Fansly is a fast-growing subscription-based content sharing service for everyone around the world. Up to 4000 new users sign up to it each hour! Fansly is not only a place for viewing adult stuff but also helps creators selling their content or services. They can share their photos, videos and other type of content.
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What is Fansly?
The most common paid feature on Fansly is the monthly subscription. Other ways or receiving revenue are also in stock. Fansly platform has no censorship so mostly it is used to share adult / NSFW content. The key feature of Fansly is setting up multiple subscription tiers with different prices (like on Patreon) which is not available at the most popular similar site – Onlyfans. Another great feature is content recommendations – the “For You” section that allows better promotion of creators within the site.
Key difference with similar sites – Onlyfans, Patreon
There are various crowdfunding or subscription-based sites for creators. However, what makes any of them special? Isn’t it easier to join only one of them? Let us try to find out!
The most well-known crowdfunding site is Patreon. The most popular adult-friendly platform is Onlyfans. Seems like Fansly is the most user-friendly one, combining advantages of both mentioned above.
Keep in mind that Patreon does not allow any adult content or services. Therefore, it is not well suitable for all types of creators. Fansly has no such limitations so it is open to any kinds of adult industry creators: erotic models, porn movie actors, fetish type models, open-minded amateurs. Same works with Onlyfans but it has some limits for the adult content. All of the sites allow any other type of content so if you provide cooking lessons (for example), you may choose any of those platforms or only one of them.
Onlyfans is the most popular content selling site in the industry so there is more competition. Newcomers might find promoting their accounts challenging. Keep in mind that many celebrities, musicians, movie actors and pop stars who already have millions of people of their audience, use Onlyfans. Competing with them would not be easy. Unfortunately, Onlyfans was once about to close down the adult content which was a turn-off for many adult-originated creators. Most of them have created Fansly pages as their backup plan. So far Onlyfans did not close the adult part of their creators. But who knows if that was only a single time issue or such idea might come back in the future.
That is why starting your path as a creator would be better with Fansly, especially the adult-themed content path. This platform has more options for promoting creators and it is not so overcrowded like Onlyfans. It has no adult content restrictions like Patreon so it is suitable for all open-minded people. Anyway it is up to you to make this choice of what is best for your type of content and personality.
Keep in mind that Fansly is running from the year 2017 but still not that popular and well-known among subscribers as the other sites like Onlyfans or Patreon. That means that average member count is still lower and potential members might hesitate about signing up another new site. Especially if they already have done this at the rival sites and got them set up, verified and with payment options attached. That might be a problem when converting your followers from other platforms or social networks.
The brightest stars of Fansly
A lot of models have succeeded at Fansly and some are even luckier than with rival sites like the Onlyfans. Have a look at the following models and their secrets of success. They have different approach and different content type to offer. That might give you a hint of starting your own Fansly career in a better way.
Princess Ava
âś… https://fansly.com/ava_hadley/
Princess Ava is one of the most successful models at Fansly. Her monthly income is around $10 000 – $15 000 per month while her most affordable subscription costs $5 per month. Her expertise is being a dominatrix and offering fetish sessions for her donators. She also posts in several Fansly-themed subreddits, revealing details of her work.
Luxlo
Luxlo is a great example of a successful model without a paid subscription. She has no monthly charges but she is one of the most popular gamer girls on the platform. She does offer some sexual content along with cosplaying.
Calista Melissa
âś… https://fansly.com/CalistaMelissa/
Calista Melissa is a Twitch streamer who does some extra, non-gaming content to her fans. She provides some hardcore footage which might be limited at the rival site – Onlyfans. She has a lot to offer to her fans: hot videos with using sex toys and even anal or fisting. She also accepts custom videos requests from her members. Calista’s cheapest subscription is only $7 per month.
AIWA
Here is a good example of a successful cosplayer at Fansly. However, not only various costumes are AIWA’s special thing: she also does hardcore content with squirt or double penetration. Her earnings are around $4000 – $6000 per month and her most affordable subscription is $14 per month.
Susu
Susu is surprisingly a non-nude model! But not being naked does not mean being boring. That is the motto for Susu. Her body looks hot even when clothed and this plays as a naughty tease for her fans. That might be the reason she became so popular at Fansly. She does not charge any monthly subscription fee.
Miya
âś… https://fansly.com/miiyako/
Miya is a fantasy games keen girl who took the max of the subscription tiers feature. She offers the whole 25 tiers (levels) of her content along with a free one! The higher the level the hotter the content she provides. That sounds like a long journey but it’s totally worth it, according to her fans. The starting monthly price is $4.20.
ShyCutie
âś… https://fansly.com/ShyCutie/
A good example of a simple erotic content of pure female beauty without any kinks or fetishes. ShyCutie has many followers and her monthly price is $10. So in case you thought only fetish-themed pages are successful – seems like not. Just nude pictures and that was enough to get popular.
