The #1 Influencer Payment Platform for Marketing Teams

Lumanu gives brands the agility to move at the speed of social media without the friction of legacy finance workflows.

Lumanu gives brands the agility to move at the speed of social media without the friction of legacy finance workflows.

No more vendor onboarding or tax form collection

Work with any influencer or contractor instantly. Lumanu handles tax reporting, compliance checks, and bank validation behind the scenes.

Full visibility and control

Enforce your policies with user roles, audit trails, and custom approval flows. Funds sit in a dedicated bank account with full ledger. Support financial requirements like “No PO, No Pay."

Enforce your policies with user roles, audit trails, and custom approval flows. Funds sit in a dedicated bank account with full ledger. Support financial requirements like “No PO, No Pay."

Global payments made easy

Fund in 36+ currencies and pay out to 180+ countries. No more dealing with FX risks or juggling workarounds.

See Lumanu in Action

Are you a creator or payee? Please email vendors@lumanu.com for support questions.

$1.2B+

Payments Made

100K+

Vendors Onboarded

400K+

Invoices Automated

180+

Countries Supported

The transparency Lumanu provides is night and day. Our vendors love logging in and seeing their payment status, reducing anxious follow-up emails and saving everyone time."

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Jennifer Winston

Director of Social

Lyft

Lumanu has been a game changer for us. We are a small team running 50 to 80 partnerships per month. Lumanu saves hours and hours of valuable time that can be spent elsewhere."

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Danielle Ito

Head of Influencer

Notion

How it works

A Faster Path From Campaign to Payment

A Faster Path From Campaign to Payment

A Faster Path From Campaign to Payment

Lumanu streamlines your influencer onboarding and payment process so you spend less time on support and back office admin. Works seamlessly with your finance team's tools and processes.

step 1

Lumanu onboards your influencers

Lumanu onboards your influencers

Creators self-service onboard once to the Lumanu network. Lumanu validates tax, banking, and compliance in real-time. Never touch a W9 again.

step 2

Fund your account

Lumanu acts as your single vendor for all payouts. Create and send invoices to your finance team for your campaign, project or time period. Once paid, you can payout influencers in seconds.

step 3

Approve work and make payment

Approve work and make payment

Add and approve payouts in your Lumanu dashboard, csv or Zapier. Review content and trigger payments instantly. No individual POs, no manual wire transfers, no delays.

step 4

Influencers get fast, transparent payments

Influencers get paid in their local currency with real-time tracking. You get your time back to build the next campaign.

our unique value

General Purpose
vs. Creator Specific

Features

Lumanu (Creator Specialist)

Tipalti (Generalist AP platform)

Vendor Management & 1099

Vendor Management & 1099

Lumanu acts as your Single Master Vendor for all creators, handling all compliance and tax documentation.

High Vendor Maintenance Cost. Tipalti requires manual upkeep for creators and complex entities (Loan-Outs, Agencies). While it helps handle tax compliance you are responsible. Tipalti was built for B2B vendors, not high-volume creator onboarding and management.

Onboarding & State Management

Onboarding & State Management

Single API Link. Lumanu handles all complex state management and error handling out-of-the-box, guaranteeing success.

Overly complex for Creators. Tipalti's complex vendor portal and sequential API steps are overkill for simple creators, leading to higher drop-off and manual support effort.

Money Flow & Treasury

Money Flow & Treasury

Flexible Wallet System. Easily generate finance-ready invoices to fund dedicated Lumanu accounts. Our wallet supports platforms whether you are in or out of the money flow (MoR).

Requires Custom ERP/GL Integration. Tipalti is built to integrate deeply with your ERP/GL system. While powerful, this requires extensive custom setup and maintenance by your finance and engineering teams.

Global Payments & Reliability

Global Payments & Reliability

High Payout Success. We use multiple banking relationships and localized rails, ensuring creators withdraw in their currency with high success rates.

Payment Failure Resolution Burden. While Tipalti offers global reach, the platform often puts the burden of resolving payment failures and managing bounced transactions back onto your in-house AP team.

Creator Experience


Creator Experience


Lumanu’s payment network was built to give creators a frictionless experience, with native support for complex entities like Loan-Out Companies and Agencies.

Vendor Portal Friction. The generic vendor portal is not creator-centric, often leading to a complex, unbranded experience and pushing Tier 1 support back onto your platform's team.

Support

Support

White-glove support from a team of experts who understand the creator economy. We provide dedicated support to both you and your creators.

Generic support. The platform is the first line of defense for non-core issues like tax form errors and payout failures.

General payment APIs

Onboarding & Compliance

Lumanu handles all vendor onboarding, compliance checks, and tax form collection.

You are responsible for building an onboarding flow and collecting and verifying W-9s/W-8BENs, and managing 1099s.

Money Flow

Flexible money flow is tailored to support your needs. Choose how your customers fund dedicated wallets.

Rigid, one-size-fits-all money flow requirements that don't adapt to your business model.

Global Payments

Fund in your customers' currencies, pay out to 180+ countries. Creators can withdraw in their local currency with local rails and cost-effective conversion rates.

Complex setup requiring regional entities (Stripe Connect) or high, often hidden, currency conversion fees passed on to recipients (PayPal).

Creator Experience

Lumanu's payment network was built to give creators a frictionless experience.

A fragmented and confusing experience for creators, who have to navigate multiple platforms and redundant information requests.

Support

White-glove support from a team of experts who understand the creator economy. We provide dedicated support to both you and your creators.

Generic support that doesn't understand the nuances of the creator economy. You and your creators are left to fend for yourselves.

Streamline workflows with our integrations.

Lumanu works alongside and with your tools. Connect with Zapier or API.

Our csv upload supports mass payouts.

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Modernize influencer payments

Modernize influencer payments

Join leading enterprises who pay creators faster, with full compliance and control.

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