Thinking of Becoming an Adult Content Creator? | Part 2
10 Tips for Your Adult Content Launch, How to Protect Your Content, & Keeping Yourself Safe
Missed part one? Read it here, where I answer my top five FAQs to help the curious decide if making adult content is something they want to do. Part two is for those who know this is something they want to do and for current creators looking to make the most of their platforms. Both pieces are for creators who could use a go-to, how-to article to send their own curious friends and followers—I recommend starting with Part 1!
I made $600 my first night as a Playboy Bunny.
By the end of my first month, I’d made over $6,000.
Whether you’re still on the fence about making paywalled spicy content or you’re ready to have the most fun ever making more money than most jobs, welcome to the second half of my two-part series where I share 10 tips for your adult content launch—and how I exceeded my financial goals in my first month!
Once more, my experience focuses on Playboy but much of what I share can be applied to nearly any platform offering 18+ content.
This piece is jam-packed with information for those who are more serious than merely curious, so a little intro before we get started: Tips #1-6 are for pre-launch and cover which platform to choose, pricing strategy, and deciding what type of content you want to create. Tips #7-10 are for launch and post-launch, covering piracy and privacy—and how to maximize your earnings!
Want to estimate what your earnings could be? Follower.co reports that around 1-1.5% of your Instagram followers will become paywalled content subscribers. (If your following is bigger on TikTok, use that for your estimate.) If you have 5,000 followers and 50 of them become subscribers at $10 per month, you could make $500 per month—and that’s not including income from pay-per-view posts, DMs, and other extras. Follower.co’s data comes from OnlyFans but these stats seem to prove true across all paywalled fan platforms.
I had just over 41K followers on my Instagram when I launched my Playboy profile. Based on these stats, my goal was to make $4,000 per month. I charged subscribers $9 per month with a 30% off discount, bringing it down to $6.30 per month.
Like I said, I exceeded my goal. I’m going to tell you how I did it.
Content Warning: NSFW language ahead!
10 Tips for Your Adult Content Launch
Tip #1: Decide what type of content you want to create.
TLDR: Follow your fun and the fans will follow.
Want to make money selling sexy bikini pics? Want to charge extra for your top to come off? Want to make even more by offering your subscribers a too-hot-to-handle video of you having an orgasm?
Whether you’re ready to make a killing with solo or partnered porn, or you’re more comfortable keeping it PG-13 with nothing more than sexy lingerie pics, my first tip is this: Know your boundaries.
Knowing your boundaries may be something you figure out as you go. Still, it’s helpful to have an idea of what your current hard-no’s and yes’s are when it comes to the content you wish to create. (I share mine in part one.) This will help determine which platform may be the best fit for you and will also help you describe what you do and don’t offer to potential subscribers. You don’t want disappointed subs who expected pussy pics and only got underwear selfies.
The tagline for my boundaries is this: “Nothing explicit. Everything sultry.” I share this in my bio and in the pop-up that appears when people click to subscribe.
Another personal barometer I use when determining my boundaries, and my aesthetic, is this: Anything I post to my feed must be magazine-worthy. Think P Magazine, or Playboy, especially pre-1975. If my photo doesn’t look like it could be in a magazine I admire, or in a coffee table book by a photographer I respect, I don’t post it. That my partner happens to be a professional photographer makes my goal a lot more achievable.
I create what is fun for me to create. This is partly why I don’t post much of the popular at-home, BTS-style content. I’d probably make more money—as I shared in part one, this style of content is extremely popular among subscribers because you feel approachable and relatable, yet exclusive to subs who get an insider glimpse of your life. But it’s simply not fun for me to take pictures of myself working out, or driving in my car, or doing other going-about-my-day tasks. So I keep it to a minimum and reserve it for special requests or offerings in DMs.
Maybe you’re thinking, What are you talking about? This is what sells best and it’s so easy?! You do you! It is easy and lucrative—not unlike the content you may already share on Instagram or TikTok. Just sexier in lingerie or an ultra-thin t-shirt with no bra.