Alisa Pika Pika
âś… https://fansly.com/AlisaPikaPika/
Alisa is just a cute girl, which offers more cute than sexy (without excluding being sexy). Her content niche is a Daddy’s girl fetish and it seems to be popular at the platform. Alisa is providing gaming-related content and some naughty play too. Her subscription costs $20 per month which is pretty high but that does not scare her fans at all.
Starting your Fansly career
If you have chosen Fansly as your main source of income or sole occupation, follow these guidelines to ensure you have everything needed for a good start. Only a few steps are required to begin sharing and selling your content on the Fansly platform.
Start with signing up process. Registration form is simple. All you need is filling up your login, e-mail and password. Alternative way is signing up with your social network accounts, like Twitter, Google or Twitch. The next step is the age verification. All Fansly creators should be at least 18 years or more. Once the site staff verify your age – you are almost ready to go.
Obviously, you will need something to make photos and videos but usually a smartphone is enough until you are up for something artistic. Live streams and video calls are also a thing to sell at Fansly so having a webcam might be useful too. Anyway, a nice and interesting personality is same important as having great visuals!
Do not forget to make your profile look nice. Upload your avatar and page background image, add your description. This would be the first thing your possible subscribers see when they visit your page. So try your best in making it look superb! Choose your most attractive photos and ensure your page description is complete and easy readable.
The final step is defining your subscription prices and tiers. It is recommended to add at least one basic tier for all your subscribers. If you are not sure about what extra content or actions you will provide as the more expensive tier then you may skip this part. No need of trying the max of your subscription straight away. We will dive deep into this further in this article.
There you go! Create your first post and get ready for your first fans and earnings. You will receive 80% of what members spendon you. The remaining 20% is the site commission.
Ways or generating income at Fansly
Once you are done with your page decorations and settings, have a look at the money-making tools provided by the site. Knowing how they work and what are they best suitable for is key knowledge for getting max of what you can earn on the platform.
Paid subscription
Is the most basic way of receiving your revenue. Any subscriber is paying a monthly fee for accessing your content. Various tiers are available so you can arrange different level of content for different types of your audience, like just subscribers, interested fans and people who are literally crazy about you. Each of them may spend more or less on your media so providing extra content at higher tiers is a good way of increasing your income.
Min price for a paid subscription is $4,99 and max price is $499,99. Fans can buy subscription for 1, 2, 3 or 6 months.
Locked content
Fansly allows locked posts even for paid subscribers. The locked post is not completely visible before payment – users can only see blurred preview or lock message. This feature is suitable for some special or extra content that is much more explicit than your usual feed. Fans would be curious to discover something special you have to offer. And free subscribers would enjoy of a sneak peek possibility without being tied to a monthly charge instead of a single fee.
Another options available are unlocking the content under specific conditions: you may make it visible for free followers only, restricted with timeframe unlocks content only to subscribers who have been subscribed for a specific duration of time (sorts out newcomers) or make it visible only for a limited amount of time (sorts out passive fans). If this is not enough for you – create your own presets!
Similar feature is partial censorship of your images with emojis. Before posting you can place any emoji at specific parts of the image. After the post is created, free followers would see it with emoji overlay. In case they want to remove emojis and see complete image, they should pay some money to make it gone.
Paid messages
While chatting with your subscribers via private messages, you may send them some paid photos or videos that would be locked before payment. This works great for some personal or unique content for your best subscribers. In addition, that could be used to highlight some fetish content among the mainstream media.
Tips
This is what your fans do only when they wish so. That means you have to motivate them for active tipping you as a creator. There are various techniques for this: try with arranging goals – same as any other crowdfunding project. For example: you might need some amount for a better camera which would provide your fans some improved quality content – give them a hint they can participate in this with their tips!
Minimum tip amount is $0.10 and maximum tip amount is $500.
What is so special about subscription tiers?
The key feature of Fansly is the subscription tiers that are also well known at other crowdfunding platforms like Patreon or Indiegogo. In typical case of a company needs some amount of money for producing goods, donation tiers might include exclusive rights to early shipping or adding some rare accessories. But for Fansly creators this may work in other ways since you are not only producing one specific thing but keep providing content every month.
Here are some examples of how you can set up your subscription tiers for max success.
Note that Fansly does not divide free account and paid account like Onlyfans. Any creator account could have free subscribers – “followers”. They just receive your free of charge updates and nothing more. Usually this is the lowest rank but you can convert them to paid subscribers with posting free teasers on some limited parts of your usual content plan. Note that you also can disable a “free following” feature or “follower allowed to comment” feature at your account settings.
