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New creators
Posts for performers in their first year — what nobody tells you when you're starting out, what to set up first, and which questions are actually worth asking before the first shoot.
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Creator business
What being a professional actually means in the adult industry
The fun is real — I enjoy the work as much as anyone — but this is a business first, and the people who last treat it like one. Here's what professionalism actually looks like: how you approach collabs, how you take a no, and the unglamorous work nobody posts about.
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Creator business
Run your creator work like a business, or the numbers will lie to you
A hundred thousand views is not a paycheck. The creators who last treat this like a business — a rough profit-and-loss, an honest read of the data, and time spent only on the wins they can actually trace to a dollar. Here's how I think about it.
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Onlyfans
What you'll actually take home on OnlyFans (after the 20%, before the taxes)
The OnlyFans math is simple: you keep 80%, the platform takes 20%, and that's before tax. The hard part isn't the math — it's that the number is fiction until you can drive traffic to your page. Here's the honest version, plus a free calculator that won't ask for your email.
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New creators
Where to start: the self-producer's reading order
The questions I get most often are some version of 'where do I start.' This is the answer — the posts on this site, in the order I'd read them if I were day one again, grouped into the weeks they actually map to.
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Taxes
The tax setup I wish someone had handed me on day one
Self-producing is a business whether you registered one or not. The tax setup I picked: sole prop vs. LLC, quarterly estimates, and the records to keep.
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Male performers
How to become a male performer in the adult industry
Becoming a male performer in adult is mostly business: marketing, paperwork, professional conduct. The on-camera sex is the smallest part of the job.
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Traffic funnel
My Content Funnel: How I Turn Views Into Paying Fans
My content funnel is small, slow, built for the long game: social brings people in, the site catches them, paid platforms convert the few who want more.
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Equipment
What equipment adult content creators actually need
There's a huge gap between the gear YouTubers recommend and what actually matters for adult content. Lighting beats cameras. Audio beats both. Here's what to buy, in what order, and what to ignore.
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New creators
How to start an OnlyFans in 2026: the setup checklist
Most guides skip what matters. This one covers business setup, platform mechanics, the mistakes that end accounts early, and pricing nobody answers.