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Apiway creator marketplace — pre-cleared model imagery
The Apiway creator marketplace is the in-product surface where photographers and model agencies publish photo sets with full model releases attached. Brands run virtual try-on or White Studio against those sets without carrying any right-of-publicity risk — every set is commercially licensed for AI fashion use the moment it ships.
Definition
AI fashion model
AI-generated person used to wear apparel in marketing imagery — fully synthesized in pure-AI tools, or a real photographed creator with licensed likeness on Apiway.
Model release
Signed agreement from a photographed person consenting to commercial use of their image — required for fashion advertising and the legal mechanism that backs licensed AI model marketplaces.
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How-to guides
How to upload a photo set as a creator and get your share + listing links
Concrete step-by-step for a creator publishing their first reference photo set on the Apiway marketplace: where the upload form lives, what fields matter, how t
How to set up your public creator profile (avatar, name, URL, publish)
Your public creator profile is the link-in-bio storefront where every photo set you publish gets listed: studio.apiway.ai/<your-username>. This guide walks thro
How to earn money as a fashion model or photographer on Apiway
Apiway's marketplace pays models and photographers when fashion brands use their photo sets for AI generation — a passive-income surface that earns every time a
How to withdraw your creator earnings from the Apiway marketplace
Apiway's creator marketplace pays earnings into a separate balance from your generation credits — that balance is payout-only and exists to be withdrawn to fiat
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FAQ
How does the Apiway creator marketplace work end-to-end?
Creators upload a photo set (model photos in consistent poses and lighting) and publish it to the public Explore feed with a per-generation price in credits. Fa
Can I earn money on Apiway as a creator or influencer?
Yes. Apiway has a creator marketplace where you upload photo sets — your face, body, and styled poses — and fashion brands rent them for AI try-on imagery. Ever
How do I become a creator on Apiway?
Sign up for a regular Apiway account, then enable creator mode from the role picker (you can switch between brand and creator any time). Open the Creators dashb
Is creator income on Apiway passive?
Yes — once a photo set is published, it earns automatically every time a brand uses it for a generation. There is no per-order work for the creator: the AI hand
How do creators get paid and withdraw their earnings?
Each generation a brand runs against your photo set credits your **payout balance** at the creator-pool price you set (split with any co-authors). This balance