I’ll reiterate what I shared in part one: Make what brings you joy and comes with ease. Maybe you’ll have a blast recording ASMR dirty talk or niching yourself as the Bondage Bunny. Maybe you’ll be the gamer girl next door, or the boho beach babe who sells high-priced yoga videos in bikinis—or nude. Be you! You are your best asset.
Tip #2: Choose your platform.
TLDR: Research different platforms and choose the best one for what you’d like to offer.
Obviously, I’m biased. Let’s get that out of the way.
I chose Playboy because it is nothing short of iconic. The content I knew I wanted to create was pinup cosplay and vintage-inspired erotica. Between Playboy’s classy reputation and my Pinterest board of vintage Playboy spreads I wanted to recreate, I knew their platform was the obvious choice for me. (And in case you’re wondering, no, Playboy is not paying me to write this.)
The other thing that needs stating upfront is that I didn’t just choose Playboy. Playboy also chose me.
Playboy is the only paywalled fan platform I’ve seen where creators need to apply. This is so Playboy can curate the look of their brand, which I’m happy to say includes a diverse plethora of beauty. Curvy, skinny, gothic, freckled, and tattooed Bunnies abound. I’m a 32A mixed-Asian brunette—not exactly the DD blonde ol’ Playboy is known for. So if you, like me, wonder whether Playboy is even worth applying to? Stop worrying and apply. You might be pleasantly surprised.
Want to be a Bunny? First, I recommend updating your Instagram profile so that your most Bunny-ful pictures are at the top. This is what Playboy will look at when considering your application. Then apply using my referral link! I’ll get a 5% commission at no extra cost to you, taken from Playboy’s earnings, not yours. Once accepted, you’ll get your own referral link!
If that felt like bad news, fret not. Whether you’re turned off by Playboy’s application process or your application isn’t accepted, the good news is that there are a ton of other paywalled fan platforms where you can make money sharing adult content.
OnlyFans is the most well-known choice but if you’re not into OnlyFans, Follower.co, a website run by and for adult content creators, has plenty of free guides like their article OnlyFans Alternatives: 16 of the Top Choices for Content Creators. (They do not include Playboy but maybe that’s because Playboy is application-only.)
Different platforms offer different features and I’ll touch more on this in Tip #6. For now, start exploring your platform options with what you want to offer in mind. Want to make porn with a partner? Playboy may not be for you since it forbids explicit content depicting more than one adult. Do you want to make the bulk of your money sexting steamy DMs and charging by the minute? Do you want live-streaming capability with live-tipping features? Do you want to sell socks, undies, and other fetish items? Do your research. You can always be on multiple platforms at once and many creators are, although this has potential downsides.
Being on more than one platform can be extremely profitable. You can post the same content to two or three different audience pools and possibly triple your income. The downside is that you may confuse your audience about where to find you, especially if you’re starting out. Keeping up with DMs on multiple platforms can also cause overwhelm—and lead to unhappy, overlooked subscribers.
Lastly, when it comes to choosing a platform, I recommend picking one that offers discoverability. Whether the platform has a home feed where users can stumble across your profile while scrolling or the platform actively promotes its creators on social media, choosing one that will put your profile in front of people who don’t already follow you has obvious advantages.
Playboy promotes their Bunnies in and outside of their Play feed. You could be discovered among their Trending Bunnies. (Hint: The more you share your Playboy link to social media, the more often you can trend!) You could be featured as their Centerfold of the Day. @PlayboyCenterfold consistently introduces new creators in their Instagram stories, and if you’re lucky, they’ll feature you on their 9.8 million-follower main @Playboy feed. Other perks that come with being on Playboy are the chance to model in their brand campaigns—talk about exposure to new fans—and invitations to Playboy parties and other promotional networking events!
Tip #3: Find your muses.
TLDR: Follow and subscribe to other creators in your niche and learn from the best.
Once you choose your platform, follow creators there that excite you! Seeing how they run their accounts will help you decide how you’ll run yours.
I recommend finding creators who make the type of content you wish to create, and creators you are most likely to share an audience with. Become a paid subscriber—it’s a tax write-off, dear—to see what they post, how often, and what they charge. This will help you get an idea of the quantity and quality your fans may expect from you.
