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Getting started
  • What is the Open Creator Graph, in one sentence?
  • Is this part of Sparkonomy, or a separate company?
  • How do I know if I already have a record?
  • Which section of this FAQ applies to me?
  • Why should I create or claim a record? What do I get from it?
  • Do I need to connect all my accounts? What happens if I connect only one?
  • Why is there a page about me? I never made it.
  • Who are you? Is this real or a scam?
  • Is it free? Will you ask for money later?
  • I only have 2,000 followers. Am I allowed?
  • Do I have to use other Sparkonomy products?
  • Do brands actually look at this?
  • Will this get me deals or money?
  • What language is this in? Can I get it in Hindi?
  • Do I need my own website or technical knowledge to use OCG?
  • What is in my record? How can people and AI read it?
Claiming and signing in
  • Do I have to give you my Instagram password?
  • Will this hurt my account? Can I get banned or shadow-banned?
  • I lost access to my social account, or my sign-in isn’t working. Can I still claim my record?
  • My social sign-in isn’t working and I can’t claim my record. What do I do?
  • What does “Unconfirmed” mean? Does it make me look fake?
  • Someone else has claimed my record. What now?
  • Can I get a blue tick here?
  • How do you check that a record is mine?
  • Can someone else change my information or AI permissions?
  • What if someone hacks my Sparkonomy account? Can they change my AI terms?
  • Which platforms support official sign-in, and how do I add a second channel?
Editing your record
  • Where did you get my photo and my follower number?
  • My follower count here is wrong. Can I fix it?
  • Can I use my page name instead of my real name?
  • I have 4 accounts. Can I put them all on one record?
  • What if two people have the same name as me?
  • Do I have to fill in everything?
  • What if I stop posting for a few months?
  • Can I change my mind later?
  • What changes for a Creator with 2,000 followers versus two million?
Your AI choices
  • What do name, image, likeness, voice, movement and signature mean?
  • What does AI consent mean? Explain it simply.
  • What is the difference between Allowed, Conditional and Prohibited?
  • If I say “Prohibited”, will people stop finding me?
  • Is OCG only a way to opt out of AI training?
  • Can a Creator attach a price or licensing contact for AI use?
  • Why make OCG free for smaller Creators?
Certificates, misuse and AI companies
  • Can AI make fake videos of me? Does this stop that?
  • Will you help me if I find a deepfake of myself?
  • What kind of misuse can happen? What can I do now?
  • If a video is labelled “AI-generated”, does that mean the person in it gave permission?
  • What does the certificate prove? Does it cover my whole record?
  • Has a court accepted an OCG certificate yet?
  • If AI companies have not agreed to follow this, why should I spend time on it?
  • Which AI companies actually read or honour OCG?
  • Does OCG need a partnership with every AI company to work?
  • What happens if an AI company ignores a Prohibited declaration?
  • What do I get if an AI company ignores my choices?
  • Can OCG remove information already absorbed into a trained model?
  • Do laws make every AI company follow OCG choices?
Search and AI visibility
  • I do not understand AEO or GEO. How can I make it easier for AI to find and describe me?
  • Will having an OCG record improve my AEO or GEO?
  • Can I stop doing SEO, AEO or GEO once I have an OCG record?
  • Will this guarantee I show up in ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok or Google?
  • Why does it matter if an AI answer gets facts about me wrong?
  • Why does identity matter more as AI grows?
  • What matters most when AI can make so much content?
Privacy, data and removal
  • Is my data safe? What am I making public?
  • Will my phone number or email be shown to everyone?
  • Can someone dangerous use this to find me?
  • Can I hide where I live but still be on the Graph?
  • Does OCG hold my personal data, my face or voice, or just my AI preferences?
  • How do I delete this page?
  • Is removing my record the same as deleting my Sparkonomy account?
  • Can a Creator be removed from the Graph and stay removed, permanently?
  • What data do you keep after I remove my record?
  • Can I get a copy of everything Sparkonomy holds about me?
  • Who can I contact about my data?
  • Why can you publish a record before someone asks for one?
  • Why do you create records before people sign up?
  • How is this different from a scraping operation with better design?
  • How do you handle privacy rules in different countries?
  • Do you sell, license or share this data with anyone?
  • What happens if the police or government ask for data?
  • What if a wrong record causes a problem for me?
  • What if I became known online but am not a Creator?
  • Who checks your facts? How often are they wrong?
Parents and guardians
  • There is a page about my child. How is that allowed?
  • How do I take it down?
  • How do you know my child is under 18?
  • What stops a stranger from claiming my child’s record?
  • Is my child’s face being used to train AI?
  • What exactly does “Prohibited” protect them from?
  • Can someone work out where my child lives or goes to school?
  • Do I need my own account to act for them?
  • How do you check that I really am the parent?
  • What happens to the record when they turn 18?
  • Can my child change the settings back without me knowing?
  • Can the other parent change or remove it?
  • Did my child agree to this somewhere without me?
  • Is a removal permanent, or does it come back?
  • Who at Sparkonomy sees a child’s information?
  • How do you handle records for children?
Duos, personas and account types
  • We’re a two-person channel. Who claims the record?
  • Can more than one person have access to manage the record?
  • What happens if the duo splits up or one person leaves?
  • Does a brand or organisation account work differently from an individual Creator’s?
  • Which account types can I choose?
  • Does OCG support fictional, virtual or AI artists?
  • Should I create a record for myself or for my artist persona?
  • Can I verify a virtual artist through its official social accounts?
  • Can my artist name stay public while my legal name stays private?
  • Can I and my AI artist have different AI choices?
