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The #1 UK clipping agency You send a video. 62,900+ creators post it on their accounts.
Lumina Clippers is a clipping agency for UK brands across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
This is short video, not photo editing. We cut the parts that work on a phone, creators post them on their own TikTok, Reels, Shorts and X accounts, and you pay for views we can show you.
20 minutes on UK time. Bring the video, not a deck.
18B+ views delivered · 5.0 on Clutch · Featured in Forbes, Feb 2026 · Clips for Sam Fender, YUNGBLUD, Lewis Capaldi
Brands already clipped
Brands and UK artists already clipped
network work, not a Britain-only board
110M+views
100M+views
100M+views
110M+views
138M+views
7.7Mviews
40M+views
40M+views
87M+views
35M+views
57M+views
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164M+views
248M+views
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116M+views
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40M+views
Sam Fender5M+views
YUNGBLUD5M+views
Lewis Capaldi1M+views
Each number belongs to that brand and is published on case studies. None of it was earned in Britain alone. UK acts on the network include Sam Fender, YUNGBLUD and Lewis Capaldi.
Lumina at a glance
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| What it is | A clipping agency for brands in the UK |
| Founded | 2025, by Rhys McKay |
| Creator network | 62,900+ creators |
| Views delivered | 18B+ |
| Platforms | TikTok, Reels, Shorts, X |
| Pricing | Cost per 1,000 verified views |
| First clips live | 24 to 72 hours |
| Rating | 5.0 on Clutch |
The desk
Who runs your UK clipping campaign the same people all the way through, on UK time
Full-stack means the same people write the brief, cut the files, reject unsafe posts, get them live, and send the report. You are not managing a pile of freelancers or hiring social media clippers one by one.
The pilefive suppliers, four places it can stall
A freelance editorSends files back. Does not publish.
A clip marketplaceYou brief it. You chase it.
Whoever checks itUsually nobody, until it is live.
Creators you foundPaid one at a time, chased by DM.
You, in a spreadsheetCounting screenshots on a Friday.
Every dashed gap is a handoff, and every handoff is yours.
The deskone supplier, no handoffs
01BriefWhat the film is for, and the number it has to hit.
02CutRe-framed for a phone, hook inside the first second.
03RejectAnything unsafe stops here, before it is anyone's problem.
04LivePublished from creator accounts, never from your handles.
05ReportThe views that passed a check, on a board you can open.
Order of work
01Brief
02Cut
03Safety check
04Live on creator accounts
05Verified-view report
One shell, five bays, no seam to hand anything across. Nobody gives it back to you halfway.
You are not waiting for a west-coast inbox
Working hours follow UK time, so a decision needed before close gets made before close. The lower bar is Pacific office hours laid against London's. The gap is the whole point.
London desk Pacific office hours
Rhys McKay
Founded Lumina in 2025. Grew up in Northern Ireland. The desk answers on UK time.
The reel
Watch how a clipping agency in the UK works before you book anything, watch the output
01
Whose account it is on
Every clip sits on somebody else's page, with their followers and their comments underneath it.
02
How it is cut
The hook lands in the first second, because a thumb moving down a feed does not wait for context.
03
What gets counted
Only views that pass a check. That is the unit on the invoice, and the one worth comparing.
How Lumina counts verified views
A verified view is a view that passes Lumina's check before it counts toward your bill. Views that fail the check never reach the invoice. You open the same board Lumina uses, so the count is never a screenshot.
Step 1
The clip goes live on a creator page and is logged against your campaign.
Step 2
The views are checked.
Step 3
Only passing views reach the board, the target and the invoice.
What you get
Clipping distribution in the UK: one video in, many clips out and every one of them lands on somebody else's account
A podcast, a panel, a launch film. One file you already have.
Four platforms / four accounts / none of them yours
Clipping distribution in the UK puts your clips where UK viewers already spend their time. TikTok reaches 56% of UK online adults, and UK YouTube users spend 51 minutes a day on it, not counting TV sets (Ofcom, Dec 2025). Read more about clipping distribution.
A live board shows the views that passed a check. Nothing in this chain quietly becomes your job halfway through.
What makes a useful source
A podcast, a founder interview, a product walkthrough, a panel from last week, a stream. You do not need another day in a hired studio. You need a file and a number you will hold us to.
