Solutions · Gig & creator
Pay your people the moment they earn.
Collect payments from customers and fans, split platform fees, and pay workers and creators instantly to a card or bank account in 180+ countries. Onboarding, identity verification, and tax reporting are built in.
- Approved before your first charge
- No monthly fee or contract
- Same-day settlement
- Real humans on the phone
- Seconds
- Push-to-card payouts
- 180+
- Payout countries
- Built in
- KYC and 1099 reporting
- 1.0%
- Instant payout fee, published
Why Gig Economy & Creator Platforms teams choose HL Hunt
Instant payouts
Workers choose instant to card or free standard ACH. Both from one API.
Embedded onboarding
Identity and bank collection inside your app, with verification handled by HL Hunt.
Tips and bonuses
Route tips directly to workers and add bonuses with one call.
Global reach
Pay creators in their currency on local rails.
Tax reporting
W-9/W-8 collection and 1099-K and 1099-NEC generation.
Unified ledger
Customer payments, platform fees, and worker balances on one set of books.
Ready to run Gig Economy & Creator Platforms payments on HL Hunt?
Create your account, get approved up front, and take your first payment today. No monthly fee, no contract.
How it works
- 01
Get approved up front
We underwrite your platform model and worker categories together.
- 02
Integrate or go no-code
Integrate payments and payouts with the API, or embed our components.
- 03
Grow with your agents
Agents handle disputes, fraud, and reconciliation across every worker and customer.
Payout speed is a retention feature
Workers and creators choose platforms that pay fast. Instant payouts reduce churn and support volume, but historically required pre-funded balances and a separate payouts vendor. On HL Hunt, incoming payments and outgoing payouts share a ledger, so an instant payout is a ledger move, not a wire.
Compliance is handled for you: identity verification at onboarding, sanctions screening, and tax form collection, with 1099 generation at year end.
What changes
HL Hunt vs a typical processor for Gig Economy & Creator Platforms
| HL Hunt | Typical processor | |
|---|---|---|
| Gig Economy & Creator Platforms experience | Risk team that already knows your model | Generic review that flags normal patterns |
| Underwriting | Done up front, before your first charge | After you start processing, often mid-month |
| Account freezes | Never without a named human and a reason in writing | Automated holds triggered by volume or category |
| Settlement | Same day to your bank, instant payouts available | 2 to 7 business days, longer for new accounts |
| Disputes | Dispute Agent assembles evidence and responds for you | You upload PDFs into a portal and hope |
| Support | Phone, chat, and email answered by payments staff | Ticket queue with templated replies |
| Pricing | Published rates or a written quote, no hidden markups | Tiered pricing, PCI fees, statement and batch fees |
Pricing
Simple, published pricing
One rate per channel, no monthly fee, and no contract. Gig Economy & Creator Platforms is included at no extra cost on every HL Hunt account. Volume pricing is available once you process more than $250,000 a month.
- 2.6% + 10¢
- In-person and Tap to Pay
- 2.9% + 30¢
- Online cards and wallets
- 0.8%
- ACH bank transfers
- $0
- Monthly, PCI, or statement fees
Cards and wallets, any phone
Checkout, invoices, API
Capped at $5 per payment
Pay only when money moves
Everything included
One account covers all of it
Gig Economy & Creator Platforms is one part of the platform. Every HL Hunt account ships with the full stack, so you never bolt on a second vendor as you grow.
- Cards, wallets, ACH & BNPLEvery major payment method enabled from day one.Learn more
- Tap to Pay on any phoneTake card-present payments with no hardware.Learn more
- Invoicing & virtual terminalBill by email, take payments over the phone.Learn more
- Subscriptions & billingAny pricing model, automatic retries.Learn more
- Instant payoutsPay yourself or anyone in 180+ countries.Learn more
- AI agentsFraud, disputes, recovery, reconciliation.Learn more
- Fraud & dispute defense500+ signals and automatic evidence filing.Learn more
- Ledger & reconciliationEvery sale, fee, and deposit in one view.Learn more
- Open API & docsEvery endpoint documented, with test mode from day one.Learn more
Get started
Set up Gig Economy & Creator Platforms today
Create an account, confirm your business, and start processing the same day. Here is what you will need.
Prefer to talk first? info@hlhunt.org
- 01Legal business name, EIN, and a business bank account
- 02A website or product description showing what you sell and how you bill
- 03Government ID for the owner or an authorized signer
- 04Expected monthly volume and average ticket size
- 05Where you want to take payments: online, in person, or both
Gig Economy & Creator Platforms FAQ
Can workers choose how they get paid?
Yes. Offer instant push-to-card for a fee or free standard bank payouts, and let workers pick.
Do you handle 1099s?
Yes. We collect tax forms at onboarding and generate 1099-K or 1099-NEC filings as required.
Can I pay creators outside the US?
Yes. Payouts reach 180+ countries in local currency.
Still have questions?
Talk to a payments specialist, or create an account and see it for yourself.
Start accepting payments today.
Create your account in minutes. Underwriting is done up front, so you are approved before your first charge.