I subscribed to Hailee Bobailee and Lacey Clair when I became serious about being a Playboy Bunny. First, I followed them for free to get a general idea of their vibe. Once I saw they seemed to do well sharing the sort of content I wished to create—more erotica than porn, no shade at all to porn—I paid to subscribe.
Hailee is your self-described neighborhood goof who posts a lot of at-home, BTS-style content. Lacey gets intellectually deep and vulnerable in her posts, which tend to be more stylized. Both girls are regularly featured among Playboy’s top Trending Bunnies. Their feeds also display similar boundary thresholds and price points. By studying the frequency and prices of Hailee and Lacey’s posts, I was able to gauge what seemed reasonable for my own.
One thing to consider when deciding your price point is how many followers you have on your other social media platforms—and whether or not you’ll be promoting there. All creators say it’s much harder to grow your adult content following without promoting it from your usual social media channels, but it’s not unheard of. Some creators even stay totally anonymous.
Generally speaking, the higher your social media following, the higher you might be able to successfully charge for your paywalled content. If you only have a few hundred followers, charging subscribers $50 a month may be an uphill battle. If you have 500K followers, and if you already post a lot of sexy pictures, you may have a higher crossover rate of fans willing to shell out big bucks for your paywalled content.
Regardless of how many followers you have on social media, high subscription prices aren’t always a good idea. You’ll miss out on a lot of fans who would happily subscribe at $5 or $15 per month but may end up paying closer to $100 in that same month’s pay-per-view posts or DMs. It’s totally up to you and what you plan on offering.
BONUS: I have to shout-out some of the other Bunnies I follow! For sexy AF photos and spicy-spice videos, follow my stunning Bunny Bestie, Brooke Alyse! Chasity Samone has a penchant for the vintage glam I love and Elsa Jean is a platinum-blonde goddess. Frankie LaRose keeps it adorably XXX, if you like your adorable covered in tattoos, and I have major girl crushes on freckled babe Polly Smith, buxom redhead With Love, Foxy, and goth glam real-life Barbie doll Carolina Ballesteros.
Tip #4: Fill out your profile thoughtfully and creatively.
TLDR: Use every writing opportunity to make your visitors feel the vibe you want to create.
Now that you’ve determined your boundaries, chosen your platform, and learned from your muses, it’s time to get your profile ready for your launch!
You only get one launch. You only get one announcement of your launch. So before you get all excited and send followers to your new paywalled platform, I’m going to help you make sure it’s optimized for success!
First, choose your username and start setting up your profile. Decide how you want the tone of your copy to make visitors feel. Copy is any writing that advertises you and what you offer, including your bio, automated welcome messages, descriptions of your subscription tiers and offerings, and captions. I’ve had men say they subscribed just because of my creative word choices, so don’t underestimate the power of good copy.
Since my content is mostly vintage-inspired, I wanted to make visitors feel like they’re entering a glamorous 1960s after-hours lounge. I put on my noir jazz playlist, poured myself a cocktail, and got into character like the actress I am when filling out my profile, subscription plan, and automated welcome message. I used words and descriptors that lent themselves to a more vintage-sounding voice, like “darling” instead of “baby” and “derrière” instead of “ass.”
My target demographic was higher-spending Millennials who would appreciate the highly stylized—and expensive to make—vintage-inspired content I wanted to offer. If my target audience was Gen Z college guys who’d want the naked shower videos and workout selfies I planned on sharing, I would have adopted a different-sounding voice. Keep your audience in mind and allude to what they may know you from in your bio. My followers know me as an actress, writer, and author of a book about leaving Christian purity culture. So I alluded to those in my profile’s About section.
However you want your tone to represent you, your focus should be on how you want to make your followers and subscribers feel. That’s copywriting 101. Perhaps you’re inviting them on a tropical vacation with Zenned-out, yoga-in-Tulum vibes. Maybe you’re putting them on the bedroom rug of your college dorm while you try on lingerie, a pizza on the way. Let your imagination have fun creating the scene you wish to set! Select your word choices accordingly and try to maintain the same tone throughout your post captions and DMs.