Let us imagine a well-balanced subscription with three possible tiers. This may look as follows:
- Tier 1 with price of $5 per month includes basic paid content like photos on a regular basis.
- Tier 2 with price of $10 per month includes everything from Tier 1 plus basic videos (not connected with subscribers’ requests).
- Tier 3 with price of $20 per month includes all from Tier 1 and 2 plus personal messages access with possibility of additional custom videos creation (based on subscribers’ requests).
This setup would not only highlight your page with variety of possible content provided but also give you good understanding of your audience. In fact you will have easy stats of who is who: passive followers who just hang around, people who are good with basic stuff like just photos, people who would like to explore more with videos, and people who are really into you and would like to have a conversation or ask you for some special requests for them. Knowing your audience well is a key to boosting your income at Fansly!
There are other subscription-related tools for you to use and manage in your favor. For example, subscription tiers can have limited subscriber number. This would come in handy when you create content in limited time conditions that would work fine only for part of audience who is fast enough. If you want to sell some vacation related photos or videos it would be wise to do such requests while you are at the place of vacation. This way, limiting max subscriber count would hint your audience that they should hurry up until this special vacation-related subscription tier would expire.
In addition, you can arrange multiple months subscription plans which usually include a discount if your fan buys it for more than 2 months in a row. Alternative bonuses for subscription plans could be some exclusive content or requests. For example: reward your loyal subscribers who have bought a 6 months plan with extra video each month! Simple discount options are available too, like giving 20% off for the first month of subscription.
Tips and tricks for better sales management
Subscription tiers are not the only possible way to generate income at Fansly. There are other possible ways to earn and some creators easily manage even without monthly fees. Check out the following extra tools and advises to increase your sales at Fansly.
Create a pinned post
The pinned message or post is the one that would be always on top of your posts feed. This is a welcome message that would be the very first thing every newcomer would see on your page. Make it short yet comprehensive so everyone could have an idea of what you are sharing with your Fansly page. For example, list what are your best skills or what types of media you are posting the most, what are your favorite styles of clothing or makeup.
This may be the lingerie modeling, cosplay, sports / fitness style, BDSM-themed content and much more. Also a good idea would be giving your fans what type of paid content is your priority. Some creators focus on PPVs and others give more in paid posts. Some just motivate subscribers for more tips. Do not forget to announce your discount campaigns or free posts if you have any scheduled soon. All this info should be updated in your pinned post to gather max of your interested subscribers easily.
Use mass messages
Your fans are obviously happy to receive messages from you and some of them are really shy and not likely to make the first step. But on the other hand, when you have hundreds and thousands of followers it would take too much time to write to each of them personally. That is what the mass messages feature is here for! You may choose categories of your audience to target different messages and send it to all of them at once.
For example: send one type of message to your followers only (free of charge subscribers) which might motivate them to buy a paid subscription. Another useful category is the Expired subscribers only – use this to bring back the fans who once bought your subscription but did not prolong it. In case you have any discount campaigns coming soon – that would motivate them to come back for a paid tier. And one more useful option – Exclude creators.
If any other models subscribes or follows you, it might come in handy to skip them in your messages to target only the member audience (obviously). You may also create your own custom lists (categories) of the fans you want to address in your mass messages, like your most loyal fans or the ones who are passive and it makes no sense to send them any messages. There are no limits on what criteria you use for your audience. Also you can manage you “Blocked” and “Muted” visitors lists which help you to manage the misbehaving part of your audience.
Set up your automated messages
Usually this works as a greeting message, triggered by actions made by your fans. Like saying welcome to your new followers or giving a single bonus media to new paid subscribers. The message may differ depending on the subscription tier chosen. For example, new basic tier subscriber receives a greeting and only one bonus photo. And the most expensive tier subscriber receives a whole set of photos or a video as a welcome message. The site would send this automatically and you have no need to watch every single fan count increase and do this manually. Quite a handy feature!
Give your fans more live conversations
Do not rely on mass or automated messaging only. Select your best fans and give them talks that are more spontaneous in a random moment. Fansly is most about interaction and that is not limited by subscription sales only. Send your fans your naughty fantasies or new content teasers occasionally. Especially your most loyal or the longest term fans indeed deserve regular talks and a bonus for being with you for so much time. Some models even provide the “girlfriend” tier that would look like a real relationship conversations.
Promote your posts using the Timeline
This is one of unique Fansly features. Members see random content based on their preferences. If you are lucky, your post would appear as recommended for new fans. That would give you a free promotion instead of just redirecting your fans from other social networks or asking popular creators to promote you.
Note that Timeline feature is adjustable and may be turned off. You may choose various type of users who might see you as their recommendation. If you want to make max advantage out of it then clear this setting and let them all be included in this game. The Timeline permissions setting is in your Privacy and Safety settings page.
