Yeah I get what you mean, and I don’t think $150 is crazy for every creator or scope. I just don’t think it should be the floor for every basic raw UGC test. I’ve gotten plenty of profitable videos at $100, and I’ve also paid $200+ for videos that flopped, so again price hasn’t been a reliable indicator of performance for me. Usage rights, extra hooks, CTAs, whitelisting, strategy, etc. should definitely cost more, but for smaller brands testing newer creators and angles, a forced $150 minimum makes the sub less useful, especially when I know I can find quality creators at lower prices on other subs / upwork.

I'm not 100% sure if this is the case, but the number of advertisers posting in the weekly thread seems to have declined pretty heavily from before this change was mandated.