Oh, and about that automated welcome message? Most adult content platforms offer this feature to welcome new followers and/or subscribers. Most, like Playboy, allow you to add photo and video attachments with a set price. Take advantage of this feature because most of your subs will want to buy your goodies right away!
Tip #5: Shoot some content.
TLDR: Unless you live with a photographer, solo shoot by taking video-to-screenshot pics—and select footage for clips and GIFs to sell, too!
It’s time! Bust out that ring light, put on what makes you feel sexiest—or take it all off—and use a camera or your phone to start curating your offerings!
When I’m shooting myself, I use this Neewer Ring Light Kit if I’m not in bright, natural light. I also sometimes use this Woods L20 Portable Work Light for an extra-bright, golden-flash effect. (Note: If you’ve read this far, you’ll probably want my tips for cameras, lighting and editing tools, marketing advice, and more—stay tuned for a follow-up piece to this series!)
My best solo shooting tip is this: Record your session entirely in video and then take screenshots to post as pics. This allows you to shoot completely hands-free—no remote shutter to awkwardly hide in your hand and no running back and forth to push a self-timer button. If you have a Samsung Galaxy, you can turn on the voice-activated shutter feature and simply say, “Capture,” when your pose is ready for that click. If you have an iPhone, you may be able to find an app allowing you to take hands-free, front-facing photos by voice command or another method. Whichever phone you use, I still recommend the ease and efficiency of video for all solo photography.
Because the Playboy platform is optimized for vertical content with a 16:9 ratio, I usually shoot in vertical, front-facing video mode so I can make sure everything I want is in-frame. The other bonus about recording video and grabbing screenshots after the fact is that you never miss an unexpectedly good angle—some of mine occur when I’m candidly adjusting my stockings, or approaching to adjust the ring light. This solo style of video-to-screenshot shooting is how I’ve shot myself for my vintage shop for over five years. It’s worked well for my Playboy content, too, when my partner isn’t available to shoot me. Plus, when you’re already recording video, you have all of that footage to pull from in order to sell clips and GIFs!
Once you have several different looks of content, select your favorite stills and videos, load them onto the platform, and draft those posts. But keep reading before you let your profile go live or announce it to social media!
Tip #6: Decide on your price point and experiment with your pricing strategy.
TLDR: Base your prices on those of creators similar to you and experiment with different rates until you find what sells best to your audience.
Because you’ve done your homework and know what creators similar to you are charging, you should have a pretty good idea of what your monthly subscription rate will be. Depending on which platform you choose, you’ll also have other goods to price. Most platforms feature options for monthly subscriptions, tipping, and pay-per-view (PPV) photos and videos. From there, goods for sale vary.
Unfiltrd lets creators sell tickets in advance to live-stream events. They also have an auction feature that lets you sell digital or physical items to the highest bidder. FanCentro lets you offer different subscription tiers as opposed to just one. Fanvue, known for having the best user-friendliness and tech support of any adult platform, plans to let creators mint and sell NFTs in the future. Each platform has different technical capabilities and corresponding pricing tiers.
I’m exclusively on Playboy, so their platform is what I know best. Playboy features a monthly subscription fee; PPV photos and videos called Unlocks, which you can sell as individual or bundled sets; fees for DMs (I let subscribers DM for free); live streaming; and the ability for fans to tip you on posts, DMs, and live streams.
Playboy also offers mass messaging with the ability to target specifically tagged groups, some of which are automatically tagged for you. For example, I can send a pay-to-unlock photo to subscribers on auto-renew only, excluding those who have auto-renew turned off. I can also create my own custom tags and send messages exclusively to those subscribers, like the VIP tag I have for my most generous fans—they get bonus freebies no one else will even have the option to buy.
One thing I love most about Playboy’s platform is that it allows people to follow me for free. This lets fans on a budget glimpse the racier content I wouldn’t post to my Instagram and also acts as a teaser letting followers decide whether they want to subscribe. Many do when they see a particular look I post for free, like my Selina Kyle “Catwoman” cosplay, or my 1920s-inspired “Babylon” shoot. As a vintage cosplayer, I post a variety of looks from a variety of centuries. Not all of my styles will appeal to all fans. Letting them sample my content for free is a win-win for us both.
