Over 200 S'pore & M'sia influencers claim S$171,000 unpaid fees from S'pore-based marketing platform

Over 200 content creators from Singapore and Malaysia have come together to allege that a Singapore-based marketing platform has been delaying their payments.

The total outstanding amount between them is about RM543,000 (S$171,000), The Star reported.

This was shared at a press conference held with five of the victims in Kuala Lumpur on Jun. 16.

"[The victims] claim that despite completing the assignments given to them, the payments promised by the platform have not been received," the chief of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) Federal Territories Legal Bureau said at the conference.

Partipost builds a network of influencers to promote products for various brands through social media campaigns.

According to its website, they engage content creators from Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand, and the Philippines.

"They owe us for our services"

In April and May, Malaysia content creator Kezia Zhang made several posts on Threads about repeatedly seeking payment from Partipost.

According to a screenshot of her email thread, she was still requesting payment in February for a campaign she completed in 2024.

Then, despite allegedly not receiving payment yet, Partipost sent her an email inviting her to participate in another campaign.

Zhang later shared that she joined a chat group of other content creators who did work for Partipost, and learned that over 200 people had similarly been delayed payment.

According to her, the collective amount owed as of May 28 was more than RM400,000 (S$126,000).

As for Zhang herself, she claimed that by then she had yet to receive RM1,035 (S$325) that she withdrew from the app in February, and another RM710 (S$223) owed to her.

Constant delays

Singapore content creator Deborah Kwek Gilbert also spoke up with similar allegations on Instagram.

In May, she posted that Partipost has "refused to pay" her fully for work done in September 2025, and only started paying "bit by bit" after she chased and threatened to take legal action.

She claimed that the client had already paid Partipost, and believed the company might be "hoping to use new money to pay old backlog of debts".

She also said that the company kept pushing back the deadline for transferring her payment, and she has since "given up on being paid".

Gilbert told Marketing Interactive that she received half of the payment promised after threatening legal action, and another 20 per cent at the end of March.

Reported to the police

In Malaysia, several victims have reported to the Malaysian police about the purported non-payments, according to The Star.

Among them is Ng Yeen Theng, 31, who joined the platform in June 2025.

"I completed about 20 assignments with estimated earnings of RM10,074.08 (S$3,174)," she said. "However, all my withdrawal requests only showed a processed status, and I have yet to receive any payment to date."

Another content creator, 34-year-old Gg Unnie, had been using the platform since 2022.

She previously received payments on time, until they became delayed from the end of 2024.

Now, the sum the platform owes her has grown to RM19,000 (S$6,000).

No satisfactory response

The victims also alleged that they have repeatedly tried to contact the company's management through various means but have not received a satisfactory response.

Liang Zuyi (transliteration), who claimed she is owed RM11,000 (S$3,466), went to the Kuala Lumpur branch to demand an explanation, Shin Min Daily News reported.

According to her, the finance manager repeatedly told her that the company had yet to receive the funds, and the payment would be transferred to her the following month.

On Jun. 8, Zhang updated that the Partipost headquarters in Singapore was empty.

On Instagram accounts that appear to be affiliated with Partipost, several users have commented on their posts demanding payment, with no reply from the company.

Mothership has reached out to Partipost for comment.