Case Study: KlarisIP achieves 30% cost savings and cuts contributor onboarding from 100 days to 2 weeks with Tipalti

KlarisIP Delivers Speed and Compliance While Lowering Costs for National Geographic

KlarisIP, a New York–based content rights and payments firm, was engaged by National Geographic to take over its 19‑person rights and clearances department. The challenge was onboarding and paying thousands of global contributors in a tax‑compliant way: manual processes and the client’s vendor systems stretched onboarding to about 100 days and generated frequent payment complaints, while National Geographic sought lower costs and faster service.

KlarisIP implemented Tipalti and a self‑service portal to scale global payments, tax compliance, and contributor onboarding. The solution replaced the internal team, cut total operating costs by 30%, and reduced onboarding time from ~100 days to two weeks, while enabling payments in many currencies and methods and substantially improving service levels.

Klaris IP

Ed Klaris

Chief Executive Officer