But what about the paid content beyond what’s included in a monthly subscription? How much should you charge and for which different offerings?
There are different strategies to pricing. Some creators keep their monthly subscription low and charge higher rates for PPVs amid their regular subscriber-only content. (This is the approach I’m currently taking—I try to post one Unlock bundle for every three regular subscriber-only posts.) Other creators charge a higher monthly subscription rate where all the goods are included—no extra, pay-to-unlock fees. Still others may offer a low or high monthly sub rate and occasional PPVs, but make the bulk of their earnings through DMs.
Again, each platform is different and so is each creator. Some girls pay their rent with a single live-stream lingerie try-on whilst encouraging viewers to tip. Others anonymously sell feet pics for the little extra income they desire. It’s all about what you want to create and you get to decide how much to charge for it.
As for me? My bottom line is this: If it’s not worth having a particular photo of me out there unless someone’s paying X-amount of dollars for it, that’s the price. If no one buys it, I don’t care. If multiple people buy it, then goody for me. I generally set my prices depending on how much skin is showing and how many images or videos are included. Side boob is priced lower than full boob. Nipples-in-see-through are priced lower than nipples bare-skinned. Eight pics cost more than two. You get the idea.
I recommend having a spreadsheet where you can keep track of how much you charge and for which type of content, and in what quantity. Track how well they sell. Maybe only two people buy your $50 Unlock bundle of five topless photos, which would be $10 per photo. But say 20 people buy your $30 bundle of only two topless pics, raising their value to $15 per photo. Keep experimenting with what sells best to your audience.
Since we’re talking about pricing, you’re probably wondering how much of a commission the platform takes. Most paywalled fan platforms deduct 20% from your earnings in exchange for hosting your profile. Some deduct only 15%. Playboy takes the standard 20% and allows me to cash out every seven days. Due to holding periods on their end and Stripe’s—Stripe is the payment processor Playboy uses—it takes an average of three weeks for a payment to make its way into my bank account.
In summary, my best advice is to look to creators you’d likely share an audience with. How much do they charge and for what? How long do they appear to have been on the platform? How big is their social media following? If you’re just starting out and your following is small, common sense says to put your prices below theirs. Once you have loyal subscribers and your following is growing, up your rates gradually.
It’s better to raise your rates slowly rather than overcharge and have people watch your rates lower. It may cause them to wonder if it’s because your content is misleading or not of high value. Remember, you can always increase your rates as your account gains more traction.
Alright, we’re there! Fasten your garter belts because it’s time to launch!
Tip #7: Have things ready on your profile for subscribers to buy and…announce your launch!
TLDR: Load your profile with a mix of subscriber-only and pay-to-unlock goods before your launch, and use a link-in-bio like Tellie when you do.
If there’s one thing that I think really helped me exceed my first month’s financial goals, it’s this: Have a mix of subscription-included feed posts and pay-per-view extras waiting for your subscribers when they first come to your profile.
Chances are many of your social media followers will be thrilled you’re making adult content. Many will be eager to see what they’ve been fantasizing about. Pepper your profile with opportunities for them to buy ultra-exclusive goods that go beyond what’s included in their subscriber membership. For me, this means boobies and other bare-skinned reveals. For you, it could mean booty or those spicy-spice videos.
I recommend having at least five different looks on your feed before you even think about announcing your launch on social media. When you do, your thirstiest followers will eagerly lap up your paywalled content and likely guzzle down everything you have to offer. I wish I’d had more posts on my profile when I launched, so don’t make my mistake by having too few. Offering different looks will also appeal to different tastes.
You only get one first impression of what your fans will see and buy when they first come to your paywalled profile. So make it a good one!
Now that you’ve implemented these seven tips, you’re ready for launch! Price and post your content, make sure your copy is as enticing as possible, and, at long last, share your announcement on Instagram, Twitter, Twitch, TikTok, and wherever you have followers! Be sure to add your profile link to your link-in-bio.