  • Does claiming a record give Sparkonomy ownership of my work?
  • Do I need to upload masters, recordings or unreleased work?
When a Creator has passed away
  • There’s a record for someone who has passed away. What happens to it now?
  • Can a family member claim or manage the record on their behalf?
  • Should AI-usage terms change automatically after a Creator has died?
  • Can we ask for the record to be removed?
For brands and marketers
  • Can I trust these follower numbers?
  • Where can I find engagement rates and audience details?
  • How do I actually contact this Creator?
  • What do Verified, Sourced and Stated mean when I’m deciding who to brief?
  • Can I search or filter by category, language and location to build a shortlist?
  • How old is this number? When was the record last updated?
  • The record says Unconfirmed. Should I still reach out?
  • Is this Creator open to brand work at all?
  • Do the AI choices let my brand use the Creator’s content?
  • Can I use their name, face or voice in my own AI tools and generative creative?
  • Can I export a shortlist, or is this one record at a time?
  • Is it free for brands? Do I need an account?
  • Who represents this Creator? Can I go through their agency instead?
  • This Creator has hidden their contact. Is there another way to reach them?
  • Does the Creator see that I looked at their record?
  • A Creator sent me a media kit. Can I check it against this?
  • How is this different from Upfluence, CreatorIQ or Klear?
  • Does Sparkonomy take a commission if I hire someone I found here?
  • This record looks fake or wrong. How do I flag it?
  • Can I get notified when a Creator updates their record or changes their AI terms?
  • Does a listing mean Sparkonomy recommends this Creator?
  • How do I assess brand safety? There’s no content history here.
For talent managers and agencies
  • Can I claim and manage my Creators’ records for them?
  • Why can’t I? I have their permission.
  • How do I get my whole roster on the Graph?
  • Will my agency name and website show on their records?
  • Do you contact my Creators directly? What do you say to them?
  • What happens to the record when a Creator leaves my agency?
  • Can I remove a Creator I no longer represent?
  • A record on my roster has wrong numbers. Who fixes it?
  • Can I set the AI terms for a Creator who hasn’t claimed yet?
  • What data do you want from me, and what do you do with it?
  • Can I see other agencies’ rosters or Creators I don’t manage?
  • Can I export or download Graph data for a pitch?
  • Does this replace or compete with the media kits I already send?
  • Do brands use this instead of coming to me?
  • Is there a fee for agencies, now or later?
  • When will managers get their own access?
  • Can two agencies both be listed on one Creator?
  • What if a Creator disputes what I submitted about them?
  • Can I add a Creator who is under 18?
  • Is there an API or a bulk feed for agencies?
For developers and AI teams
  • How may I use OCG data?
  • Is there an API, or is the site the interface?
  • How can my software read the AI choices?
  • What must I do when a setting is Conditional?
  • What should I do if no AI choices are listed?
  • How can my software tell that a record was removed?
  • Are the record IDs stable? Can I key on SPRK-IDs?
  • How do I match a Creator’s accounts across platforms?
  • How fresh is the data, and how do I read the “as of” dates?
  • What are the rate limits, and do I need to authenticate?
  • Is there a bulk export, a sitemap, or a change feed?
  • What structured data is on a record? What happens to hidden fields?
  • How does software read Verified, Sourced and Stated?
  • Do you promise the site will always be available?
  • How do I report a record that is wrong or is the wrong person?
  • Is there a tool or example to test my software against?
  • Do I need to name OCG as the source?
  • What should I do with my saved copy when AI choices change?
  • Can I get notified when a Creator’s consent changes?
  • Will the data fields change? How will I know?
How OCG compares
  • Does OCG register copyright or collect royalties?
  • Is this anti-AI?
  • How is OCG different from India’s AI-copyright proposal?
  • Is OCG just robots.txt?
  • How is it different from TDMRep, C2PA or other existing standards?
  • How is it different from a 'do not train on me' statement in a bio?
  • How is OCG different from a platform's AI-training toggle?
  • Why would OCG still be needed if platforms or model companies build these features themselves?
  • Who runs OCG? Does every company use its standard?
  • Is OCG the only product like this?
About Sparkonomy
  • Why did Sparkonomy build OCG, and why now?
  • How does Sparkonomy make money if OCG is free?
  • Do I have to buy something else to use OCG?
  • What stops this becoming a paid discovery product later?
  • Is OCG only for India?
  • Which countries do you expect to use OCG first?
  • What are the founders' backgrounds?
  • What experience led the founders to start Sparkonomy?
  • What comes next for Sparkonomy after OCG?
  • How do you plan to improve OCG?
  • Do you have a target for how many Creators will use OCG?
  • Where can I find funding and investment news?
  • How big is the opportunity?
  • Does a growing Creator market mean everyone earns more?
  • Why is it hard to link a Creator’s accounts across platforms?
  • How do brands judge the results of Creator campaigns?
  • How do Creators make money today, beyond brand deals?
  • Can AI help Creators earn money? Does OCG promise income?
  • What feedback are Creators giving you? Have you tested the product?
  • How many records exist, how many are claimed, and will you publish that split?
  • What happens to all of this if Sparkonomy is acquired or shuts down?
  • Can I quote or cite a specific record in an article?
  • Who do I contact for press inquiries?
AMISS research
  • AMISS - what the study found
  • What did the AMISS study find?
  • Does AMISS prove OCG improves ChatGPT or other AI answers?
Home Your AI choices Why make OCG free for smaller Creators?

Why make OCG free for smaller Creators?

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Last updated on Oct 18, 2026

OCG is for Creators of every size. Smaller Creators often have less help, so free access matters. You do not need a set follower count or plans to buy another product.

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