Can Man Make Money on OnlyFans? Why You Don’t Make Money

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200 million US dollars go into the pockets of OnlyFans creators monthly. But, 10% of the top OnlyFans accounts take home 73% of the cash, leaving the other 90% to share 27% of the total earnings. There are over 1.5 million OnlyFans creators; about 1.35 million creators share 27%. So, the question remains, can man make money on OnlyFans?

The top 0.1% make money on OnlyFans in terms of millions and they include celebrities and top models. You do not have to be a top model or celebrity to be a top 0.1% OnlyFans creator. You only need to consider the following 6 reasons as to why you may not earn money on OnlyFans and the fixes provided within this article guide.

1. You Don’t Make Money on OnlyFans Due to Selling in a Saturated Market

70% of the content on OnlyFans falls under the NSFW category. NSFW in full is “not safe for work.” NSFW content is unsuitable for public or work viewing. It includes nudity and sexually arousing content such as porn. The sheer amount of NSFW content makes the word OnlyFans synonymous with sex.

OnlyFans’ fanbase skyrocketed in 2020 from seven million to about 100 million users. The Covid-19 pandemic left numerous people jobless, and many believe that sex workers switched to OnlyFans as a source of income.

The Covid-19 pandemic brought along lockdowns and mandatory movement cessation. With the boredom of staying indoors, many turned to OnlyFans to kill boredom, primarily men. Generally, OnlyFans hosts many women OnlyFans creators and men fans. Many of the fans are aged between 35 to 44.

Suppose you go through YouTube videos dated around 2020 promoting OnlyFans, you realize that women make up a more significant chunk of the individuals giving testimonials on how they made so much on OnlyFans.

Many probably thrived in producing NSFW content and were trying to get other women to join in and make money on OnlyFans. The days one could make millions selling explicit content on OnlyFans are gone. You might be a beautiful model trying to make money on OnlyFans but not make a dollar due to market saturation. The women who got in early have established their NSFW content brands stiffening the competition.

Many of the top female OnlyFans creators create NSFW content. For example, Bella Thorne earned over one million US dollars in 24 hours once she created an OnlyFans account. Why? She is famous and has a considerable following. The same goes for Blac Chyna. She is worth $20 million plus, solely generated from OnlyFans.

Whether beautiful with a gorgeous body and without a substantial initial following, earning money on OnlyFans becomes complicated when producing NSFW content. Considering that most of the promotion platforms you may use host a massive amount of NSFW content, the chances of attracting a following decrease to near zero.

For example, Reddit hosts so much free NSFW content. Initially, Reddit was a great marketing tool for NSFW OnlyFans content. If you go through the NSFW subreddits, you will notice that more than 1.7 million members are marketing their NSFW OnlyFans pages, and most of them post their content on Reddit for free.

Other than platforms that facilitate the promotion of NSFW content such as Reddit being saturated, other social media platforms like TikTok do not support posting and selling OnlyFans content. TikTok bans any account that promotes NSFW content on its platform. This ban makes it difficult to make money on OnlyFans selling NSFW content because you cannot sell without promoting.

TikTok is a family-oriented social media platform and growing a vast audience is easy. Despite this, it does not want anything to do with OnlyFans creators. Other platforms that ban NSFW accounts include Facebook and YouTube. These limitations are meant to discourage other new NSFW content creators from popping up and to make it difficult for existing ones to make money on OnlyFans.

Despite men making a vast proportion of fans, some produce NSFW content. As an NSFW male OnlyFans content creator not making money, keep in mind that many platforms currently host free NSFW male content. For example, there are adult content TikTok alternatives that make consuming free male NSFW content easier and much fan.

Whether male or female trying to break into the OnlyFans NSFW content creation category and not earning from it, keep in mind that the market is saturated. Despite this, there are tactics you can implement to make money in such a market.

• How to Navigate the NSFW Saturated Market

Creativity, networking, or creating NSFW content for couples allows you make money on OnlyFans despite the market being saturated.

How do you incorporate creativity? By coming up with new content concepts, you will capture subscribers’ attention because your content is unique. For example, you can combine NSFW content with traveling. You can start traveling and taking pictures in various places if you sell exclusive pictures.

