How do I find creators to seed to before I can afford Kofluence or a UGC platform?
Do it manually first - search relevant hashtags and reels in your category, DM 30-40 creators whose existing content already looks like something your product belongs in, and keep a simple spreadsheet of who you've contacted and sent to. Once you're seeding at real volume and the spreadsheet breaks, a platform like Kofluence or an India-specific UGC service like MakeUGC starts paying for itself in time saved, not before. Don't mistake the platform for the strategy - the DIY version works fine at small scale and teaches you what "good fit" looks like before you pay anyone to automate it.
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India's largest influencer marketplace (750K+ creators) explaining, in its own words, how it structures seeding and UGC campaigns for D2C brands specifically - useful once you're ready to move past manual DMs and want scale plus reporting.
Built specifically for Indian D2C and ecommerce brands that want ad-ready UGC fast without managing the creator relationship themselves - a genuinely India-native alternative to global platforms, useful once DIY seeding starts eating too much founder time.
Directly addresses why many small, on-topic creators tend to out-convert one big off-topic name for ecommerce specifically, with the reasoning tied to conversion behaviour rather than just reach. Useful for building the case to seed widely instead of chasing one big name.
