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Creator Onboarding Map
What to expect (and when) during your GigaStar Market onboarding
White Glove Onboarding & Support
The GigaStar Market team is with you every step of the way, delivering a concierge-style experience.
We're dedicated to ensuring you have clarity, transparency, and understanding through onboarding - and beyond.
At a high level, we have mapped out what you can expect throughout the onboarding process.
TIMELINE | FORMS & AGREEMENTS | AGREEMENT DESCRIPTIONS | CREATIVE ASSETS
1. Verification
We'll verify your YouTube revenue, collect business information, and send you the 1st set of documents.
2. Issuer Listing
We'll send you the 2nd & 3rd sets of documents, invite you to set up an account, and start on creative assets.
3. Public Announcement
We'll provide guidance on how you can announce your drop and build hype with Fans before your drop goes live.
4. Live Drop
We'll provide support during your drop, which must remain open for 21 days, even if you sell out in minutes.
As part of the verification phase, you'll be asked to complete the Business Channel Information Form.
Additionally, for us to verify your YouTube channel metrics, you will be asked to follow the instructions below to provide us with Viewer access to your YouTube channel. We’ll let you know when verification is complete (allow 24-48 hours) and provide you with next steps.
1. Navigate to https://studio.youtube.com/ and authenticate with your credentials
2. Click on “Settings” at the bottom left of the screen
3. Click on “Permissions”
4. Click on “Invite” on the top right of the screen
5. Enter “pre-onboarding@gigastarmarket.io” for the email address, and for Access select “Viewer”
6. Select “Done”, followed by “Save”
7. You may be prompted to verify your identity - please do so, if prompted
8. Done!
Once your YouTube Channel Revenue Verification is done and everything checks out, you’ll get an email from Box with the 1st set of documents. You’ll need to digitally complete and sign this set of documents, which include:
>> Creator Engagement Agreement
>> Background Check Authorization (Bad Actor Questionnaire)
>> LLC Operating Agreement
>> Power of Attorney (POA)
Once you receive these documents, if you'd like us to walk you through these documents, email pre-onboarding@gigastarmarket.io to request a call and we'll be happy to do so.
After we get your signed documents, we’ll do the required background check as described in the Creator Engagement Agreement. Your LLC can't be created until your background check is completed. Allow 2-4 business days for this process to be completed.
Once you’ve passed the Bad Actor Check and your LLC registration is complete, you’ll get the 2nd set of agreements from Box that you’ll need to digitally complete.
>> Listing Agreement
>> Revenue Sharing Agreement
>> Channel Drop Escrow Agreement
Once you receive these documents, if you'd like us to walk you through these documents, email pre-onboarding@gigastarmarket.io to request a call and we'll be happy to do so.
In order for GigaStar to file your offering with the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), you'll need to complete online notarization, which takes only minutes.
You'll receive an email from Proof.com inviting you to conduct your online notary session with a licensed notary. You'll be connected with a notary (an actual person), and you'll be required to turn on your camera and upload a form of ID so that the notary can confirm your identity.
Once completed, the notarization (the notary's stamp of approval) will allow GigaStar to begin the SEC EDGAR filing process.
Once your GigaStar Market Account is set up, you’ll get the final set of agreements to complete and sign:
>> YouTube Revenue Direction and License Agreement
>> Tokenization and Smart Contract License Agreement
>> Paying Agent Escrow Agreement
Once you receive these documents, if you'd like us to walk you through them, email pre-onboarding@gigastarmarket.io to request a call, and we'll be happy to do so.
To open the bank account for future AdSense revenue to go into for distribution to your Investors, our banking partner, Metropolitan Capital (MetCap), will ask you to complete a Customer Information Profile form (CIP). The request to complete this will be emailed to you directly from MetCap. It will require you to enter a code (typically the last 4 digits of your Social Security Number or Passport Number).
Additionally, our other banking partner, North Capital, will ask for your signature on an Escrow Account Agreement. This account is where funds raised from your drop will be deposited. It is from this account that you will receive the payout from the drop (minus GigaStar fees).
Creator Engagement Agreement
🎧 Hear a description of this agreement.
The 1st agreement is the Creator Engagement Agreement. This agreement requests basic information that GigaStar will use to assess your goals and qualify your channel for a Regulation Crowdfunding offering.
This agreement also outlines the general process and expectations for you, including the amount you'll raise from your drop and the percentage of the channel's future net YouTube revenue that will be sold to your Investors.