I use Tellie as my link-in-bio because it lets you add images, videos, music, and even shop fronts to what would otherwise be a boring list of links. If you currently use Linktree, Tellie lets you instantly transform it using Tellieport. Tellie is perfect for adult content creators because it lets you advertise your spicy content with enticing images or with discretion. I do both. My link often simply says, “Follow the White Rabbit 🐰.” This is what I tell followers in post captions and often customize as my link text when I post Instagram stories.
Congrats, baby, you did it! Sip champagne while you watch that dough roll in. But don’t get too tipsy on excitement and wealth. I’m now going to address a major downside of making adult content—and offer tips for how to circumvent it.
Tip #8: Protect your content as much as you can from piracy.
TLDR: Keep your premium shit on lock and only available to subscribers, and only for an extra fee. Hire a copyright infringement service to take down what will inevitably be stolen.
As I said in part one, your content will be stolen and shared. That is a given in this line of work. There are, however, systems you can put into place to try and take your stolen content down.
Don’t expect your platform to help you. Maybe they will but it’s very likely they won’t. You are one among thousands of creators and this is the internet we’re talking about. Even if you put a copyright infringement notice at the top of your bio, it won’t stop thieves from downloading and screenshotting your content—and selling it on other sites, profiting from your work without so much as crediting you.
I’ve been using Rulta, a digital copyright infringement service that scans the internet daily for my images and videos, removing violations. I’m on their Premiere Plan for $144 per month—well worth the cost of chasing down my stolen content so I don’t have to. I saved this tip for post-launch because you need to have a live profile link in order for Rulta to verify the stolen content is yours.
Another copyright infringement takedown service is Internet Removals. Their membership plans start for free and go up to $249 per month.
One tip I’ll share that seems to help minimize people stealing my content is this: Don’t make posts available to both subscribers and non-subscribers, especially your PPVs. Playboy, like many platforms, has this option. The idea is to charge non-subscribers more in hopes they’ll just subscribe. When I use this feature, I notice users will subscribe just to get my PPV for free, or unlocked at the lower subscriber rate, and then they bounce once they’ve seen and stolen what they want. So I use the available-to-both feature sparingly and only for posts I don’t feel as protective over.
I never post to my feed what would truly infuriate me to have stolen. Only my VIPs get my most salacious goods, which I send only in private DMs. A few may turn out to be thieves, but the added steps of subscribing and paying extra to join my VIP tier help weed out users looking for juicy content to steal as cheaply as possible.
Unlike dating apps such as Raya, adult content sites cannot integrate screenshot- or download-blockers. This is because adult content sites cannot be sold as apps, since app stores work with payment processors that won’t do business with adult content providers. It’s easier to engineer anti-piracy blockers in an app than for a website, and that’s why adult content platforms aren’t currently able to prevent theft and piracy. When one comes along, hopefully all platforms will adopt its tech.
Now, back to the fun stuff!
Tip #9: Have a wishlist ready—and never use your home address.
TLDR: Create a wishlist at Throne.me and never use a residence as your shipping address.
Believe it or not, some of your fans are going to want to buy you gifts. Have a wishlist ready for when they ask, because they indeed will!
Many creators use Amazon Wishlists. The pros are that most of your fans will already have an Amazon account; many of Amazon’s goods are easily affordable, like lingerie, swimwear, and makeup; and Amazon makes it super easy for you to create and add to a shareable wishlist. The cons? Not everything you may wish for is available on Amazon. I wish for vintage lingerie. Since that is accurately classified as used clothing, Amazon won’t sell what I most wish for my fans to buy me.
The biggest con about having an Amazon Wishlist? It may jeopardize your safety.
Stories like this one can be found about creators whose addresses were exposed through loopholes in Amazon’s system. Amazon does its best to maintain users’ privacy but stalkers are increasingly clever.
I’m trying out Throne.me as my wishlist manager. Throne lets you add items from multiple different sites (including Etsy, where I source a lot of my vintage lingerie). They also offer a “relentless focus on your privacy,” storing and securing your details where they are “completely inaccessible to fans.”
Of course, no website can truly guarantee your privacy and safety. That’s why, whether you use Amazon, Throne, or another wishlist manager, I recommend never using a residence for your shipping address. Not yours or a loved one’s.
