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Creator business
The business mechanics behind being an independent adult creator — pricing, payment processors, taxes, contracts, the parts that decide whether the year nets out positive or red.
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Set protocol
The testing protocol I use before every collab (and how I verify a co-star's results)
The studio world has a testing system. Indie doesn't — every self-producer is their own testing department. Here's the protocol I run before anyone shoots with me: what I ask for, how I check it, what I show them, and where it lives in the paperwork.
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Platform independence
What happens to your content when an account gets deleted?
Delete the account, lose the storefront — but the content doesn't cease to exist, the licenses don't all die, and the record-keeping duties definitely don't.
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Creator business
Hot is not a business model
The most expensive assumption a new creator can bring into this industry is that being attractive is the hard part. Looks are an advantage. They are also the single most oversupplied asset in the market, and the money has never been where the supply is.
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Traffic funnel
Reddit for adult creators: the funnel, not the firehose
Reddit is the rare platform where adult content is allowed and searchable — and creators still treat it like a dumping ground. The system that respects how it works.
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Creator business
Pricing custom content: the math is older than this industry
Custom requests are client work — the oldest business there is. The cost floor, the three multipliers, and why pricing by the minute shortchanges you every time.
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Creator business
Do you actually need an LLC for your creator business?
An LLC won't lower your taxes and won't make you feel legit — it does two specific jobs. What running businesses before this one taught me about when it's worth it.
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Collaboration
How to ask a creator to collab without getting ignored
“Wanna collab?” is why nobody answers your DMs. A collab pitch is a B2B sales message — do your homework, lead with what's in it for them, be specific about concept, split, and date, and show up with the paperwork ready. Here's how to send the one that gets a yes.
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Creator business
Splitting the money on a collab: decide it in writing before you shoot
“We'll figure out the money after we shoot” is the most expensive sentence in this business. A collab is a deal between two businesses — who owns the footage, who posts where, and how the money moves all have to be settled while you both still have every reason to be fair.
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Paperwork
Custodian of records: the footer line nobody explains
Every adult site carries the same dense paragraph at the bottom — a 2257 compliance statement naming a custodian of records. Almost nobody reads it, and almost nobody who posts it can explain it. If you self-produce, that named person is you. Here's what the job actually is, in plain terms.
The site is SFW. The scenes aren't.
Full scenes, behind-the-scenes drops, and DM-friendly fan platforms — pick the one that fits your habit.