That would give fans simple and fast navigation through your content. You may create Walls depending on your post style, theme, setting or pricing. For example, some fans are searching for daily life posts, others for professional photoshoots. They would more likely use this kind of tags to sort posts instantly instead of scrolling the whole feed.
Creating pricing tags would help your subscribers navigate between paid posts of different price range: like $10 or less, from $10 to $30 posts, $30 and more posts. People tend to plan their expenses so they obviously might want to receive the max out of their current budget. Or go for the more expensive post to get some exclusive content which is not easily accessible for anyone.
Keep in mind how your audience thinks and let them make their decisions in easier and faster way! Also Walls / tags help to promote your page through Fansly recommendations algorithms so use them wisely. Do not add tags that do not depict your content and do not try to trick your customers. To use this feature, select your post settings and click Add to wall album, then select existing one or create new.
Other useful Fansly features
Have a look at some other stuff you might be likely to use to gain more from sharing your content. There are basic features like scheduled posting or making your posts auto-delete after some time (like Instagram stories) which are pretty clear for everyone. However, there are more interesting features that you should totally give a try.
Create polls with your posts
Fans enjoy various interaction with creators especially when they feel the power of their choice. That is why you can give them options to affect your further publications. Add a poll to your post with various options for them to choose. Let them decide what topic, style, theme or clothing you will use for the next posts. There are no limits and it is only you to decide what possibilities the poll feature would bring.
Give your fans a money goal
Any post can contain a goal of money amount for your various needs and projects. The simple example: a new camera or a new phone with better camera to provide an improved quality photos and videos for your subscribers. Or some new lingerie. Or a themed outfit. That might work different depending on how many active subscribers you have.
If you have just started your Fansly page that might be a challenge. The more fans you have the more amounts would be possible with crowdfunding posts. You may also use a part of needed amount as a goal or start with small goals for less expensive things you need. Some creators even have a wishlist of stuff they desire and their followers may participate in funding or even buy things directly for their favorite creator. Anyway you should not start goals with very huge amounts like millions of dollars, nor using this feature way too often. Be respectful to your audience.
Reply control
Lets you select types of fans who are allowed to comment your posts. Use this when you have unbalanced audience of free and paid subscribers. Note that your free followers may be excessively chatty and flood your comments with a lot of text. If so you may limit them to comment selected posts so paid subscribers have more room to speak out and let you know their opinion.
Same as the one above, you may add some text which is visible only for paid users. Tell your audience a secret or hint them of some hot future content coming soon. That would give your paid subscribers rights that are more exclusive. Do not feel sorry about the ones who could not see the hidden part – that would motivate them to buy an extended subscription instead of having a limited view on what you create.
Vault feature
Is a storage of all your media that you can use for simple management. You may create albums with easy to use names or descriptions. Once you need to find something specific to send to your fan – it would be much faster when sorted in comparison with just scrolling through all of your posts and messages. If you do not set up any custom albums, you already have a few automated sorting features – open everything you ever shared via posts or via messages. Or just see all of your content in one selection.
Use Vault in conditions when you might have low performance connection so uploading media would take a while but posting it straight from the Vault is instant. Also you may upload your content to Vault only without actually making it public. Then you can use specific parts of it in your posts or messages – once again without any need to upload it right away.
From a fan side this is called the Media Collection and sums up all his media collected from various creators. Even if you delete some content at your Vault and posts, it would be still present at the buyers collection. Note that fans are not allowed to download or save media outside the Fansly website which is good for copyright means and prevents content piracy.
Important security option is the possibility to block countries and regions. You may not only block or mute specific members but also exclude the whole regions to see your page. See Privacy and Safety page to use this setting.
Receiving payouts from Fansly
Fansly payout system is mostly similar with rivals like Onlyfans, but also it has some unique features, like cryptocurrency payout. Possible coins are the following:
- Binance USD (BUSD),
- Ethereum (ETH),
- Tether (USDT),
- Liquid BTC,
- USD Coin,
- DAI.
Other ways or receiving payouts are popular systems like Paxum or Skrill. Any of them are stable and working for a long time already, so there is no need to worry about receiving your income.
Fansly has its own commission of 20% which are held from your summary check (the money spent by the fans). So you receive 80% of all your earnings. This is completely same as the industry leader – the Onlyfans. To initiate a payout you have to reach at least $20 – this is the minimum amount for one payout. If you did not reach this amount it would remain at your Fansly account until it is enough for a payout. The default payment hold time is 7 days used for security reasons. Usual transaction processing time is up to 3-5 days.
You can easily see all your income at the Earnings page that are sorted by type: subscription income, tips, paid messages and others. Also you can see your most productive fans at the “Top Supporters” page – that would be useful to thank your most loyal fans or reward them with some gifts or discounts.
