What is OnlyFans? Here’s how it works

How to make $10,000 on OnlyFans

There’s a lot of opportunity on OnlyFans, and many creators have been able to build their income to $10,000 a month.

The key to growing a subscriber base on the platform is ensuring traffic from outside sources, like other social-media platforms, because OnlyFans does not have a discovery algorithm.

Creators often use platforms like Twitter or Reddit to find potential new subscribers because those services tend to be friendly to adult content.

Here’s how 4 creators have used Reddit to promote their OnlyFans

Despite its serious limitations on explicit content, some models have found TikTok helpful in bringing new audiences to their pages, thanks to its powerful algorithm.

Read more about how 3 OnlyFans creators have used TikTok for promotion

For some of the more popular creators, another lucrative income stream is offering promotional “shoutouts” to smaller accounts in exchange for a fee. Creators collectively spend millions of dollars each month on this marketing practice.

Here’s how ‘promo shoutouts’ have become big business for creators

How to make money on OnlyFans while anonymous

It’s not uncommon for OnlyFans creators to publish adult content without showing their faces.

Farrah, a former healthcare worker turned adult entertainer, has been able to make over $1 million in revenue without revealing her identity. One of the key ways she uses to promote her account is by posting regularly on Reddit.

Read more about Farrah’s strategy to attract fans while staying anonymous

Mrs Robinson is another creator who began posting on the platform without showing her face. She relies on the “hot teacher” persona she’s built online and charges extra to reveal her face to subscribers in pay-per-view messages.

Read more about how Mrs Robinson got started on OnlyFans and built her income to over $800,000

What is not allowed on OnlyFans

The platform’s terms and conditions list several types of prohibited content. These are some of the forbidden elements:

• Violent content, including firearms, sadomasochistic content, bondage,
• Content including minors
• Body fluids
• Drug-related content
• Tobacco content
• Public sex content
• Fully AI-generated content and deepfakes
• Content that contains any form of advertising, commercial activities, or sales