Business affairs
Keep agreements and use together
Follow agreed terms, talent, residual obligations, and usage from the commercial record.
Commercial Talent
Keep talent terms connected from offer to use.
Prepare talent estimates, send offers, review session reports, and follow payroll and residual obligations against the same commercial record.
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Inside UPP
See the tools that support your production.
Explore the shared onboarding and production views used to review worker progress and keep track of the work.
See startwork progress and outstanding items
UPP’s onboarding management view shows individual and batch progress with status filters. This shared worker workflow helps your team review submitted startwork and the items that still need attention.
Operational sequence
From talent terms to ongoing use.
Follow the estimate, agreement, recorded work and use obligations through the steps your team reviews.
- Define
Define the commercial and its terms
AdSpot is the commercial record for the job, parties, rights, and intended use. Estimates and offers reference this record so the agreed terms stay together.
- Estimate
Estimate the session before making an offer
Build session estimates against the commercial’s terms, then review the proposed work and costs before preparing talent offers.
- Offer
Prepare the offer for the performer
Connect talent offers to the performer’s role, representative, session, and commercial so the team can review the proposed engagement.
- Onboard
Review startwork before the session
Track onboarding completion and outstanding items for the engagement. The responsible team reviews readiness before the session.
- Report
Record what happened in the session
Use session reports to record performed work, then review the approved details that payroll and business affairs need.
- Pay
Move approved sessions into commercial payroll
Review approved session work and engagement terms for commercial payroll, with outstanding questions visible to the payroll team.
- Process residuals
Follow the obligations after the session
Review residual estimates, processing, trafficking, and market use against the commercial’s agreed terms.
The right operational view
Shared context. Clear outcomes for every role.
Talent
Follow an engagement from offer to payment
Review the offer, complete onboarding, and follow the engagement through session work and payment activity.
Payroll
Review the work behind the pay
Review session reports, engagement terms, and unresolved items before commercial payroll proceeds.
Finance
Follow obligations beyond the session
Review commercial payroll and residual activity alongside the terms and usage that created the obligation.
Plan your next step
Know what to expect.
Start with your workflow. Use the walkthrough to confirm the setup, responsibilities and tools your team needs.
What connects an offer to payroll?
Accepted talent offers can create or reuse a contract for preparation. Session reports record the work and link to commercial payroll entries. Teams review the inputs and calculations before approving the next step.
Does recording a use automatically pay residuals?
Market-use records can initiate related residual processing. Review, payroll and payment remain distinct steps; recording a use is not confirmation that a payment has been made.
Can I try the calculator before booking a demo?
Yes. The public SAG-AFTRA commercial calculator provides estimates without an account. Its output is an estimate, not a payroll quote. Use your agreement, performer and use details to explore the available calculation options.
What should we bring to a walkthrough?
Bring a sample commercial workflow, your agreement and performer types, how you record sessions, and how you track use. We can review the relevant UPP screens and discuss your configuration and implementation needs.
Connected capabilities
Continue through the production system.
A production-sized walkthrough
Walk through your commercial talent lifecycle
Bring a commercial workflow to the demo. We’ll walk through estimates, offers, session review, payroll, and usage with your team.