For creators worldwide
Collaborate with Rising For People Coffee.
We partner with creators who love specialty coffee, beautiful café experiences, and brands rooted in real impact. Rising For People Coffee is a women-founded, veteran-owned coffee company in Reno, Nevada — planting a mangrove tree in Kenya with every order and building community through coffee, brunch, events, and creativity. If your audience values coffee, lifestyle, food, sustainability, small business, or local experiences, we'd love to hear from you.
- Women-Founded
- Veteran-Owned
- Reno-Roasted
- Mangrove tree per coffee bag order
- Worldwide creators welcome
Who we're looking for
Creators who care about the work.
- Specialty coffee, matcha, tea, and coffee-flight content
- Brunch, pastries, and café-experience storytelling
- Local Reno community, food, and lifestyle creators
- Sustainability and impact-driven creators
- Women-founded + veteran-owned entrepreneurship voices
You don't need the biggest audience — we care more about quality content, authentic storytelling, and aligned values. Reels, TikToks, UGC, blog reviews, in-store visits if you're Reno-local.
Real audience. Real engagement.
The aesthetic and community you'll be creating alongside.
Three ways to collaborate
Creator tiers.
Built to scale with you. You move up tiers as your audience and tracked sales grow.
Nano creators · global
Brew Crew
Up to 10k followers
15% commission
You get
- Free welcome box (US shipping; international perks below)
- Personal 20% creator discount code (yours to keep)
- Audience discount code (10% off, your name attached)
- A mangrove tree planted in your name in Kenya
- Re-share consideration on our IG
We ask
- 1 Reel or TikTok within 30 days of receipt
- 2 Stories tagging @risingforpeople
- Honest, on-brand storytelling — your voice, our values
Micro creators · global
Rising Partner
10k – 100k followers
15% + 5% bonus past $1k/mo tracked
You get
- Everything in Brew Crew
- Monthly product drops + early access to new releases
- Paid content briefs ($150–$500 per Reel)
- UGC license back to you for your own portfolio
- Feature on our IG + a creator landing page
- Custom audience discount code
We ask
- 1 Reel + 3 Stories + 1 high-quality photo within 30 days
- 12-month UGC license to us for paid social, web, and email
- 30-day exclusivity window from competing roasters per campaign
Macro · Reno-local press · hospitality creators
Signature Collaborator
100k+ followers OR strong Reno reach
20% + revenue share on co-created drops
You get
- Everything in Rising Partner
- Co-branded product drops or limited-edition coffee flights
- In-person event hosting at our Midtown Reno café
- Co-marketed campaigns + dedicated PR support
- Performance bonuses tied to revenue + reach
- Founding-collaborator status
We ask
- Multi-deliverable campaigns (typically 2 Reels + 1 long-form + event)
- Negotiated content & brand-ambassador agreement
- FTC-compliant disclosure on every post
Where the real money is
Affiliate commission program.
Recurring revenue, not one-off seeding. Every sale from your code or link earns commission — paid monthly, with bonuses past $1k tracked.
| Tier | Commission | Audience code | Bonus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brew Crew | 15% | 10% off audience | — |
| Rising Partner | 15% | 10–15% off audience | +5% past $1k tracked / mo |
| Signature Collaborator | 20% | Custom (10–15%) | Negotiated rev-share |
Attribution
30-day cookie + unique discount code (whichever attributes the sale)
Payouts
Monthly · paid on the 15th for the prior month
Minimum payout
$25 minimum payout
Tracked via
Shopify Collabs
We use Shopify Collabs as the primary tracking layer (free for Shopify merchants and creators). Refersion, GoAffPro, and UpPromote are supported alternatives.
The full exchange
What you get · what we ask.
You get
A real partnership.
- Free welcome product box
- Personal creator discount code (20% off, yours to keep)
- Custom audience discount code (10–15% off)
- Recurring commission on every sale you drive
- Bonus tier above $1k/mo tracked
- A mangrove tree planted in your name in Kenya
- Feature on our website + Instagram
- Optional in-person café visit if you're in Reno
- UGC license back to you for your own portfolio
We ask
Aligned, honest, on-time.
- Specific deliverables (Reels, Stories, photo, etc. — listed per tier)
- 12-month UGC license to us for paid social, web & email
- 30-day exclusivity window from competing roasters per campaign
- FTC-compliant disclosure on every post
- Honest, on-brand storytelling — no scripts
Content rights: Approved creators sign a short content-use agreement granting Rising For People a 12-month UGC license across paid social, our website, and email. The agreement is plain-language and 1 page — we'll send it after acceptance.
Launch cohort
First Wave Creator Cohort.
We're building our founding partner cohort right now. Apply to be one of the first creators publicly featured on our brand — with elevated commission, founding-collaborator status, and first dibs on co-branded drops.
Apply nowTell us about you
Apply to collaborate.
A few quick fields. We use these to match you to the right tier and start tracking commission from day one.
Most applications get a response within 5 business days. Approved creators receive a welcome kit and a unique tracking link.
Creator FAQ
Common questions.
Any creator with an authentic audience aligned with coffee, café, brunch, lifestyle, sustainability, or small-business storytelling. You don't need a huge following — quality and alignment matter more than size.
Question not here? Reach out — we read everything.
Let's build something good together.
Real partnerships. Real commission. Real impact — every cup plants a tree.