Instead, I advise using a P.O. Box or a virtual mailbox service like Anytime Mailbox or iPostal1. Virtual mailbox services are similar to P.O. Boxes but offer the ability to scan your mail so you can preview pieces online. You can then select any pieces you’d like to pick up or have forwarded—and they’ll also shred your junk mail!
However you get gifts from your fans, please be safe and smart—never share a website link that may in any way be attached to your home address.
Tip #10: To really maximize your earnings, consider working with an agency.
TLDR: If you don’t have the time or skills necessary to strategize your content to its highest-earning potential, partner with Honour Agency.
Let’s say you bring in $3,000 a month. Would you like to triple that?
Of course you would. Some creators do so on their own but it takes a lot of work. If you want to triple your income this year—maybe this month—I recommend working with a creator marketing agency.
Creator marketing agencies, sometimes called influencer marketing agencies, exist to help grow your subscriber base and optimize your content to its highest earning potential. It’s not uncommon for agent-repped adult content creators to make three times the amount they did on their own, or more.
I currently do not work with an agency. Even so, I had to include this tip because I think it will be particularly helpful—and lucrative—for creators who are new to adult content creation and marketing, creators who don’t have time to vamp up their earnings the ways they could, and creators who simply want to make as much money as they can.
Your agent doesn’t just grow your following and subscribership. Depending on which agency you go with, they’ll also negotiate brand partnerships for you, handle tech support issues on your behalf, and strategize the posting and pricing of your content to ensure its maximum profitability. Agencies don’t make money if you don’t make money. Because they’re commission-based, they’re incentivized to make you a lot!
I had the pleasure of speaking with Olivia, the founder of Honour Agency. Honour Agency is all-female-owned and puts the comfort of creators as their first priority. They will never pressure you to make or share anything you don’t want to. This is, unfortunately, an exceptional approach when many creator agencies pressure girls to violate their boundaries.
Honour Agency offers all of the services I listed above, and more. One of the most helpful things they do is DM with subscribers on your behalf, freeing up your time to shoot more content, take your kids to school, spend the evening with your partner, or keep working at your full-time job. Think of it as ghostwriting services for your fan-exclusive platform. Their writers studiously analyze your writing so they can mimic your voice when engaging with fans, and their expert marketers strategically post your content to give your fans an optimized experience. This gives you an optimized income. You still retain full access to your account and full control over what you send your agent to post. If you’re not loving the caption of a particular image, you can send them tweaks to update your writing voice moving forward.
Creator agents are not unlike social media managers who handle incoming DMs and content scheduling. If you have ethical qualms about someone pretending to be you, I understand. You can always disclaim that you work with an assistant who sometimes writes on your behalf when you’re busy and don’t want to leave your fans hanging.
DMs are the bread and butter of most adult content earnings. If you don’t have time to check your DMs, converse, and respond to content requests 12 or 20 hours a day, it’s worth having someone available when a subscriber asks for a particular photo, or tips a lot of money to make a custom request that your agent then passes along to you. You never have to worry about DMs getting lost in the shuffle, or leaving your subscribers left on read.
Why don’t I work with an agency? I very well may. If and when I do, I’ll work with Honour Agency. Because I’m a research nerd, I’m really enjoying learning the ins and outs of paywalled content creation. I like learning the hard way because it’s honestly fun for me, and it allows me to pass along my mistakes, lessons, and insights to you. I’m also a writer and I sincerely enjoy engaging with my fans and copywriting my own captions, messages, and promotions.
But if you just want to do the fun part of shooting and leave the editing, uploading, caption-writing, pricing, DMing, tech support, and marketing to someone else? You totally can. Get in touch with Olivia to discuss rates and services.
That’s it—I hope you feel excited and ready for your launch!
Whether you’re brand-new to paywalled content creation or you’re a seasoned veteran looking for some extra tips, I sincerely hope you found this two-part series valuable.
Stay tuned for Part 3: More Tips, Tricks, and Resources for Adult Content Creators, which covers more detailed photography and editing tips, marketing hacks, selling extra goodies (no nudity required!), and keeping your platform growing.
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