FamePick vs Fanbytes: Both Brands Retired
One of these is not a live option. The FamePick service cannot be opened or checked. Fanbytes cannot be briefed either: it is now part of Brainlabs.
Which one is right for you
Three buyers, three picks. Find the column that sounds like your team.
Look up FamePick if
- You need to rule this name out with a source
- You need the history rather than a supplier
- You are tracing where the work moved
Look up Fanbytes if
- You are auditing an old shortlist
- You arrived on this name and meant Brainlabs
- You are tracing where the work moved
Choose Flinque if
- You want verified-creator discovery
- You want flat published pricing you can start free
- You want a fake-follower check on every profile
FamePick vs Fanbytes vs Flinque
The factors below are set out for the record. Neither FamePick nor Fanbytes is a live option today. Flinque is the flat-price software option on the right.
| Factor | FamePick | Fanbytes | Best valueFlinque |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Not available, no working site | Not available, now Brainlabs | Teams running discovery in-house |
| Agency type | Hybrid self-serve and managed marketplace | Gen-Z social and influencer agency | Self-serve software, not an agency |
| Engagement model | Marketplace plus managed talent | Managed, Gen-Z specialist | Flat monthly subscription |
| Typical minimum | Varies by use | Not established (Brainlabs influencer page checked Sep 2026) | Free, then $49/mo |
| Published pricing | None | None | $0 to $150/mo, public |
| Creator network | 50,000+ per old directory listings, now uncheckable | Bytesights indexes 3M+ influencers | 10M+ verified, 200 data points each |
| Platforms covered | Multi-platform social | TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram, YouTube | Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, X |
| Services | Self-serve, managed talent, media kits | Gen-Z strategy, creative, campaigns | Discovery, vetting and audience data |
| Campaign management | part:managed talent option | fully managed | You run it, software assists |
| Content and usage rights | Per campaign or self-serve | Per campaign | You negotiate directly with creators |
| Paid amplification | LinkFolio media kits per old directory listings, now uncheckable | Built UK's first TikTok house | Run your own whitelisting |
| Measurement and reporting | Not established (no working site, Sep 2026) | Not available | Audience and fake-follower data built in |
| Team and locations | Redwood City, reported | London, until 2022 | Software with support included |
| Time to launch | Sign up online | After scoping | Shortlist in minutes on the free plan |
How we compared: Engagement models and minimums come from each agency's own site plus public reporting and client reviews, cross-checked and dated June 2026. Where an agency hides its pricing we say undisclosed rather than guess a number. The verdicts are ours, not the agencies'.
What each agency actually does
What FamePick was
FamePick is not a business you can engage, which the proof sits on the companies' own pages neither known address reaches a product: one is deregistered, one is listed for sale makes plain. The web presence has been wound down at both addresses.
Directory listings credited it with LinkFolio, an auto-generated creator media kit, a claim that can no longer be checked. On the public record it was a venture-backed creator-marketing platform founded around 2016 in Redwood City, California. Old directory listings gave more than 50,000 creators and over 100 managed talent, figures that can no longer be checked.
Nothing trading today answers to FamePick. No figure here survived a first-party check, because there is nothing left to check against.
What FamePick was known for
- Venture backing from around 2016
- A hybrid of marketplace and managed service
- A 50,000-creator figure from old directory listings, now uncheckable
- A self-serve creator marketplace
Why it is not a live option
- The original domain is fully deregistered
- Only a stale profile remains
- One domain has no DNS at all
- Product claims came from directories
What Fanbytes was
A reader arriving on this name should know Fanbytes is not an agency you can hire. Brainlabs acquired it in May 2022. The proof sits on the companies' own pages: the former site is one page long and points onward to Brainlabs.
Brainlabs' announcement supports Samsung, H&M and Nike as clients at the time of the deal. It started in London in 2017 under Timothy Armoo, with Gen-Z short-form work as its whole proposition. Only Bytesights survives by name, as Brainlabs' influencer tooling.
The name to search for now is Brainlabs. The older client names describe 2022 and should not be presented as what Brainlabs sells today.
What Fanbytes was known for
- More than 500 brands served, per Brainlabs
- Founded 2017 by Timothy Armoo
- Short-form formats built for Gen-Z
- Bytesights, the tool that carried into Brainlabs
Why it is not a live option
- Its client list belongs to Brainlabs now
- The old site is one page long
- You would be contracting with Brainlabs
- A rate card or minimum was not found on the fanbytes.co.uk notice or the Brainlabs influencer page (checked September 2026)
Head to head
There is an asymmetry to state before any comparison. The acquisition by Brainlabs completed in May 2022. Today Fanbytes is a former name: Brainlabs' own influencer service page never uses the Fanbytes name, only Bytesights. Neither side of this pairing is a brand a buyer can engage today, so the useful question is what happened to each of them and where the work went.
Which should you actually pick
Forget the pitch decks for a second. Match the partner to the situation you are in.
You are checking on Fanbytes
If you came here for Fanbytes, the live answer is Brainlabs.
→ Read the historyYou want verified discovery at a flat price
No marketplace fee, no agency retainer. You want 10M+ verified creators with a fake-follower check on each. Start free on Flinque and pay $49 only if you keep using it.
→ Pick FlinqueYou are testing creator marketing
No current position exists for Fanbytes on this. Flinque free plan lets you find and vet verified creators with no card, then scales at a flat $49 a month.
→ Start with FlinqueFlinque: verified discovery at a flat price
If both feel like too much retainer and too little control, Flinque does one job and does it well. Find and vet real creators yourself, fast, then run the campaign in-house. No pitch deck, no monthly retainer, no discovery call to learn the price.
- 10M+ verified creators
- 4 platforms: IG, YouTube, TikTok, X
- 200 data points per creator
- 12 search filters
- Fake-follower check on every profile
- Free, $49, $150, published
See Flinque in action
Short walkthroughs on pricing, discovery and vetting from the Flinque team.
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Written & reviewed by Flinque Research Team
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Our research team specialises in influencer marketing strategy, creator analytics and platform comparisons. Details on this page were verified against agency sites, public reporting and client review platforms in June 2026.
Disclaimer: Information here is collected from publicly available sources, third-party review sites and vendor pages. Pricing and features change, so confirm current details with each provider before buying. This content is for informational purposes only.
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