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Originally Posted by hamiltonsteele
Well then how much???
I've got no hesitations admitting that my comments in this discussion are based on my +20
years experience in front and behind the camera and also my interactions with talent that
are (or have been) on OnlyFans.
This is just a conversation and we don't have to agree... I'm curious to know what your
opinion is on the percentage of OnlyFans girls that earn enough in a month to buy groceries?
My contention is that the *big bucks dream* promised by OnlyFans is a just a bunch of hype.
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Your experience is awesome, but there's levels to this shit. Let's be honest here - you're not some super well known and well regarded director / producer (or even talent), so even the "level" of talent who's going to talk shop with you openly is pretty slim. There's a guy who's based out of my area (ish) who's been "in front of and behind the camera" since the mid 90's technically, but he doesn't know shit - he sells "homemade" DVDs to local adult stores featuring strippers from the area and that's all he's ever done.
"Big bucks dream" is only hype to anyone who isn't willing to work for it, regardless of the subject matter. Being an affiliate + working for yourself selling porn sounds like hype to someone who's been at it for a few years and still only make $500-$1k / mo, but then there's a whole lot of us who make that before lunch, too.. however we worked for it.
I have no idea who is on OF and doesn't make enough to buy groceries. I don't pay attention to bottom feeders - it doesn't add to my revenue in any way. But I am privy to the revenue of a couple very small OF competitors as a whole who has mostly nobody models on there, and they could probably buy a couple small grocery stores.
There's a 7 figure market that exists just to do shout outs on OF / IG / Twitter for models. The public facing ones like Sophie Dee's platform, then what occurs strictly in DM's / e-mail.
I have personal friends outside of the industry whose significant others have sold used panties on Reddit in between jobs for pretty serious coin.
Then there's the fact that if you want any of the 3-400 or so top OF models to move to your platform, you're going to pay anywhere from $100k - $2-3 million upfront (depending on their reach), then a pretty decent cut.. just to guarantee x amount of posts from them.
But yes, the chick that's sorta ok looking (but a goddess in her hometown of Hickville, USA) and only does 3-4 posts every few months + treats potential customers like shit probably can't buy groceries from OF.. or camming.. or anything similar, because of their own personality traits (or lack thereof); not because OF is "hype". That's just woe is me, cry baby shit.
As far as an exact %, who cares? It's definitely not 99% who don't make enough to buy groceries - maybe that's more reflective of who you talk to rather than the operation as a whole.