Travelling piques the interest of your subscribers, bringing in sales. Other than combining another niche with NSFW content, you can start an anonymous NSFW TV show discussing behind-the-scenes activities when creating NSFW content. Within the TV show, you can invite top creators to discuss their experiences as NSFW content creators. Such creativity boosts your sales and earns you a more significant following.

You can also be creative by niching down and serving a specific audience within the NSFW market. You niche down by finding a gap in the market. To find a gap, go through the most requested NSFW content that is less produced. For example, some fans have a fetish for foot pics only. You can start exclusively selling feet pics and collaborating with other creators to increase the chances of selling.

Networking with well-known NSFW content influencers and creators propels you to the top once they give you a shout-out when creating their content. Shout outs involve mentioning your OnlyFans page when the influencers and top creators sell their content. Potential followers are likely to search for your page once mentioned by a renowned NSFW creator.

Couples NSFW content has gained popularity of OnlyFans. If possible, convince your partner to start serving couples’ content to viewers. You can incorporate a storyline into your content and have your subscribers follow along.

Other than finding a way to navigate the saturated NSFW content space, you can also explore other content types and niches that have so many subscribers and low competition to make money on OnlyFans.

• Alternative Non-Saturated Markets

OnlyFans is less known for non-adult content. In 2021, OnlyFans announced a ban on Adult content. This news received a backlash from OnlyFans NSFW content creators forcing OnlyFans to halt the ban. OnlyFans launched OnlyFans Television (OFTV), featuring comedy, cooking, music, and fitness content.

For example, an actor and comedian named Jiaoying Summers sells her comedy videos on OnlyFans, earning her a moderate income. She has around 63,000 followers but still earns a high income from OnlyFans.

There are so many opportunities in the non-NSFW content market space. It would be best if you undertook a market study to determine what content you can sell. Consider what you love doing and start an OnlyFans page covering your life doing that one thing. For example, start making educational videos if you are a martial arts specialist or if you are a model, create modeling tips videos.

There are so many non-adult content categories to choose from. For example, you can start a health, wellness, lifestyle, beauty, or entertainment OnlyFans page. Select a category you feel comfortable with, collect study materials, and start making content. By continued study and producing content, you will be an expert in no time with authority, credibility, and a great OnlyFans earning.

2. Your Have not Optimized Your OnlyFans Profile for Sales

Besides switching to a niche with low competition and more demand, you must have an optimized OnlyFans profile. Your profile is the first selling point on OnlyFans. Potential fans view your profile details before they decide to either subscribe or not.

OnlyFans users can view OFTV content for free, but they cannot view your content unless they subscribe to your content for free or pay a specified monthly charge. For a fan to subscribe, they must feed in their bank account details. Before subscribing, they can only view your profile for free.

OnlyFans offers you two content-selling models as a creator. One, you get to create a verified account and offer free subscriptions. Two, you put all your content behind a paywall, and every fan must pay a monthly subscription fee defined by you. Fans can view your profile if you set up a free subscription or paid OnlyFans page. Your profile must hook a fan and provide convincing details to make a sale or get a subscription that might later yield a sale.

How to Optimize Your OnlyFans Profile for Sales

Use an OnlyFans profile as a creator to brand yourself and optimize your profile for search engines. Your brand defines your philosophies and what you present, while search engines enable your audience to find you. For example, Google facilitates 20% of all the searches leading to detailed OnlyFans profiles.

Search Engine Optimization is the process of boosting the visibility of your profile using various keywords and other techniques. For your OnlyFans profile, you can optimize the following sections

• Your display name and username

Your display name and username should reflect the content type you produce. To brand and optimize your display name, use this format:

Display Name | Keywords

For example, Shea | Lifestyle, and Fitness

Your display name acts as your page title, like on a web page. Search engines index page titles and recommended content based on the indexed pages. For example, when a user searches “Lifestyle and fitness OnlyFans,” the above display name will appear on Google’s results pages.

To compliment your OnlyFans username effectively, utilize a username that defines what you offer. For example, @fitnesscoach would compliment the display name in the example.

• Your profile and cover image

Your profile and cover images should depict what you do. If you are a fitness model, upload your high-quality pictures. Optimize your profile and back cover images for the space provided to display all the details within your photos.

Design or hire a designer to conceptualize what you do in your cover photo because that is the most prominent image display area within your profile. Theme your cover photo to hook your potential subscribers.

