Stacked

What Stacked does

Stacked, operating under the legal entity Outlier Collective, Inc., is a creator monetization platform that enables individuals and organizations to earn revenue from digital content through subscriptions, pay-per-view posts, paid messages, tips, product sales, and referral programs. Founded in Los Angeles in March 2021, the company serves two primary customer groups: content creators (including individual influencers and enterprise organizations such as esports teams) seeking to monetize their audience, and fans/subscribers purchasing access to exclusive content. The platform operates on a self-serve, product-led model with global reach via the stacked.com web interface, and supports cryptocurrency payouts to creators in 200+ countries.

The platform's technical stack centers on a unified creator dashboard with real-time analytics, native integrations with Discord (community management) and Shopify (e-commerce), and an in-house "bleeding edge" AI content creation suite that assists creators with text-based content generation. The company maintains a 90/10 revenue split in favor of creators (taking a 10% platform commission), positioning itself as the lowest-fee offering in the category versus Patreon (80% to creators), Fanvue (80%), and Passes (85%). Additional modules include agency tools for managing multiple influencer accounts and advanced real-time analytics for earnings optimization. The platform complies with DMCA takedown procedures and U.S.C. § 2257 record-keeping requirements, with legal custody operations based in Los Angeles.

Stacked monetizes exclusively through its 10% commission on creator earnings, with no disclosed fixed subscription tiers for fans (pricing is creator-determined per tier). The company was initially described at its $12.9M Series A (led by Pantera Capital in September 2022) as a Web3-focused live streaming platform, but has since evolved into a broader creator monetization suite, suggesting a product-pivot around the time of or after the funding event. The business is private, venture-backed, with 1–10 employees and operational headquarters in Palo Alto, California.

Name

Stacked

Legal name

Outlier Collective, Inc.

Website

https://stacked.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Stacked is a creator monetization platform that lets digital creators earn through subscriptions, pay-per-view content, tips, and product sales, taking a 10% commission. It serves individual influencers and enterprise creators globally, offering 90% revenue share, AI content tools, and crypto payouts in 200+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Creator Monetization Platform

NAICS

Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (516210)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Creator Monetization Tools (Subscriptions, Tips, Merch) (BPAMALAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Creator Tipping, Donations & Micro-Payments (MPACAFAB), Creator Digital Goods & Downloads (Templates, Presets, Files) (MPACAFAD)

Keywords

• Creator monetization platform
• Membership subscription platform
• Content creator tools
• Live streaming platform
• Crypto payout platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Subscription Revenue: Monthly revenue from dedicated fans with custom tiers, perks, and pricing. Creators receive 90% of subscription revenue.
2. Pay-Per-View Content: Creators earn from premium posts, paid messages, tips, and pay-per-view content. Part of the 90% creator revenue share.
3. Product Sales: Creators can sell products directly through the integrated shop feature.
4. Referral Program: Creators can earn through a referral program for bringing new creators to the platform.
5. Platform Commission: Stacked retains 10% of all creator earnings as platform fee, making it the lowest fees in the industry.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Stacked is a creator monetization platform that enables content creators to earn revenue through multiple streams — subscriptions, pay-per-view content, paid posts and messages, tips, product sales, and referrals — under a 90/10 revenue split that favors creators. The platform also offers an AI content creation suite, agency management tools, advanced real-time analytics, native Discord and Shopify integrations, and crypto payouts available in 200+ countries.

Product overview

Stacked is a unified creator monetization platform offering a comprehensive suite of tools for creators to earn revenue. The core platform (Stacked Creator Platform) provides subscription management, pay-per-view content, and multiple revenue streams including tips, posts, messages, products, and referrals. The platform is modular, with add-on features including an AI Content Suite for automated content creation, Agency Tools for influencer management, and Advanced Analytics for real-time earnings insights. Stacked differentiates through its 90% revenue share model and crypto payout capabilities supporting 200+ countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Stacked Creator Platform A self-serve creator monetization platform that lets individual creators, agencies, and creator-led businesses earn through subscriptions, pay-per-view content, paid posts and messages, tips, product sales, and referrals, under a 90/10 revenue split with crypto payouts available in 200+ countries.
• AI Content Suite A generative-AI content creation toolkit purpose-built for Stacked creators that generates text-based content to support creator workflows and monetization.
• Agency Tools A suite of agency tools that lets agencies and large creator organizations manage multiple influencer accounts and their monetization activities from within Stacked.
• Analytics Dashboard An advanced real-time analytics dashboard that gives creators insights into earnings, member engagement, and revenue metrics across subscriptions, PPV, tips, posts, messages, products, and referrals.

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% creator revenue share (vs 80% at Patreon/Fanvue and 85% at Passes)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability2 records

Feature5 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Buy Me a Coffee: Buy Me a Coffee provides memberships, one-time tips, and digital product sales for creators with a small platform fee. Comparable to Stacked's subscription-plus-tipping-plus-product revenue streams model.
• Ko-fi: Ko-fi offers creator monetization via memberships, tips, and shop features with a near-zero platform fee. It competes in the same horizontal creator economy category and is often cited alongside Patreon as a low-cost alternative.
• OnlyFans: OnlyFans is the dominant fan-subscription platform with global payouts and adult-content adjacency. It is directly comparable to Stacked on subscription mechanics, PPV, and tipping — and competes for the same creator cohort that Stacked's 2257 compliance addresses.
• Patreon: Patreon is the largest subscription-based creator monetization platform, offering memberships, tiers, and community tools. It is Stacked's primary scale competitor and is explicitly benchmarked in Stacked's comparison marketing (80% creator share).
• Fanvue: Fanvue is a creator monetization platform offering subscriptions, PPV, and messaging with an 80% creator share. It is explicitly compared to Stacked in Stacked's marketing and targets a similar creator/fan engagement model.
• Passes: Passes is a creator monetization platform offering subscriptions, messaging, and content unlocks at an 85% creator share. Listed as a direct competitor in Stacked's feature comparison table.

Emerging players

• Gumroad: Gumroad enables creators to sell digital products, memberships, and subscriptions directly. Comparable to Stacked's product sales and subscription features, with overlap primarily on the digital-goods and creator-direct monetization side.
• Cameo: Cameo enables creators to monetize personal video shoutouts and fan engagement. Comparable to Stacked's PPV content and direct-to-fan monetization mechanics, though focused on personalized video rather than subscription tiers.

Broad incumbents

• Twitch: Twitch is the dominant live-streaming creator monetization platform with subscriptions, bits (tips), and crypto-friendly payout experimentation. Direct comparison to Stacked's originally announced Web3 live streaming focus, now pivoted to creator subscriptions.
• Substack: Substack is a leading newsletter and subscription publishing platform enabling creator monetization via paid newsletters. While content-format differs, it competes for the same creator mindshare on subscription-driven revenue models.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/stackedstudios
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@joinstacked/videos
• Instagraminstagram.com/joinstacked
• TikToktiktok.com/@joinstacked

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors6 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Stacked