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How agencies deliver files to clients in 2026

Agencies still split a job across Slack, an invoice, and a transfer that dies. Agency file delivery in 2026 is one URL: a treated round they can judge, a price if they owe you, and finals a new producer can open in March.

Ronja Salminen

JoensuuUpdated 4 min read

How agencies deliver files to clients is still, in too many shops, a Figma comment, a PDF invoice, and a WeTransfer that expires before finance opens email. Each hop is a place a brand stalls. Agency file delivery should be one door they already have open.

This is the year of jobs: a pitch deck, a revision, a brand kit, a printer in another city. Spike can be that URL. The freelancer version is how freelancers sell and deliver files. This page is the shop with more than one person on the job.

Round one, round two, finals. The files replace in place. The URL does not change.

Why agency delivery still splits

  • The deck lives in chat. The pack is a second act.
  • The invoice has no pictures, so finance delays.
  • A new producer starts in March. The transfer is gone.
  • A shared drive shows last year's brands next to this week's finals.

How this looks on a year of jobs

Pitch

A treated deck in the unpaid view. Not the working files. Password the door. If the pitch is also a paid exploration, put the price on that URL. You are not chasing a PO in one thread and a smash in another.

Rounds

Round two is not a new transfer. Replace the file. Tell them the URL did not change. Say in the SOW how many rounds sit on that door. Extra rounds can be a second checkout on the same folder, or a sibling folder if the look changed.

Brand kit finals

PNG, SVG, PDF, a licence. Show a lockup. Keep the outlined pack behind the door. Designers on the roster can follow how designers deliver brand files. The agency extra is one producer-facing URL, not five personal Drives.

Multi-market pack

If markets should not see each other's cuts, use one folder per market. One passworded link is enough when the same brand team needs the whole set. Spike does not replace the contract about who may forward the URL. It gives you a door you can shut.

The deck is what they judge. The kit is what they take after checkout or approval.
What you getA split agency hand-offOne client folder
They lookSlack screenshotsTreated deck on the page
They pay or approveInvoice in another appCheckout or a clear yes on that URL
They get finalsWeTransfer after the bankUnlock on the same page
A new producerRebuild the ZIPPoint at the same link

  1. Put this job in one folder

    The deck, the kit, a readme. Password it. Nothing from another brand.

  2. Decide the unpaid view

    Enough to judge. Not enough to finish the campaign without you.

  3. Price it if they still owe you

    The agency payment link is the folder. When checkout completes, the same URL is the download.

Spike takes 5% on Free, 1% on Pro, 0% on Business, from the payout. Stripe's card fee still applies. Free shares last three days. A brand kit that must stay fetchable belongs on Pro or Business. Sharing can stay free when the retainer already covered the files.

If they can see the round, they should be able to take the finals without joining your drive.

Questions

Good to know

Put the pack in one folder. Let them preview a treated deck. Replace rounds in place. If money is still due, take payment on that page. Unlock finals on the same URL.

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