Optimize your profile and cover image for search engines by including relevant keywords within the image descriptions before uploading. Edit or rename your image descriptions using this format:

Username-keywords.jpg

For example, @fitnesscoach Shea – LifestyleandFitness.jpg

Search engines provide image results when users use specific keywords to find the desired information. Therefore, optimizing your profile and cover photo using particular keywords boosts the chances of your cover photo appearing in the search results.

• Your bio

Utilize your bio to sell your content and persuade fans to subscribe. The bio section limits you to 1000 characters; therefore, optimizing the bio for search engines becomes relatively easy because you can use more keywords. Utilize these steps to optimize your OnlyFans bio:

1. 1. Start your bio by sending a personal message to potential subscribers because OnlyFans thrives on fun and personalization.
   2. Make yourself known to your audience by introducing yourself so that your audience knows they are in the correct place.
   3. Include keywords that describe your brand. For example, what niche you create content for and what your audience should expect, including what you do not offer.

• “I’d love you to….” Start with this phrase to define what you would love your audience to do to reap the benefits your content offers them.

• Include a call to action, so your audience knows what to do and how to do it correctly.

• Finish by including a statement that encourages the fans to subscribe and makes them feel that you anticipate serving them. For example, “I look forward to talking to you soon.”

• Your location

Unless you are a faceless OnlyFans content creator, consider updating your location and making it visible to everyone. Some users search by location. Several third-party search engines, such as Onlyfinder, facilitate the search of OnlyFans profiles. The search engines index every helpful content you provide within your bio and use the content to recommend your OnlyFans page to users.

When relevant, include the age bracket you serve within your profile because some users search based on age. Any helpful information and keywords that can boost the chances of your content selling should appear within your profile.

Additionally, when setting up your profile, you should know when to use a free or premium page. If you have an initial following, you can set up a premium page to facilitate the sale of your exclusive content. If you start your OnlyFans journey from scratch, set up a free OnlyFans page first so that people get to know you first before they consider subscribing.

Lastly, pricing influences your subscriber’s decision, and since it is the first thing your fans see on your premium OnlyFans page, you must ensure that you price your content fairly. About 82% of creators price their content under 20$. Research your niche pricing to determine the correct value of your content.

3. You Don’t Make Money on OnlyFans Because Your Content Lacks a Personal Touch

Many people would not subscribe or buy content they can get for free on other platforms. People want to see unique content they cannot find on other platforms and want to feel the worth of paying for the content by getting your attention and time.

Personalizing your content is the best way to make money on OnlyFans. Personalization involves defining your audience, studying their pains, and developing tactics to solve their pains and problems. The better you can solve their problems, the more they trust you and invest their money in your content.

Your subscribers crave engagement and connections they cannot find from free-tier content. Therefore, make your content fun and valuable at the same time. Respond to your audience’s questions and do not snob the negative comments. Negative comments help you know what to correct and how to serve your audience better.

If you own a free OnlyFans page, keeping your audience updated and engaged boosts the chances of them paying for your exclusive content through other earning channels such as stream gates. You should respond to your subscribers’ requests. Satisfying your subscribers’ needs makes them come back for more. However, set boundaries in terms of the personal requests you can fulfill. Some subscribers might request you to do acts or scenes that do not resonate with your beliefs or strategy, and you have the right to refute them.

Making a sale on OnlyFans without creating a personal connection with your subscribers or delivering worthy content is less likely. Therefore, you must personalize your content to start earning on OnlyFans.

4. Your OnlyFans Marketing Tactics are Ineffective

You must market your content for people to know you exist and invest in your content eventually. But, using the wrong marketing channels or implementing poor marketing tactics can lead to no sales.

If you are a beginner OnlyFans creator with no initial following, avoid posting your free content on other social media platforms and directing traffic to your OnlyFans expecting people to purchase your content immediately. You are better off starting your OnlyFans journey with a free OnlyFans Page and marketing your content until you have a loyal following ready to pay for your content.

Use a free OnlyFans page to promote yourself as a beginner and to get your subscribers acquainted with your content over time. It makes it easier for subscribers to transition from the free subscription OnlyFans page to the premium one.

