If you just joined Trybe, you have probably already hit the problem: hundreds of public brands, a request button on every one of them, and no good way to tell which ones actually pay, actually ship samples, and actually accept videos. Most new creators spray requests at everything and hope. Oink Blue for Trybe fixes that. It scores every public brand on the things that matter to you and ranks them, so you can spend your requests on four or five brands that are worth your time.
In This Article
- What Oink Blue for Trybe Is
- The Brand Scoring System
- Setting Up Scoring Around Your Priorities
- Filters That Actually Narrow the List
- The Amazon Cross-Posting Flag
- Researching a Brand Before You Request
- Why Four or Five Core Brands Beats Spamming Requests
- Who Gets It and What You Need
What Oink Blue for Trybe Is
Oink Blue is the Trybe piece of the Oink Suite. It runs as a panel inside Chrome, right alongside Trybe, and it reads the public brand data that Trybe already shows you: pay per video, GMV percentage, flat fees, sample availability, how long the brand has been on the platform, how many creators have opted in, and how many videos the brand has accepted. Trybe shows you those numbers one brand at a time. Oink Blue pulls them together, weighs them by your priorities, and gives every brand a score.
The result is a ranked list instead of a wall of logos. You can favorite brands, filter the list down, open a brand’s website or Meta Ads Library in a click, and request to join without leaving the panel.
The Brand Scoring System
Every public Trybe brand is scored on these inputs:
- Pay per video. The headline number. Higher is better, but it is not the only thing.
- GMV percentage. The commission slice on sales your content drives. A brand with modest flat pay and a strong GMV cut can out-earn a brand paying more up front if the product converts.
- Flat fee. Guaranteed money per accepted video, independent of sales.
- Samples. Whether the brand ships product. If you have to buy the item to make the video, your real pay drops fast.
- Brand age. How new the brand is on Trybe. New brands often have fewer creators competing and accept more readily; established ones have a track record.
- Creators opted in. Your competition for that brand’s attention and budget.
- Videos accepted. The most honest signal of all. A brand that has accepted hundreds of videos is actively paying creators. A brand with great numbers and zero accepted videos is a maybe.
Setting Up Scoring Around Your Priorities
The scoring section is the first thing to set up, because the default weights are not your weights. If you are brand new and need cash flow, crank up flat fee and samples. If you already have a storefront that converts and you know how to sell, lean on GMV percentage and videos accepted. If you want low competition, weight brand age and creator count so newer, less crowded brands float to the top.
Change a weight and the whole list re-ranks instantly. I walk through my own setup in the video, but the point is that the ranking reflects how you make money, not a generic leaderboard.
Filters That Actually Narrow the List
Scoring sorts the list; filters cut it. Oink Blue lets you filter by:
- Brands that currently have paid creators (not just a listing with a promise)
- Minimum GMV percentage
- Flat fee offered or not
- Minimum dollars per video
- Creator count, so you can hunt for under-the-radar brands
Stack two or three of those and a list of several hundred brands turns into fifteen or twenty that fit your niche and pay the way you want to be paid. Favorite the ones you like so they stay pinned while you keep digging.
The Amazon Cross-Posting Flag
This is the feature I am most excited about if you are also an Amazon Influencer. Oink Blue flags Trybe brands that are also selling on Amazon. That matters for two reasons.
First, reuse. If you have already shot a review for a product on your Amazon storefront, and that brand is on Trybe, you have content ready to submit or at least a product you already know how to talk about. Second, the reverse: a product you get sampled through Trybe is a product you can review on Amazon, where it earns on-site commission every time it plays on the product page. Run it through Storefront Cross Check on the Amazon side to confirm you have not already covered it, and you are doubling the output of one filming session.
Researching a Brand Before You Request
Before I request a brand I want to know two things: does the product look like something I can make a real video about, and is the brand actually spending on marketing. From the Oink Blue panel you can open the brand’s website and jump straight to its Meta Ads Library listing. If a brand is running active ads on Facebook and Instagram, it has a marketing budget and it understands creator content. If the Ads Library is empty and the site looks abandoned, I move on, even if the Trybe numbers look nice.
When a brand passes, you click Request to Join right from the panel. No tab hopping.
Why Four or Five Core Brands Beats Spamming Requests
I know the temptation is to request everything and let the brands sort it out. I think that is a mistake, and it is the same mistake I see Amazon Influencers make with Creator Connections when they blind-accept every campaign. Brands can see your content. A creator who shows up with videos that clearly match the brand’s category gets accepted, gets samples, and gets repeat work. A creator who requested 80 brands across 12 categories looks like noise.
My approach is to use the scoring and filters to find four or five brands that sit squarely in my niche, research each one, request those, and then actually deliver. Repeat acceptances from a few brands that pay well will beat one-off acceptances scattered everywhere, and it is a lot less work to film.
Who Gets It and What You Need
Oink Blue for Trybe is included free with Oink Pro. There is nothing extra to buy. It is desktop only, it runs in Chrome, and it works hand in hand with Trybe’s own interface rather than replacing it. If you are already an Oink Pro subscriber for your Amazon storefront work (product research, Storefront Cross Check, the Comparison Video Schedule, Unavailable Video Matching, the 5 Pillars system), Oink Blue is sitting there waiting for you the next time you open Trybe.
Here is the full setup walkthrough, from the scoring section through filters, favorites, research, and requesting your first brand.
Stop guessing which Trybe brands are worth a request. Get Oink Pro at oinkforinfluencers.com, open Oink Blue the next time you are on Trybe, and build your list around the brands that pay.