PodcastFounder interviewProduct walkthrough
PanelStreamLaunch film
If a post is paid or gifted
The brief can require a clear Ad label. That is the UK advertising rule, not a badge we print on the site. We are not your lawyer.
Paid vs clipped
Clipping marketing in the UK vs paid ads the file did not get worse. The auction did.
A Meta or TikTok ad in Britain rents the slot. Turn the tap off and the slot is empty. Run the same asset through November and the cost jumps into Black Friday, Boxing Day and the January sale.
Paid slot
Clipping
Black FridayEvery retailer in the country bidding for the same slot.
Boxing DayThe sale starts and the auction has not cooled.
Shape only. The paid lane shows when auction pressure rises across a British year, not what anything costs.
What an ad buys
Inventory, for as long as you keep paying. The slot empties the moment the budget stops, and the price is set by whoever else wants it that week.
What clipping buys
The same file spent again, on other people's pages. The unit is a verified view, and a post that lands keeps working after the window closes.
You can keep a paid campaign running next to this. One influencer booking is not the same job as a desk. Lumina prices every campaign on a custom CPM per 1,000 verified views, quoted per campaign, with a $5,000 minimum. Scope sits on the call, and the model is on pricing. Read how clipping marketing fits next to ads.
The alternativesHow to compare clipping providers in the UK
How to compare clipping providers in the UK
three of them hand the job back to you
UK clipping providers and clipping agencies sell four different things under one name.
| Comparison | LuminaClippers | Media buy | Clippers for hire (marketplace) | In-house editor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Where the clip lives | 62,900+ creator pages | Your official page | Whoever picks the job | Staff login |
| Invoice unit | Verified views, scoped live | Auction plus production | Per file, usage extra | Salary and tools |
| Clock | UK time | The platform | Whenever they answer | Office hours |
| Who is on the hook | Lumina | Your media lead | You | You |
Verified views
1.8B+Stake
248M+OKX
164M+Wispr Flow
138M+Polkadot
110M+Snapchat
100M+Adobe
A marketplace is a chat. An employee still publishes as the brand. Ads hire the inventory. The agency is the desk that stays on the number.
Why an agency
Why hire the agency three things that look like a campaign and are not one
- Editors in a group chat are not a campaign.
- A cutter who emails a Drive folder and vanishes is not a campaign.
- A London social retainer that schedules your own grid is a different purchase.
Hire this shop when the brief has to become a view target, and someone has to keep shipping if the first batch is thin.
If we miss the target, the run continues until it lands.
Other accountsPages you do not own, with audiences you have not already paid for.
One briefWritten once, held by one desk, from the first cut to the last report.
A board you can openThe count is not a screenshot. You look at it yourself.
What you are not buying: prettier cuts.
Head to headHow a UK clipping company compares to other desks
How a UK clipping company compares to other desks
five shops that all say video
| LuminaClippers | Cut-only house | Clipper marketplace | Photo editing studio | London social retainer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brief through to live posts | Yes | NoFiles come back to you | PartlyYou operate it | N/AWrong product | PartlyPosts sit on your handles |
| Verified views | Yes | No | Seldom | No | PartlyNative insights only |
| UK-hours coverage | Yes | Sometimes | Sometimes | YesDifferent trade | Yes |
| Ad label if the brief asks | Yes | LaterYou add it | You write it | N/A | PartlyOn your own captions |
| Human check before it goes live | Yes | AfterOnce you notice | You moderate | N/A | PartlyYour community manager |
The homepage already carries the global #1 line. This URL uses #1 in the UK because the hours and the desk sit on UK time. The long public scoreboard lives on best clipping agencies.
The full public ranking of clipping companies lives on best clipping agencies.
Five questions to ask before you sign
Ask every clipping company in the UK these five questions:
- What counts as one billed view, and who checks it?
- Whose accounts do the clips post on?
- Who reviews each clip before it goes live?
- What happens if the first batch misses the target?
- Can I open the live board myself?
The clock
How a UK clipping campaign runs signed brief to first posts, 24 to 72 hours
Departures
London
WhenWhat happensStatus
Send the fileWhatever you already have. One upload, no shoot.
Lock platforms and the targetWhich feeds, which language, what number counts as done.
We cut, check and publishThe network posts. Nothing goes out unchecked.
You watch the boardViews that passed a check, updating while the run continues.