When marketing on various social media channels like Reddit, you must study how their systems work and how they bring people together. Reddit organizes everyone into communities, and Facebook allows people to join groups and still have friends, and TikTok hosts short videos consumed through random scrolling.

By understanding how different social media platforms work, you can devise a strategic marketing approach. For example, if you want to market on Reddit, you should search for communities that host people who can view your content. Also, remember that each social media platform has rules you must follow. The rules state what type of content you can share within the social media network. If you violate the rules, you lose your account. Therefore, ensure you develop a marketing strategy that figures in the rules of each social media network you may use to avoid losing your accounts and your following.

Using clickbait to market your content might cost you subscribers and limit your chances to make money on OnlyFans. Clickbait lures fans by giving them false promises, and once they realize that your ad was a lie, they would click off your page. Avoid clickbait ads and send straightforward messages when marketing your OnlyFans page. Your ads must clearly define what the subscriber will get by paying for your content.

Using generic marketing plans and strategies lead to ineffective results because you did not target a specific audience. When creating OnlyFans content, you must know whom you are creating content for and why. You must apply the same logic when marketing. Avoid creating ads that do not target a specific group of people.

If you create NSFW content and want to utilize social media platforms such as TikTok and Facebook that do not allow NSFW content on their platforms, use the thirst trap technique. Thirst trap content indicates to your subscribers that you have an OnlyFans page through the sexually suggestive, not explicit, content you post.

Conclusively, when marketing your OnlyFans page, ensure you target a specific group of people, understand their needs, and tailor your ads and content to them. Avoid false marketing and embrace change when your strategy does not work until you find one that works best for you.

5. You Don’t Make Money on OnlyFans Because You are Inconsistent In so Many Ways

Inconsistency, in so many ways, costs you subscribers and tips, leaving you with no earnings. You can be inconsistent in the following ways:

• Posting inconsistently

Your subscribers should know when you will post your next piece of content and how many posts to expect in a day. Sharing your schedule with your subscribers gives them peace of mind. They feel well taken care of and become more willing to pay for your content.

• Content quality changes

Video quality and the value of your content should stay the same regularly. Maintain a consistent video quality and make all your posts valuable. You do not need expensive gear to produce high-quality videos and photos. Invest in a great camera phone, a tripod stand, and lighting to capture great photos and shoot stunning videos. You can also invest in photography and videography courses to boost your skills.

Valuable content solves a particular problem optimally. Ensure that your videos make sense and incorporate logic your followers can follow.

• Random niche changes

Changing niches randomly distracts your subscribers and might annoy them. For example, you start by posting lifestyle content and suddenly switch to NSFW content. Many subscribers will unfollow you because they did not sign up for NSFW content.

Create a new OnlyFans page to sell the content if you want to change your niche. Additionally, create new social media channels to promote the content.

• Pricing inconsistently

When deciding the price to charge for your content, research thoroughly to avoid disappointing your subscribers by changing your prices regularly. Changing prices randomly, most significantly, increasing prices makes your subscribers doubt you and feel cheated. Price consistently over a specific period, like six months, and change the prices. Inform the subscribers when you change your prices.

6. You Give Up Easily and Quickly

OnlyFans is a long-term venture that requires at most patience. It would be best if you tried several approaches to make money on OnlyFans until you found one. Many creators quit easily and quickly because they do not make money on OnlyFans as quickly as they expected. To earn on OnlyFans, you require a long-term strategy.

Especially when selling content anonymously, you might quit quickly because you must put in more effort to start earning. Building from scratch requires rigorous marketing, from creating new social media accounts to anonymously marketing your content.

You might sometimes change from one niche to the other due to failing to make a sale from the previous one. This act leads to confusion because you need to take your time to study a particular niche and know the mistakes you make before switching niches.

Some creators quit because they cannot satisfy the needs of their subscribers. Some subscribers do make weird requests that they cannot receive. If you find yourself in such a situation, make it clear to your subscribers that you do not offer such content rather than quitting.

Some creators do not make money on OnlyFans because they do not have a proper working strategy. If you need a working strategy, seek help from a great OnlyFans agency such as Fandafia Agency.

Making money on OnlyFans takes time and effort, though many creators quit before they make money on OnlyFans. You can make money on OnlyFans if you sell in a less saturated market, optimize your profile for sales, create personalized content, use effective marketing strategies, and be consistent.

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