
No. You can skip it with Continue. Verifying only adds trust with brands: it doesn’t gate anything in onboarding.

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Next steps

Set up payouts

Connect Stripe so you can withdraw what you earn.

Find campaigns

Browse the marketplace, apply to open campaigns, and sign on to a campaign.