That is the same clock as every other Lumina URL. We will not invent a faster-in-London promise.
Burst weeks
A sale, a drop, a date the whole country is already shopping on. Volume inside a week, not a six-week production.
Always-on months
A steady run against a monthly view target, with the same desk and the same reporting behind it.
Both use the same team. Only the brief changes.
If the tape is crypto or gambling aimed at British viewers
The brief has to fit the live rules. This page is not a shortcut around the FCA or the Gambling Commission, and we do not sell one. Say it on the call and we will scope it properly or turn it down. Gambling clips also follow the CAP Code, so nobody who is, or looks, under 25 plays a big role.
Same desk, new brief
Clipping service in the UK, by industry one team. new brief. same clock.
Lumina's clipping service in the UK covers the full job, from brief to report. See the full scope on clipping services.
Industries
Crypto and Web3
Exchanges, chains and protocols.
Polkadot 138M+ · OKX 248M+
Casino and iGaming
Operators and affiliate brands.
Stake 1.8B+
SaaS and AI
Products with a demo worth cutting.
Adobe 100M+ · Wispr Flow 164M+
Music
Artists, labels and releases.
Sam Fender 5M+ · YUNGBLUD 5M+
Founders
One person, many accounts.
Bryan Johnson 90M+
Podcasts
Long episodes into short clips.
Theo Von 98M+ ·
Riverside 7.7M
British retail, apps and founder brands use this same desk. No extra slug.
Services
Clipping campaigns
Clipping services
Clipping marketing
TikTok clipping
Short-form distribution
Pricing
Case studies
Book the call
Sister UGC sites are not for sale on this URL. If that is what you came for, it is a different shop and a different brief.
Proof
The numbers, and whose they are tap any one and it will tell you what it does not mean
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Creators in the network
The pool the clips post from, matched by market and format.
Lumina network
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Views delivered to date
Every campaign, every platform, since the desk opened.
Lumina network
Rating on Clutch
Reviews collected by a third party, not printed by us.
Verified reviews
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Named brands and artists
Each one with its own published view count against it.
Named work
Lumina began in 2025. Neither headline figure is a Britain-only scoreboard, and this page does not pretend otherwise. The named campaigns live on case studies.
62,900+ is the whole network, not a British roster. A UK brief draws the creators that fit it, which is a slice of that pool, not all of it.
18B+ is every view Lumina has delivered anywhere, on every platform. It is not a UK total and no part of this page presents it as one.
A 5.0 average, across five reviews, on Clutch, whose reviews are checked by Clutch rather than pasted in by us. Read them before you read us.
Counted across the case studies and the vertical pages (crypto, iGaming, SaaS, music and podcasts) each with a view count published against it. None of them is an invented London case study, and none will be.
Every figure above is checkable. That is the only reason it is here.
Plain terms
Clipping in plain terms six words this trade uses, and what each one actually means
Worth reading before you compare quotes, because two agencies can use the same word for two different things and only one of them is billing you for it.
- Clipping agency
- A desk, sometimes called a video clipping agency, that takes one long video, cuts it into short vertical clips, and has creators publish those clips on their own accounts. It owns the posting, not just the editing.
- Verified view
- A view that has passed a check for bot and fake traffic before it counts. Views that fail are not invoiced, which is why it is the unit worth billing on.
- CPM
- The price of one thousand verified views. Lumina's is custom, quoted per campaign and scoped to your file, your platforms and your target rather than sold as a fixed package. The model is on the pricing page.
- Creator network
- The pool of real accounts that carry the clips. Lumina's is 62,900+ creators, matched to a brief by market and format rather than pulled off the top of a list.
- Clipping path
- A photo-editing term for cutting a product out of its background for a shop page. If that is what you need, this is the wrong firm.
- Press cuttings
- Media monitoring. Those desks collect newspaper and media articles written about you. We ship your own video as short clips.
This trade
The unit you buy
How it is priced
Who carries it
A different trade
A different trade
If an agency will not define its own unit, that is the answer. Ask what one view costs and what makes it count.
Straight answers
Clipping agency UK: FAQs put into ChatGPT, Gemini and Google, answered without a made-up fee
UK buyers ask these before they ask for a quote. Direct answers, and where a number belongs on a call rather than a page, that is what it says.
What this actually is
What does a clipping agency in the UK actually do?