Signing the Creator Engagement Agreement does not legally bind you or GigaStar to move ahead with the channel drop, or to the exact amount to be raised, or percentage of revenue to be sold.
But the exhibits to this document give GigaStar's third-party providers the OK to proceed with your background check, which is required through Regulation Crowdfunding.
Background Check Authorization (Bad Actor Questionnaire)
🎧 Hear a description of this form.
Next is the Bad Actor Questionnaire. The Bad Actor Questionnaire is required under Regulation Crowdfunding and is meant to protect Investors from fraud. These background checks will ensure that you are eligible to have an offering under Regulation Crowdfunding.
In other securities offerings, the SEC requires these background checks to be performed by the Broker-Dealer or underwriter handling the offering. Under RegCF, it is the portal that must do these checks.
Once your background check is complete and satisfactory, we'll then create your Limited Liability Company (or LLC) at no fee to you, which you'll 100% own and manage.
LLC Operating Agreement
The legal document that outlines how the Limited Liability Company (LLC) will be run. It serves as the rulebook for the LLC’s internal operations and clarifies the relationships among the owners (called “members”).
Power of Attorney (POA)
The SEC now requires a Power of Attorney (POA) to prevent identity theft and fraud in stock filings. Previously, anyone could apply for EDGAR codes and submit public filings without verification. Law firms or advisors commonly filed on behalf of companies without issue—until a case emerged where someone used fraudulently obtained EDGAR codes to file a fake document with damaging information, crashing the target’s stock and profiting from put options. In response, the SEC now mandates that any entity seeking EDGAR codes must formally authorize the filer via a POA. This is why the LLC planning the Channel Drop must give GigaStar POA to obtain EDGAR codes and file Form C and future reports on its behalf.
Listing Agreement
🎧 Hear a description of this agreement.
The 4th agreement is the actual Listing Agreement. This is the legal contract between your LLC and the GigaStar Portal for your channel drop.
When it comes to the channel drop, it details everyone's roles and responsibilities, including Regulation Crowdfunding specifics.
Revenue Sharing Agreement
🎧Hear a description of this agreement.
Next, let's cover the Revenue Sharing Agreement, or RSA for short. It is a legal contract between your LLC and each of your Investors and is the actual security being sold to them.
The Revenue Sharing Agreement is the LLC's promise to send Investors their portion of the net YouTube revenue.
It details the Investors' rights and includes how the net YouTube revenue will be calculated, along with how the Investor will receive their portion of this revenue from your LLC, which will be distributed through the smart contract.
YouTube Revenue Directive and License Agreement
Section 1 provides GigaStar a license to use certain Channel materials (not including your videos) for the Channel Drop and for GigaStar’s promotional purposes. Section 2 is your promise to redirect the Channel’s YouTube revenue from the Channel to the Paying Agent, immediately following the closing of the Channel Drop.
Tokenization and Smart Contract License Agreement
Under this agreement, the LLC is licensing the use of the Smart Contract from GigaStar and authorizing GigaStar to mint the tokens to be issued to investors in the Channel Drop. This agreement also provides for GigaStar’s monthly fee and includes other important terms and conditions related to the Tokenization process.
INITIAL Paying Agent Escrow Agreement
The Escrow Agreement is the governing document for the Paying Agent activities, which include receiving the Channel’s YouTube Revenue each month and paying out the applicable portion to you, the Investors and GigaStar. The Paying Agent is not authorized to do anything with the funds received other than what is stated in this agreement.
POST-CLOSE Paying Agent Escrow Agreement
After the offering closes, the updated and final Escrow Agreement is provided to our banking partner.
Key Parts of Your Page
OFFERING PAGE DESIGN & CRT DESIGN
We'll create your offering page using your unique logo, brand, and images. Our Designer will also create custom Channel Revenue Token (CRT) designs for your 3 investment tiers using AI and traditional graphic design.
Your Creator Success Manager will request logo and image assets from you so our Designer can create a mock-up for your review.
OFFERING PAGE VIDEO
We'll guide you on how to introduce yourself to potential Investors on your offering page in a 2-3 minute video.
PERKS
Use the Pick Your Perks form to select the perks you would like to assign to your Investors. Choose only those that you can deliver on.
PUBLIC PROMOTION
Learn how to talk to your fans about your drop. We'll guide you on how to announce your drop publicly in a financially compliant way.