The title of this article is going to come across as a “hot take” and some of you reading may even be muttering “this girl is crazy” under your breath… but hear me out. Adult websites have been taking advantage of their performer base for way too long whether it’s through undervaluing the percentage we should earn, providing no helpful tools for getting started or maintaining success on their website, providing no referral program for bringing fans or creators (or, better yet, taking it away after the site is successful when it was supposed to be “lifetime”), or not providing features that we need as creators to provide the best experience to our fans. You’re probably asking yourself “well what do OnlyFans or ManyVids have to do with that?” Everything, babe.
OnlyFans and ManyVids are two adult content platforms that at some point in the past ten years held the throne for “THE Indie Porn Pay Site” with models and porn consumers alike flocking to their platforms because of their features, ease of use, and the positives that they offered. Both of these websites have fallen off these days in terms of quality and many performers are looking for something that have more to offer (and less controversies) which is why I want to talk to you about LoyalFans.
Why OnlyFans and ManyVids Quality has Gone Down in Recent Years
Both OnlyFans and ManyVids were once the pinnacles of independent porn during their times. ManyVids ran the game from around 2016-2020 with video sales and weekly contests being the bread and butter of the website, many models on the platform were able to rake in thousands of dollars a month due to the community oriented aspect of the site and high volume of consumer traffic. OnlyFans did a hostile takeover of adult content creator sign ups and consumers in 2020 thanks to a combination of COVID and influencers and it found success for outwardly looking “less porny” than it’s competitors and paywalled all content, creating a new era of adult content creators that paywalled everything as opposed to the former method which often incentivized purchases through NSFW previews and the utilization of social media and tube sites. Not to say the current generation doesn’t also post free lewds and nudes but they tend to do it far less.
The reason both of these websites have faced challenges and have become unloved by the general population of adult content creators is pretty simple: they both cracked under payment processor pressure and didn’t look for alternatives and they both restricted the ways you can promote on their platforms. Each site had their own individual foibles as well whether it was taking away referral programs to pocket profits from their creators (actually, both of them did this) or allowing agencies to run accounts, heavily utilizing AI in marketing, trying to push traffic to SFW creators rather than NSFW (hey, both of them did this too… oh wait, they still are) or providing lousy support. At the end of the day, the positives that came with the site stopped being good enough for both performers and customers alike, and now we’re at a weird awkward time in independent porn land where it feels like no site really feels like home anymore. In my personal opinion, when I click my heels together, the best place to land in the current porn meta would be LoyalFans.
LoyalFans is Better than their Competitors
LoyalFans is better than their current competitors because they offer a little bit of everything that made all of the other popular websites valuable during their time, in addition to other features, plus they actually try to help the adult content creators within their community. They offer helpful support, a great lifetime referral program, fair and easy to understand content guidelines, and profitable ways to earn an income on their platform. Their payout percentage is 80%, which is comparable to competitors, but they offer many great features that a lot of other websites do not offer, like:
- Subscriptions: You can post to your timeline and charge monthly subscriptions for fans to access your content. If you don’t want to use LoyalFans for subscriptions (because there’s so many subscription sites already *cough* OnlyFans *cough*) then you also have the option to toggle this off! You’re not forced to utilize their subscription feature to use their website, if you don’t want to.
- Video Store: You can post videos for sale and customers can pay to unlock them. You have the option to make them available to stream only or available for download. The content also has the option to be watermarked which helps cut down on piracy!
- Audio Store: You can post audio content for sale, great for faceless creators or phone sex operators looking for a way to expand their audience.
- Shout-Outs: Similar to the SFW “Cameo” videos, Shout-Outs let your fans order videos from you for special occasions!
- Various Timeline Functionality: You can post content to your timeline for free or you can price it for purchase, and you can utilize your timeline posts to run polls or even set up a fundraiser.
- Messaging with Variable Pricing Options: The messaging feature allows you to set prices for fans to send messages, send photos, send videos, send audios, and send GIFs. You can also set these prices specifically per customer which is great for Findom/Femdom exchanges via messaging. You can also send pay-to-view video, photo, or audio over messaging and set the price when you send it.
- Mass Messaging: You can utilize the mass messaging tool to contact all of your fans at once, whether it’s with pay-to-view content or to notify them about upcoming live shows, video releases, sales, etc.
- Live Cam with Interactive Toy Integration: LoyalFans supports both public shows that you can toggle for subscribers only, followers, or public and also supports private pay-per-minute requests that you can set the price for from $1-$30 per minute. You have the option to mute non-payers (fans that have never spent money on LoyalFans) or non-tippers (fans who haven’t tipped during your current live stream.) It supports browser streaming or the use of OBS for higher quality streams. You can also connect your interactive toy (Lovense or Kiiroo) when you’re live!
- Video Calls: Similar to the live cam feature, you can mark yourself available for video calls and charge pay-per-minute pricing without actually having to be sitting there broadcasting and waiting for private shows to come in.
- Tube Marketing: Upload your content to the “tube marketing” section and LoyalFans will automatically post your video to tube sites that link back to your LoyalFans profile.
In addition to the wide range of features available on the site, they host live creator webinars to assist creators in making more money on their platform and in general. They also host weekly group walkthroughs for models that are new to the site and want to learn how to use all of the features every Thursday at 12pm EST. Not only does LoyalFans provide a large variety of tools for creators to earn money on their platform but they also actually support their creators in learning to use the tools at their disposal.
LoyalFans Incentivizes Driving Traffic to the Platform
The referral program on LoyalFans is a big deal because it not only rewards creators for referring other creators but it also rewards creators for referring customers. You will earn 5% of the earnings from creators that you refer and 5% of what your referred customers spend on other creators on the platform. You can generate links to any specific pieces of your content, other models pages, or posts on your timeline with the handy link generator that will create you a referral link that will go exactly where you want it to take your fans.
LoyalFans Allows You to Promote your Social Media Accounts
Unlike a lot of other competitors, LoyalFans actually allows you to promote your social media accounts to help drive your fans from LoyalFans to your socials. There are specific spots on your profile where you can promote your X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok. While you can’t specifically market your other adult websites here, just having the ability to drive your fans to social media is a huge plus to this website because it ensures your fans will be able to find you online in other places if they want to.
Convenient App Available for iOS and Android Users
A lot of creators prefer the ease of creating content, streaming, and messaging directly from their phone. LoyalFans offers a convenient mobile app that allows you to message your fans, accept video calls, stream, or upload content so you don’t have to stay glued to your PC all day to keep up with your LoyalFans account. Nothing beats being able to keep up with your career straight from your phone.
Get Started on LoyalFans and Earn in Whatever Way YOU Want To!
Creating an account on LoyalFans is easy and you’ll be provided with way more money making features than what you can currently find on OnlyFans and better support and less censorship than ManyVids. As always, you’ll need to be 18+ to get started on LoyalFans and while there is on site traffic it is always recommended you do your research on marketing and customer acquisition as an adult content creator before signing up for adult websites. If you need to learn more about getting started as an adult content creator, check out more information on our homepage and website. Ready to dive in?
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