Takes one long video, cuts phone-ready clips, and has creators publish them on TikTok, Reels, Shorts and X. You pay for views that pass a check.
Is this photo editing or background removal?
No. Those shops prepare stills for product pages. Search “clipping agency UK” and you will hit them. Wrong aisle.
Is this press monitoring or media cuttings?
No. Those desks collect articles. We ship your own video as short clips.
Why not just use an AI clipper?
The tool returns files. Someone still has to publish them. The agency publishes through a network and bills the views that survive a check.
Can we hire a clipper directly instead of using an agency?
Yes, you can hire clippers one by one on a marketplace, but your team then briefs, chases, checks and pays each one. Lumina works as a social media clipping agency: 62,900+ clippers through one brief, one check and one invoice.
Is clipping legal in the UK?
Yes, when the brand owns or licenses the footage. Creators post with the brand's permission, and paid posts carry a clear Ad label under ASA and CAP rules.
What is the best clipping agency in the UK?
The best clipping agency in the UK posts on creator pages and bills only verified views. Ask any provider the five questions above before you sign.
Money and paperwork
What does it cost in pounds?
Lumina prices every campaign on a custom CPM per 1,000 verified views, quoted per campaign, with a $5,000 minimum. Agreed on the call against the file, the apps and the target. No starter pack on this page. Model: pricing.
How do clipping providers in the UK charge?
Per file, per monthly retainer, or per verified view. Lumina charges a custom cost per thousand verified views, agreed before any clip goes live.
Can finance get a GBP invoice with VAT?
Yes, Lumina invoices UK clients in pounds. Lumina is not a UK-registered company, so a UK business usually accounts for VAT itself under the reverse charge. The contract names the Lumina company you sign with.
Rules, and whose account it sits on
Do the posts need an Ad label?
If money or a gift sits behind the post, UK advertising rules want that to be obvious. The brief can require the label. We do not sell an “ASA approved” stamp.
Whose account does the clip sit on?
A creator in the network. Not a single Lumina handle. Not your official handle unless the brief says so.
Can you push crypto or casino clips at UK users?
Only when the brief matches the current promotions rules. Unapproved crypto promotions have already been pursued on TikTok and X. Treat those verticals as regulated, not as a normal brand film.
Running it
How is this different from a London social media agency?
They run your channels and often your ads. We put the same film on many other people's channels. Some companies buy both.
How soon does anything go live?
Usually 24 to 72 hours after the brief is locked.
What do you need from us?
The file. Podcast, panel, demo, launch, stream. A calendar of future shoots is optional.
Do we need a London office to buy this?
No. UK time on the call is enough.
Does this only work in London?
No. UK-hours desk. The brief picks the audience. Teams in Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow or selling into Ireland use the same URL.
What is a verified view?
A view that passes Lumina's check before it counts toward your bill. Views that fail never reach the invoice.
Can we hire clippers for TikTok only?
Yes. Lumina picks TikTok creators whose audiences sit mostly in the UK.
If this is you
If you run a brand in the UK seven things we hear on a first call, and what the desk does about each
Google “clipping agency UK” and the first row is often a photo studio. That shop cannot post your podcast. This one can.
Our American partner replies after 5pm. The decision was needed before close.
The desk answers on UK time, while the day is still open.
The City panel looked fine in the room. The file now lives in a shared drive. One LinkedIn upload, then nothing.
That file becomes many clips on many accounts, not one post on yours.
A mid-tier creator day-rate rents one page for a week.
A campaign buys reach across 62,900+ creator pages instead of one audience.
The Soho retainer is already on the books. They still publish as us.
Clips post from other people's accounts, which is the part a retainer cannot buy.
Black Friday, Boxing Day, January. We need volume inside a week, not a six-week production.
First clips go out 24 to 72 hours after the brief is signed off.
The ads worked until the asset fatigued and the bid climbed.
The same file gets spent again, and the unit is a verified view, not an auction.
We searched clipping agency UK and landed on a photo studio.
Wrong shop. This is the short-video one.
This page is for retailers, apps, podcasts, SaaS teams and founders who already have the video. You do not need a London office. You need one file and a view number you care about. Price stays on the call.
Book a call with the UK team
Send one video and one view target. Lumina comes back with a plan for UK creators, platforms and rules on the first call.
Are you a clipper looking for paid work? This page is for brands. Apply as a clipper.