Talent agreement: public summary

The agreement specifies the tier you have signed under: Brand-Deal Brokerage (T1), Full Talent Management (T2), or 6-Month Growth Sprint (T3). It names the people on the pod responsible for your engagement, the commercial terms, and the term length.

Commission is stated in plain numbers in the agreement. It is the only money that moves from a closed deal to Mainstage. There are no platform fees, no admin charges, no hidden margins on production costs, and no referral fees taken from the brand side.

When a brand pays Mainstage, the creator receives their share within seven business days. The agreement makes this commitment explicit. If a brand misses a payment, Mainstage holds the relationship and pursues the collection; the creator does not chase.

• T1 (Brokerage) is non-exclusive. You can self-represent or work with other agents.
• T2 (Full Management) is exclusive or near-exclusive within the scope defined in the agreement, typically all paid brand work, with named exceptions written in.
• T3 (Growth Sprint) is non-exclusive for the duration, but assumes a working partnership for the six-month window.

The exact scope and exceptions are written into your agreement.

You own your work. You own your audience, your handle, your platform accounts, and the relationships you build with your followers. None of that transfers to Mainstage at any point during or after representation.

Strategy documents, pitch decks, contract templates, and other proprietary tools we use to manage your career remain Mainstage's IP. You receive the benefit of them during representation; you don't license, copy, or reuse them after the agreement ends.

Mainstage retains the right to reference our representation of you for case-study or marketing purposes, subject to your written consent before any specific case study, quote, or image is published.

Mainstage represents creators on a best-efforts basis. We work to your stated goals, with the skill and diligence reasonable for a career-management firm. We do not, and cannot, guarantee a specific number of deals, revenue level, audience growth, or career outcome. Where a guarantee is offered, it appears in writing in the signed agreement, not on this page.

Deal terms, brand discussions, contract specifics, and the internal commercial conversations we have on your behalf are confidential on both sides. You don't share them publicly without our consent; we don't share them publicly without yours. Confidentiality survives the end of the agreement for five years, or longer where a specific contract requires it.

The conflict policy at /legal/conflict-policy is incorporated by reference into this agreement. Read it before any conflict actually arises.

Each tier has a minimum term:

• T1: six months
• T2: twelve months
• T3: a fixed six-month engagement, not extendable except by signing T1 or T2

After the minimum term, either party can end the agreement with thirty days' written notice.

Bad-faith conduct on either side voids the minimum term. Bad-faith on our side means failure to pitch, failure to remit funds on the stated timeline, or breach of confidentiality. Bad-faith on your side means deception about your engagements, breach of an exclusivity clause, conduct that endangers brand relationships, or content that exposes Mainstage to legal liability. Either way: the other side can walk.

In the event of the creator's death or permanent incapacity, the agreement terminates. Commission earned on closed deals is paid to the creator's estate or nominated representative within the standard seven-business-day window.

Neither side is liable for failure or delay caused by events beyond reasonable control (natural disasters, acts of government, civil unrest, sustained internet outages, or platform-wide policy changes that disable the creator's primary channel). The affected party communicates promptly and works in good faith to resume; if the disruption persists past sixty days, either side may end the agreement on written notice.

Any dispute under the agreement goes first to hello@mainstagestudio.in for direct resolution. Unresolved disputes are subject to the dispute-resolution clause in the signed agreement itself, typically arbitration under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, seated in Delhi.

This is a summary. The signed agreement is the binding document. Where this page and the signed agreement differ, the signed agreement wins.