Sunday October 4 2020
Money for bare skin
How Onlyfans rivals Instagram
How Onlyfans rivals Instagram
Social networks with exposed influencers. What is too sexy and prohibited on other platforms is welcome on Onlyfans – as long as the price is right. Experts see feminist potential here, but also risks for insecure users.
Celebrities and influencers strip down for their followers. The amount of bare skin they show also depends on the wishes of the fans and the amount they are willing to pay. What makes you think of porn or prostitution is everyday life on the social platform Onlyfans. Here, for example, singer Cardi B and singer Aaron Carter are sharing nude photos and videos with their fans. In Germany, for example, Youtuber Jodie Calussi and reality TV celebrity Georgina Fleur use the platform. Flower is active on Onlyfans since June 2020 – she shows photos of her feet, but also hairspray and fetish leather, as she puts it.
Onlyfans works the same way as Instagram or Facebook. People share content on a profile that users can follow. There is also the option to send messages privately. The big difference: you have to pay to see more content. The first costs are partly incurred during subscription. Around five to 50 dollars (about 43 euros) can be requested for a monthly subscription, depending on the site.
And that's when the money game begins. Lots of costs - depending on what the user wants or wants to see. "All my messages are free", writes for example the influencer Mars on her account. "But if you want priority and I get back to you faster ... tips with messages are my top priority." "
Fans make expensive wishes come true
Fans can grant wishes as well. Some "creators", as the platform calls these users with their own profile, post wish lists, for example products from the Amazon online department store. Jodie Calussi, for example, would love Gucci sunglasses or various books from her fans. According to the website, influencers are allowed to keep 80% of the revenue on the platform.
The creators earn a lot. Model Reno Gold said in an interview with "Attitude" magazine that he had crossed the 100 US dollar mark (about 000 euros) per month. "I've accomplished a lot since Covid because people don't interact face to face anymore. In the first month after Covid it was crazy how much money people, not just me, were making. But how far do influencers go with navel-gazing? In an interview with the youth format of the Bavarian broadcasting company "Puls-Reportage", the "creator" ofOnlyfans, Suzie Grime, revealed, “You can see almost everything on me except the pussy. That could change, however, depending on how much a follower is willing to pay. »
Georgina Fleur also likes to base her content on the wishes and requests of her fans. In a chat, for example, she sends photos with the signature: “In Corona times, I am your sexy nurse. She feels safe on this platform when sharing content: “The content I post here is protected against unauthorized downloads. Onlyfans provides protection against hostility and poop storms. She can also talk and chat live with fans, but only for money. A monthly subscription to Fleur costs almost $30. The influencer then offers a five percent discount for three months.
Age, weight or origin play a secondary role
For Georgina Fleur, the particularity is very clear: “ OnlyFans gives everyone the opportunity to earn money with their content. In the past, models needed an agency/management and had to conform to a certain ideal of beauty,” the reality show explains. participant. “Each model can market their own content and build a fan base. Regardless of age, weight, gender or origin. » Suzie Grime and Yma Louisa Nowak, user ofOnlyfans, see similar benefits. "To me, that's modern feminism," Nowak said in an interview with "Spiegel" in March this year. “There is nothing wrong with sexuality, whatever it is. »
Madita Oeming, a scientist from the University of Paderborn who deals with porn among other things, also sees feminist potential in Onlyfans. "Because women and gay people there have the opportunity to determine and dispose of their own bodies," she says in a YouTube interview with "Puls-Reportage." “You have a lot of control over what you do there. The risk lies especially with young people and precarious people that they could put the demands and wishes of the fans under pressure. “The question of what I am worth and what my naked body is worth is of course a very complex question. »
However, Onlyfans serves to make digital money for everyone, not just for porn content and "it's also open to all other content". According to research by “Spiegel”, around 4 people in Germany had a payment account on Onlyfans until recently. The platform has a total of 24 million registered users. About 500 of them would post content themselves. The company did not provide more recent figures upon request. The platform itself has been around since 000.
